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The Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) is a motor rally championship run under the auspicies of the FIA. First held in 1984 the championship encompasses a series of rallies held across Western Asia. The championship has featured long-running events like Rally of Lebanon, Rally Oman and the Troodos Rally in Cyprus as well as World Rally Championship event Jordan Rally. Many of the rallies in the region pre-date national independence, mostly from the United Kingdom.
Category | R5 Rally2 Group N |
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Country | Middle East |
Inaugural season | 1984 |
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The championship has been dominated by Nasser Al-Attiyah who has won 19 titles.
The championship features events in Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The championship has also visited Bahrain, Syria and Saudi Arabia.
230 Rallies (after Cyprus 2023), 39 different winners, following are the winners stats:
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81 |
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60 |
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16 |
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11 |
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8 |
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2 |
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Count as after Cyprus 2023
Driver | Wins |
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100 |
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74 |
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27 |
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9 |
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6 |
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5 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1 |
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