Nicolas Amiouni

Nicolas Amiouni
	Nicolas Amiouni in Jordan, during the 2010 season
Personal information
Nationality	Lebanese
Born	16 March 1989; Achrafieh, Lebanon
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2011–2015
Rallies	9
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	0
First rally	2011 Jordan Rally
Last rally	2015 Rally Finland

Nicolas Amiouni (born on March 16, 1989, Beirut) is a Lebanese Rally driver. He started his professional racing career in 2004, competing in the Lebanese go-kart championship and made his move to Rallying in 2010 as a member of Motortune Racing, participating in 7 Middle East Rally Championship rallies. Nicolas managed to clinch several notable positions during his rookie year.

In 2011 Nicolas continued his rallying career participating in numerous local and regional events claiming several wins and noteworthy finishes. His season was highlighted by finishing 3rd in the Lebanese Rally Championship, and winning the Group N in the Jordan WRC.

In 2012 Nicolas participated in the Lebanese Rally Championship and the National Jordanian Rallies claiming his first overall win in the first rally of the season.

In 2013 Nicolas focused his efforts on the Lebanese Motorsports specifically Rallying and Hill climbs. Nicolas won the Group N Lebanese Hill Climb Championship [1] and claimed the 2nd position in the Lebanese Rally Championship.

In 2014 Nicolas expanded his program participating in the WRC's Drive Dmack competing in 6 rounds of the world rally championship: Portugal, Poland, Finland, Germany and Spain. Locally Nicolas Managed to win the Rally of Lebanon and won the Group N Lebanese Rally Championship.

In 2015 Nicolas participated in 3 WRC rounds of the Drive Dmack (Portugal, Poland and Finland, in addition he managed to finish 2nd in the Rally of Lebanon while winning his category Gr.RC2/N4.

Unfortunately in 2016 Nicolas did not manage to get proper sponsorship in order to participate in any local or international events, but his love for competition made him return to the driver seat in 2017 and win his class again RC2/N4 and finish 2nd in the Spring Rally (1st round of the Lebanese Rally Championship).

In 2018 Nicolas decided to tackle the Lebanese Rally Championship once again and managed to win (RC2/N4) the first round (Spring Rally) while finishing 4th overall. Nicolas had some mechanical issues that forced to retire from the Gr.N leadership in Jezzine Rally (2nd round LRC). Due to lack of sponsorship Nicolas had to suspend his LRC campaign for 2018 until further notice.

Career results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC
2011	Nicolas Amiouni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR 15	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC
2014	Nicolas Amiouni	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	ITA	POL 39	FIN Ret	GER 41	AUS	FRA	ESP 39	GBR	NC
2015	Nicolas Amiouni	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 59	ITA	POL 47	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC

Drive DMACK Cup results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2014	Nicolas Amiouni	Ford Fiesta R2	POR Ret	POL 6	FIN Ret	GER 6	ESP 8	9th	20
2015	Nicolas Amiouni	Ford Fiesta R2T	POR 9	POL 7	FIN Ret	GER	ESP	11th	0

References

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