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Tuesday, 22nd April 2008

Preview for the Jordan Rally - the fifth round in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship, part 2.

World famous areas including the Baptism site of Jesus and Mount Nebo, where Moses looked over the Promised Land, will be part of the rally route.

Each day comprises two identical loops of tests with some roads being used four times over two separate legs.

The final leg is the longest and contains a sting in the tail with two passes over the twisty 41.45km Jordan River stage which runs through 'no man's land' on the Jordan - Palestine border.

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Drivers tackle 22 stages in total covering 359.26 kilometres in a route of 983.44 kilometres.


Last year:

The Jordan Rally was not apart of the FIA World Rally Championship in 2007.

The candidate event though was won by Khalid Al Qassimi - the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team's 'third' driver. Al Qassimi, who is taking in ten events in the WRC this season with the 'Blue Oval', won the round by just over a minute.

Amjad Farrah took the runners-up spot in his Evo, while Michel Saleh completed the podium, followed by Abdulla Al Qassimi and Abdulaziz Alkuwari in fourth and fifth respectively.

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