Safari Rally

(Reindirizzamento da Rally del Safari)

Il Safari Rally, detto anche semplicemente Safari, è una gara di rally istituita dalla East African Coronation Safari per celebrare l'incoronazione della Regina Elisabetta II. La prima edizione, svoltasi tra il 27 maggio e il 1º giugno del 1953, attraversava il Kenya, l'Uganda e la Tanzania (all'epoca Tanganica).

Un caratteristico passaggio del Safari Rally (2019)
 
Un check point all'East African Safari Rally 1973

Fino al 1974 la gara ebbe nome di East African Safari Rally; in seguito divenne "Safari Rally". Il Safari Rally è considerato da molti come il rally più duro del mondo.

L'evento fu cancellato dal Campionato Mondiale Rally (WRC) nel 2003 per mancanza di fondi dell'organizzazione. Dopo alcuni anni in cui aveva validità solamente continentale, nel 2007 e nel 2009 è stata gara valevole per l'Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

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Anno Denominazione Vincitori Auto Scuderia Validità
1953 1st Coronation Safari Non venne proclamato alcun vincitore ufficiale -
1954 2nd Coronation Safari   D.P. Marwaha
  Vic Preston Sr.
Volkswagen Käfer Typ 122 - -
1955 3rd Coronation Safari   D.P. Marwaha
  Vic Preston Sr.
Ford Zephyr Mk1 - -
1956 4th Coronation Safari   Eric Cecil
  A.R. "Tony" Vickers
DKW - -
1957 5th Coronation Safari   A.A. "Gus" Hofmann
  Arthur A.N. Burton
Volkswagen Käfer Typ 122 - -
1958 6th Coronation Safari Non venne proclamato alcun vincitore ufficiale -
1959 7th Coronation Safari   William "Bill" A. Fritschy
  Jack L. Ellis
Mercedes-Benz 219 - -
1960 8th East African Safari   William "Bill" A. Fritschy
  Jack L. Ellis
Mercedes-Benz 219 - -
1961 9th East African Safari   Constantine John Manussis
  Bill Coleridge
Mercedes-Benz 220 SE - -
1962 10th East African Safari   Thomas Thorgny "Tommy" Fjastad
  Bernhard Schmider
Volkswagen Käfer Typ 122 - -
1963 11th East African Safari   Zbigniew 'Nick' Nowicki
  Paddy B. Cliff
Peugeot 404 - -
1964 12th East African Safari   Peter J.C. Hughes
  William W.G. "Billy" Young
Ford Cortina GT - -
1965 13th East African Safari Rally   Joginder Singh
  Jaswant Singh
Volvo PV 544 Sport - -
1966 14th East African Safari Rally   Bert Shankland
  Chris Rothwell
Peugeot 404 - -
1967 15th East African Safari Rally   Bert Shankland
  Chris Rothwell
Peugeot 404 - -
1968 16th East African Safari Rally   Zbigniew 'Nick' Nowicki
  Paddy B. Cliff
Peugeot 404 - -
1969 17th East African Safari Rally   Robin C. Hillyar
  John "Jock" Aird
Ford Taunus 20M RS   Ford Werke -
1970 18th East African Safari Rally   Edgar Herrmann
  Hans Schüller
Datsun 1600 SSS   Nissan Motor Co. Ltd ICM
1971 19th East African Safari Rally   Edgar Herrmann
  Hans Schüller
Datsun 240Z   Nissan Motor Co. Ltd ICM
1972 20th East African Safari Rally   Hannu Mikkola
  Gunnar Palm
Ford Escort RS 1600   Nissan Motor Co. Ltd ICM
1973 21st East African Safari Rally   Shekhar Mehta
  Lofty Drews
Datsun 240Z   Nissan Motor Co. Ltd WRC
1974 22nd East African Safari Rally   Joginder Singh
  David Doig
Mitsubishi Colt Lancer - WRC
1975 23rd Safari Rally   Ove Andersson
  Arne Hertz
Peugeot 504 - WRC
1976 24th Safari Rally   Joginder Singh
  David Doig
Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR - WRC
1977 25th Safari Rally   Björn Waldegård
  Hans Thorszelius
Ford Escort RS 1800   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. WRC
Coppa FIA piloti
1978 26th Safari Rally   Jean-Pierre Nicolas
  Jean-Claude Lefèbvre
Peugeot 504 Coupé V6   Marshalls East Africa Ltd WRC
Coppa FIA piloti
1979 27th Safari Rally   Shekhar Mehta
  Mike Doughty
Datsun 160J   DT Dobie Team Datsun WRC
1980 28th Marlboro Safari Rally   Shekhar Mehta
  Mike Doughty
Datsun 160J   DT Dobie Team Datsun WRC
1981 29th Marlboro Safari Rally   Shekhar Mehta
  Mike Doughty
Datsun Violet GT   DT Dobie Team Datsun WRC
1982 30th Marlboro Safari Rally   Shekhar Mehta
  Mike Doughty
Datsun Violet GT   DT Dobie Team Datsun WRC
1983 31st Marlboro Safari Rally   Ari Vatanen
  Terry Harryman
Opel Ascona 400   Rothmans Opel Rally Team WRC
1984 32nd Marlboro Safari Rally   Björn Waldegård
  Hans Thorszelius
Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo   Westlands Motors WRC
1985 33rd Marlboro Safari Rally   Juha Kankkunen
  Fred Gallagher
Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo   Westlands Motors WRC
1986 34th Marlboro Safari Rally   Björn Waldegård
  Fred Gallagher
Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo   Toyota Team Europe WRC
1987 35th Marlboro Safari Rally   Hannu Mikkola
  Arne Hertz
Audi 200 Quattro   Audi Sport WRC
1988 36th Marlboro Safari Rally   Miki Biasion
  Tiziano Siviero
