2022 Safari Rally

2022 Safari Rally
*Safari Rally Kenya 2022*
2022 Safari Rally; Safari Rally Kenya 2022
Round 6 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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	The rally had rocky and rutted tracks and unpredictable weather.
Host country	Kenya
Rally base	Nairobi
Dates run	23 – 26 June 2022
Start location	Kasarani, Nairobi
Finish location	Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha
Stages	19 (363.44 km; 225.83 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	860.33 km (534.58 miles)
Overall distance	1,223.77 km (760.42 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	42
Crews	40 at start, 25 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Kalle Rovanperä; Jonne Halttunen; Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT; 3:40:24.9
Power Stage winner	Thierry Neuville; Martijn Wydaeghe; Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT; 6:00.4
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Kajetan Kajetanowicz; Maciej Szczepaniak; 4:16:02.5
WRC-3 winner	Maxine Wahome; Murage Waigwa; 5:20:21.6

Host country

Kenya

Rally baseNairobi

Dates run23 – 26 June 2022

Start locationKasarani, Nairobi

The 2022 Safari Rally (also known as the Safari Rally Kenya 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 23 and 26 June 2022.^[2] It would mark the sixty-ninth running of the Safari Rally. The event was the sixth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Nairobi and was contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 363.44 km (225.83 mi).^[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia are the defending rally winners.^[3] However, Ingrassia would not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season.^[4] Onkar Rai and Drew Sturrock are the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.^[5]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the event. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their title.^[6] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the World Rally Championship-2 category.^[7] Maxine Wahome and Murage Waigwa won the World Rally Championship-3 category as well as the junior class.^[8]

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No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
1	Sébastien Ogier	Benjamin Veillas	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
2	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
9	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer/Team	P
19	Sébastien Loeb	Isabelle Galmiche	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
42	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
44	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
20	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Driver, Co-driver	P
21	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Martin Prokop	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
22	Sean Johnston	Alexander Kihurani	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
23	Raajpal Bharij	Jasneil Ghataure	Raajpal Bharij	Škoda Fabia R5	Driver, Co-driver	—
24	Gaurav Gill	Gabriel Morales	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia R5	Driver, Co-driver	P
25	Karan Patel	Tauseef Khan	Karan Patel	Ford Fiesta R5	Driver, Co-driver	P
26	Leroy Gomes	Urshlla Gomes	Leroy Gomes	Ford Fiesta R5	Driver, Co-driver	P
27	Amanraaj Rai	Gurdeep Panesar	Amanraaj Rai	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Junior Driver, Co-driver	P
28	Aakif Virani	Azhar Bhatti	Aakif Virani	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Driver, Co-driver	P
29	Piero Canobbio	Fabrizia Pons	Piero Canobbio	Hyundai i20 R5	Driver, Co-driver	—

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
30	Jeremy Wahome	Victor Okundi	Jeremy Wahome	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Open	P
31	Hamza Anwar	Adnan Din	Hamza Anwar	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Open	P
32	McRae Kimathi	Mwangi Kioni	McRae Kimathi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Open	P
34	Maxine Wahome	Murage Waigwa	Maxine Wahome	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Open	P
35	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Open	P

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
22 June	10:01	—	Loldia [Shakedown]	5.40 km
23 June	14:08	SS1	Super Special Kasarani	4.84 km
24 June	8:00	SS2	Loldia 1	19.17 km
	9:18	SS3	Geothermal 1	11.68 km
	10:11	SS4	Kedong 1	31.25 km
	13:09	SS5	Loldia 2	19.17 km
	14:27	SS6	Geothermal 2	11.68 km
	15:20	SS7	Kedong 2	31.25 km
25 June	8:06	SS8	Soysambu 1	29.32 km
	9:08	SS9	Elmenteita 1	15.08 km
	10:01	SS10	Sleeping Warrior 1	31.04 km
	14:07	SS11	Soysambu 2	29.32 km
	15:08	SS12	Elmenteita 2	15.08 km
	16:01	SS13	Sleeping Warrior 2	31.04 km
26 June	7:05	SS14	Oserian 1	17.52 km
	8:08	SS15	Narasha 1	13.30 km
	9:08	SS16	Hell's Gate 1	10.53 km
	11:29	SS17	Oserian 2	17.52 km
	12:32	SS18	Narasha 2	13.30 km
	14:18	SS18	Hell's Gate 2 [Power Stage]	10.53 km
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Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Event	Stage
1	1	69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:40:24.9	0.0	25	0
2	2	33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:41:17.7	+52.8	18	0
3	3	18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:42:07.6	+1:42.7	15	0
4	4	1	Sébastien Ogier	Benjamin Veillas	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:42:35.2	+2:10.3	12	3
5	5	11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3:51:05.8	+10:40.9	10	5
6	6	42	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:03:52.8	+23:27.9	8	0
7	7	9	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:10:41.4	+30:16.5	6	0
8	8	19	Sébastien Loeb	Isabelle Galmiche	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:12:37.5	+32:12.6	4	4
10	9	2	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	4:18:01.5	+37:36.6	1	0
15	10	16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:59:52.6	+1:19:27.7	0	1
16	11	44	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:59:57.0	+1:19:32.1	0	2
Retired SS18		8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Steering		0	0

