2022 Safari Rally

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]

2022 Safari Rally Safari Rally Kenya 2022
Round 6 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
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)[1]
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

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]

Background

Entry list

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 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Twelve were entered under Rally1 regulations, as are ten Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and five Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.^[9][10]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship

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

Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2

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	—

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3

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

Itinerary

All dates and times are EAT (UTC+3).

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
Source:[1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class								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

Special stages

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
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

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		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

WRC Rally2

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class								Class	Stage	Event
9	1	20	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	4:16:02.5	0.0	25	0	2
11	2	22	Sean Johnston	Alexander Kihurani	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	4:35:10.7	+19:08.2	18	0	0
12	3	27	Amanraaj Rai	Gurdeep Panesar	Amanraaj Rai	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	4:45:16.4	+29:13.9	15	0	0
18	4	28	Aakif Virani	Azhar Bhatti	Aakif Virani	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	5:23:53.6	+1:07:51.1	12	0	0
Retired SS7		21	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Martin Prokop	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Engine		0	0	0
Retired SS4		24	Gaurav Gill	Gabriel Morales	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia R5	Mechanical		0	0	0
Retired SS13		25	Karan Patel	Tauseef Khan	Karan Patel	Ford Fiesta R5	Excluded		0	0	0
Retired SS13		26	Leroy Gomes	Urshlla Gomes	Leroy Gomes	Ford Fiesta R5	Mechanical		0	0	0

Special stages

Stage	Open Championship				Junior Championship
	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

Championship standings

Pos.		Open Drivers' championships				Open Co-drivers' championships				Teams' championships				Junior Drivers' championships				Junior Co-drivers' championships				Driver Masters' championships				Co-driver Masters' championships
		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

WRC Rally3

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class								Open
17	1	34	Maxine Wahome	Murage Waigwa	Maxine Wahome	Ford Fiesta Rally3	5:20:21.6	0.0	25
21	2	30	Jeremy Wahome	Victor Okundi	Jeremy Wahome	Ford Fiesta Rally3	5:45:49.0	+25:27.4	18
23	3	32	McRae Kimathi	Mwangi Kioni	McRae Kimathi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	5:55:59.9	+35:37.7	15
Retired SS18		31	Hamza Anwar	Adnan Din	Hamza Anwar	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Mechanical		0
Retired SS4		35	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Accident		0

Special stages

Stage	Open Championship
	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Dominguez Jr. / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	4:49.8	—
SS1	Dominguez Jr. / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	3:43.2	Dominguez Jr. / Peñate
SS2	Dominguez Jr. / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	16:53.4
SS3	Dominguez Jr. / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	8:34.2
SS4	Stage interrupted
SS5	Kimathi / Kioni	Ford Fiesta Rally3	17:44.9	M. Wahome / Waigwa
SS6	Kimathi / Kioni	Ford Fiesta Rally3	9:06.5
SS7	Stage interrupted
SS8	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	23:04.0	M. Wahome / Waigwa
SS9	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	10:50.6
SS10	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	21:32.4
SS11	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	22:17.7
SS12	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	12:45.8
SS13	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	26:05.4
SS14	Stage interrupted
SS15	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	9:20.3	M. Wahome / Waigwa
SS16	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	8:11.1
SS17	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	11:59.7
SS18	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	10:24.4
SS19	J. Wahome / Okundi	Ford Fiesta Rally3	8:29.4

Championship standings

Pos.		Open Drivers' championships				Open Co-drivers' championships
		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