Draft:2024 Middle East Rally Championship
The 2024 Middle East Rally Championship is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested over five events held in five Middle East countries from January to November.
Competitions
[edit]- FIA MERC - Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.[1]
- FIA MERC2 - second tier, for Rally2-kit, N4 and R4 cars.[1]
- FIA MERC3 - third tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.[1]
- FIA MERC4 - fourth MERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars.[1]
- FIA MERC Junior: For drivers aged 26 and under on 1 January 2024 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars.[1]
Calendar
[edit]| Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 January | 3 February |  Qatar International Rally
|
Lusail, Al Daayen | Gravel | 13 | 201.04 km | |
| 2 | 16 May | 18 May |  Jordan Rally
|
Amman, Amman Governorate | Gravel | 15 | 223:96 km | |
| 3 | 30 August | 1 September |  Rally of Lebanon
|
TBA | Asphalt | TBA | TBA | |
| 4 | 27 September | 29 September |  Cyprus Rally
|
TBA | Gravel | TBA | TBA | |
| 5 | 21 November | 23 November |  Oman International Rally
|
TBA | Gravel | TBA | TBA |
Entry list
[edit]MERC
[edit]| Rally2 and R5 entries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds |
| Oman Rally Team
|
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Abdullah Al-Rawahi
|
Ata Al-Hmoud
|
1 |
| QMMF
|
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
|
 James Fulton
|
1 |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 |  Marshall Clarke
|
2 | ||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Khalid Mohammad Al-Suwaidi
|
Ross Whittock
|
1 | |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 2 | |||
 Sports Racing Technologies
|
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo |  Denis Krotov
|
 Yuriy Kulikov
|
2 |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 |  Pierre-Louis Loubet
|
Loris Pascaud
|
1 | |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 |  Mads Østberg
|
 Patrik Barth
|
1 | |
| Private entries | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
 Giovanni Bernacchini
|
1 |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 2 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | Sh. Bader Al-Fayez
|
Joseph Matar
|
2 | |
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Abdullah Al-Rawahi
|
Ata Al-Hmoud
|
2 | |
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah
|
Ziad Chehab
|
1–2 | |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Mārtiņš Sesks
|
Renārs Francis
|
1 | |
| Entrylists:[2][3] | ||||
MERC2
[edit]| Rally2-kit, N4 and R4 entries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds |
| QMMF
|
Subaru Impreza STi N14 | Rashid Al-Mohannadi
|
Taha Al-Zadjali
|
1 |
| Private entries | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Issa Abu Jamous
|
Saqer Abu Jamous
|
1 |
| Emad Juma'a
|
2 | |||
| Subaru Impreza STi N14 |  Fabid Ahmer
|
Milen Cherian
|
1 | |
| Subaru Impreza STi N14 | Zakarya Al-Amri
|
Mohammed Al-Mazroui
|
1–2 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |  Jasem Al-Maqawhi
|
Thamer Al-Mutairi
|
1 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Ihab Al-Shorafa
|
Youssef Juma
|
1 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Mohammed Al-Shurafa
|
Youssef Juma
|
2 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Fadi Dahshan
|
Zeid Abu Zeid
|
2 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Shaker Jweihan
|
Mustafa Juma
|
1 | |
| Carlos Hanna
|
2 | |||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Ahmad Khaled
|
Samer Sfeir
|
1 | |
| Musa Djiyerian
|
2 | |||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Ameer Nassif
|
Mustafa Juma
|
2 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Hamada Odeh
|
Yazan Juma
|
2 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Husam Salem
|
Nancy Al-Majali
|
1–2 | |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Shadi Shaban
|
Samer Issa
|
1–2 | |
| Entrylists:[2][3] | ||||
MERC4
[edit]| Rally4 and R3 entries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Category |
| Private entries | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Saneem Payyakkal
|
Musa Sherif
|
1 | |
| Rally5 entries | |||||
| Private entries | Renault Clio Rally5 | Shadi El Faikh
