Suleiman Khattar Born on the 20th of October 1944, in Benwayti, Lebanon Nationality: Canadian/Lebanese Father of Hala and Karim Married to both Leila since 1974, and to 4X4 cars since 1960 (on a UAZ Soviet build). President of the Lainière Nationale. textile factory. President of the Syndicate of Textiles Industrialists in Lebanon. Studied Textile Engineering. Adventurer since his youngest age on sea and earth, he even got lost in the sea in one of his journey and found 5 days later. Practice trial with a Mercedes G-Wagen specifically prepared for that purpose. Treeking on week—ends. Jogging and swimming on a daily basis. For G-Wagen Fans: Soly bought his first G-Wagen in late 1980, Soly obviously fell in love with the car, buying 2 other G, in the years that followed, later he bought 2 others, making him the owner of 5 G-wagen all are 460 series, one Short-wheel based 280GE(orignally 230G), the rest are Long-wheel based 280GEs Georges Andraos Born on the 6th of October 1963, in Beirut, Lebanon Nationality: Lebanese Married Specialized in cars equipment for rallyes Member of the technical assistance team with more than 20 rallyes experiences in Syria , Lebanon and Russia. George has been working on G-Wagens since 1991, he has a wide experience on these vehicles. | Philippe Abboud Born on the 17th of August 1967, in Beirut, Lebanon Nationality: British/Lebanese Father of "Rhea" Participated in more than 20 rallies, in Lebanon and Syria Since his youngest age, Philippe join the scoutism where is developed his sense of orientation, his love for nature and adventure. Philippe exercises daily on his mountain bike and enjoys skiing and rock climbing on weekends. After his mechanical engineering degree, he joins the industry and gains a good technical background. In 1994, his passion for adventure and mechanical automobile sports lead him to the acquisition of a 4X4 vehicle, and since then enjoys extreme four wheeling in the mountains of Lebanon and neighboring countries. 1984 — 1992 Inspector /Time-Keeper FIA License 1992 — 1993 Chief security of special stages in the automobile
1997 Technical Team /Assistance car Benzi Team on
1998 2 times Closing Car on Mercedes 280 GE,
2000 Copilot of Sleiman Khattar (Benzi Team) on Mercedes 280 GE,(4x4 Syrian Rallye). 2002 Copilot of Sleiman Khattar in Master Rally 2002 Russia |
|
|
|
Home >
The team |