The 2013 Middle East Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested over seven events held in seven countries across the Middle East region, running from January to December.
Reigning champion Nasser Al-Attiyah successfully retained the championship with an event in hand after taking victories in Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan and Cyprus and finishing second in Lebanon. He would go on to win Dubai as well. Al-Attiyah scored more than double the points of second placed driver, Khalid Al-Qassimi. Al-Qassimi finished second in Qatar, Kuwait and Cyprus and finished third in Jordan. Third place went to Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari who finished third in Qatar, Kuwait and Cyprus as well as a fourth place in Jordan.
The only driver to defeat Al-Attiyah in a rally this year, Roger Feghali who won in Lebanon, is not a championship competitor.
The 2013 MERC is as follows:[1]
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||||
| 1 |  Qatar International Rally(25–26 January) | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | 2:16:47.2 | 12 | 264.38 km | 18 | 14 | ||
| 2 | Khalid Al-Qassimi | Citroën DS3 RRC | 2:17:42.9 | ||||||||
| 3 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Ford Fiesta RRC | 2:21:02.2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Kuwait International Rally (21–23 March) | align=center | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | 2:10:25.3 | 12 | 242.26 km | 25 | 16 | |
| align=center | 2 | Khalid Al-Qassimi | Citroën DS3 RRC | align=center | 2:11:39.2 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:14:50.1 | ||||||
| 3 |  Jordan Rally(9–11 May) | align=center | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | 2:51:53.1 | 16 | 256.40 km | 26 | 18 | |
| align=center | 2 |  Roger Feghali | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:53:35.3 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Khalid Al-Qassimi | Citroën DS3 RRC | align=center | 2:53:53.7 | ||||||
| 4 | Rally of Lebanon (6–8 September) | align=center | 1 | Roger Feghali | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:33:27.6 | 13 | 256.77 km | 36 | 22 |
| align=center | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:33:57.7 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Abdo Feghali | Mini Cooper S2000 | align=center | 2:39:32.6 | ||||||
| - |  Syrian International Rally(3–5 October) | event cancelled | |||||||||
| 5 |  Cyprus Rally(11–13 October) | align=center | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:35:17.6 | 17 | 242.18 km | 28 | 13 |
| align=center | 2 | Khalid Al-Qassimi | Citroën DS3 RRC | align=center | 2:38:09.4 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:38:14.1 | ||||||
| 6 | Dubai International Rally (28–30 November) | align=center | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:01:11.9 | 12 | 264.20 km | 20 | 13 |
| align=center | 2 | Misfer Al-Marri | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:06:45.5 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Abdullah Al-Qassimi | Ford Fiesta RRC | align=center | 2:07:40.3 | ||||||
The 2013 MERC for Drivers points is as follows:[2]
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