Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel titled in MERC

Winners of Rally in Kuwait this weekend, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel (Ford Fiesta R5) won the 2018 Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) title. This is the 14th title in the championship for Al-Attiyah (his eighth in a row) and the 4th for his French co-driver.

 

 

 

 

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 @rallyQ8 2018 WINNER @nasser_dakar @mathieu.baumel @autotekmotorsport – Thanks to our team Thanks Nasser: you are a Middle East LEGEND – Thanks to all the people who support us all year – @redbullfrance @roadto2022 @ooredooqatar @skidress @on_running @gt2i @colin_clark_rally

A publication shared by Mathieu baumel (@mathieu.baumel) Nov 3, 2018 at 6:01am PDT

Les deux équipiers vont désormais pouvoir se tourner vers leur prochain grand objectif : remporter le prochain Dakar avec leur Toyota Hilux – Overdrive, après avoir échoué ces dernières années face à l’armada Peugeot led in particular by Stéphane Peterhansel.