2024 Safari Rally | |
Native Name: | Safari Rally Kenya 2024 |
Round: | 3 |
Season No: | 13 |
Championship: | 2024 World Rally Championship |
Previous Round: | 2024 Rally Sweden |
Next Round: | 2024 Croatia Rally |
Rallybase: | Naivasha, Nakuru County |
Start: | Kasarani, Nairobi |
Finish: | Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha |
Startdate: | 28 |
Enddate: | 31 March 2024 |
Stages: | 19 |
Stagekm: | 355.92 |
Stagekm Note: | [1] |
Transportkm: | 943.30 |
Overallkm: | 1,299.22 |
Surface: | Sand |
Crewsreg: | 29 |
Teamsstart: | 28 |
Teamsfinish: | 22 |
Driver1: | Kalle Rovanperä |
Codriver1: | Jonne Halttunen |
Team1: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Time1: | 3:36:04.0 |
Sat Driver: | Kalle Rovanperä |
Sat Codriver: | Jonne Halttunen |
Sat Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Sat Time: | 2:48:50.2 |
Sun Driver: | Ott Tänak |
Sun Codriver: | Martin Järveoja |
Sun Team: | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
Sun Time: | 45:27.7 |
Powerstage Driver: | Thierry Neuville |
Powerstage Team: | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
Powerstage Time: | 5:27.1 |
Driver2: | Gus Greensmith |
Team2: | Toksport WRT |
Time2: | 3:54:09.4 |
Driver3: | Hamza Anwar |
Codriver3: | Adnan Din |
Time3: | 6:16:11.8 |
The 2024 Safari Rally (also known as the 2024 Safari Rally Kenya) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 28 to 31 March 2024.[2] It marked the seventy-second running of the Safari Rally, and will be the third round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Naivasha in the Nakuru County, and was contested over nineteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 355.922NaN2.[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais were the defending rally winners, and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturer's winners.[3] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the rally, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[6] Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson were the winners in the WRC-2 category.[7] Hamza Anwar and Adnan Din were the winners in the WRC-3 category.
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were thirteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and one Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[8]
4 | Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
11 | Thierry Neuville | Martijn Wydaeghe | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
13 | Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
16 | Adrien Fourmaux | Alexandre Coria | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
18 | Takamoto Katsuta | Aaron Johnston | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
19 | Jourdan Serderidis | Frédéric Miclotte | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver | |
33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
20 | Oliver Solberg | Elliott Edmondson | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
21 | Nicolas Ciamin | Yannick Roche | Nicolas Ciamin | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
22 | Gus Greensmith | Jonas Andersson | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
23 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
24 | Carl Tundo | Tim Jessop | Carl Tundo | Ford Fiesta R5 | Challenger/Master Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
25 | Charles Munster | Loïc Dumont | Charles Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
26 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
27 | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | Daniel Chwist | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
28 | Karan Patel | Tauseef Khan | Karan Patel | Škoda Fabia R5 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
29 | Samman Singh Vohra | Alfir Khan | Samman Singh Vohra | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
30 | Aakif Virani | Zahir Shah | Aakif Virani | Škoda Fabia R5 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
31 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
32 | George Vassilakis | Tom Krawszik | George Vassilakis | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team | |
All dates and times are EAT (UTC+3).