“The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact in every sphere of society including motorsport and rally, but I hope we will come out stronger after this crisis and we are already looking ahead to the Safari Rally taking place in 2021,” he added. The championship has a duty of care to all stakeholders as well as the wider community and this remains our key focus. Safari Rally Kenya awaits it’s long-awaited return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) series next year after the 2020 event was postponed due to the global pandemic outbreak. 2020 Calendar Update . 8th May, 2020. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Jump onboard with Esapekka Lappi, for a drive through the challenging terrain of Rally Safari Kenya, in this first look at the WRC 9 gameplay of the African stop on the WRC Calendar. Kenya is the sixth country to host this event in its round of series in July and the only in Africa. Each junction has to be marked in a format dictated by WRC rules. “Postponing the event to 2021 was not a simple decision to make. [7] A candidate event was successfully run in 2019, with WRC safety delegate Michèle Mouton visited the rally. The safari rally has grown to be the toughest Rally in the word and remains as a true test to man and machine. Friday | 15 May 2020. They are the often unsung heroes of the WRC. WRC has since confirmed Safari Rally in the first draft of its 2021 WRC calendar ratified by the FIA World Motor Sport Council midyear to provide a first look of what to expect in the 2021 season. Pre-orders on Xbox and Epic Games are now open with a tonne of bonus content! The seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship was scheduled on 16 - 19 July and its return to the series for the first time since 2002 was eagerly awaited. WRC safety standards have come a long way. [8] On 27 September 2019, the rally was officially announced to be a part of the championship for the first time since 2002. The 2020 safari rally will be held in Kenya in the month of July. Occupying a cramped ‘office’, they are the managers, the human sat navs and the ... FIA rally director Yves Matton emphasised the effect of the Coronavirus on society across the globe. Kenya is back on the global map for all the good reasons. A new suitable... Know More. Safari Rally Kenya return to WRC deferred . The clock is ticking for the motorsport fraternity across Africa before the World Rally Championship (WRC) returns to the continent in July next year with Kenya’s Safari Rally. Nairobi, Kenya, May 15 2020--The 2020 Safari Rally Kenya has been postponed until next year due to the Novel COVID 19 Pandemic, the Kenya Government has announced. [4] Ford World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2002, when Safari Rally held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners. We look forward to Safari Rally Kenya in 2021.”. The iconic event, dubbed ‘world’s toughest rally’, was the crown jewel on the WRC calendar until 2002 when it was withdrawn from the roster due to lack of government financial guarantees and safety concerns. The return of Safari Rally Kenya to the FIA World Rally Championship has been delayed until 2021 following agreement between the FIA, WRC Promoter and the Government of Kenya on Friday (15 May). ▸Join #XboxViewTV: https://www.youtube.com/user/xboxviewtv?sub_confirmation=1 ▸Support us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrsjRoN3g5TtOGIlq-sQSg/join ▸Dailymotion: https://Dailymotion.com/XboxViewTV ▸Facebook: https://facebook.com/XboxViewTV ▸Twitter: https://twitter.com/XboxViewTV ▸Twitch: https://twitch.tv/XboxViewTV ▸Web: https://XboxViewTV.com. Find out about the official WRC video game on PC, XBox, Playstation and Nintendo Consoles here: https://www.wrcthegame.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Connect with us! Sit back and put your feet up as we provide you with another list of essential viewing on WRC+ this weekend. [3], Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport, "Australia drops off WRC calendar in 2020", "WRC News: Kenya's Safari Rally cancelled due to coronavirus", "Ford to pull works backing from the WRC", "Safari Rally told to toughen up route ahead of planned WRC comeback", "WRC signs agreement for 'modern-era' Safari Rally", "Candidate event proves Safari deserves 2020 return - WRC Promoter", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_Safari_Rally&oldid=973950308, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 August 2020, at 06:03. [3] It was set to mark the sixty-eighth running of Safari Rally and planned to be the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. “The return of Safari Rally Kenya was due to be one of the highlights of the WRC season and we extend our gratitude to President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Government of Kenya and the entire team at the WRC Safari Rally Project, headed by Phineas Kimathi, which has worked so hard. However, we are cognisant of the present global challenges and assure that the Safari Rally will mark a significant part of our country’s history as was intended for the next three years,” she said. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Nairobi in Nairobi County and consisted of eighteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 315.12 km (195.81 mi). The 2020 Safari Rally (also known as the KCB Safari Rally Kenya 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 16 and 19 July 2020,[2] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.msn.com/.../wrc-9-safari-rally-kenya-gameplay-2020/vi-BB16AgEk [4] However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2012. “We were all very excited to see the WRC return to Africa and Kenya after 18 years and we are naturally disappointed that it will not happen this year, particularly given all the hard work that has been undertaken by the Kenyan government and organising team. The return of Safari Rally Kenya to the FIA World Rally Championship has been delayed until 2021 following agreement between the FIA, WRC Promoter and the Government of Kenya on Friday (15 May). [1], Colin McRae and Nicky Grist were the overall reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles as they were no longer active in the sport.

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