2024 Safari Rally
72nd edition of Safari Rally
| 2024 Safari Rally Safari Rally Kenya 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Round 3 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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 Safari Rally moved ahead to March for 2024. | |||
| Host country |  Kenya | ||
| Rally base | Naivasha, Nakuru County | ||
| Dates run | 28 – 31 March 2024 | ||
| Start location | Kasarani, Nairobi | ||
| Finish location | Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha | ||
| Stages | 19 (355.92 km; 221.16 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 943.30 km (586.14 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,299.22 km (807.30 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 29 | ||
| Crews | 28 at start, 22 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT3:36:04.0 | ||
| Saturday Overall leader | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:48:50.2 | ||
| Sunday Accumulated leader |  Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT45:27.7 | ||
| Power Stage winner |  Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT5:27.1 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT3:54:09.4 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Hamza Anwar Adnan Din 6:16:11.8 | ||
The 2024 Safari Rally (also known as the 2024 Safari Rally Kenya) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 28 to 31 March 2024.[2] It marked the seventy-second running of the Safari Rally, and will be the third round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Naivasha in the Nakuru County, and was contested over nineteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 355.92 km (221.16 mi).[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais were the defending rally winners, and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturer's winners.[3] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the rally, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[6] Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson were the winners in the WRC-2 category.[7] Hamza Anwar and Adnan Din were the winners in the WRC-3 category.
Background
Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were thirteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and one Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[8]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Oliver Solberg |  Elliott Edmondson | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | P |
| 21 |  Nicolas Ciamin | Yannick Roche | Nicolas Ciamin | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 22 | Gus Greensmith | Jonas Andersson | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | P |
| 23 |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 24 | Carl Tundo | Tim Jessop | Carl Tundo | Ford Fiesta R5 | Challenger/Master Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 25 |  Charles Munster | Loïc Dumont | Charles Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 26 |  Diego Dominguez Jr. |  Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 27 | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | Daniel Chwist | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 28 | Karan Patel | Tauseef Khan | Karan Patel | Škoda Fabia R5 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 29 | Samman Singh Vohra | Alfir Khan | Samman Singh Vohra | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 30 | Aakif Virani | Zahir Shah | Aakif Virani | Škoda Fabia R5 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 31 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | P |
| 32 |  George Vassilakis | Tom Krawszik | George Vassilakis | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team | P |
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Hamza Anwar | Adnan Din | Hamza Anwar | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
Itinerary
All dates and times are EAT (UTC+3).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March | — | After 10:01 | Loldia [Shakedown] | 5.40 km |
| 28 March |  | After 12:26 | Opening ceremony, Kenyatta International Convention Centre | — |
| SS1 | After 14:05 | Super Special Kasarani | 4.84 km | |
| 29 March |  | 7:30 – 7:45 | Service A, WSTI Naivasha | — |
| SS2 | After 8:30 | Loldia 1 | 19.17 km | |
| SS3 | After 9:48 | Geothermal 1 | 13.12 km | |
| SS4 | After 10:41 | Kedong 1 | 30.62 km | |
| | 12:31 – 13:11 | Service B, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| SS5 | After 13:56 | Loldia 2 | 19.17 km | |
| SS6 | After 15:14 | Geothermal 2 | 13.12 km | |
| SS7 | After 16:07 | Kedong 2 | 30.62 km | |
| | 17:37 – 18:22 | Flexi Service C, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| 30 March | SS8 | After 8:01 | Soysambu 1 | 29.32 km |
| SS9 | After 9:05 | Elmenteita 1 | 15.08 km | |
| SS10 | After 10:03 | Sleeping Warrior 1 | 31.04 km | |
| | 12:28 – 13:08 | Service D, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| SS11 | After 14:34 | Soysambu 2 | 29.32 km | |
| SS12 | After 15:35 | Elmenteita 2 | 15.08 km | |
| SS13 | After 16:33 | Sleeping Warrior 2 | 31.04 km | |
| | 18:53 – 19:38 | Flexi Service E, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| 31 March | SS14 | After 7:02 | Malewa 1 | 8.33 km |
| SS15 | After 7:57 | Oserian 1 | 18.33 km | |
| SS16 | After 9:05 | Hell's Gate 1 | 10.53 km | |
| | 10:18 – 10:33 | Service F, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| SS17 | After 11:20 | Malewa 2 | 8.33 km | |
| SS18 | After 12:10 | Oserian 2 | 18.33 km | |
 | 13:18 – 13:58 | Regroup, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| SS19 | After 14:15 | Hell's Gate 2 [Power Stage] | 10.53 km | |
 | After 15:15 | Podium ceremony, WSTI Naivasha | — | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report
WRC Rally1
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 |  | Thierry Neuville | 67 | | Martijn Wydaeghe | 67 |  1 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 131 | |||
| 2 | | Elfyn Evans | 61 | | Scott Martin | 61 |  1 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 127 | |||
| 3 | | Adrien Fourmaux | 46 | | Alexandre Coria | 46 | | M-Sport Ford WRT | 72 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Ott Tänak | 33 | 1 | Martin Järveoja | 33 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | Kalle Rovanperä | 31 | 3 | Jonne Halttunen | 31 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2
