(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatar's Nasser Khalifa al-Atya will be in action on Ford Fiesta R5 at the Nicosia-based Cyprus Rally, which gets underway on Friday.
This week's competition will be round four of the 2021 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC). Al-Atya and co-driver Ata Al-Hamoud featured in the third round of MERC staged in Lebanon early this month. Other entries for the three-day event this week include Dakar Rally star and regional champion Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (Volkswagen) of Qatar, Oman Rally Team's Abdullah al-Rawahi, Turkey's Raul Denktas (Hyundai i20), the local Petrolina Racing Team duo of Alex Tsouloftas and Simos Galatariotis in their Volkswagen Polo R5s in a strong 32-car field that includes numerous local drivers.
Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah leads the MERC drivers' table with 120 points ahead of Kuwait's Mshari al-Thefiri, who has 74 points. Lebanon's Alex Feghali is third with 59 points while Nasser Khalifa al-Atya is fourth with 42 points. The Cyprus Rally will get underway with a ceremonial start in Nicosia city centre today. The Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA) has laid out 12 gravel stages over the weekend. Two loops of three stages of 6.19km (Nikatari), 20.07km (Kapouras) and 21.21km (Kourdali) make up the opening leg tomorrow. Crews will tackle three sinuous stages of 13.01km (Lythrodontas), 19.02km (Ayios Ephifanios) and 10.96km (Ayia Marina) on two occasions on Sunday.
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