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Defending champion Al-Attiyah tops entry for 2022 Jordan Rally
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 05 - 2022

Defending regional champion and 14-time event winner Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah tops an impressive entry for the forthcoming Jordan Rally. The fourth round of the 2022 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) takes place on May 19-21.
Jordan Motorsport confirmed Friday that 26 crews and competitors from 10 nations will take part in the three-day event that is based at the Crowne Plaza Jordan Dead Sea Resort and Spa and offers 12 challenging gravel stages in the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley areas of the Hashemite Kingdom.
Al-Attiyah will be partnered by Andorra-based co-driver Mathieu Baumel and faces competition in the R5 group from Oman's Abdullah Al-Rawahi and fellow Qatari Nasser Khalifa Al-Atya. The challenging duo currently hold third and fourth places in the overall points' standings for the MERC, albeit 55pts and 60pts behind leader Al-Attiyah, respectively.
Subject to final FIA technical checks, 14 teams will provisionally line-up in the NR4 group where points for both the overall regional series and the FIA MERC2 Championship are at stake. Local driver Issa Abu Jamous currently has a 26-point lead in the MERC2 category and also holds second place in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship.
The Jordanian and his co-driver Emad Juma top a field that also includes Lebanon's talented young Alex Feghali, Kuwait's defending MERC2 champion Meshari Al-Thefiri, Oman's Zakariya Al-Aamri and fellow Jordanians, Shadi Shaban, Khaled Juma, Ihab Al-Shorafa and Bader Al-Fayez.
Derivatives of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution rally car dominate the entry, with 15 of the Japanese four-wheel drive cars on the entry list. Former MERC3 champion Asem Aref leads the way in the two-wheel drive category in his Renault Clio RS.
The provisional timetable includes three demanding gravel stages, repeated twice, in the Jordan Valley on Friday (May 20) and two loops of three shorter timed tests (Bahath, Suwayma and Ma'in) on Saturday (May 21) before the podium finish takes centre stage from 16.30hrs. In a route of 598.22km, 205.54km will be timed against the clock. — SG


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