X-Raid

The Team:

Sven Quandt founded X-raid in 2002 at the team's base in Trebur, Germany. X-raid first campaigned in the Cross Country arena using the BMW X5. The car was developed extensively with the team becoming the first diesel car to win a stage on the Dakar in 2003 with Luc Alphand, later in that year the team placed 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th at the Spanish Baja and 3^rd at the UAE Desert challenge.

In 2004, the team won two stages on the Dakar finishing 4^th and 8^th. In 2004, X-raid with Khalifa Al-Mutawei became the first Diesel Powered car to win the FIA World Cup for Cross Country vehicles.

In 2005 the team finished 9^th on the Dakar with Jose Luis Monterde. In 2005, X-raid won the Portuguese TT Championship with Miguel Barbosa. Work commenced on the new X3 in February 2005 and the first car was completed in July.

X-raid is a multinational team with no fewer that 14 Nationalities on the 2007 Dakar. This diversity brings the team its strength. The team has in house specialists including Drive-train, Suspension, Electrical and Construction as well as a significant logistics section with the latest MAN trucks and electronic parts systems.

The Dakar 2007 was a coming out year for the X3 after extensive testing and development the X3CC showed it was more than competitive enough and if it were not for the driver penalties a podium place was possible.

In 2007 X-raid continued to develop the car, with both the team cars and customer car securing multiple top three positions.

2008 has been the most successful year for X-raid. Nasser Al-Attiyah and Tina Thörner won both the Cross Country World Cup and the World Cup for Baja's. In the Baja Cup Nasser won all the 4 races where he participated. Filipe Campos won both the Portuguese and Spanish Championships with a comfortable lead before the second in the championship..