FIA Middle East Rally Champioinship

Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel moved into second position in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) after clinching a comfortable 3m 05.5s victory in the Sharqia Rally in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

Al-Rajhi sealed his third career MERC rally win and his second ...

Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel extended their overall lead to 53.9 seconds after a further six timed special stages of the Sharqia Rally, round four of the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), on Wednesday.

"It was a case of driving quickly without ...

Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel held the outright lead after the opening timed super special stage of the Sharqia Rally, round four of the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship, on Tuesday afternoon in Half Moon Bay.

Twenty-three teams were flagged away from the start ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia takes its place in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship for the first time tomorrow (Tuesday), when the Sharqia Rally gets underway with a ceremonial start and timed super special stage in the Al-Khobar region of the Eastern Province.

A provisional 30 crews will tackle ...

FIA President, Jean Todt, and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA Vice-President for motor sport, have just completed a visit to Syria, where they were welcomed by Walid Shaban, President of the Syrian Automobile Club (SAC). It marked the first time that such a high-ranking member of the FIA has ever visited ...

Three further Saudi Arabian crews will support Yazeed Al-Rajhi on the provisional entry list for this week's Sharqia Rally, round four of the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship. The event starts with a timed super special stage on Tuesday afternoon (April 22nd) in the Half Moon Bay of ...

The 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship is shaping up to be one of the most exciting on record and next week's Sharqia Rally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be crucial in determining the eventual winner of the region's eight-round rally series.

The Saudi Arabian Motor ...

Next week’s Rally of Turkey marks the first event in the second season of the Pirelli Star Driver programme. There will be a universal feeling of the first day in school as the five drivers and co-drivers pull on their Pirelli overalls for the first time at Thursday’s ...

The Sharqia Rally, round four of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, is taking shape in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and will be staged on April 20-22.

The rally is being held under the patronage of HRH Prince Mohamed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Governor of the Eastern Province ...

Defending FIA World Rally Champions, Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena, claimed their 56th WRC victory of a record-breaking partnership by mastering the tactics to perfection to clinch victory in the Jordan Rally on Saturday.

Team tactics – the likes of which have never been seen to such an extent on ...

Defending FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena snatched the outright lead in the Jordan Rally after a further six special stages of the three-day, third round of the FIA World Rally Championship on Good Friday.

The Citroën C4 WRC driver began the day in third overall ...

Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila held a 30.2-second outright lead for the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team after seven slippery and demanding special stages of the Jordan Rally on Thursday.

Loose stones and surface gravel played havoc with traction and grip on the deceptive, winding ...