| 2021 Safari Rally | |
| Native Name: | Safari Rally Kenya 2021 |
| Round: | 6 |
| Season No: | 12 |
| Championship: | 2021 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2021 Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Next Round: | 2021 Rally Estonia |
| Rallybase: | Nairobi, Nairobi County |
| Start: | Kasarani, Nairobi |
| Finish: | Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha |
| Startdate: | 24 |
| Enddate: | 27 June 2021 |
| Stages: | 18 |
| Stagekm: | 320.19 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 813.17 |
| Overallkm: | 1,133.94 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Sébastien Ogier |
| Codriver1: | Julien Ingrassia |
| Team1: |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Time1: | 3:18:11.3 |
| Driver2: | no classified finishers |
| Driver3: |  Onkar Rai |
| Codriver3: |  Drew Sturrock |
| Time3: | 3:47:37.7 |
| Powerstage Driver: |  Ott Tänak |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Martin Järveoja |
| Powerstage Team: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 6:06.4 |
| Crewsreg: | 58 |
| Teamsstart: | 52 |
| Teamsfinish: | 26 |
The 2021 Safari Rally (also known as the Safari Rally Kenya 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 24 and 27 June 2021.[2] It marked the sixty-ninth running of the Safari Rally. The event was the sixth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Nairobi in the Nairobi County and was contested over eighteen special stages totalling 320.192NaN2 in competitive distance.[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[3] There were no classified finishers in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[4] Local hero Onkar Rai and Drew Sturrock won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[5]
At the age of ninety-one, Polish driver Sobiesław Zasada became the oldest competitor to start a World Rally Championship event.[6]
Reigning World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with an eleven-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were third, a further eighteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a massive a forty-nine-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, followed by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene held a two-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Marcelo Der Ohannesian in third. In the teams' championship, Movisport and Toksport WRT co-led the championship, with M-Sport Ford WRT in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria lead drivers' and co-drivers' championship respectively. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciek Szczepaniak were second, trailed by Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche.
The following crews entered the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven entries for the World Rally Championship were received, as were four in the World Rally Championship-2 and six in the World Rally Championship-3.
| 20 | nowrap |  Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene |  Toksport WRT | nowrap | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | ||
| 21 | nowrap |  Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | nowrap |  Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Toksport WRT | nowrap | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |
| 22 |  Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | ||||
| 23 |  Martin Prokop | Zdeněk Jůrka | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | ||||
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| 24 | Onkar Rai | Drew Sturrock | Onkar Rai | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 25 | Carl Tundo | Tim Jessop | Carl Tundo | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 26 | Tejveer Rai | Gareth Dawe | Tejveer Rai | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 27 | Karan Patel | Tauseef Khan | Karan Patel | Ford Fiesta R5 | ||
| 28 | Aakif Virani | Azhar Bhatti | Aakif Virani | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 29 |  Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | Daniel Chwist | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | ||
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| 36 | Sobiesław Zasada | Tomasz Borysławski | M-Sport Poland | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | ||
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All dates and times are EAT (UTC+3).
