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The Safari Rally is an automobile rally held in Kenya. It was first held in 1953 as a celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . The event was part of the World Rally Championship from 1973 until 2002, before returning in 2021.
1979 marked the first season for the new World Rally Championship for Drivers. This successor to the preceding FIA Cup for Rally Drivers was aligned with the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers. Both championships used the same schedule of events for accumulating points toward the titles, although the point awarding methods were ...
1973 Safari Rally: 1982 Safari Rally: 29 France: Jean-Pierre Nicolas: 5 1973–1980, 1984: 1973 Tour de Corse: 1978 Ivory Coast Rally: 29 Estonia: Markko Märtin: 5 1997–2005: 2003 Acropolis Rally: 2004 Rally Catalunya: 29 United Kingdom: Kris Meeke: 5 2002–2008, 2011, 2013–2019: 2015 Rally Argentina: 2017 Rally Catalunya: 34 Finland ...
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It marked the 47th running of the Safari Rally, and was the third round of the 1999 World Rally Championship season. [2] The 1999 event was based in the city of Nairobi in Kenya and was contested over thirteen special stages , covering a total competitive distance of 1,009.91km (627.53 miles).
Shekhar Mehta (20 June 1945 – 12 April 2006) was a Ugandan-born Kenyan rally driver. He won the Safari Rally a record five times (1973, 1979–82), including four consecutively, [1] and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Rally Championship. [2]