Safari Rally

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).

Storia

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.

Albo d'oro

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 Hybrid	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC
2023	71° Safari Rally Kenya	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC
2024	72° Safari Rally Kenya	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC
2025	73° Safari Rally Kenya	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC
2026	74° Safari Rally Kenya	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC

Vittorie

Pos.	Pilota	N° vittorie
1	Shekhar Mehta	5
1	Carl Tundo	5
3	Björn Waldegård	4
4	Joginder Singh	3
	Juha Kankkunen	3
	Colin McRae	3
	Baldev Chager	3
8	D.P. Marwaha	2
	William A. Fritschy	2
	Bert Shankland	2
	Zbigniew Nowicki	2
	Edgar Herrmann	2
	Hannu Mikkola	2
	Miki Biasion	2
	Richard Burns	2
	Tommi Mäkinen	2
	Glen Edmunds	2
	Lee Rose	2
	Jaspreet Singh Chatthe	2
	Sébastien Ogier	2
	Kalle Rovanperä	2

Pos.	Copilota	N° vittorie
1	Tim Jessop	5
2	Mike Doughty	4
3	Fred Gallagher	3
	Arne Hertz	3
	Nicky Grist	3
	Ravi Soni	3
7	Vic Preston	2
	Jack L. Ellis	2
	Chris Rothwell	2
	Paddy B. Cliff	2
	Hans Schuller	2
	David Doig	2
	Hans Thorszelius	2
	Tiziano Siviero	2
	Juha Piironen	2
	Robert Reid	2
	Piers Daykin	2
	Gurdeep Panesar	2
	Jonne Halttunen	2

Pos.	Costruttore	N° vittorie
1	Mitsubishi	19
2	Toyota	14
3	Ford	7
4	Peugeot	6
4	Datsun	6
6	Subaru	5
7	Mercedes-Benz	3
	Volkswagen	3
	Lancia	3
10	DKW	1
	Volvo	1
	Nissan	1
	Opel	1
	Audi	1

Altri progetti

Wikiquote contiene citazioni sul Safari Rally
Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file sul Safari Rally

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Sito ufficiale, su safarirally.ke.

(EN) Jouni Tikkanen, Safari Rally, su juwra.com.
(CS, DE, EN, ES, ET, FR, IT, JA, NL, PL, PT, RU) Safari Rally, su ewrc-results.com, Shacki. URL consultato il 29 giugno 2022.
(EN) Safari Rally - Roll of Honour, su rallybase.nl, Tjeerd van der Zee (archiviato dall'url originale il 6 aprile 2010).
(EN) Motorsport Kenya, su motorsportkenya.com, Motorsport Kenya.

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