After finishing as runners-up in Qatar and Kuwait, Khalid Al-Qassimi and Scott Martin (Citroën DS3 RRC) took third overall in the Jordan Rally, which concluded the first half of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship. The Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team also won the ‘two-wheel drive’ category thanks to the efforts of Mohammed Al-Mutawaa and Stephen McCauley.

The FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) will reach the half-way point of the season after Rally Jordan, contested on the banks of the Dead Sea. Runner-up in Qatar and Kuwait, Khalid Al-Qassimi and Scott Martin will be determined to keep improving in the DS3 RRC of the Abu Dhabi Citroën World Rally Team.

Clear leaders going into the final day, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena controlled proceedings from the front to grab their eighth win in Argentina. It was also Citroën’s ninth consecutive WRC win in South America!

The second leg of Rally Argentina turned out to be just as tricky as the competitors feared and provided plenty of twists and turns. It is at times like these that Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have been unstoppable in the past.

Challenging for the lead right from the word go, the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team crews ended day one of Rally Argentina in second and third position. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena are 16.3s adrift of the leaders, 1.8s ahead of their team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen.