There Toyota dominated the Safari Rally Kenya, sixth appointment of World Rally WRC 2022, occupying the first four positions of the WRC stage in the African desert. In fact, four of them GR Yaris Rally1 have occupied the first 4 positions in the final classification of the Safari Rally Kenya, won by Kalle Rovanperabefore Elfyn Evans, Takamoto Katsuta And Sébastien Ogier.
WRC Safari Rally Kenya 2022 results
In Kenya Toyota got a historical result at the legendary Safari Rally Kenya with Kalle Rovanperä who led the ranks of the four GR Yaris Rally1 in the top positions. Elfyn Evans And Takamoto Katsuta joined him on the podium, with Sébastien Ogier in fourth place Toyota also got the tenth victory historic in the famous African event and for the first time he achieved a 1-2-3-4 in the WRC.
Safari Rally Kenya returned to the WRC calendar in 2021 and compared to last year, the Safari offered even more difficult conditions, including deep sand “fesh-fesh” on Fridays and wet and muddy surfaces On Saturdays in addition to the always present ones rocks and stones.
It was by far the most difficult challenge for the new generation of Rally1 hybrid cars, but the GR Yaris survived whatever the Kenyan terrain could throw at it to stay reliable and dominate the weekend without major fuss.
Just think that after the Toyota in the standings there was an abyss, with the Hyundai i20 Rally1 from Thierry Neuville in fifth place who finished the African test with over eight and a half minutes late from the Toyota quartet.
WRC podium Safari Rally Kenya 2022
1. Rovanpera / Halttunen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
2. Evans / Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
3. Katsuta / Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
WRC 2022 classification SAFARI RALLY KENYA
POS | # | CREW | CAR | CLASS | TIME |
1 | 69 | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | RC1 | 3: 40’24.9 |
2 | 33 | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | RC1 | 52.8 |
3 | 18 | Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | RC1 | 1’42.7 |
4 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Benjamin Veillas |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | RC1 | 2’10.3 |
5 | 11 | Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe |
Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | RC1 | 10’40.9 |
6 | 42 | Craig Breen Paul Nagle |
Ford Puma Rally1 | RC1 | 23’27.9 |
7 | 9 | Jourdan Serderidis Frédéric Miclotte |
Ford Puma Rally1 | RC1 | 30’16.5 |
8 | 19 | Sébastien Loeb Isabelle Galmiche |
Ford Puma Rally1 | RC1 | 32’12.6 |
9 | 20 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak |
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | RC2 | 35’37.6 |
10 | 2 | Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson |
Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | RC1 | 37’36.6 |
11 | 22 | Sean Johnston Alexander Kihurani |
Citroën C3 Rally2 | RC2 | 54’45.8 |
12 | 27 | Amanraaj Rai Gurdeep Panesar |
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Rally2 | 1: 04’51.5 |
13 | 37 | Carl Tundo Tim Jessop |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | 1: 06’48.5 |
14 | 102 | Jasmeet Chana Ravinder Chana |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | 1: 14’40.4 |
15 | 16 | Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria |
Ford Puma Rally1 | RC1 | 1: 19’27.7 |
16 | 44 | Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson |
Ford Puma Rally1 | RC1 | 1: 19’32.1 |
17 | 34 | Maxine Wahome Murage Waigwa |
Ford Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 | 1: 39’56.7 |
18 | 28 | Aakif Virani Azhar Bhatti |
Škoda Fabia R5 | RC2 | 1: 43’28.7 |
19 | 38 | Nikhil Sachania Deep Patel |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | 1: 47’19.7 |
20 | 105 | Zameer Verje Zahir Shah |
Subaru Impreza | NAT | 2: 02’09.9 |
21 | 30 | Jeremy Wahome Victor Okundi |
Ford Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 | 2: 05’24.1 |
22 | 41 | Minesh Rathod Jamie Mactavish |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | 2: 14’05.6 |
23 | 32 | McRae Kimathi Mwangi Kioni |
Ford Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 | 2: 15’34.4 |
24 | 107 | Josiah Kariuki John Ngugi |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX | NAT | 2: 16’16.6 |
25 | 111 | Issa Amwari Job Njiru |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX | NAT | 3: 10’36.8 |
8 | Ott Tanak Martin Jarveoja |
Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | RC1 | ||
40 | Evans Kavisi Absalom Aswani |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | ||
31 | Hamza Anwar Adnan Din |
Ford Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 | ||
103 | Duncan Mubiru Musa Nsubuga |
Subaru Impreza | NAT | ||
112 | Stephen Mwangi Dennis Mwenda |
Subaru Impreza | NAT | ||
36 | Giancarlo Davite Sylvia Vindevogel |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | ||
43 | Rio Smith Riyaz Ismail |
Ford Fiesta R2 | NAT | ||
109 | Andrew Muiruri Edward Njoroge |
Subaru Impreza | NAT | ||
104 | Daren Miranda Amman Shah |
Subaru Impreza | NAT | ||
25 | Karan Patel Tauseef Khan |
Ford Fiesta R5 | RC2 | ||
26 | Leroy Gomes Urshlla Gomes |
Ford Fiesta R5 | RC2 | ||
106 | Kush Patel Mudasar Chaudry |
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X | NAT | ||
21 | Martin Prokop Zdeněk Jůrka |
Ford Fiesta Rally2 | RC2 | ||
35 | Diego Jr. Rogelio Penate |
Ford Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 | ||
24 | Gaurav Gill Gabriel Morales |
Škoda Fabia R5 | RC2 | ||
108 | Edward Maina Tony Gichochi |
Subaru Impreza | NAT | ||
110 | Lisa Christoffersen John Ngugi |
Subaru Impreza | NAT |
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