2009 Middle East Rally Championship

Chanpionship Points after Round 6

Posted: November 2, 2009 11:37 AM

Drivers
1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QA) 40 pts
2. Misfer Al-Marri (QA) 37 pts
3. Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA) 32 pts
4. Nick Georgiou (RL) 13 pts
4. Mubarak Al-Hajri (QA) 13 pts
6. Khalid Al-Qassimi (UAE) 12 pts
7. Abdullah Al-Qassimi (UAE) 11 pts
8. Michel Saleh (RL) 10 pts
9. Khalid Al-Suwaidi (QA) 8 pts
9. Mufeed Mubarak (KWT) 8 pts, etc

Co-drivers
1. Chris Patterson (GB) 44 pts
2. Matthieu Baumel (F) 36 pts
3. Steve Lancaster (GB) 17 pts
4. Michael Orr (GB) 16 pts
5. Joseph Matar (RL) 13 pts
6. Adel Abdullah (QA) 12 pts, etc

Date Change for Jordan

Posted: March 23, 2009 3:25 PM

The 2009 Rally of Jordan due to take place on May 7th and 8th will now take place on October 29th -31st.

Rally of Jordan - 29-31 Oct 09

Sharqia International Rally (Saudi Arabia) withdrawns from MERC

Posted: February 3, 2009 9:57 PM

Sharqia International Rally (Saudi Arabia) DATE CHANGE - 10-12 Nov 09

Kronos Racing on the Middle East trail

Posted: December 29, 2008 4:39 PM

After claiming the European Rally Championship crown in 2003, the Junior World Championship in 2005, the WRC title in 2006 and top honours in the IRC in 2008, Kronos Racing has its sights set on a fresh challenge in 2009. Indeed, in addition to its IRC programme, the team will prepare and run a Peugeot 207 S2000 for the complete Middle East Rally Championship in the hands of Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al Rajhi and his French co-driver Matthieu Baumel.  

"This is a totally new challenge for the team," points out Marc Van Dalen, joint director of Kronos Racing. "The FIA Middle East Championship features a remarkable variety of surface types, ranging from the extremely slippery asphalt of Lebanon to the slow, rocky tracks of Cyprus and, of course, desert territory which is more or less new to us. Our aim is to demonstrate how competitive the Peugeot 207 S2000 can be over terrain where it has rarely had the chance to show its ability before now."  

Yazeed Al Rajhi only made his rally debut in 2007. However, having won two events in 2008, the Saudi Arabian youngster is targeting the title, and this is why he has chosen a Peugeot 207 S2000. The car will be specially prepared for him in Belgium by Kronos Racing and the 28-year old will form part of the team's official line-up in 2009

Championship Rounds

Posted: December 29, 2008 4:38 PM

Qatar - 22-24 Jan 09
1. Kuwait - 5-7 Mar 09
2. Saudi Arabia (Provisional) - 7-9 Apr 09
3. Syria - 11-13 Jun 09
4. Lebanon - 3-5 Jul 09
5. Troodos Rally - 9-11 Oct 09
6. Jordan - 29-31 Oct 09
7. Dubai Rally - 27-29 Nov 09

Middle East Rally Championship (FIA)