Last Modified: 15:43 on 6 April 2005
| Car No | Name | Nat | Pos/Pnts in MERC | Results | Notes | |
| 1 | Driver | Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi | UAE | 2/20 | 2nd UAE Intl Rally
2005 2nd Bahrain Intl Rally 2005 2nd Oman Intl Rally 2005 |
Won the ME Group N championship in 2002 and the MERC in 2004. Lying second overall in current championship. Brother of Sheikh Abdullah. Crashed heavily in 2003 Dubai Intl Rally and damaged a vertebrae in his back. |
| Co-Driver | Michael Orr | GB | 2/20 | 2nd UAE Intl Rally
2005 2nd Bahrain Intl Rally 2005 2nd Oman Intl Rally 2005 |
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| 2 | Driver | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah | QA | 1/30 | 1st Oman Intl Rally
2005 1st Bahrain Intl Rally 2005 1st UAE Intl Rally 2005 |
Started rallying in 1989. Won Qatar National Championship in 1995. Won MERC in 2003 and came 2nd in 2004. Was 10th in 2004 Dakar Rally in which he also competed in 2005. |
| Co-Driver | Chris Patterson | GB | 1/30 | 1st Oman Intl Rally
2005 1st Bahrain Intl Rally 2005 1stUAE Intl Rally 2005 |
Co-drove winning car in Super 1600 category in Monte Carlo Rally 2005 | |
| 3 | Driver | Sheikh Suhail Al-Maktoum | UAE | 3/12 | 3rd Bahrain Intl Rally
2005 3rd Oman Intl Rally 2005 |
A former member of Dubai's esteemed Victory Rally. Made a comeback at start of 2004 season. Missed first rally of current season but has finished third in each subsequent rally |
| Co-Driver | Ahmad Ghaziri | RL | 5/8 | 2nd Oman Intl Rally 2005 | ||
| 4 | Driver | Misfer Al Marri | QA | 4/9 | 4th Bahrain
Intl Rally 2005 5th UAE Intl Rally 2005 2nd Qatar Intl Rally 2002 |
Misfer and Adel have been a surprise package in this season's championship and are currently lying joint fourth overall |
| Co-Driver | Adel Hussein | QA | 4/9 | 4th Bahrain
Intl Rally 2005 5th UAE Intl Rally 2005 |
Was Qatar National Champion in 2004 and was 2nd in MERC Group N category 2002 and 1993 | |
| 5 | Driver | Ahmed Al-Sabban | UAE | 4/9 | 5th Oman Intl Rally
2005 4th UAE Intl Rally 2005 3rd Bahrain Intl Rally 2004 |
Made international rallying debut as member of Gulf Oil ME team in Group N in 1993. Finished fourth in MERC in 2004. Ahmed is a former presenter of a motoring programme on an arabic satellite TV channel |
| Co-Driver | Kilian Duffy | UAE | 3/10 | 4th UAE
Intl Rally 2005 4th Oman Intl Rally 2005 |
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| 6 | Driver | Khalifa Al-Attiyah | QA | 6/7 | 3rd UAE Intl Rally
2005 8th Oman Intl Rally 2005 6th Qatar Intl Rally 2004 |
The Al-Attiyah family has a formidable reputation in ME motorsport. Khalifa finished 16th in 2003 Rally of Lebanon and was third in 1995 and 1996 Qatar National Championships and 2nd in 1994 |
| Co-Driver | Rashid Al-Sulaiti | QA | 4/9 | 3rd UAE
Intl Rally 2005 6th Oman Rally 2005 |
Was Qatar National Raly Champion in 1994 and was 2nd in 2004 | |
| 7 | Driver | Sheikh Abdulla Al Qassimi | UAE | 7/5 | 4th Oman Intl Rally 2005 | Was Group N champion in 2003 and also runner up in MERC. He first won the regional title in 1998 and was Middle East Group N champion in 2000 and 2001 |
| Co-Driver | Steve Lancaster | GB | 7/6 | 3rd Oman Intl Rally 2005 | ||
| 8 | Driver | Mufeed Mubarak | KT | 8/4 | 7th Bahrain Intl Rally
2005 7th UAE Intl Rally 2005 |
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| Co-Driver | Saad Almulaifi | KT | 7/6 | 7th UAE
Intl Rally 2005 7th Bahrain Intl Rally 2005 7th Oman Intl Rally 2005 |
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| 9 | Rashed Al Ketbi | UAE | 8/4 | 5th Bahrain Intl Rally
2005 2nnd UAE Intl Rally 1998 2nd Dubai Intl Rally 1998 |
Formerly known as Rashid Bin Ghurab. Supported by Phoenix this year. Retired from UAE rally and too first championship points in Bahrain | |
| Khalid Al Kindi | UAE | 10/4 | 5th Bahrain Intl Rally 2005 | |||
| 10 | Driver | Amjad Farrah | HKJ | 10/3 | 6th Oman Intl Rally
2005 1st Jordan Intl Rally 2004 4th UAE Intl Rally 2004 |
Record holder at Jordan's Rumman Hillclimb. Tackling MERC for the second time. Supported by Bank of Jordan/Royal Jordanian Airlines. First Jordanian in history to win Jordan Rally (2004) |
| Co-Driver | Khaled Zakaria | HKJ | 10/4 | 5th Oman Intl Rally 2005 | Former champion co-driver | |
| 11 | Driver | Hassan Al Sadadi | BRN | 10/3 | 6th UAE Intl Rally 2005
3rd Oman Intl Rally 2003 |
One of Bahrains leading drivers, has won Bahrain National C'ship 5 times. On a Dubai rally in 1990's he catapulted his Land Rover into series of high speed rolls which has been used as an intro to Sky Sport's 'World Motorsport' programme in Europe for several years. |
