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Safari Rally 2022 counts for:
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2022 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2022 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 621st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 13 |
| Official name: | Safari Rally Kenya |
| Edition: | 69th |
| Date: | from Thursday 23-Jun-2022 to Sunday 26-Jun-2022 |
| Rally HQ: | Naivasha, Nakuru County; Kenya |
| Clerk of the Course: | Gurvir Bhabra |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 34 | |
| Starters: | 31 | |
| Finishers: | 21 | (67.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 4.84 | km | (SS1 Super Special Kasarani) |
| Longest: | 31.25 | km | (SS7 Kedong 2) |
| Slowest: | 80.36 | km/h | (SS2 Loldia 1) |
| Fastest: | 114.93 | km/h | (SS15 Narasha 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 360.34 | km | (30.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 342.41 | km | (28.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 860.33 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,202.74 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 6th win and 9th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Second place was 21st podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 2nd podium for Takamoto Katsuta. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 73rd win and triple win were 210th to 212th podiums for Toyota. |
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Rovanpera almost rolled in first spectator stage but after that, his pace was fast where conditions permitted it and measured where caution was needed. He suffered no problems at all and took lead without seeming to fight for it. Eventually, he was first Toyota home in a rare 1-2-3-4 finish for the team.
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All Hyundais suffered from various problems. Tanak's gear change lever snapped off, Solberg stopped in middle of SS14 which led stage being cancelled and Neuville (pictured) suffered from powerless engine, likely due dust ingestation. Yet, he was on course to disrupt Toyota's clean sweep until he stopped in SS13, but managed to finish best non-Toyota.
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Just like Hyundai, also M-Sport Fords were all afflicted with various troubles. Breen (pictured) suffered broken suspension on SS7, just like Loeb did on SS13. Breen lost least amount of time and finished sixth overall, albeit 23 minutes behind the winner.
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