2022 Safari Rally

Entry list

Itinerary

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

WRC Rally2

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

WRC Rally3

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Special stages

Championship standings

References

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Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:42.1	—
SS1	Ogier / Veillas	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:18.8	Ogier / Veillas
SS2	Loeb / Galmiche	Ford Puma Rally1	14:18.8
SS3	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:44.2
SS4	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	17:29.9	Evans / Martin
SS5	Ogier / Veillas	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	14:05.2	Ogier / Veillas
SS6	Ogier / Veillas	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:41.4	Ogier / Veillas
SS7	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	17:43.2	Rovanperä / Halttunen
SS8	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	18:14.2
SS9	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	8:37.0
SS10	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	17:18.1
SS11	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	18:05.3
SS12	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	9:47.1
SS13	Ogier / Veillas	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	19:19.1
SS14	Fourmaux / Coria	Ford Puma Rally1	11:42.1
SS15	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:56.6
SS16	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	5:51.5
SS17	Loeb / Galmiche	Ford Puma Rally1	9:05.7
SS18	Loeb / Galmiche	Ford Puma Rally1	6:59.2
SS19	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	6:00.4

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Kalle Rovanperä	145		Jonne Halttunen	145		Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	246
2		Thierry Neuville	80		Martijn Wydaeghe	80		Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	184
3	1	Ott Tänak	62	1	Martin Järveoja	62		M-Sport Ford WRT	142
4	1	Takamoto Katsuta	62	1	Aaron Johnston	62		Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	68
5	1	Craig Breen	60	1	Paul Nagle	60

Stage	Open Championship				Junior Championship
Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Gill / Morales	Škoda Fabia R5	4:04.0	—	No stage winners			—
SS1	Gill / Morales	Škoda Fabia R5	3:32.9	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	3:48.7	Rai / Panesar
SS2	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	15:22.6		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	17:34.3
SS3	Gill / Morales	Škoda Fabia R5	7:23.7		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	9:04.0
SS4	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	19:53.7		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	24:07.9
SS5	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	15:18.8		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	17:45.9
SS6	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	7:28.5		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	8:57.2
SS7	Johnston / Kihurani	Citroën C3 Rally2	21:27.1		Stage interrupted
SS8	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	21:30.9		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	24:05.7	Rai / Panesar
SS9	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	9:45.4		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	11:12.9
SS10	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	20:09.9		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	22:08.1
SS11	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	21:03.8		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	23:20.6
SS12	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	11:59.0		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	13:08.2
SS13	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	24:56.2		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	26:38.7
SS14	Stage interrupted
SS15	Johnston / Kihurani	Citroën C3 Rally2	8:09.3	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	9:02.7	Rai / Panesar
SS16	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	6:35.4		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	7:58.9
SS17	Johnston / Kihurani	Citroën C3 Rally2	10:55.8		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	11:45.2
SS18	Johnston / Kihurani	Citroën C3 Rally2	8:20.5		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	9:24.3
SS19	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	6:38.6		Rai / Panesar	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	7:59.7

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Pos.	Open Drivers' championships			Open Co-drivers' championships			Teams' championships			Junior Drivers' championships			Junior Co-drivers' championships			Driver Masters' championships			Co-driver Masters' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Driver	Points
1	4	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	66	3	Maciej Szczepaniak	66		Toksport WRT	87		Chris Ingram	67		James Fulton	68		Mauro Miele	61		Laurent Magat	75
2	1	Yohan Rossel	63	1	Valentin Sarreaud	52		Toksport WRT 2	58		Nikolay Gryazin	61		Louis Louka	43		Jean-Michel Raoux	52		Michael Joseph Morrissey	36
3	1	Nikolay Gryazin	52	1	Konstantin Aleksandrov	52		Hyundai Motorsport N	58		Erik Cais	45		Elia De Guio	25		Freddy Loix	40		Michela Lorigiola	30
4	1	Andreas Mikkelsen	51	1	Torstein Eriksen	51		Yaco ACCR Team	50		Eerik Pietarinen	40		Samu Vaaleri	25		Olivier Burri	33		Jörgen Fornander	25
5	1	Chris Ingram	44		Craig Drew	38		Saintéloc Junior Team	40		Mikołaj Marczyk	36					Fabrizio Arengi	28		Hans van Goor	25

Pos.	Open Drivers' championships			Open Co-drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points
1		Sami Pajari	62		Enni Mälkönen	62
2	5	McRae Kimathi	45		Mikael Korhonen	43
3	1	Jan Černý	43		Tamás Kürti	43
4	1	Zoltán László	43		Manuel Fenoli	33
5	1	Lauri Joona	43		Liam Regan	30