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| 12 | Driver | Nizir Shanfiri | OM | Former group N regional champion and former winner of Qatar rally | ||
| Co-Driver | Michael Michialakis | UAE | ||||
| 14 | Driver | Michel Saleh | UAE | |||
| Co-Driver | Ziad Chebab | UAE | ||||
| 15 | Driver | Faris Bustami | HKJ | 10th UAE Intl Rally
2005 10th Dubai Intl Rally 2004 14th Dubai Intl Rally 2003 |
Former Jordan national champion. Retired from UAE rally and did not start in Bahrain or Oman | |
| Co-Driver | Yousef Asmar | HKJ | ||||
| 16 | Driver | Sadoon Al Kuwari | QA | 5th Qatar Intl Rally
1998 3rd Qatar Intl Rally 1989 4th Qatar Intl Rally 1986 |
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| Co-Driver | Nasser Al Kuwari | QA | 7/6 | 3rd Bahrain
Intl Rally 2005 3rd UAE Intl Rally 2004 |
Was 1st in Qatar National Rally Championship in 2001and 2n in MERC Group N category in 2003 | |
| 17 | Driver | Aref Asem | HKJ | 13/1 | 8th UAE Intl Rally
2005 5th Dubai Intl Rally 2003 5th Jordan Intl Rally 2003 |
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| Co-Driver | Burhan Abu Qura | HKJ | 15/1 | 8th UAE
Intl Rally 2005 5th Dubai Intl Rally 2003 5th Jordan Intl Rally 2003 |
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| 18 | Driver | Sadiq Fadhel | UAE | 6th Bahrain Intl Rally
2005 11th Oman Intl Rally 2005 |
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| 19 | Driver | Mishari Al-Dfeeri | KT | 10/3 | 6th Bahrain Intl Rally
2005 7th Dubai Intl Rally 2004 4th Syria Intl rally 2004 |
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| Co-Driver | Cazi Al Dfeeri | KT | ||||
| 20 | Driver | David Scialom | GB | 7th Abu Dhabi Int Rally
2005 7th Oman Intl Rally 2004 6th Qatar Intl Rally 2004 |
Finished 6th on 2004 Qatar Rally and took part in Bahrain, Jordan and Oman. Has not yet registered points in current championship | |
| Co-Driver | Tatham Andy | GB | ||||
| 21 | Driver | Andreas Wimmer | A | |||
| Co-Driver | Michael Kolbech | D | ||||
| 22 | Driver | Mohammed Al-Mannai | QA | |||
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| 23 | Driver | Khalid Soomar | OM | 6th Oman Intl Rally 2005 | ||
| Co-Driver | Hamoud Al-Jabry | OM | ||||
| 24 | Driver | Agostino Ontano | I | 10th Bahrain Intl Rally 2001 | ||
| Co-Driver | Lorenzo Ontano | I | ||||
| 25 | Driver | Khalifa Saleh Al-Attiyah | QA | 5th Qatar Nat Cham 2004,
Rnd 3 2nd Qatar Nat Cham 2004, Rnd 2 |
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| Co-Driver | Abdulrahman Al-Hajri | QA | 1st Kuwait
Natl Rally 2004 3rd Dubai Intl Rally 2003 1st Qatar Natl Rally 2002 |
Was 6th in 1000 Dunes Rally in 2004 | ||
| 26 | Driver | Ebrahim Al Busmait | BRN | |||
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| 27 | Driver | Mike Ziegler | UAE | |||
| Co-Driver | Robert Gainley | UAE | ||||
| 28 | Driver | Bashar Abou Koura | SYR | 9th Jordan Intl Rally
2004 9th Bahrain Intl Rally 2004 13th Jordan Intl Rally 2003 |
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| Co Driver | Ramzi-Samir Yourghaki Mansour | HKJ | ||||
| 29 | Driver | Majed Al Ghamdi | SA | Toyota Cup Rally Championship 2001, 2002, 2003 | ||
| Co-Driver | Amr Alrefai | SA | ||||
| 30 | Driver | Yousef Al Kuwari | QA | |||
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| 31 | Driver | Khalid Al-Faisal | SA | |||
| Co Driver | Josphe Mattat | RL | ||||
| 32 | Driver | Edith Weiss | USA | 10th Qatar Intl Rally
1997 36th Monte Carlo Rally '96 4th Budapest Rally 1994 |
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| 33 | Driver | Nada Zeidan | QA | WRC 2004, competed in 16 rounds WRC 2003, competed in 12 rounds European Rally Championship 2003 | First Qatar female to enter sport of rallying in last year's Qatar rally when she finished 9th overall. Has not yet completed an event in this current championship | |
| Co-Driver | Gemma Price | GB | Won National Junior Co-driver in KA Rally Championship in 1999 when only 18 | |||
| 34 | Driver | Meshal Al Nejadi | KT | 14 | Formerly known as Rashid Bin Ghurab. Supported this year by Phoenix. Retired in UAE rally but took points in Bahrain before missing Oman Rally. | |
| Co-Driver | Jasem Jamal | KT | 14/2 | |||
| 35 | Driver | Shaker Al Raeis | KT | |||
| Co-Driver | Ahmad Al Kharss | KT | ||||
| 36 | Driver | Raj Jutley | GB | |||
| Co-Driver | Zaffer Mughal | GB | ||||
| 37 | Driver | Essam Al-Nejadi | KT | 3rd Lebanon Intl Rally
2004 2nd UAE Intl Rally 2004 2nd Syria Intl Rally 2003 |
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| Co-Driver | Bader Al-Baksami | KT |