|
Samer Sfeir
|
2 | |
| Entrylists:[2][3] | |||||
Results
[edit]Season summary
[edit]| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar International Rally
|
Pierre-Louis Loubet
|
Loris Pascaud
|
Sports Racing Technologies
|
1:46:37.9 | Report | |
| 2 | Jordan Rally
|
Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
Giovanni Bernacchini
|
Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
2:08:28.2 | Report | |
| 3 | Rally of Lebanon
|
Report | |||||
| 4 | Cyprus Rally
|
Report | |||||
| 5 | Oman International Rally
|
Report |
Scoring system
[edit]Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in MERC, MERC2, MERC3 and MERC4. In all classes, the best four scores from the five rounds count towards the final number of points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 30 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are awarded only in the main MERC drivers' and co-drivers' championships.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
[edit]Overall
[edit]| Pos | Driver | QAT
|
JOR
|
LBN
|
CYP
|
OMA
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
|
44 | 22 | 49 | |||
| 2 | Shaker Jweihan
|
6 | 35 | 37 | |||
| 3 | Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
Ret | 11 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Pierre-Louis Loubet
|
12 | 34 | ||||
| 5 | Mads Østberg
|
21 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Shadi Shaban
|
7 | 6 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Abdullah Al-Rawahi
|
33 | Ret | 24 | |||
| 8 | Husam Salem
|
8 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Denis Krotov
|
43 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Sh. Bader Al-Fayez
|
54 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah
|
5 | Ret | 17 | |||
| 12 | Ihab Al-Shorafa
|
10 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Issa Abu Jamous
|
Ret | 8 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Rashid Al-Mohannadi
|
9 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | Shadi El Faikh
|
10 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | Fabid Ahmer
|
11 | 5 | ||||
| 17 | Saneem Payyakkal
|
12 | 4 | ||||
| 18 | Khalid Mohammad Al-Suwaidi
|
135 | Ret | 4 | |||
| Pos | Driver | QAT
|
JOR
|
LBN
|
CYP
|
OMA
|
Points |
MERC2
[edit]| Pos | Driver | QAT
|
JOR
|
LBN
|
CYP
|
OMA
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaker Jweihan
|
1 | 1 | 60 | |||
| 2 | Shadi Shaban
|
2 | 2 | 48 | |||
| 3 | Husam Salem
|
3 | 3 | 42 | |||
| 4 | Ihab Al-Shorafa
|
5 | 5 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Issa Abu Jamous
|
Ret | 4 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Rashid Al-Mohannadi
|
4 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | Fabid Ahmer
|
6 | 15 |
MERC4
[edit]| Pos | Driver | QAT
|
JOR
|
LBN
|
CYP
|
OMA
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saneem Payyakkal
|
1 | 30 | ||||
| 2 | Shadi El Faikh
|
1 | 30 |
Co-drivers' championship
[edit]Overall
[edit]| Pos | Driver | QAT
|
JOR
|
LBN
|
CYP
|
OMA
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Bernacchini
|
Ret | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Loris Pascaud
|
12 | |||||
| 3 | Patrik Barth
|
21 | |||||
| 4 | Samer Issa
|
7 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Marshall Clarke
|
2 | |||||
| 6 | Ata Al-Hmoud
|
33 | Ret | ||||
| 7 | Nancy Al-Majali
|
8 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Carlos Hanna
|
3 | |||||
| 9 | Yuriy Kulikov
|
4 | |||||
| 10 | James Fulton
|
44 | |||||
| 11 | Joseph Matar
|
5 | |||||
| 12 | Ziad Chehab
|
5 | Ret | ||||
| 13 | Youssef Juma
|
10 | 9 | ||||
| 14 | Mustafa Juma
|
6 | Ret | ||||
| 15 | Emad Juma'a
|
8 | |||||
| 16 | Taha Al-Zadjali
|
9 | |||||
| 17 | Samer Sfeir
|
Ret | 10 | ||||
| 18 | Milen Cherian
|
11 | |||||
| 19 | Ross Whittock
|
135 | Ret | ||||
| 20 | Musa Sherif
|
12 | |||||
| Pos | Driver | QAT
|
JOR
|
LBN
|
CYP
|
OMA
|
Points |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "2024 FIA regional rally sporting regulations.pdf" (PDF). fia.com. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Entry list Qatar International Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Entry list Jordan Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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