Rally safari

The Safari Rally is considered by many to be the toughest rally .

It was a run to the World Rally Championship for many years until it lost World Championship status in 2003 due to a lack of funding and organization. The Kenyan government tried to regain World Cup status, which it succeeded in 2020 .

In the meantime, the event was part of the African Rally Championship from 2003 to 2019 .

The Kenyans Shekhar Mehta and Carl Tundo are the most successful participants with five wins each.

Overall winner

year	rally	driver	Co-driver	automobile	status
1953 1	01. Coronation Safari	No overall winner determined
1954 1	02. Coronation Safari	DP Marwaha	Vic Preston sr.	VW Beetle
1955 1	03. Coronation Safari	DP Marwaha	Vic Preston sr.	Ford Zephyr Mk1
1956 1	04. Coronation Safari	Eric Cecil	Tony Vickers	DKW
1957 1	05. Coronation Safari	Gus Hofmann	Arthur Burton	Volkswagen 1200
1958 1	06. Coronation Safari	Ernest Morris Temple-Boreham	Mike P. Armstrong	Auto Union 1000
1959 1	07. Coronation Safari	Bill Fritschy	Jack Ellis	Mercedes-Benz 190
1960 1	08. East African Safari	Bill Fritschy	Jack Ellis	Mercedes-Benz 190
1961 1	09. East African Safari	John Manussis	Bill Coleridge David Beckett	Mercedes-Benz 220SE
1962 1	10. East African Safari	Tommy Fjastad	Bernhard Schmider	Volkswagen 1200
1963 1	11. East African Safari	Nick Norwicki	Paddy Cliff	Peugeot 404
1964 1	12. East African Safari	Peter Hughes	Bill Young	Ford Cortina GT
1965 1	13th East African Safari Rally	Joginder Singh	Jaswant Singh	Volvo PV544
1966 1	14th East African Safari Rally	Bert Shankland	Chris Rothwell	Peugeot 404
1967 1	15th East African Safari Rally	Bert Shankland	Chris Rothwell	Peugeot 404
1968 1	16th East African Safari Rally	Nick Norwicki	Paddy Cliff	Peugeot 404
1969 1	17th East African Safari Rally	Robin C. Hillyar	John 'Jock' Aird	Ford P7 20M RS
1970 1	18th East African Safari Rally	Edgar Herrmann	Hans Schüller	Datsun 1600 SSS	International Championship for Manufacturers
1971 1	19th East African Safari Rally	Edgar Herrmann	Hans Schüller	Datsun 240Z	International Championship for Manufacturers
1972 1	20th East African Safari Rally	Hannu Mikkola	Gunnar Palm	Ford Escort RS1600	International Championship for Manufacturers
1973	21st East African Safari Rally	Shekhar Mehta	Lofty Drews	Datsun 240Z	World Rally Championship
1974	22nd East African Safari Rally	Joginder Singh	David Doig	Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR	World Rally Championship
1975	23rd Safari Rally	Ove Andersson	Arne Hertz	Peugeot 504	World Rally Championship
1976	24th Safari Rally	Joginder Singh	David Doig	Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR	World Rally Championship
1977	25th Safari Rally	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800	World Rally Championship
1978	26th Safari Rally	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Jean-Claude Lefebvre	Peugeot 504 V6 Coupe	World Rally Championship
1979	27th Safari Rally	Shekhar Mehta	Mike Doughty	Datsun 160J	World Rally Championship
1980	28th Safari Rally	Shekhar Mehta	Mike Doughty	Datsun 160J	World Rally Championship
1981	29th Safari Rally	Shekhar Mehta	Mike Doughty	Nissan Violet GT	World Rally Championship
1982	30th Safari Rally	Shekhar Mehta	Mike Doughty	Nissan Violet GT	World Rally Championship
1983	31st Safari Rally	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Opel Ascona 400	World Rally Championship
1984	32nd Safari Rally	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	World Rally Championship
1985	33rd Safari Rally	Juha Kankkunen	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT	World Rally Championship
1986	34th Safari Rally	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT	World Rally Championship
1987	35th Safari Rally	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi 200 Quattro	World Rally Championship
1988	36th Safari Rally	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta Integrale	World Rally Championship
1989	37th Safari Rally	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta Integrale	World Rally Championship
1990	38th Safari Rally	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165	World Rally Championship
1991	39th Safari Rally	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	World Rally Championship
1992	40th Safari Rally	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	World Rally Championship
1993	41st Safari Rally	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	World Rally Championship
1994	42nd Safari Rally	Ian Duncan	David Williamson	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	World Rally Championship
1995 1	43rd Safari Rally Kenya	Yoshio Fujimoto	Arne Hertz	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	2 liter world cup
1996	44th Safari Rally Kenya	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 3	World Rally Championship
1997	45th Safari Rally Kenya	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC	World Rally Championship
1998	46th Safari Rally Kenya	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo 4	World Rally Championship
1999	47th Safari Rally	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus	World Rally Championship
2000	48th Safari Rally Kenya	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru Impreza WRC	World Rally Championship
2001	49th Safari Rally Kenya	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6	World Rally Championship
2002	50th Safari Rally Kenya	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus	World Rally Championship
2003 1	51st Safari Rally Kenya	Glen Edmunds	Titch Phillips	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6	African rally championship
2004 1	52nd Safari Rally Kenya	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Subaru Impreza	African rally championship
2005 1	53rd Safari Rally	Glen Edmunds	The Page Morris	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7	African rally championship
2006 1	54th Safari Rally	Azar Anwar	George Mwangi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6	African rally championship
2007 1	55th Safari Rally	Conrad Rautenbach	Peter Marsh	Subaru Impreza N10	Intercontinental Rally Challenge , African rally championship
2008 1	56th Safari Rally	Lee Rose	Piers Daykin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9	African rally championship
2009 1	57th Safari Rally	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9	Intercontinental Rally Challenge, African rally championship
2010 1	58th Safari Rally	Lee Rose	Piers Daykin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9	African rally championship
2011 1	59th Safari Rally	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9	African rally championship
2012 1	60th Safari Rally	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9	African rally championship
2013 1	61st Safari Rally	Baldev Chager	Ravi Soni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	African rally championship
2014 1	62nd Safari Rally	Baldev Chager	Ravi Soni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	African rally championship
2015 1	63rd Safari Rally	Chatthe Jaspreet Singh	Gurdeep Panesar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	African rally championship
2016 1	64th Safari Rally	Chatthe Jaspreet Singh	Gurdeep Panesar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	African rally championship
2017 1	65th Safari Rally	Tapio Laukkanen	Laurence Gavin	Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 D R4	African rally championship
2018 1	66th Safari Rally	Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	African rally championship
2019 1	67th Safari Rally	Baldev Chager	Soni Ravi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	African rally championship

¹ no World Cup status

Web links

Commons : Rally Safari  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Results on eWRC-results.com