WRC Safari Rally Kenya

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Date & Time
Sun 26th June 2022 Local
Sun 26th June 2022 6:00am UTC

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League
WRC

Season
2022

Round
Round 6

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The Safari Rally is a rally race held in Kenya. It was first held from 27 May to 1 June 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, as a celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960 it was renamed the East African Safari Rally and kept that name until 1974, when it became the Safari Rally. Widely regarded as one of the most popular African rallies, it was set to make a return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2020 after an 18-year hiatus, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will instead return in the 2021 World Rally Championship.
The older version of the Safari Rally was notorious for being by far the most difficult rally in the WRC championship to win: some had said that winning this particular rally was the equivalent of winning three other rallies. The arduous conditions, such as the constantly changing weather and the very rough roads often rife with sharp rocks, made life very difficult for team personnel. Repairs were constantly having to be made to the cars, which added to the elapsed time of the competitors. Frequently, all this work had to be done in intense heat and humidity.

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Result List

01	Kalle Rovanperä	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	3:40:24.9
02	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	+52.8
03	Takamoto Katsuta	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	+1:42.7
04	Sébastien Ogier	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	+2:10.3
05	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	+10:40.9
06	C. BREEN	M-Sport World Rally Team	+23:27.9
08	Sébastien Loeb	M-Sport World Rally Team	+32:12.6
10	Oliver Solberg	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	+37:36.6
14	Adrien Fourmaux	M-Sport World Rally Team	+1:19:27.7

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Driver Standings
Pos /Driver /Co-Driver /Points

1 /Kalle Rovanperä /Jonne Halttunen /145
2 /Thierry Neuville /Martijn Wydaeghe /80
3 /Ott Tänak /Martin Järveoja /62
4 /Takamoto Katsuta /Aaron Johnston /62
5 /Craig Breen /Paul Nagle /60
6 /Elfyn Evans /Scott Martin /57
7 /Sébastien Loeb /Isabelle Galmiche /35
8 /Sébastien Ogier /Benjamin Veillas /34
9 /Dani Sordo /Cándido Carrera /34
10 /Gus Greensmith /Jonas Andersson /28

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