2024 Safari Rally

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 was 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 355.92 km (221.16 mi).^[1]

2024 Safari Rally Safari Rally Kenya 2024
Round 3 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Safari Rally moved ahead to March for 2024.
Host country	Kenya
Rally base	Naivasha, Nakuru County
Dates run	28 – 31 March 2024
Start location	Kasarani, Nairobi
Finish location	Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha
Stages	19 (355.92 km; 221.16 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Sand
Transport distance	943.30 km (586.14 miles)
Overall distance	1,299.22 km (807.30 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	29
Crews	28 at start, 22 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:36:04.0
Saturday Overall leader	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:48:50.2
Sunday Accumulated leader	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 45:27.7
Power Stage winner	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 5:27.1
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT 3:54:09.4
WRC-3 winner	Hamza Anwar Adnan Din 6:16:11.8

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.

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, 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]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	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
11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma 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	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
19	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	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	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
21	Nicolas Ciamin	Yannick Roche	Nicolas Ciamin	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
22	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
23	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
24	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Carl Tundo	Ford Fiesta R5	Challenger/Master Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
25	Charles Munster	Loïc Dumont	Charles Munster	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
26	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	Daniel Chwist	Kamil Heller	Daniel Chwist	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
28	Karan Patel	Tauseef Khan	Karan Patel	Škoda Fabia R5	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
29	Samman Singh Vohra	Alfir Khan	Samman Singh Vohra	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Aakif Virani	Zahir Shah	Aakif Virani	Škoda Fabia R5	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
31	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	George Vassilakis	Tom Krawszik	George Vassilakis	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
34	Hamza Anwar	Adnan Din	Hamza Anwar	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P

Itinerary

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

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
27 March	—	After 10:01	Loldia [Shakedown]	5.40 km
28 March		After 12:26	Opening ceremony, Kenyatta International Convention Centre	—
	SS1	After 14:05	Super Special Kasarani	4.84 km
29 March		7:30 – 7:45	Service A, WSTI Naivasha	—
	SS2	After 8:30	Loldia 1	19.17 km
	SS3	After 9:48	Geothermal 1	13.12 km
	SS4	After 10:41	Kedong 1	30.62 km
		12:31 – 13:11	Service B, WSTI Naivasha	—
	SS5	After 13:56	Loldia 2	19.17 km
	SS6	After 15:14	Geothermal 2	13.12 km
	SS7	After 16:07	Kedong 2	30.62 km
		17:37 – 18:22	Flexi Service C, WSTI Naivasha	—
30 March	SS8	After 8:01	Soysambu 1	29.32 km
	SS9	After 9:05	Elmenteita 1	15.08 km
	SS10	After 10:03	Sleeping Warrior 1	31.04 km
		12:28 – 13:08	Service D, WSTI Naivasha	—
	SS11	After 14:34	Soysambu 2	29.32 km
	SS12	After 15:35	Elmenteita 2	15.08 km
	SS13	After 16:33	Sleeping Warrior 2	31.04 km
		18:53 – 19:38	Flexi Service E, WSTI Naivasha	—
31 March	SS14	After 7:02	Malewa 1	8.33 km
	SS15	After 7:57	Oserian 1	18.33 km
	SS16	After 9:05	Hell's Gate 1	10.53 km
		10:18 – 10:33	Service F, WSTI Naivasha	—
	SS17	After 11:20	Malewa 2	8.33 km
	SS18	After 12:10	Oserian 2	18.33 km
		13:18 – 13:58	Regroup, WSTI Naivasha	—
	SS19	After 14:15	Hell's Gate 2 [Power Stage]	10.53 km
		After 15:15	Podium ceremony, WSTI Naivasha	—
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Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Class	Event								SAT	SUN	WPS	Total
1	1	69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:36:04.0	0.0	18	0	2	20
2	2	18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:37:41.8	+1:37.8	15	3	0	18
3	3	16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	3:38:29.1	+2:25.1	13	4	0	17
4	4	33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:40:24.2	+4:20.2	10	5	1	16
5	5	11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3:46:21.5	+10:17.5	8	6	5	19
6	8	8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3:57:06.0	+21:02.0	1	7	4	12
7	9	19	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:02:17.3	+26:13.3	2	0	0	2
8	12	4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	4:18:25.7	+42:21.7	0	1	3	4
9	15	13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	4:33:59.9	+57:55.9	0	2	0	2

Special stages

Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:32.1	—
SS1	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3:19.9	Neuville / Wydaeghe
SS2	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	13:59.0	Rovanperä / Halttunen
SS3	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:51.3
SS4	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	15:42.1
SS5	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	13:56.7
SS6	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:48.6
SS7	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	15:44.2
SS8	Katsuta / Johnston	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	17:12.5
SS9	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	8:15.8
SS10	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	20:23.8
SS11	Katsuta / Johnston	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	17:19.4
SS12	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	8:24.7
SS13	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	20:09.0
SS14	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	5:57.3
SS15	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	11:27.5
SS16	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	5:29.3
SS17	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	5:59.0
SS18	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	10:55.4
SS19	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	5:27.1

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Thierry Neuville	67			Martijn Wydaeghe	67		1	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	131
2			Elfyn Evans	61			Scott Martin	61		1	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	127
3			Adrien Fourmaux	46			Alexandre Coria	46			M-Sport Ford WRT	72
4		1	Ott Tänak	33		1	Martin Järveoja	33
5		3	Kalle Rovanperä	31		3	Jonne Halttunen	31

