Rally of Lebanon 2026 Day 2: Roger Feghali Leads Bassel Abu Hamdan and Alex Feghali

Roger Feghali and Joseph Matar lead the 48th Rally of Lebanon after Saturday's Batroun stages, around 37 seconds ahead of Bassel Abu Hamdan, with Alex Feghali third.

Khaled Karam · 2 min read
Roger Feghali's Toyota GR Yaris on a stage of the 48th Rally of Lebanon in Batroun
Roger Feghali on Saturday's stages of the 48th Rally of Lebanon

Roger Feghali and Joseph Matar (Toyota GR Yaris) led the second day of the 48th Rally of Lebanon, organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) under the patronage of President General Joseph Aoun. Bassel Abu Hamdan and Firas Elias (Skoda Fabia RS) were second, around 37 seconds behind, followed by Alex Feghali and Marc Haddad (Skoda Fabia RS), 1 minute 10 seconds off the lead. Large crowds followed the day’s action in hot summer weather.

The rally covers 678.29km, including 197.91km over 11 special stages, and is the fourth round of the 2026 Middle East Rally Championship.

Unofficial standings after day 2

  1. Roger Feghali (18-time winner) / Joseph Matar – Toyota GR Yaris – 54:05
  2. Bassel Abu Hamdan / Firas Elias – Skoda Fabia RS – 54:41
  3. Alex Feghali / Marc Haddad – Skoda Fabia RS – 55:15
  4. Joseph Hindi / Vicken Kanledjian – Citroën C3 – 55:44
  5. Carl Rizk / Karim Abou Elias – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 56:02
  6. Elias Dehni / Thierry Rouhana – Skoda Fabia RS – 56:03
  7. Tarek Younis / Salim Jleilaty – Skoda Fabia – 58:14
  8. Rodrigue Rahi / Gary Koundakjian – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 59:50
  9. Ria Dagher / Nadim Abou Elias – Renault Clio – 59:58
  10. Jad El-Aawar / Musa Djiyerian (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:00:04
  11. Ahmad Khaled / Omar Mazkour – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:00:37
  12. Shadi El Fakih / Samer Sfeir – Lancia – 1:01:04
  13. Robert Aaraj / Joseph Kmeid – Peugeot 208 – 1:01:15
  14. Henry Kahy / Georges Nader – Citroën DS3 – 1:01:43
  15. Alex Sehnaoui / Marvin Mezher – Renault Clio – 1:02:33
  16. Shaker Juwaihan / Jumaa Mustafa (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer – 1:04:46
  17. Serge Tchobourian / Fadi Geagea – Renault Clio RS – time not given
  18. Jason Wehbe / Andre Mhanna – Renault Clio RS – 1:13:39
  19. Sami Fleifel / Ibrahim Ali (Jordan) – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 – 1:18:52
  20. Edwin Khneisser / Christopher Bechara – Citroën DS3 – 1:22:12
  21. Zakariya Al Amri / Mohamed Al Mazrui (Oman) – Subaru Impreza N14 – 1:22:52

Sunday: six stages in Jbeil and North Metn

The final day starts at 7am from the Jounieh court car park. Crews tackle two loops of three stages: Nahr Ibrahim – Adonis – Mechmech (14.62km), Zandouka – Baabdat (16.85km) and Zabbougha – Marj Baskinta (15.74km) in the morning, then Nahr Ibrahim – Adonis – Mechmech, Zandouka – Bzebdine (17.56km) and the final Zabbougha – Marj Baskinta stage, whose road closes from 15:52 to 18:52. Cars then return to the ATCL in Kaslik for the podium ceremony from 19:00, followed by the winners’ press conference at 8pm.