2021 Safari Rally

2021 Safari Rally
Safari Rally Kenya 2021
Round 6 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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The opening ceremony of the rally.
Host country Kenya
Rally baseNairobi, Nairobi County
Dates run24 – 27 June 2021
Start locationKasarani, Nairobi
Finish locationHell's Gate National Park, Naivasha
Stages18 (320.19 km; 198.96 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance813.17 km (505.28 miles)
Overall distance1,133.94 km (704.60 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered58
Crews52 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:18:11.3
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
6:06.4
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerno classified finishers
WRC-3 winnerKenya Onkar Rai
United Kingdom Drew Sturrock
3:47:37.7

The 2021 Safari Rally (also known as the Safari Rally Kenya 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 24 and 27 June 2021.[2] It marked the sixty-ninth running of the Safari Rally. The event was the sixth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Nairobi in the Nairobi County and was contested over eighteen special stages totalling 320.19 km (198.96 mi) in competitive distance.[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[3] There were no classified finishers in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[4] Local hero Onkar Rai and Drew Sturrock won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[5]

At the age of ninety-one, Polish driver Sobiesław Zasada became the oldest competitor to start a World Rally Championship event.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Safari Rally Kenya 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Croatia and Estonia named in 2021 WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Ogier seizes Safari success after Neuville heartbreak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Rai charges to early WRC3 lead in Kenya". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021. There were no finishers in WRC2.
  5. ^ "Onkar conqiers WRC3 in Kenya". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Sobieslaw Zasada: Q & A". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.