WRC Safari Rally Kenya

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Date & Time
Thu 22nd June 2023 12:00am Local
Thu 22nd June 2023 12:00am UTC

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WRC

Season
2023

Round
Round 7

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Kenya

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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	Sébastien Ogier	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	3:30:42.5
02	Kalle Rovanperä	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	+6.7
03	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	+2:58.5
04	Takamoto Katsuta	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	+3:23.8
05	Dani Sordo	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	+5:05.4
06	Ott Tanak	M-Sport World Rally Team	+9:14.4
07	Pierre-Louis Loubet	M-Sport World Rally Team	+16:15.7
12	Esapekka Lappi	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	+42:14.9