July 14, 2016 – With three out of four 2016 Lebanese Rally Championship rounds now out of the way, we can have a better look at the championship standings ahead of Rally of Lebanon, after which everything should be decided. But before you delve into the points, you should know that points earned in the Lebanese Hill Climb Championship (in non-prototype cars) are also included in the Lebanese Rally Championship, but only the best two of three Hill Climb results will count.
| Top 15 | Driver | Spring Rally | Hillclimb 1 | Jezzine Rally | Cedars Rally | Total Points |
| 1 | Roger Feghali | 72 | 0 | 78 | 84 | 234 |
| 2 | Tamer Ghandour | 81 | 30 | 90 | 0 | 201 |
| 3 | Eddy Abou Karam | 27 | 28 | 69 | 75 | 199 |
| 4 | Abdo Feghali | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 180 |
| 5 | Rodolphe Asmar | 72 | 25 | 81 | 0 | 178 |
| 6 | Bassel Abou Hamdan | 42 | 18 | 51 | 57 | 168 |
| 7 | Rony Kanaan | 36 | 14 | 36 | 66 | 152 |
| 8 | Rabih Ayoub | 0 | 0 | 60 | 66 | 126 |
| 9 | Majed Khoury | 30 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 112 |
| 10 | Patrick Njeim | 0 | 17 | 39 | 51 | 107 |
| 11 | Raafat Al Mohtar | 42 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 104 |
| 12 | Ziad Feghali | 48 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 90 |
| 12 | Michel Slaiby | 57 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 90 |
| 12 | Walid Chlink | 24 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 90 |
| 15 | Rodrigue Rahi | 66 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
The calculation (published by the ATCL) shows that Roger Feghali is the one leading the overall championship standings with 234 points, while Tamer Ghandour is 2nd, 33 points behind – hurt by his retirement in the Cedars Rally.
Eddy Abou Karam’s consistency puts him 3rd in the overall standings and 1st in Group N, whilst Roger Feghali is 2nd in the category and 37 points off the lead. Eddy benefits from Hill Climb points as he competes on a Group N Mitsubishi Evo, whereas Roger drives a Prototype Evo. Rabih Ayoub is 3rd in the category, 36 points behind Roger and in need of 73 points to catch Eddy.
| Grp N | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Eddy Abou Karam | 199 |
| 2 | Roger Feghali | 162 |
| 3 | Rabih Ayoub | 126 |
| 4 | Ziad Feghali | 90 |
| 4 | Michel Slaiby | 90 |
| 6 | Rodrigue Rahi | 88 |
Abdo Feghali, who’s had one retirement this year at Jezzine Rally, sits 4th overall – 19 points behind Eddy and 54 behind his brother – and Rodolphe Asmar rounds out the top 5, with just 2 points separating him from Abdo.
Bassel Abou Hamdan is 6th overall and leads the RC3 category, but he’s under pressure from Rony Kanaan, who recently won the RC3 class in Cedars Rally, as both are separated by 16 points. Walid Chlink is a distant third in the category.
| RC3 | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Bassel Abou Hamdan | 168 |
| 2 | Rony Kanaan | 152 |
| 3 | Walid Chlink | 90 |
In spite of his retirement in Spring Rally, Patrick Njeim has caught up with Majed Khoury, who completed all of the rallies so far, and sits just 5 points behind his main RC4 class rival.
| RC4 | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Majed Khoury | 112 |
| 2 | Patrick Njeim | 107 |
In the battle of the co-drivers, the unofficial calculation reveals that Joseph Matar has a healthy 54-point lead over Marc Haddad, while Joseph Kmeid holds third place and is only 3 points behind Marc.
| Top 10 | Co-Driver | Spring Rally | Jezzine Rally | Cedars Rally | Total Points |
| 1 | Joseph Matar | 72 | 78 | 84 | 234 |
| 2 | Marc Haddad | 90 | 0 | 90 | 180 |
| 3 | Joseph Kmeid | 33 | 69 | 75 | 177 |
| 3 | Selim Jleilaty | 81 | 90 | 0 | 171 |
| 5 | Firas Elias | 42 | 57 | 63 | 162 |
| 6 | Georges Nader | 72 | 81 | 0 | 153 |
| 7 | Samer Sfeir | 36 | 42 | 72 | 150 |
| 8 | Ziad Bardawil | 33 | 33 | 42 | 108 |
| 9 | Jihad El Hachem | 48 | 54 | 0 | 102 |
| 10 | Dolyne Chlink | 27 | 30 | 45 | 102 |
There are still plenty of points up for grabs as the season reaches its halfway point with two Hill Climbs and Rally of Lebanon left. It’s worth mentioning that Rally of Lebanon is “two rallies in one”, with points available on Day 1 and Day 2, separately.
