71. Safari Rally Kenya 2023
21. 6. – 25. 6. 2023, Naivasha • WRC Safari Rally Kenya • gravel 355.92 km • total distance including road sections - 1191.06 km • Other years
#11
Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid 
ALZ***
ALZ***
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
RC1
Final results
Excluded - Illegal recce Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Super Special Kasarani (4.84 km) | 3:17.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
88.4 km/h 0.56 s/km |
3:17.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "It's a tough event. Nobody knows what is going to happen. It will be a big surprise. There is going to be ups and downs for all of us during the weekend but hopefully more ups than downs." | ||||||
| SS2 Loldia 1 (19.17 km) | 13:59.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
82.3 km/h 0.45 s/km |
17:16.0 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "It's very shaky in there and we got kicked off the line and we had a big bee in the car! | ||||||
| SS3 Geothermal 1 (13.12 km) | 7:02.2 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
111.9 km/h 0.95 s/km |
24:18.2 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| Front-right puncture | ||||||
| SS4 Kedong 1 (30.62 km) | 15:00.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
122.4 km/h 0.26 s/km |
39:18.6 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "(Time loss) It's a lot." | ||||||
| SS5 Loldia 2 (19.17 km) | 14:04.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
81.7 km/h 0.74 s/km |
53:22.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "I think we are even slower than this morning, but generally the feeling was good." | ||||||
| SS6 Geothermal 2 (13.12 km) |
16:46.5 [N] |
29.
10. class RC1 27. WRC |
46.9 km/h 45.73 s/km |
1:10:09.4 [SR] |
15.
10. class RC1 15. WRC |
|
| Suspension | ||||||
| SS7 Kedong 2 (30.62 km) |
25:04.6 [N] |
25.
10. class RC1 23. WRC |
73.3 km/h 19.60 s/km |
1:35:14.0 [SR] |
18.
10. class RC1 18. WRC |
|
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS8 Soysambu 1 (29.32 km) | 18:37.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
94.5 km/h 2.29 s/km |
1:53:51.1 [SR] |
16.
10. class RC1 16. WRC |
|
| "I don't know if it is the car or the road, but something is wrong. It is very hard to see the road, I struggled a lot." | ||||||
| "I don't know if it is the car or the road, but something is wrong. It is very hard to see the road, I struggled alot." | ||||||
| SS9 Elmenteita 1 (15.08 km) | 8:32.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
106.0 km/h 0.45 s/km |
2:02:23.1 [SR] |
15.
10. class RC1 15. WRC |
|
| "I would say it was fun, I enjoyed this one. On the first one the conditions were so bad for us. We lost 3sec per km. We can just try to catch some points from the rally." | ||||||
| SS10 Sleeping Warrior 1 (31.04 km) | 18:59.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
98.0 km/h 2.00 s/km |
2:21:23.0 [SR] |
14.
10. class RC1 14. WRC |
|
| Spin | ||||||
| "I was enjoying, but I have no pressure and I don't need to push." | ||||||
| SS11 Soysambu 2 (29.32 km) | 17:56.7 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
98.0 km/h 1.14 s/km |
2:39:19.7 [SR] |
13.
10. class RC1 13. WRC |
|
| "The conditions have changed a lot. For sure it's better but with the car in general there's no real change. We can feel that we are missing traction in the bumpy sections. It's quite hard and we are getting kicked around quite a lot." | ||||||
| SS12 Elmenteita 2 (15.08 km) | 8:23.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
107.7 km/h 0.22 s/km |
2:47:43.6 [SR] |
10.
9. class RC1 10. WRC |
|
| "I don't know if it was a push but there was not hole left that I didn't go through! It was a bit shaky and I had to push back my helmet a few times, but it was fun." | ||||||
| SS13 Sleeping Warrior 2 (31.04 km) | 20:11.8 | 7.
6. class RC1 7. WRC |
92.2 km/h 2.07 s/km |
3:07:55.4 [SR] |
9.
8. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "A hell of a stage - if you are not in the car you cannot describe the conditions." | ||||||
| Off road moment in last corner | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS14 Malewa 1 (8.33 km) | 6:22.8 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
78.3 km/h 2.12 s/km |
3:14:18.2 [SR] |
9.
8. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "Lappi's propshaft is broken already?! I took it very slowly... We can't catch P8 so I just drove through. This is the roughest stage of the rally so we had to be careful in there." | ||||||
| SS15 Oserian 1 (18.33 km) | 11:39.4 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
94.3 km/h 1.28 s/km |
3:25:57.6 [SR] |
9.
8. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| SS16 Hell's Gate 1 (10.53 km) | 5:30.3 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
114.8 km/h 0.06 s/km |
3:31:27.9 [SR] |
9.
8. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It's the brake cooling duct, it's been like that since the beginning." | ||||||
| SS17 Malewa 2 (8.33 km) | 6:21.8 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
78.5 km/h 2.30 s/km |
3:37:49.7 [SR] |
9.
8. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| SS18 Oserian 2 (18.33 km) | 12:05.8 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
90.9 km/h 0.67 s/km |
3:49:55.5 [SR] |
8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "This one was horrible. It is so rutted and in some places it felt like we had no suspension in there." | ||||||
| SS19 Hell's Gate 2[Power Stage] (10.53 km) | 5:34.0 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
113.5 km/h |
Out of overall classification | ||
| "It's a fabulous rally but again another really bad weekend for us." | ||||||
