The official opening ceremony of the 48th Rally of Lebanon takes place at 8:30pm on Thursday 10 September in front of Jounieh municipality, in the presence of official, municipal, sporting and economic figures, motor sport fans and the media. Organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) over four days, 10 to 13 September, under the patronage of President General Joseph Aoun, the rally covers 678.29km, including 197.91km over 11 special stages, and is the fourth round of the 2026 Middle East Rally Championship.
Entries closed with 29 cars: 24 in the Rally of Lebanon and 5 in the national rally. The final list will be confirmed after scrutineering on Thursday 10 September from 9am to 1pm at Toyota BUMC in Hazmieh.
Entry list – Rally of Lebanon (MERC)
- 1 Hamza Bakhashab (Saudi Arabia) / Lorcan Moore (Ireland) – Toyota GR Yaris
- 2 Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah (Qatar) / Ziad Chehab – Ford Fiesta
- 3 Shaker Juwaihan / Jumaa Mustafa (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- 4 Zakariya Al Amri / Mohamed Al Mazrui (Oman) – Subaru Impreza N14
- 5 Bassel Abu Hamdan (Lebanese, Saudi licence) / Firas Elias – Skoda Fabia RS
- 6 Sami Fleifel / Ibrahim Ali (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- 7 Joseph Hindi / Vicken Kanledjian – Citroën C3
- 8 Jad El-Aawar / Musa Djiyerian (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- 9 Ahmad Khaled / Omar Mazkour – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- 10 Rodrigue Rahi / Gary Koundakjian – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- 11 Shadi El Fakih / Samer Sfeir – Lancia
- 12 Robert Aaraj / Joseph Kmeid – Peugeot 208
- (No. 13 not used)
- 14 Alex Feghali / Marc Haddad (Lebanese, French licence) – Skoda Fabia RS
- 15 Elias Dehni / Thierry Rouhana – Skoda Fabia RS
- 16 Roger Feghali (18-time winner, a record) / Joseph Matar – Toyota GR Yaris
- 17 Tarek Younis / Salim Jleilaty – Skoda Fabia
- 18 Ria Dagher / Nadim Abou Elias – Renault Clio
- 19 Alex Sehnaoui / Marvin Mezher – Renault Clio
- 20 Henry Kahy / Georges Nader – Citroën DS3
- 21 Edwin Khneisser / Christopher Bechara – Citroën DS3
- 22 Serge Tchobourian / Fadi Geagea – Renault Clio RS
- 23 Jason Wehbe / Andre Mhanna – Renault Clio RS
- 24 Carl Rizk / Karim Abou Elias – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- 25 Joanna Hassoun / Naji Sfeir – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
Entry list – National rally
- 101 Walid Schlink / Andre Achkouty – Renault Clio
- 102 Joey El Hajj / Oliver Mardian – Hyundai i20
- 103 Camille Moucharrafieh / co-driver to be announced – Honda Civic
- 104 Christopher Kanledjian / Boudy Abi Nader – Citroën DS3
- 105 Nidal El Jurdi / Michael Haddwan – Renault Clio
Programme
- Thursday 10 September: 9am–1pm scrutineering at Toyota BUMC, Hazmieh; 19:45 drivers’ press conference in front of Jounieh municipality; 20:30 opening ceremony in front of Jounieh municipality
- Friday 11 September: 9:45–10:15 qualifying stage in Arsoun to set Saturday’s starting order; at the ATCL in Kaslik: 16:00 classic car race, 17:00 Porsche Club race, 18:00 Toyota Yaris race, 19:00 national rally cars, 20:40 official start of the Rally of Lebanon with the opening super special stage inside the club
- Saturday 12 September: 8am start of day two in the Batroun district; 19:00 end of day two
- Sunday 13 September: 7am start of the third and final day in the Jbeil and North Metn districts; 19:00 podium ceremony at the ATCL in Kaslik; 20:00 winners’ press conference in the ATCL main hall (press room)
The service park is in the outdoor area of the President Fouad Chehab complex in Jounieh, and parc fermé is in the car park near the Jounieh Serail.