Kalle Rovanperä - Jonne Halttunen - Safari Rally Kenya 2023

71. Safari Rally Kenya 2023

WRC #7 • WRC2 #7 • WRC2 Challenger #7 • WRC3 #7 • WRC Masters Cup #7

21. 6. – 25. 6. 2023, Naivasha • WRC Safari Rally Kenya • gravel 355.92 km • total distance including road sections - 1191.06 km • Other years

Stage results

Rovanperä Kalle

Halttunen Jonne

#69

Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid

A-6***

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

RC1

Final results

2. overall

2. class RC1

2. WRC

Stage results

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Super Special Kasarani (4.84 km)	3:16.7	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	88.6 km/h 0.50 s/km	3:16.7	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"It's gonna be a new challenge this year. Different from last year. Definitely more rough. Let's try to do the same as last year. We just need to be steady and keep a good pace. At least the start was better."
SS2 Loldia 1 (19.17 km)	13:57.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	82.4 km/h 0.39 s/km	17:14.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"This one downhill section which is really narrow with lots of loose stuff was tricky and I'm sure it will clean. I was even struggling to make the hairpins there, but otherwise safe and clean run through!"
SS3 Geothermal 1 (13.12 km)	6:53.0	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	114.4 km/h 0.25 s/km	24:07.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It's a totally different stage profile, faster and wider. There is more cleaning on this one, but it's so fast it doesn't matter."
SS4 Kedong 1 (30.62 km)	14:52.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	123.5 km/h	38:59.9	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It was a proper cleaning morning, but we did a good job, no mistakes. I could be quite happy."
SS5 Loldia 2 (19.17 km)	14:05.5	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	81.6 km/h 0.80 s/km	53:05.4	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I think we made a small mistake on the set-up because we expected to have more grip in the afternoon."
SS6 Geothermal 2 (13.12 km)	6:49.1	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	115.5 km/h 0.20 s/km	59:54.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"Quite a different style of stage, so for sure the understeer was not so big.!
SS7 Kedong 2 (30.62 km)	15:07.0	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	121.5 km/h 0.08 s/km	1:15:01.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"A lot of surprises, and it's a high-speed stage so not easy."
2. leg
SS8 Soysambu 1 (29.32 km)	17:37.6	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	99.8 km/h 0.26 s/km	1:32:39.1	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"You can always go quicker in this rally, it just depends how much you want to push on the rough places. I would say quite good stage. I lost some time on some easy places where I tried to smooth, but it didn't work."
SS9 Elmenteita 1 (15.08 km)	8:25.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	107.5 km/h	1:41:04.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"Quite rough in some places and I made one mistake as well."
SS10 Sleeping Warrior 1 (31.04 km)	17:57.7	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	103.7 km/h	1:59:02.0	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I think we could push a bit more but for sure Seb is pushing a lot for this win."
SS11 Soysambu 2 (29.32 km)	17:29.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	100.5 km/h 0.22 s/km	2:16:31.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I am driving my own pace with quite a level speed in my opinion."
SS12 Elmenteita 2 (15.08 km)	8:26.4	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	107.2 km/h 0.38 s/km	2:24:58.2	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"Definitely now since EP also dropped from the battle I don't want to take crazy risks anymore and catching Seb purely by driving would be pretty much impossible anyways."
SS13 Sleeping Warrior 2 (31.04 km)	19:07.7	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	97.4 km/h	2:44:05.9	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"Even on the straights, second gear was quite high-speed. We are here in one piece and that was the only goal for today."
3. leg
SS14 Malewa 1 (8.33 km)	6:05.1	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	82.1 km/h	2:50:11.0	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I don't think the others are really trying much. Let's see."
SS15 Oserian 1 (18.33 km)	11:24.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	96.4 km/h 0.47 s/km	3:01:35.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
SS16 Hell's Gate 1 (10.53 km)	5:30.6	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	114.7 km/h 0.09 s/km	3:07:06.1	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It was just one corner where I got caught out a bit in the ruts. I am not feeling good in the car, I am fighting way too much all the time. Especially here it doesn't work out, I am oversteering way too much."
SS17 Malewa 2 (8.33 km)	6:02.6	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	82.7 km/h	3:13:08.7	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
SS18 Oserian 2 (18.33 km)	12:04.7	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	91.1 km/h 0.61 s/km	3:25:13.4	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I didn't know we have a puncture... It was a proper Safari in there, really deep ruts. I just tried to go through."
SS19 Hell's Gate 2[Power Stage] (10.53 km)	5:35.8	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	112.9 km/h 0.17 s/km	3:30:49.2	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"You always want to fight for the win but we did our best starting first car on the road, so regarding that I think it's not fully bad. Good points for the season anyway."