JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – Jeddah Rally Toyota brings the 2024 Saudi Toyota Rally Championship to a close on December 19–21.
The three-day event is based at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit (JCC), which hosts administration checks and the pre-event press conference on Wednesday, December 18.
Schedule
The ceremonial start takes place in the JCC F1 Circuit Parking area from 13:00 on Thursday, December 19, followed by a Prologue of about 11km from 15:00 that sets the start order for the next day.
Friday’s first long desert selective section, of about 183km, starts from Qudaid north of Jeddah. Saturday’s second section, of around 103km, runs through the historic agricultural governorate of Khulais in Mecca Province, northeast of Jeddah, for a total competitive distance of 296.00km. The post-event press conference and prize-giving follow in the JCC F1 Circuit Parking area from 17:00. The final entry list will be published on Sunday, December 15.
Event history
The Jeddah Rally was first held in 2014, won by Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French co-driver Alex Winocq. The Saudi won again in 2015 with German navigator Timo Gottschalk, before Qatar’s Adel Abdulla and Frenchman Sébastien Delaunay won outright in a T2 car in 2016.
Al-Rajhi won again in 2022 with Dirk von Zitzewitz in a Toyota Hilux and for a third time with Gottschalk last December in an Overdrive Racing Toyota. T2, T3 and T4 wins went to Ahmed Al-Shegawi, Saleh Al-Saif and Maha Al-Hameli in 2022, and to Jafar Al-Qahtani, Al-Saif and Yasir Seaidan last year.
Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi (2014 and 2015) and Haitham Al-Tuwaijri (2022 and 2023) have each won the quad class twice, while Emirati Hamdan Al-Ali and local rider Bader Al-Hamdan won the first two motorcycle categories in 2022 and 2023.