Classification
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Class | Event | ||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 22 | Gus Greensmith | Jonas Andersson | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 3:54:09.4 | 0.0 | 25 | 6 | |
| 7 | 2 | 20 | Oliver Solberg | Elliott Edmondson | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 3:55:32.5 | +1:23.1 | 18 | 4 | |
| 10 | 3 | 23 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 4:02:38.4 | +8:29.0 | 15 | 3 | |
| 11 | 4 | 21 | Nicolas Ciamin | Yannick Roche | Nicolas Ciamin | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 4:07:49.3 | +13:39.9 | 12 | 0 | |
| 13 | 5 | 25 | Charles Munster | Loïc Dumont | Charles Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 4:21:49.0 | +27:39.6 | 10 | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | 27 | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | Daniel Chwist | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 4:26:11.0 | +32:01.6 | 8 | 0 | |
| 16 | 7 | 24 | Carl Tundo | Tim Jessop | Carl Tundo | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4:41:09.6 | +47:00.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 32 | George Vassilakis | Tom Krawszik | George Vassilakis | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 4:46:02.4 | +51:53.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 18 | 9 | 28 | Karan Patel | Tauseef Khan | Karan Patel | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5:09:33.1 | +1:15:23.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | 10 | 30 | Aakif Virani | Azhar Bhatti | Aakif Virani | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5:29:01.9 | +1:34:52.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Retired SS15 | 31 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Withdrawn | 0 | 0 | |||
| Retired SS10 | 26 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Withdrawn | 0 | 0 | |||
| Retired SS1 | 29 | Samman Singh Vohra | Alfir Khan | Samman Singh Vohra | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Accident damage | 0 | 0 | |||
Special stages
Championship standings
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Challenger Drivers' championships | Challenger Co-drivers' championships | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Oliver Solberg | 43 | 1 | Elliott Edmondson | 43 | | DG Sport Compétition | 43 | 2 | Nicolas Ciamin | 33 | 2 | Yannick Roche | 33 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | Yohan Rossel | 25 | 1 | Arnaud Dunand | 25 | | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 43 | 1 | Pepe López | 25 | 1 | David Vázquez Liste | 25 | |||||
| 3 |  | Gus Greensmith | 25 | | Jonas Andersson | 25 | | Toksport WRT | 43 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 25 | 1 | Enni Mälkönen | 25 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | Nicolas Ciamin | 24 | 3 | Yannick Roche | 24 | | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 25 | | Maciej Szczepaniak | 25 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Pepe López | 18 | 2 | David Vázquez Liste | 18 | 2 | Nikolay Gryazin | 18 | 2 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 18 | ||||||||
WRC-3 Rally3
Classification
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | ||||||||
| 22 | 1 | 34 | Hamza Anwar | Adnan Din | Hamza Anwar | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:16:11.8 | 0.0 | 25 |
Special stages
| Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:02.4 | — |
| SS1 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:49.0 | Anwar / Din |
| SS2 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 23:46.7 | |
| SS3 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:53.0 | |
| SS4 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 30:54.8 | |
| SS5 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 26:58.2 | |
| SS6 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 19:00.5 | |
| SS7 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 31:04.5 | |
| SS8 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 22:29.3 | |
| SS9 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:02.9 | |
| SS10 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 27:08.0 | |
| SS11 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 31:14.2 | |
| SS12 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:26.9 | |
| SS13 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 38:19.8 | |
| SS14 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:08.4 | |
| SS15 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:32.1 | |
| SS16 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:27.0 | |
| SS17 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:08.7 | |
| SS18 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 15:15.8 | |
| SS19 | Anwar / Din | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:32.0 |
Championship standings
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 | | Jan Černý | 25 | | Ondřej Krajča | 25 | ||
| 2 | | Mille Johansson | 25 | | Johan Grönvall | 25 | ||
| 3 | | Hamza Anwar | 25 | | Adnan Din | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Ghjuvanni Rossi | 18 | 1 | Kylian Sarmezan | 18 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Romet Jürgenson | 18 | 1 | Siim Oja | 18 | ||
References
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Safari Rally Kenya 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Ogier captures Safari Rally Kenya triumph". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Cool Kajto secures Safari success in WRC2". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Safari joy for WRC3 winner Dominguez". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Howard, Tom (31 March 2024). "WRC Safari Rally: Sublime Rovanpera tames a wild Safari to head Toyota 1–2". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Greensmith's determination bears fruit with Safari WRC2 triumph". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Entry list Safari Rally Kenya 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
External links
- Official website (in English)
- 2024 Safari Rally at eWRC-results.com
- 2024 Safari Rally at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)
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