JOUNIEH, LEBANON – The Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) will organise the 36th Spring Rally on Sunday, June 13th, 2021 in the Keserwan and Byblos (Jbeil) districts. The rally opens the 2021 Lebanese Rally Championship and runs on asphalt roads.
The total distance is 232.27km, including 66.68km over six special stages. Registration opened on May 12th at the organising club’s rally office in Kaslik and closes at 4.30pm on Tuesday, June 8th, with the entry list published on the morning of Wednesday, June 9th.
Foreign crews are expected, especially as the new date comes right after the Jordan Rally, which ended two days ago as round two of this year’s Middle East Rally Championship.
The route
Crews leave Casino du Liban at 7am on Sunday, June 13th to tackle six stages, two of them super specials.
- SS1 & SS4 – Blat – Tourzaya (17.36km): from Blat up towards Bchelli, Zebdine and Bir El-Hit, then to El-Hosson towards Farhat El-Saqi, finishing in Tourzaya. Road closed 6.01am – 9.01am and again 9.57am – 12.57pm.
- SS2 & SS5 – El-Mounsef – Sebil (14.63km): from El-Mounsef up towards Cheikhane, Ghirzouz, Bkhaaz, Maad, Ghalboun and Bijjeh, finishing in Sebil. Road closed 6.58am – 9.58am and again 10.54am – 1.54pm.
- SS3 & SS6 – Casino du Liban super special (1.35km): from the point opposite the Atlal Plaza restaurant up to the entrance of Casino du Liban. Road closed 9.19am – 3.15pm.
The first car will reach 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.
As usual, the organising club will apply all coronavirus prevention measures.
36th Spring Rally at a glance
- Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2021
- Surface: asphalt
- Total distance: 232.27km
- Competitive distance: 66.68km over six stages
- Start and finish: Casino du Liban
- Service: LBCI car park, Adma