2025 Safari Rally


The 2025 Safari Rally was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 20 to 23 March 2025. It marked the seventy-third running of the Safari Rally, and was the third round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The 2025 event was based in Naivasha in the Nakuru County, and was consisted of twenty-one special stages, covering a total competitive distance of.
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners, and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT were the defending manufacturer's winners. Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson were the defending rally winners in the WRC2 championship. Hamza Anwar and Adnan Din were the defending rally winners in the WRC3 championship.
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won the rally, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT successfully defended their titles. Greensmith and Andersson successfully defended their titles in the WRC2 category. Nikhil Sachania and Deep Patel were the winners in the WRC3 category.

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were sixteen Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and two Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are EAT.

Report

WRC Rally1

Championship standings

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1Elfyn Evans88
22Thierry Neuville52
23Ott Tänak49
24Sébastien Ogier33
25Adrien Fourmaux31

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1Scott Martin88
22Martijn Wydaeghe52
23Martin Järveoja49
24Vincent Landais33
25Alexandre Coria31

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1Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT148
2Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT122
3M-Sport Ford WRT47
4Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT225

WRC2 Rally2

Championship standings

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11Oliver Solberg35
12Yohan Rossel25
3Gus Greensmith25
84Fabrizio Zaldivar23
25Eric Camilli17

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11Elliott Edmondson35
11Arnaud Dunand25
3Jonas Andersson25
84Marcelo Der Ohannesian23
25Thibault de la Haye17

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1PH Sport42
2Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG42
3Sarrazin Motorsport – Iron Lynx27

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91Fabrizio Zaldivar27
12Léo Rossel25
13Roope Korhonen25
4Jan Solans25
25Jan Černý17

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91Marcelo Der Ohannesian27
12Guillaume Mercoiret25
13Anssi Viinikka25
4Diego Sanjuan de Eusebio25
25Ondřej Krajča17

WRC3 Rally3

Championship standings

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1Matteo Fontana34
2Arthur Pelamourges25
3Taylor Gill25
4Nikhil Sachania25
15Ghjuvanni Rossi15

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1Alessandro Arnaboldi34
2Bastien Pouget25
3Daniel Brkic25
4Deep Patel25
15Kylian Sarmezan15