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class								Class	Event
6	1	22	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	3:54:09.4	0.0	25	6
7	2	20	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	3:55:32.5	+1:23.1	18	4
10	3	23	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	4:02:38.4	+8:29.0	15	3
11	4	21	Nicolas Ciamin	Yannick Roche	Nicolas Ciamin	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	4:07:49.3	+13:39.9	12	0
13	5	25	Charles Munster	Loïc Dumont	Charles Munster	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	4:21:49.0	+27:39.6	10	0
14	6	27	Daniel Chwist	Kamil Heller	Daniel Chwist	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	4:26:11.0	+32:01.6	8	0
16	7	24	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Carl Tundo	Ford Fiesta R5	4:41:09.6	+47:00.2	6	0
17	8	32	George Vassilakis	Tom Krawszik	George Vassilakis	Ford Fiesta Rally2	4:46:02.4	+51:53.0	4	0
18	9	28	Karan Patel	Tauseef Khan	Karan Patel	Škoda Fabia R5	5:09:33.1	+1:15:23.7	2	0
19	10	30	Aakif Virani	Azhar Bhatti	Aakif Virani	Škoda Fabia R5	5:29:01.9	+1:34:52.5	1	0
Retired SS15		31	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Withdrawn		0	0
Retired SS10		26	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Citroën C3 Rally2	Withdrawn		0	0
Retired SS1		29	Samman Singh Vohra	Alfir Khan	Samman Singh Vohra	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Accident damage		0	0

Special stages

Overall Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:45.6 — SS1 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:26.5 Greensmith / Andersson SS2 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 14:45.9 SS3 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 7:29.5 SS4 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 17:37.7 SS5 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 14:45.2 SS6 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 7:21.5 SS7 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 17:31.3 SS8 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 18:34.3 SS9 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 9:03.4 SS10 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 22:04.0 SS11 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 18:26.0 SS12 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 9:05.2 SS13 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 21:39.1 SS14 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6:37.3 SS15 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 12:14.1 SS16 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6:04.2 SS17 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6:43.1 SS18 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 12:02.8 SS19 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 5:57.3

Challenger Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:49.8 — SS1 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:29.6 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak SS2 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 15:13.7 SS3 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 7:39.6 SS4 Munster / Dumont Hyundai i20 N Rally2 18:37.0 Ciamin / Roche SS5 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 15:00.3 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak SS6 Ciamin / Roche Hyundai i20 N Rally2 7:37.9 SS7 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 18:03.2 SS8 Dominguez Jr. / Peñate Citroën C3 Rally2 19:28.4 SS9 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 9:19.9 SS10 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 23:23.2 SS11 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 19:08.4 SS12 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 9:25.3 SS13 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 22:42.2 SS14 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6:55.8 SS15 Ciamin / Roche Hyundai i20 N Rally2 12:37.4 SS16 Ciamin / Roche Hyundai i20 N Rally2 6:23.1 SS17 Munster / Dumont Hyundai i20 N Rally2 7:01.7 SS18 Ciamin / Roche Hyundai i20 N Rally2 12:28.0 SS19 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6:10.6

Championship standings

Pos.		Open Drivers' championships				Open Co-drivers' championships				Teams' championships				Challenger Drivers' championships				Challenger Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Driver	Points
1		1	Oliver Solberg	43		1	Elliott Edmondson	43			DG Sport Compétition	43		2	Nicolas Ciamin	33		2	Yannick Roche	33
2		1	Yohan Rossel	25		1	Arnaud Dunand	25			Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	43		1	Pepe López	25		1	David Vázquez Liste	25
3			Gus Greensmith	25			Jonas Andersson	25			Toksport WRT	43		1	Sami Pajari	25		1	Enni Mälkönen	25
4		3	Nicolas Ciamin	24		3	Yannick Roche	24							Kajetan Kajetanowicz	25			Maciej Szczepaniak	25
5		2	Pepe López	18		2	David Vázquez Liste	18						2	Nikolay Gryazin	18		2	Konstantin Aleksandrov	18

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
22	1	34	Hamza Anwar	Adnan Din	Hamza Anwar	Ford Fiesta Rally3	6:16:11.8	0.0	25

Special stages

Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	5:02.4	—
SS1	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	3:49.0	Anwar / Din
SS2	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	23:46.7
SS3	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	18:53.0
SS4	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	30:54.8
SS5	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	26:58.2
SS6	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	19:00.5
SS7	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	31:04.5
SS8	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	22:29.3
SS9	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	11:02.9
SS10	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	27:08.0
SS11	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	31:14.2
SS12	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	20:26.9
SS13	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	38:19.8
SS14	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	8:08.4
SS15	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	14:32.1
SS16	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	7:27.0
SS17	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	8:08.7
SS18	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	15:15.8
SS19	Anwar / Din	Ford Fiesta Rally3	7:32.0

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points
1			Jan Černý	25			Ondřej Krajča	25
2			Mille Johansson	25			Johan Grönvall	25
3			Hamza Anwar	25			Adnan Din	25
4		1	Ghjuvanni Rossi	18		1	Kylian Sarmezan	18
5		1	Romet Jürgenson	18		1	Siim Oja	18