- Middle East Rally Championship
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The Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) is one of the official annual rally championships run by the FIA.
The 2011 Events are as follows:Event Date Winner Qatar 3 - 5 Feb 2011 Nasser Al-Attiyah Kuwait 10 - 12 Mar 2011 Nasser Al-Attiyah Jordan 14 -16 Apr 2011 Rashed El-Ketbi Cyprus 1 - 3 July 2011 Nasser Al-Attiyah Lebanon 16 - 18 Sep 2011 Roger Feghali Syria 6 - 8 Oct 2011 Cancelled Dubai 1 - 3 Dec 2011 [[]] Contents
2010 season
The 2010 Events and winners:
Event Date Winner Qatar 21 Jan - 23 Jan 2010 Nasser Al-Attiyah Kuwait 5 Mar - 8 Mar 2010 Khalid Al Qassimi Jordan 1 Apr - 3 Apr 2010 Yazeed Al-Rajhi KSA 20 Apr - 22 Apr 2010 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Lebanon 17 Sep - 19 Sep 2010 Roger Feghali Syria 7 Oct - 9 Oct 2010 Nasser Al-Attiyah Cyprus 5 Nov - 7 Nov 2010 Nasser Al-Attiyah Dubai 2 Dec - 4 Dec 2010 Nasser Al-Attiyah Past champions
Year Driver Car 2010 
Misfer Al-MarriSubaru Impreza WRX STI 2009 Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza WRX STI/Mitsubishi Evo10 2008 Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza WRX STI 2007 Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza WRX STI 2006 Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza WRX STI 2005 Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza WRX STI 2004 
Khalid Al-QassimiSubaru Impreza WRX STI 2003 Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza WRC 2002 Mohammed bin SulayemFord Focus WRC 2001 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Focus WRC 2000 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Focus WRC 1999 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Focus WRC 1998 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Escort WRC 1997 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Escort RS Cosworth 1996 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Escort RS Cosworth 1995 
Abdullah BakhashabFord Escort RS Cosworth 1994 Mohammed Bin SulayemFord Escort RS Cosworth 1993 Hamed Al-ThaniToyota Celica GT-Four 1992 Mamdouh KhayatLancia Delta HF Integrale 1991 Mohammed Bin SulayemToyota Celica GT-Four 1990 Mohammed Bin SulayemToyota Celica GT-Four 1989 Mohammed Bin SulayemToyota Celica GT-Four 1988 Mohammed Bin SulayemToyota Celica CTC 1987 Mohammed Bin SulayemToyota Celica CTC 1986 Mohammed Bin SulayemToyota Celica CTC 1985 Saeed Al-HajriPorsche 911 SC RS 1984 Saeed Al-HajriPorsche 911 SC RS Previous rally winners
168 Rallies (after Lebanon Rally 2011), following are the winners stats:
Driver Wins Mohammed bin Sulayem60 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah41 Saeed Al-Hajri11 
Roger Feghali9 Khalid Al Qassimi7 
Andreas Tsouloftas4 Abdullah Bakhashab3 
Björn Waldegård3 Jean-Pierre Nasrallah3 Yazeed Al-Rajhi3 Suhail bin Maktoum2 Khalifa Al-Mutaiwi2 Michel Saleh2 18 drivers have won one round of the MERC:
Charalambous Thimotheou (CY), Amjad Farrah (HKJ), Andreas Peratikos (CY), Chris Thomas (CY), Samir Ghanem (RL), Abdullah Al-Qassimi (UAE), Abbas Al-Motaiwi (QA), Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah (QA), Hamed Bin Eid Al-Thani (QA), Maurice 'Bagheera' Senaoui (RL), Tony Georgiou (RL), Alex Fiorio (I), Piero Liatti (I), Russell Brookes (GB), Alain Oreille (F), Nizar Shanfari (OM), Nicos Thomas (CY), Rashed El-Ketbi (UAE).External links
References
Categories:- FIA
- Rally racing series
- Motorsport in the Middle East
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