The 51st Cyprus Worldwide Rally will get underway right now with the official opening ceremony happening at 5.30pm in Spyridaki sq., on Makariou avenue in Nicosia.
Organised by the Cyprus Car Affiliation, the rally serves as the ultimate and decisive race of the FIA Center East Rally Championship (MERC), which is able to decide the 2024 champion.
It additionally counts because the third and fourth spherical of the Cyprus Rally Championship, with every day serving as a separate championship race, weighted at 1.5 occasions the standard factors.The rally motion will unfold on Saturday within the space of Asinou, that includes three dust levels repeated twice, particularly in Xyliatos, Kapouras and Kourdali.
Every stage covers a distance of 49.33 kilometres. The day’s main service break will happen at 5.18pm on the service park positioned on Kyrenia avenue in Aglandjia, close to the police headquarters.
On Sunday there can be three totally different levels, every run twice, overlaying 41.81 kilometres per go. The motion will unfold once more within the separate areas of Doriforiko, Lefkara and the concluding stage in Geri.
The second run of the Geri stage, 9.63 kilometres in size, will function the service break at 3.43pm.Main the MERC standings is Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari with 49 factors, adopted by Jordan’s Shaker Jweihan with 37 factors, and Qatar’s 19-time Center East Rally Champion, and eight-time Cyprus Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah with 35 factors.
Al-Kuwari and Al-Attiyah will drive Skoda Fabia R5s, whereas Jweihan will compete in a Mitsubishi Lancer.A complete of 90 factors are up for grabs within the Cyprus Rally Championship. Main the standings with 60 factors are Simos Galatariotis and Antonis Ioannou, who will compete in a Volkswagen Polo GTi R5.
Pambos Yiangou and Andreas Nicolaou, at present in second place with 48 factors, will drive a Hyundai i20 R5 and have additionally entered the MERC. Third within the standings with 30 factors are Nestoros and Kallis in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, whereas Zinos and Christofi, in a Citroen DS3 R5, are in fourth place with 21 factors.A complete of 21 crews from 5 nations will compete within the rally.
The technical inspection of the observe started on Thursday and can finish on Friday morning.
The 51st Cyprus Worldwide Rally is sponsored by Go to Qatar, Psaltis Auto Components, ENEOS Motor Oil, Sparco, Cablenet, Pharmakas Pure Spring Water, ANCO Catering Gear, and Cease Fireplace.Supporters embody the Nicosia municipality, the Kapnos airport shuttle service and the Jeep Membership Cyprus.
