Rally Jordan
The Jordan Rally (officially Jordan Rally ) is a run of since 2008 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). However, the rally has been taking place since 1981 and from 1984 it was part of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile- Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), which was also organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The rally takes place in the Kingdom of Jordan . The Jordan Rally was not part of the World Rally Championship in the 2012 season , it was replaced this year by the Monte Carlo Rally (currently: see below).
History and routing
The Jordan Rally was first held in the Middle East Rally, starting from the season 2008 World Rally Championship included in the ranking. This season the rally was also included in the JWRC for the first time . The following year it was not part of the World Rally Championship. For 2010 (also SWRC and PWRC ) and 2011 it was re-included in the World Rally Championship calendar. The former rally pilot, chairman of the Jordan Motorsport Association , Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Jordan Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein , who has also been a member of the IOC since 2010 , is a sponsor of this event. In 2008, for example, the “Dead Sea Center” was built out of nowhere in the desert, a 50,000 m² area for the paddock, with the help of the Jordanian Army and the Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, from where a beautiful one can be built Has views of the Dead Sea . Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein and the rally organizers tried very hard to make the rally a fixed point on the World Cup calendar in the years that followed. This rally is the largest sporting event in the country and it is hoped that it will attract international media interest. Since tourism accounts for around 10% of the gross domestic product and is thus the second most important source of foreign exchange, one hopes for the PR value of the event.
The paddock with the service zone is located around 50 kilometers south of the capital Amman near the Dead Sea, close to the deepest point on earth (which is not covered with water). The special stages will be held in the Jordan desert around the Dead Sea, sometimes at over 40 ° C in the shade. The highest passage of a special stage is just over 1000 meters above sea level. Most parts of the rally take place below zero sea level down to the Jordan Rift (a good 420 m below sea level). This makes the rally an unusual addition to the list of World Rally Championship races. Since all the special stages are comparatively close to the service park, it is also one of the more compact rallies of the world championship. The route itself is quite demanding, however, in 2008 around a third of the vehicles that started retired due to accidents or defects. Two years later, at the 2010 event, the teams and crews had prepared themselves better for these conditions and only five vehicles did not reach the finish line for such reasons. In that year, some special stages were replaced, for example, on the first day they drove north of the capital in the forested mountains of Jordan before heading back into the desert.
Overall winner
year | rally | driver | Co-driver | automobile |
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1981 1 | 1st Jordan Rally 1981 | Michel Saleh | Tony Samia | Toyota Celica GT |
1982 1 | 2nd Jordan Rally 1982 | Michel Saleh | Tony Samia | Toyota Celica GT |
1983 1 | 3rd Jordan Rally 1983 | Saeed Al-Hajri | John Spiller | Opel Manta 400 |
1984 1 | 4th Jordan Rally 1984 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ali Hassan | Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo |
1985 1 | 5th Jordan Rally 1985 | Saeed Al-Hajri | John Spiller | Porsche 911 SC RS |
1986 1 | 6th Jordan Rally 1986 | Saeed Al-Hajri | John Spiller | Porsche 911 SC RS |
1987 1 | 7th Jordan Rally 1987 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | John Spiller | Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo |
1988 1 | 8th Jordan Rally 1988 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo |
1989 | not carried out | |||
1990 1 | 9th Jordan Rally 1990 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165) |
1991 | not carried out | |||
1992 1 | 10th Jordan Rally 1992 | Abbas Al-Mossawi | Bernard Smyth | Toyota Celica GT-Four |
1993 1 | 11th Jordan Rally 1993 | Hamed Al-Thani | Hamad Al-Marri | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 |
1994 1 | 12th Jordan Rally 1994 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Phil Mills | Ford Escort RS Cosworth |
1995 1 | 13th Jordan Rally 1995 | Abdullah Bakhashab | Bobby Willis | Ford Escort RS Cosworth |
1996 1 | 14th Jordan Rally 1996 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Ford Escort RS Cosworth |
1997 1 | 15th Jordan Rally 1997 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Ford Escort WRC |
1998 1 | 16th Jordan Rally 1998 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Ford Escort WRC |
1999 1 | 17th Jordan Rally 1999 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Ford Escort WRC |
2000 1 | 18th Jordan International Rally 2000 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Ronan Morgan | Ford Escort WRC 1999 |
2001 1 | 19th Jordan International Rally 2001 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | Khaled Zakharia | Ford Focus RS WRC 1999 |
2002 1 | 20th Jordan International Rally 2002 | Mohammed Bin Sulayem | John Spiller | Ford Focus RS WRC 2000 |
2003 1 | 21st Jordan International Rally 2003 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Steve Lancaster | Subaru Impreza S8 WRC 2002 |
2004 1 | 22nd Jordan International Rally 2004 | Amjad Farrah | Khaled Zakharia | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII |
2005 1 | 23rd Jordan Rally 2005 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
2006 1 | 24th Jordan Rally 2006 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza STi N12 |
2007 1 | 25th Jordan Rally 2007 | Khalid Al-Qassimi | Nicky Beech | Subaru Impreza STi N12 |
2008 | 1st Jordan Rally 2008 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC 2007 |
2008 1 | MERC Jordan Rally 2008 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza STi N14 |
2009 1 | Jordan Rally 2009 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Subaru Impreza STi N15 |
2010 | 2nd Jordan Rally WRC 2010 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC |
2011 | 3rd Jordan Rally WRC 2011 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën DS3 WRC |
2012 1 | Jordan Rally 2012 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Ford Fiesta RRC |
2013 1 | Jordan Rally 2013 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Ford Fiesta RRC |
2014 1 | Jordan Rally 2014 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Ford Fiesta RRC |
2015 1 | Jordan Rally 2015 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Ford Fiesta RRC |
2016 1 | Jordan Rally 2016 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Škoda Fabia R5 |
2017 1 | Jordan Rally 2017 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Ford Fiesta R5 |
1 no World Cup status
Web links
- Official Jordan Rally website (Arabic / English)
- WRC Jordan 2011 preview (English)
- Results on eWRC-results.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the Rally Jordan 2008 and 2010 (ewrc.com accessed on March 4, 2011)
- ↑ Dead Sea Center (wrc.com, February 13, 2008; accessed March 4, 2011)
- ↑ Overview Jordan Rally 2008 (wrc.com April 2008; accessed March 4, 2011)
- ^ Economy in Jordan (Jordanien.com from August 1, 2009; accessed March 4, 2011)