After suffering some transition problems on day 1 Nasser Al Attiyah fought back to win 9th successive Qatar rally victory. Qatar’s Mubarak Al-Hajri takes career-best second overall. Third position went to UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah Al-Qassimi in his new Ford Feista S2000, previously used by Nasser.
Note: QMMF carries out first ever anti-doping checks in MERC history
Final Official overall classification:
| 1 | 1 | N. AL ATTIYAH (QA) | G. BERNACCHINI (I) | Ford Fiesta S2000 | N/N2 | 2:25’01.1 | |||
| 2 | 7 | M. AL HAJRI (QA) | Y. AREF (UAE) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | 2:28’39.9 | 3’38.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | S. AL QASSIMI (UAE) | S. LANCASTER (GB) | Ford Fiesta S2000 | N/N3 | 2:29’19.3 | 4’18.2 | ||
| 4 | 5 | E. AL NEJADI (KWT) | A. AL SHRAAH (KWT) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | 2:38’41.3 | 13’40.2 | ||
| 5 | 18 | S. ALSUWAIDI (QA) | B. GHAZZAWI (QA) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | 2:43’52.4 | 18’51.3 | ||
| 6 | 15 | A. HIJAZI (HKJ) | J. MATAR (RL) | Skoda S2000 | N/N2 | 2:45’06.2 | 20’05.1 | ||
| 7 | 9 | J. ALMARRI (QA) | J. CARLIN (GB) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | 2:48’54.3 | 23’53.2 | ||
| 8 | 16 | M. AL MARRI (QA) | K. KODER (RL) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | 2:57’05.0 | 32’03.9 | ||
| 9 | 23 | N. AL MAJALI (HKJ) | N. SHNOUDEH (HKJ) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | 3:13’37.3 | 48’36.2 | ||
| 10 | 20 | F. ASHKNANI (KWT) | H. GADANFAR (KWT) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | 4:20’51.7 | 1:55’50.6 | ||
| RET | 17 | K. AL ATTIYAH (QA) | R. MENHEM (RL) | Mitsubishi EVO 10 | N/N3 | SS 12 | |||
| RET | 4 | A. ALKUWARI (QA) | N. ALKUWARI (QA) | Mitsubishi EVO 10 | N/N3 | SS 11 | |||
| RET | 6 | S. AL THANI (QA) | F. ALLOUH (QA) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | SS 9 | |||
| RET | 11 | M. AL THEFIRI (KWT) | M. AL THERERI (KWT) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | SS 9 | |||
| RET | 12 | A. ALRABAN (QA) | A. ABDALLA (QA) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | SS 9 | |||
| RET | 14 | M. AL NEJADI (KWT) | A. AL KHARS (KWT) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | SS 9 | |||
| RET | 10 | M. MUBARAK (KWT) | S. ALMELAHFI (KWT) | Mitsubishi EVO 10 | N/N3 | SS 8 | |||
| RET | 22 | E. WEISS (UAE) | C. HARLOFF (D) | Mitsubishi EVO 9 | N/N3 | SS 8 | |||
| RET | 8 | M. SALEH (RL) | Y. REJLEH (SYR) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | SS 7 | |||
| RET | 21 | J. ALMEI (QA) | K. ALBANASAWI (QA) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | SS 3 | |||
| RET | 3 | K. ALSUWAIDI (QA) | N. BEACH (GB) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | SS 2 | |||
| RET | 19 | A. ABDULLAH (KWT) | S. SHAWARED (QA) | Subaru Impreza | N/N3 | SS 2 | |||
