Roger Feghali Wins on Home Ground at the Wadi Chahrour Hill Climb

Roger Feghali delighted his home village by winning round one of the 2022 Lebanese Hill Climb Championship in Wadi Chahrour, ahead of Jawad Slim and Tamer Ghandour. Full results.

Khaled Karam · 1 min read
Roger Feghali's Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 on a run through Wadi Chahrour village
Roger Feghali during one of his runs – Photo: MMS Racing / BISER3A

WADI CHAHROUR, LEBANON – Roger Feghali (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6) won the first hill climb of 2022, organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) in Wadi Chahrour with 33 cars taking part. Feghali did not let his fellow villagers down: he led the event and stood on the top step of the podium in the final overall classification.

Jawad Slim (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) finished second and Tamer Ghandour (Skoda Fabia) third. The event, round one of the 2022 Lebanese Hill Climb Championship, drew a huge crowd of motorsport fans.

Overall classification

  1. Roger Feghali – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6: 5:15.88 min
  2. Jawad Slim – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8: 5:27.81
  3. Tamer Ghandour – Skoda Fabia: 5:31.99

Class results

PF2

  1. Michel Zgheib – BMW 328: 5:49.10
  2. Youssef Feghali – BMW 325: 6:02.34
  3. Carlos Merhi – BMW 135: 6:06.36

PF3

  1. Roger Feghali – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6: 5:15.88
  2. Jawad Slim – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8: 5:27.81
  3. Paul Ksaifi – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9: 5:34.57

PF4

  1. Tamer Ghandour – Skoda Fabia: 5:31.99
  2. Alex Feghali – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10: 5:37.35
  3. Bassel Abu Hamdan – Skoda Fabia: 5:40.30

PF5

  1. Elias Dehni – Citroën DS3: 5:52.31
  2. David Mezher – Citroën DS3: 6:13.03
  3. Elias Haddad – Renault Clio: 6:14.89

PF6

  1. Joseph Salem – Peugeot 208: 6:07.54
  2. Charbel Chebli – Suzuki Swift: 7:03.49

Cross Car

  1. Joe Kfoury: 5:33.23
  2. Anthony Dagher: 5:37.88
  3. Elias Chalala: 5:55.06

Charbel Chebli also won the Young Driver Cup.

Prize-giving

The trophies and prizes were presented in a festive atmosphere by Upper Wadi Chahrour mayor Sami Abou Mrad, Lower Wadi Chahrour municipality representative Sami Abi Rached, Bdadoun municipality representative Ghassan Feghali, ATCL motorsport committee coordinator Imad Lahoud, rally office director Gaby Kraiker, clerk of the course Noaman Hatem, the event officials and the village mukhtars.

Photos: MMS Racing and BISER3A.