Aishwarya Pissay to compete in FIM Baja World Cup 2019 in Dubai

India’s Aishwarya Pissay is all set for her second international event, the first round of the FIM Baja World Cup. The event will commence in Dubai tomorrow with a ceremonial flag-off. This is the first event Aishwarya will participate in after fully recovering from the injury she suffered last year in Spain.

Bengaluru-based Aishwarya, 23 is sponsored by TVS Racing, Mountain Dew, Scott Motorsports India and Big Rock Dirt Park. She will be competing in the 450cc, women and junior categories, astride a non-TVS bike. The event has attracted over 100 riders from 25 countries.

Aishwarya was injured after a crash in the Baja Aragon last year. Since then, she has been out of action for nearly six months. Speaking about the Baja, she said: “This is an exciting start to my international racing season. I have been training really hard over the last few weeks in the sand dunes, which has been a tremendous learning experience. I am thankful to my sponsors TVS Racing, Mountain Dew, Scott and Big Rock Dirt Park for believing and supporting my dreams to represent India on the global motorsport stage.”

Second time lucky?

This will be Aishwarya’s second attempt at an international rally. In 2018, she competed in the Baja Aragon. However, her debut on the global stage ended with a crash that required lengthy rehabilitation. In the past couple of months, she has been training at the Big Rock track run by ace cross-country rider CS Santosh, on the outskirts of Bengaluru. She also went in advance to Dubai to train on the sand dunes.

The first rider will leave the start at 06.45hrs on Friday, March 8th for a 50km liaison section before starting the opening selective section of 201.60km, one hour later. The second timed section of 204.03km takes place on Saturday, March 9th. In a total of 607km, 407km will be timed against the clock.