JOUNIEH, LEBANON – The Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) has announced 20 cars for the 36th Spring Rally, held on Sunday, June 13th in the Keserwan and Byblos districts. The event is round one of the 2021 Lebanese Rally Championship and runs on asphalt roads, covering 232.27km in total with 66.68km over six special stages.
Abdo Feghali is back
The standout name on the list is Abdo Feghali, who returns to competition after a break of several years.
Entry list
- Rodrigue Rahi / Georges Nader – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Roger Feghali / Salim Wakim – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Meshari Al-Thefiri (Kuwait) / Nasser Al-Kuwari (Qatar) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Chadi Fakieh / Samer Sfeir – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Tarek Younis / Rony Bou Abdo – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Nasser Khalifa Al-Atya (Qatar) / Giovanni Bernacchini (Italian, Polish licence) – Ford Fiesta R5
- Alex Feghali / Georges Deaibess – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Ahmad Khaled / Musa Djiyerian (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Abdo Feghali / Joseph Matar – Peugeot 208
- Henry Kahy / Nadim El-Halabi – Citroën DS3
- Mathieu Reboisson / Dolyne Chlink – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Nabil Abdel Hak / Vicken Kanledjian – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- (No. 13 not used)
- Joe Kazzi / Omar Mazkour – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Bassel Abu Hamdan / Firas Elias – Citroën DS3
- Moussa Chebli / Elie Mhanna – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8
- David Mezher / Chady Nasr – Citroën DS3
- Elias Dehni / Amine Akl – Renault Clio
- Walid Schlink / Andre Achkouty – Renault Clio
- Nidal El-Jurdi / France Said – Renault Clio
- Carl Rizk / Karim Abou Elias – Suzuki Swift 1.6
The route
Crews leave Casino du Liban at 7am on Sunday to tackle the six stages:
- SS1 & SS4 – Blat – Tourzaya (17.36km): road closed 6.01am – 9.01am and 9.57am – 12.57pm
- SS2 & SS5 – El-Mounsef – Sebil (14.63km): road closed 6.58am – 9.58am and 10.54am – 1.54pm
- SS3 & SS6 – Casino du Liban super special (1.35km): road closed 9.19am – 3.15pm
The first car reaches Casino du Liban at 2.30pm to finish the rally, followed by the podium ceremony. The regroup and service area is in the car park of LBCI (Adma) from 8am to 2pm.