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Qatari rally driver Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (pictured) seeks to continue his brilliant form this season and extend his lead in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) at the three-day Cyprus International Rally starting today.
Al-Attiyah, who holds ten MERC titles, most recently last season, hopes to win the rally for the fourth time after winning it three times in 2010, 2012 and 2013. This year the Cyprus Rally showcases three rallies at one event - the 5th round of the Middle-East Rally Championship; the 8th round of the European Rally Championship; and local crews will compete at the fourth round of the local championship.
The rally will see 66 cars vying for top honours, including 13 cars for the European Championship, and 44 cars for the local event, in addition to the nine MERC drivers.
Sixteen fast and demanding special stages, adding up a total of 664.18kms will test a plethora of crews from Cyprus, Europe and the Middle East all of which are promising an exciting rally for motorsport fans around the island during the weekend.
An innovation of the Cyprus Rally this year is the inclusion of the beach front of Larnaca – Foinikoudes – as the place for the Ceremonial Start and Finish of the event. For a second consecutive year, the central streets of Nicosia will host a super special stage, thus connecting this divided capital.
The main action revs off tomorrow morning, on a day which includes a total of eight Special Stages, three of which will be repeated.
Crews will set off at 6:30 am from Park Ferme and head to Kotsiatis for a 15.20kms long stage. Next up will be Lithrodontas (22 kms) and Lagia (10.34 kms). The last morning stage will be Klavdia (11.42km) after which the crews will head back to the Service Park for noon repairs and debrief.
At 11:38, they will all head out again for the afternoon loop of all the stages that took place in the morning.
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