2019 African Rally Championship

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The 2019 African Rally Championship was the 39th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began on February 21 in the Côte d'Ivoire, and ended on October 10 in Rwanda, after seven events.

Skoda Fabia driver Manvir Singh Baryan won his third consecutive title. Baryan again won three of the seven rallies, taking victory in the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia International Rally and Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally. Baryan dominated the title, winning with 201 points compared to Zambian Ford driver Leeroy Gomes 88 points. Baryan's title extended the run of Kenyan success to five consecutive years.

Kenyan Mitsubishi driver and winner of the Safari Rally, Baldev Chager was third in the championship on 56 points, six points ahead of South African Toyota driver Hergen Fekken. Fekken won the Rally of South Africa. Baryan wrapped up the title early in August after winning the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally. The two subsequent rallies in Tanzania and Rwanda were won by local drivers who were not chasing the African title.

There were seven rallies in the 2019 African Rally Championship. The only change from the 2018 schedule was the Safari Rally that moved from March to July:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Ivory Coast Rallye Bandama - Côte d'Ivoire
(21–23 February)[1]		 1 Kenya Manvir Singh Baryan Škoda Fabia R5 2:51:30.28 13 268.80 km 31 17
2 Ivory Coast Maxime Abondio Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:08:12.04
3 France Bernard Piallat Can-Am Maverick X3 3:09:04.67
2 South Africa Rally of South Africa
(26–27 April)[2]		 1 South Africa Hergen Fekken Toyota Etios R4 2:19:30.1 15 193.59 km 20 14
2 Kenya Manvir Singh Baryan Škoda Fabia R5 2:20:09.0
3 South Africa Guy Botterill Toyota Etios R2 2:27:18.3
3 Zambia Gomes Zambia International Rally
(7–9 June)[3]		 1 Kenya Manvir Singh Baryan Škoda Fabia R5 2:21:37.0 18 194.42 km 24 15
2 Zambia Leeroy Gomes Ford Fiesta R5 2:23:27.0
3 Kenya Onkar Rai Škoda Fabia R5 2:24:13.0
4 Kenya Safari Rally
(5–7 July)[4]		 1 Kenya Baldev Chager Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:44:50.0 14 262.93 km 48 29
2 Kenya Carl Tundo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:45:23.6
3 Kenya Manvir Singh Baryan Škoda Fabia R5 2:56:23.8
5 Uganda Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally
(2–4 August)[5]		 1 Kenya Manvir Singh Baryan Škoda Fabia R5 2:02:30.1 10 210.98 km 45 20
2 Uganda Yasin Nasser Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 D 2:16:07.8
3 Uganda Arthur Blick Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:16:11.7
6 Tanzania Oryx Energies Rally of Tanzania
(13–15 September)[6]		 1 Tanzania Dharam Pandya Subaru WRX STI 2:29:00.8 10 201.60 km 16 8
2 Tanzania Tufail Tufail Subaru Impreza GC8 2:35:19.3
3 Tanzania Mandeep Singh Dhani Subaru Impreza STi N10 2:37:40.2
7 Rwanda Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally
(4–6 October)[7]		 1 Rwanda Jean-Claude Gakwaya Subaru Impreza STi N11 1:35:09 9 138.76 km 10 6
2 Belgium Jean-Jean Giesen Toyota Celica 1:45:24
3 Burundi Christian Remezo Toyota Celica 1:52:00

Championship standings

References

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