Rally Jordan

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Chris Atkinson and Dani Sordo's World Rally Cars in the “Dead Sea Center” 2008

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
1981 1 1st Jordan Rally 1981 LebanonLebanon Michel Saleh LebanonLebanon Tony Samia Toyota Celica GT
1982 1 2nd Jordan Rally 1982 LebanonLebanon Michel Saleh LebanonLebanon Tony Samia Toyota Celica GT
1983 1 3rd Jordan Rally 1983 QatarQatar Saeed Al-Hajri United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Spiller Opel Manta 400
1984 1 4th Jordan Rally 1984 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Ali Hassan Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo
1985 1 5th Jordan Rally 1985 QatarQatar Saeed Al-Hajri United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Spiller Porsche 911 SC RS
1986 1 6th Jordan Rally 1986 QatarQatar Saeed Al-Hajri United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Spiller Porsche 911 SC RS
1987 1 7th Jordan Rally 1987 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Spiller Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo
1988 1 8th Jordan Rally 1988 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo
1989 not carried out
1990 1 9th Jordan Rally 1990 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)
1991 not carried out
1992 1 10th Jordan Rally 1992 QatarQatar Abbas Al-Mossawi QatarQatar Bernard Smyth Toyota Celica GT-Four
1993 1 11th Jordan Rally 1993 QatarQatar Hamed Al-Thani QatarQatar Hamad Al-Marri Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1994 1 12th Jordan Rally 1994 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem United KingdomUnited Kingdom Phil Mills Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1995 1 13th Jordan Rally 1995 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Abdullah Bakhashab United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bobby Willis Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996 1 14th Jordan Rally 1996 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1997 1 15th Jordan Rally 1997 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Ford Escort WRC
1998 1 16th Jordan Rally 1998 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Ford Escort WRC
1999 1 17th Jordan Rally 1999 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Ford Escort WRC
2000 1 18th Jordan International Rally 2000 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem IrelandIreland Ronan Morgan Ford Escort WRC 1999
2001 1 19th Jordan International Rally 2001 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem JordanJordan Khaled Zakharia Ford Focus RS WRC 1999
2002 1 20th Jordan International Rally 2002 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Spiller Ford Focus RS WRC 2000
2003 1 21st Jordan International Rally 2003 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve Lancaster Subaru Impreza S8 WRC 2002
2004 1 22nd Jordan International Rally 2004 JordanJordan Amjad Farrah JordanJordan Khaled Zakharia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
2005 1 23rd Jordan Rally 2005 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2006 1 24th Jordan Rally 2006 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza STi N12
2007 1 25th Jordan Rally 2007 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Khalid Al-Qassimi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nicky Beech Subaru Impreza STi N12
2008 1st Jordan Rally 2008 FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 2007
2008 1 MERC Jordan Rally 2008 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza STi N14
2009 1 Jordan Rally 2009 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah ItalyItaly Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza STi N15
2010 2nd Jordan Rally WRC 2010 FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb MonacoMonaco Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC
2011 3rd Jordan Rally WRC 2011 FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance Julien Ingrassia Citroën DS3 WRC
2012 1 Jordan Rally 2012 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah ItalyItaly Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC
2013 1 Jordan Rally 2013 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah ItalyItaly Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC
2014 1 Jordan Rally 2014 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah ItalyItaly Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC
2015 1 Jordan Rally 2015 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah FranceFrance Mathieu Baumel Ford Fiesta RRC
2016 1 Jordan Rally 2016 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah FranceFrance Mathieu Baumel Škoda Fabia R5
2017 1 Jordan Rally 2017 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah FranceFrance Mathieu Baumel Ford Fiesta R5

1 no World Cup status

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Results of the Rally Jordan 2008 and 2010 (ewrc.com accessed on March 4, 2011)
  2. Dead Sea Center (wrc.com, February 13, 2008; accessed March 4, 2011)
  3. Overview Jordan Rally 2008 (wrc.com April 2008; accessed March 4, 2011)
  4. ^ Economy in Jordan (Jordanien.com from August 1, 2009; accessed March 4, 2011)