JEZZINE, LEBANON – The Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) will organise the 9th Jezzine Rally next Sunday, July 25th. The event is round two of the 2021 Lebanese Rally Championship, after the Spring Rally.
The rally covers 215.22km in total, including 85.83km over seven special stages (one of them a super special), all on asphalt. The organising club announced 18 cars after registration closed on Wednesday afternoon.
Entry list
- Roger Feghali / Ziad Chehab – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Rodrigue Rahi / Georges Nader – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Alex Feghali / Georges Deaibess – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Bassel Abu Hamdan / Firas Elias – Citroën DS3
- Mathieu Reboisson / Dolyne Chlink – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Elias Dehni / Amine Akl – Renault Clio
- Chadi Fakieh / Samer Sfeir – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Joseph El-Hindi / Vicken Kanledjian – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Nadim Abou Mansour / Ziad Bardawil – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Joe Kazzi / Omar Mazkour – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- Jad El-Aawar / Carlos Hanna – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
- David Mezher / Chady Nasr – Citroën DS3
- (No. 13 not used)
- Ahmad Khaled / Musa Djiyerian (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10
- Nasser Khalifa Al-Atya (Qatar) / Rony Bou Abdo – Ford Fiesta R5
- Albert Hayek / Louay Sakr – Renault Clio
- Nidal El-Jurdi / France Said – Renault Clio
- Carl Rizk / Karim Abou Elias – Suzuki Swift 1.6
- Walid Schlink / Andre Achkouty – Renault Clio
The route
Crews leave Jezzine square at 8am on Sunday to tackle the seven stages:
- SS1, SS3 & SS5 – Bkassine – Kfarfalous (11.41km): from Bkassine up towards Karkha and Mrah El-Habbas, finishing in Kfarfalous near the main road. Road closed 7.10am – 9.40am, 9.57am – 12.27pm and 12.44pm – 3.14pm.
- SS2, SS4 & SS6 – Berti – Haitoura (16.80km): from Berti up towards Rimat, Saydoun and Haidab El-Qattin, via El-Maknouniyeh and Qaytouli, finishing at the Haitoura road. Road closed 7.43am – 10.13am, 10.30am – 1pm and 1.17pm – 3.47pm.
- SS7 – Jezzine super special (1.2km): from the Jezzine municipality square towards the Kfarhouna road and the Jezzine hospital junction, then back to the start. Road closed 2.23pm – 4.53pm.
The regroup and service area is on the Jezzine main road from 7am to 2pm. The first car is due back in Jezzine square at 3.30pm to finish the rally, followed by the podium ceremony.
9th Jezzine Rally at a glance
- Date: Sunday, July 25th, 2021
- Championship: Lebanese Rally Championship, round 2
- Surface: asphalt
- Total distance: 215.22km
- Competitive distance: 85.83km over seven stages
- Entries: 18 cars