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Safari Rally 2023 counts for:
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 635th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 13 |
| Official name: | Safari Rally Kenya |
| Edition: | 70th |
| Date: | from Thursday 22-Jun-2023 to Sunday 25-Jun-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Naivasha, Nakuru County; Kenya |
| Clerk of the Course: | Gurvir Bhabra |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 34 | |
| Starters: | 31 | |
| Finishers: | 20 | (64.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 4.84 | km | (SS1 Super Special Kasarani) |
| Longest: | 31.04 | km | (SS13 Sleeping Warrior 2) |
| Slowest: | 82.14 | km/h | (SS14 Malewa 1) |
| Fastest: | 123.52 | km/h | (SS4 Kedong 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 355.92 | km | (29.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 355.92 | km | (29.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 835.49 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,191.41 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 58th win and 97th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 17th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Third place was 26th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 81st win and triple win were 231st to 233rd podiums for Toyota. |
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Toyota repeated their 1-2-3-4 results from 2022 with same crews but all in different positions. This time it was Ogier (pictured) who won despite losing whole boot door and rear wing after clipping a tree in final day. He also kept his cool against Rovanpera who at times pressured Ogier quite hard.
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Hyundai had a fraught rally as Neuville retired on Friday with collapsed suspension and was later excluded for conducting illegal recce. Lappi retired on Saturday with propshaft failure, same he faced during shakedown. Sordo (pictured) took it easy after that, trying to make sure he finished which he did despite losing powersteering on final day.
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Ott Tanak suffered two punctures and lost several minutes while changing those. In addition, he was slowed by wildlife on first day and leaking damper on Saturday. All in all, Tanak seemed somewhat resigned and unspirited during the rally.
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