Middle East Rally Championship

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other The Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) is a motor rally championship run under the auspicies of the FIA.

History

First held in 1984 the championship encompasses a series of rallies held across Western Asia. The championship has featured long-running events like Rally of Lebanon, Rally Oman and the Troodos Rally in Cyprus as well as World Rally Championship event Jordan Rally. Many of the rallies in the region pre-date national independence, mostly from the United Kingdom.

The championship has been dominated by Nasser Al-Attiyah who has won 19 titles.

The championship features events in Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The championship has also visited Bahrain, Syria and Saudi Arabia.

List of events

  • Qatar International Rally (1984–present)
  • Kuwait International Rally (1984–85, 1987–89, 1995–96, 2009–2016, 2018–present)
  • Bahrain International Rally (1984, 2000–02, 2004–05)
  • Jordan Rally (1984–88, 1990, 1992–present)
  • Oman International Rally (1984–88, 1990–94, 1998, 2004–07, 2015)
  • Dubai International Rally, United Arab Emirates (1984–88, 1990–95, 1997–2015)
  • Rally of Lebanon, (1987–88, 1991–2004, 2006–present)
  • UAE International Rally, United Arab Emirates (1989, 1995–2001, 2004–06)
  • Tour of Cyprus, (1998–1999)
  • Troodos Rally, Cyprus, (2000–2009, 2011)
  • Syria International Rally, (2001–05, 2007–10)
  • Cyprus Rally, (2007–08, 2010, 2012–present)
  • Sharqia Rally, Saudi Arabia, (2010)
  • Shiraz Rally, Iran, (2015–17)

Champions

File:Nasser saleh al attiyah2.jpg
Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won the championship 19 times
Year Driver Car
1984 Template:Flagicon Saeed Al-Hajri Porsche 911 SC RS
1985 Template:Flagicon Saeed Al-Hajri (2) Porsche 911 SC RS
1986 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo
1987 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo
1988 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo
1989 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
1990 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
1991 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
1992 Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Khayat Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993 Template:Flagicon Hamed Al-Thani Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1994 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1995 Template:Flagicon Abdullah Bakhashab Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1997 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1998 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Escort WRC
1999 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Focus RS WRC
2000 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Focus RS WRC
2001 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ford Focus RS WRC
2002 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem (14) Ford Focus RS WRC
Subaru Impreza WRC
2003 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRC
2004 Template:Flagicon Khalid Al Qassimi Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2005 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2006 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2007 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2008 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2009 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2010 Template:Flagicon Misfer Al Marri Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2011 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta S2000
2012 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC
Peugeot 207 S2000
2013 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC
2014 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC
2015 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC
2016 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Škoda Fabia R5
2017 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta R5
2018 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta R5
2019 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2020 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2021 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2022 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah (18) Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2023 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah (19)
Template:Flagicon Abdullah Al-Rawahi [N 1] 		Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo
2024 Template:Flagicon Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
Footnotes

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  1. ↑ The 2023 championship was awarded to both Nasser Al-Attiyah and Abdullah Al-Rawahi, after a perfect tie between the two could not be settled by a six-man FIA committee.[1]

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Rally winners

230 Rallies (after Cyprus 2023), 39 different winners, following are the winners stats:

Driver Wins
Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah 81
Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ben Sulayem 60
Template:Flagicon Roger Feghali 16
Template:Flagicon Saeed Al-Hajri 11
Template:Flagicon Khalid Al Qassimi 8
Template:Flagicon Andreas Tsouloftas 4
Template:Flagicon Abdullah Al-Rawahi
Template:Flagicon Abdullah Bakhashab 3
Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård
Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nasrallah
Template:Flagicon Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Template:Flagicon Suhail bin Maktoum 2
Template:Flagicon Khalifa Al-Mutaiwi
Template:Flagicon Michel Saleh
Template:Flagicon Abdulaziz Al Kuwari
Template:Flagicon Charalambos Thimotheou
Template:Flagicon Khalid Al Suwaidi
Template:Flagicon Amjad Farrah 1
Template:Flagicon Andreas Peratikos
Template:Flagicon Chris Thomas
Template:Flagicon Samir Ghanem
Template:Flagicon Abdullah Al-Qassimi
Template:Flagicon Abbas Al-Motaiwi
Template:Flagicon Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah
Template:Flagicon Hamed Bin Eid Al-Thani
Template:Flagicon Maurice Sehnaoui
Template:Flagicon Tony Georgiou
Template:Flagicon Alex Fiorio
Template:Flagicon Piero Liatti
Template:Flagicon Russell Brookes
Template:Flagicon Alain Oreille
Template:Flagicon Nizar Shanfari
Template:Flagicon Nicos Thomas
Template:Flagicon Rashed El-Ketbi
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Amiouni
Template:Flagicon Tamer Ghandour
Template:Flagicon Rodolphe Asmar
Template:Flagicon Rashid El-Naimi
Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Štajf

Wins per nationality

Count as after Cyprus 2023

Driver Wins
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 100
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 74
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 27
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 9
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 6
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 5
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic

References

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External links

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