Rally Kenya 2022
Victory for Rovanperä! 4th success of the season for the Finn! The Toyota driver finished 8th in the Power Stage and now has a 65-point lead in the championship ahead of Thierry Neuville!
Next WRC meeting: the Estonian Rally, from July 14 to 17!
The Power Stage ranking:
The final ranking of the Safari Rally:
Elfyn Evans took 6th time in the Power Stage, 11” behind the Hyundai driver’s time. The Welshman will finish second on this Safari Rally, for a second podium this season after Portugal.
7th time for Katsuta with 26″4 behind Neuville’s time. The Japanese signs a 2nd consecutive podium in Kenya after 2nd place in 2021!
It's over for Sébastien Ogier, who finished 4th in the Safari Rally! He took 3rd time in the Power Stage, 6″1 behind Neuville.
Thierry Neuville takes the lead in this Power Stage, barely! The Belgian beats Loeb's time by 8 tenths!
It's the end of the ordeal for Craig Breen, who loses another 1'37″0 on this Power Stage. The Irishman should still finish this rally in 6th place.
Private driver Jourdan Serderidis finishes the Safari Rally in 7th place in the provisional ranking! At the wheel of the Ford, he concluded this Power Stage 1'04"2 behind Loeb.
Oliver Solberg, who was able to restart despite a power problem during the last special, crossed the finish line 13″5 behind Loeb. The Swede will score his first points since the Rally Sweden.
Very good time from Sébastien Loeb in this Power Stage, he takes the best time with 9″6 ahead of Greensmith!
Adrien Fourmaux finishes this new tough rally in Kenya, 0” behind Greensmith’s time.
Logically, Greensmith beats the WRC2 times with a 6'10″8.
Meanwhile, Greensmith and Fourmaux set off in Rally1.
Beaten by Kaejtan Kajetanowicz in 6'38″6, the Pole won the Safari Rally in WRC2 and also took the lead in the category championship!
The first time for Johnston with his WRC2: 6'49″3.
The leader of the WRC2 category, Kaejtan Kajetanowicz (Skoda), is also on the track now.
Let's go for this Power Stage with the start of the WRC2 of Sean Johnston (Citröen), 2nd in the category.
A quick update on the general classification before this last special:
The starting order for this Power Stage:
- Johnston (WRC2)
- Kajetanowicz (WRC2)
- Greensmith
- Fourmaux
- Loeb
- Solberg
- Serderidis
- Breen
- Neuville
- Ogier
- Feel it
- Evans
- Rovanperä
As a reminder: the last special stage of the rally, called “Power Stage”, brings additional points to the championship.
Here is the distribution of points, according to the ranking in the Power Stage:
1st: 5 points
2nd: 4 points
3nd: 3 points
4nd: 2 points
5th: 1 point
The summary of SS18 with a new best time for Loeb, while Rovanperä is heading straight for a 4th victory this season.
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