Jordan - FIA World Rally Championship

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Up to 100 cars, hundreds of support personnel and thousands of fans are expected to pour into Jordan between the 24th and 27th April as the country takes it’s first steps into one of the world’s biggest sporting championships – the FIA World Rally Championship.

History will be made as Jordan follows Bahrain (Formula One), the UAE (Off-road World Championship) and Qatar (Moto-GP) in attracting the cream of Motorsport into West Asia for the first time for what promises to be an extravaganza both on and off the competitive tracks.

“We have worked hard for this moment and this is a timely opportunity to focus on the final touches that need to be made in order to make the Jordan Rally one of the world’s very best,” said HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Chairman of Jordan Motorsport which organises and manages the event.

“There is still a lot of hard work ahead of us and I would like to encourage all those currently making this happen to continue the excellent progress and to encourage more Jordanians to come forward and to get involved.

“This is a great opportunity for Jordan which will be showcased to the world like never before and we can all play an important part in its success.”

The Jordan Rally, which has been a leading round on the FIA Middle East Championship for over 25 years, is expanding to three days to meet the WRC requirements and the extra competitive kilometres required are currently receiving their finishing touches.

The event will be centred on the banks of the Dead Sea with the headquarters (including media centre), service park and official rally hotel all located within a stone’s throw of the lowest land point on earth.

Jordan declared its intentions to become a round of the FIA WRC in 2005 and has completely revamped its event to become tailor made for the FIA WRC.

For further information on all the event’s details to date visit http://www.jordanrally.com.