Lancia Delta Integrale   Martini Lancia WRC
1989 37th Marlboro Safari Rally   Miki Biasion
  Tiziano Siviero
Lancia Delta Integrale   Martini Lancia WRC
1990 38th Marlboro Safari Rally   Björn Waldegård
  Fred Gallagher
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165   Toyota Team Kenya WRC
1991 39th Martini Safari Rally   Juha Kankkunen
  Juha Piironen
Lancia Delta Integrale 16V   Martini Racing WRC
1992 40th Safari Rally   Carlos Sainz
  Luis Moya
Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD   Toyota Kenya WRC
1993 41st Trust Bank Safari Rally   Juha Kankkunen
  Juha Piironen
Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD   Toyota Castrol Team WRC
1994 42nd Trust Bank Safari Rally   Ian Duncan
  David Williamson
Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD   Toyota Castrol Team WRC
1995 43rd Safari Rally Kenya   Yoshio Fujimoto
  Arne Hertz
Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD   Toyota Castrol Team Coppa FIA 2 litri
1996 44th Safari Rally Kenya   Tommi Mäkinen
  Seppo Harjanne
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III   Mitsubishi Ralliart WRC
1997 45th Safari Rally Kenya   Colin McRae
  Nicky Grist
Subaru Impreza WRC97   555 Subaru WRT WRC
1998 46th Safari Rally Kenya   Richard Burns
  Robert Reid
Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV   Mitsubishi Ralliart WRC
1999 47th 555 Safari Rally   Colin McRae
  Nicky Grist
Ford Focus WRC   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. WRC
2000 48th Sameer Safari Rally Kenya   Richard Burns
  Robert Reid
Subaru Impreza WRC99   Subaru World Rally Team WRC
2001 49th Safari Rally Kenya   Tommi Mäkinen
  Risto Mannisenmäki
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart WRC
2002 50th Inmarsat Safari Rally Kenya   Colin McRae
  Nicky Grist
Ford Focus RS WRC 02   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. WRC
2003 51st KCB Safari Equator Rally Kenya   Glen Edmunds
  Williams Carter Phillips
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI - ARC
2004 52nd Safari Rally Kenya   Carl Tundo
  Tim Jessop
Subaru Impreza 555 - ARC
2005 53rd KCB Safari Rally   Glen Edmunds
  Des Page-Morris
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII - ARC
2006 54th KCB Safari Rally   Azar Anwar
  Daniel Maxwell
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI   Aztek ARC
2007 55th KCB Safari Rally   Conrad Rautenbach
  Peter Marsh
Subaru Impreza STi - IRC
2008 56th KCB Safari Rally   Lee Rose
  Piers Daykin
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - ARC
2009 57th KCB Safari Rally   Carl Tundo
  Tim Jessop
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - IRC
2010 58th Safari Rally   Lee Rose
  Piers Daykin
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - ARC
2011 59th Safari Rally   Carl Tundo
  Tim Jessop
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - ARC
2012 60th Safari Rally   Carl Tundo
  Tim Jessop
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - ARC
2013 61st KCB Safari Rally   Baldev Chager
  Ravi Soni
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - ARC
2014 62nd KCB Safari Rally   Baldev Chager
  Ravi Soni
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X   Kabras Sugar Racing ARC
2015 63rd KCB Safari Rally   Jaspreet Singh Chatthe
  Gurdeep Panesar
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X   Team Kibos -
2016 64th KCB Safari Rally   Jaspreet Singh Chatthe
  Gurdeep Panesar
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X   Team Kibos -
2017 65th Safari Rally   Tapio Laukkanen
  Gavin Laurence
Subaru Impreza STi   Multiple Racing Team ARC
2018 66th Safari Rally   Carl Tundo
  Tim Jessop
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X   Menengai Oil Racing ARC
2019 67th Safari Rally   Baldev Chager
  Ravi Soni
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - ARC
2020 Safari Rally Kenya 2020 Cancellato a causa della pandemia di COVID-19. WRC
2021 Safari Rally Kenya 2021   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
Toyota Yaris WRC   Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC
2022 Safari Rally Kenya 2022   Kalle Rovanperä
  Jonne Halttunen
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1   Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC
2023 71° Safari Rally Kenya   Sébastien Ogier
  Vincent Landais
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1   Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC
2024 72° Safari Rally Kenya   Kalle Rovanperä
  Jonne Halttunen
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1   Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC

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