Rally of Lebanon 2025 Day 2: Al-Attiyah Leads Feghali by 6.7 Seconds After Jbeil and Batroun

Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah ended Saturday of the 47th Rally of Lebanon 6.7 seconds ahead of Roger Feghali after six stages in Jbeil and Batroun, with Elias Dehni third.

Khaled Karam · 3 min read
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah's Skoda Fabia RS on a mountain stage of the 2025 Rally of Lebanon
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah during one of Saturday's stages (Photo: Biser3a.com)

Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Spanish co-driver Candido Carrera (Skoda Fabia RS) led the second day of the 47th Rally of Lebanon, organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) under the patronage of President General Joseph Aoun, with a time of 1h10m09s.

Roger Feghali and Joseph Matar (Toyota GR Yaris) were second, 6.7 seconds behind, while Elias Dehni and Nicola Arena (Skoda Fabia) held third place at the end of the day.

The event is the fifth and penultimate round of the 2025 Middle East Rally Championship and covers 624.41km, including 192.44km over 11 special stages.

A two-way duel on asphalt

After Feghali won Friday’s opening super special stage at the ATCL in Kaslik by half a second from Al-Attiyah, Saturday brought the expected head-to-head between Feghali, a 17-time winner of the event, and Al-Attiyah, a two-time winner. The pair traded fastest times across the six special stages in the Jbeil and Batroun districts, pulling clear of the field while several drivers fought over third place some way behind.

In hot summer weather and in front of large crowds along the stages, the gap between “the legend” Feghali and “Superman” Al-Attiyah came down to fractions of a second as two of the best asphalt drivers of recent years pushed to the limit.

Provisional standings after day 2

  1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Qatar) / Candido Carrera (Spain) – Skoda Fabia RS – 1:10:09
  2. Roger Feghali / Joseph Matar – Toyota GR Yaris – 1:10:16
  3. Elias Dehni / Nicola Arena – Skoda Fabia – 1:11:45
  4. Bassel Abu Hamdan (Saudi Arabia) / Firas Elias – VW Polo – 1:12:24
  5. Rabih Ayoub / Georges Nader – Skoda Fabia RS – 1:14:07
  6. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (Qatar) / Giovanni Bernacchini (Italy) – Skoda Fabia RS – 1:14:29
  7. Joseph Hindi / Vicken Kanledjian – Renault Clio – 1:14:54
  8. Tarek Younis / Salim Jleilaty – Skoda Fabia – 1:17:07
  9. Rodrigue Rahi / Gary Koundakjian – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 – 1:17:43
  10. Ahmad Khaled / Omar Mazkour – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:17:55
  11. Jad El-Aawar / Musa Djiyerian (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:22:07
  12. Henry Kahy / Ramy Menhem – Citroën DS3 – 1:22:12
  13. Charbel Chebli / Dolyne Chlink – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 – 1:22:44
  14. Ria Dagher / Nadim Abou Elias – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:24:14
  15. Abdullah Al Zubair / Taha Al Zadjali (Oman) – Subaru N14 – 1:24:44
  16. Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah (Qatar) / Ziad Chehab – Ford Fiesta – 1:25:28
  17. Tony Germanos / Joseph Kmeid – Renault Clio – 1:27:39
  18. Mohammad Tajeddine / Samer Sfeir – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:30:07
  19. Zakariya Al Amri / Mohamed Al Mazrui (Oman) – Subaru Impreza N14 – 1:31:01
  20. Mohammed Al-Marri (Qatar) / Pierre Delrome (France) – Peugeot 208 – 1:31:49
  21. Rayan Khneisser / Christopher Bechara – Peugeot 208 VTi – 1:36:42
  22. Saneem Payyakkal / Musa Sherif (India) – Ford Fiesta – 1:46:44

National rally standings

  1. Walid Schlink / Andre Achkouty – Renault Clio RS – 1:31:38
  2. Jason Wehbe / Andre Mhanna – Citroën DS3 R1 – 1:35:49
  3. Camille Moucharrafieh / Firas El Helou – Honda R – 1:40:16
  4. Joey El Hajj / Naji Sfeir – Hyundai – 1:42:01

Sunday route: four stages in North Metn

Day three starts at 7:30am from the Jounieh court car park, heading to the service park at the President Fouad Chehab Sports Complex, then via Nahr El Mot, Fanar, Ain Saadeh, Monteverde and the Qortada road to Zandouka.

  • SS8 Zandouka – Baabdat (16.85km): via Qsaybeh, the church, Arbaniyeh, the Salima junction and Dlaybeh up to Baabdat; road closed 7:30–10:30
  • SS9 Zabbougha – Kfartay (16.52km): via Zabbougha, Kfaraaqab, Ain El Qabou, Mashraa and Wadi El Karm to Kfartay; road closed 08:31–11:31
  • SS10 Zandouka – Bzebdine (17.67km): via Qsaybeh, the church, Arbaniyeh, the Salima junction, Dlaybeh and Hasbaya to Bzebdine; road closed 11:49–14:49
  • SS11 Zabbougha – Kfartay (16.52km): repeat of SS9; road closed 13:22–16:22

Between the loops, crews regroup at the Jounieh court car park and service at the Fouad Chehab complex, with a further regroup at the Mtein technical school from 13:54. Cars return to the ATCL in Kaslik from 17:00 to finish the rally, and the podium ceremony takes place at 17:30.