The 2015 African Rally Championship was the 35th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 6 in the Côte d'Ivoire, and ended on November 8 in Madagascar, after seven events.[1]
Jaspreet Singh Chatthe became the first Kenyan driver since David Horsey in 1984 to win the African championship when he won the Pearl of Africa Rally, securing the championship a round early. Singh Chatthe won three of the seven events – as well as a fourth class win at the Sasol Rally; the event being won overall by Mark Cronje – and won the championship by forty-six points of Jassy Singh from Zambia. Third place in the drivers' championship went to Ugandan driver Abdul Ssempebwa, a further twenty-one points in arrears. Aside from Singh Chatthe's victories, Gary Chaynes won the event in the Côte d'Ivoire and Mamy Patrick Solofonirina won in Madagascar, while no ARC-eligible competitors finished in Tanzania – the event was won by Gerard Miller.
The 2015 African Rally Championship was as follows:[2]
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||||
| 1 |  Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire(6–8 March)[3] | 1 | Gary Chaynes | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 1:57:28.9 | 12 | 205.78 km | 23 | 14 | ||
| 2 |  Marc Molinié | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII | 2:02:30.2 | ||||||||
| 3 |  Ali Jaber | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 2:07:04.4 | ||||||||
| 2 | Sasol Rally (17–18 April)[4] | 1 | Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 2:26:12.2 | 15 | 204.88 km | 26 | 21 | ||
| 2 | Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Yaris S2000 | 2:29:56.0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Gugulethu Zulu | Volkswagen Polo S2000 | 2:33:02.0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Zambia International Rally (15–17 May)[5] | 1 |  Jaspreet Singh Chatthe | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:40:13 | 16 | 233.11 km | 25 | 14 | ||
| 2 | Jassy Singh | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:43:27 | ||||||||
| 3 | Mohammed Essa | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:43:46 | ||||||||
| 4 | Rally of Tanzania (12–14 June)[6] | 1 |  Gerard Miller | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 2:32:41 | 16 | 238.39 km | 31 | 17 | ||
| 2 | Jamil Khan | Subaru Impreza | 2:33:45 | ||||||||
| 3 |  Duncan Mubiru | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:40:46 | ||||||||
| 5 |  Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally(31 July–2 August)[7] | 1 | Jaspreet Singh Chatthe | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 1:52:19 | 12 | 211.00 km | 20 | 11 | ||
| 2 | Jassy Singh | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 1:52:42 | ||||||||
| 3 |  Valery Bukera | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:03:15 | ||||||||
| 6 | Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (28–30 August)[8] | 1 | Jaspreet Singh Chatthe | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:35:55 | 12 | 214.67 km | 36 | 17 | ||
| 2 | Andrew Kananura | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:47:37 | ||||||||
| 3 | Duncan Mubiru | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:49:57 | ||||||||
| 7 | Rallye International de Madagascar (6–8 November)[9] | 1 | Mamy Patrick Solofonirina | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:39:45 | 9 | 196.65 km | 39 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Tinahenintsoa Rakotomiarana | Subaru Impreza WRX | 2:59:10 | ||||||||
| 3 | Hariandry Razakaboana | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:10:46 | ||||||||
The 2015 African Rally Championship points are as follows:[10]
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