Dominant Rally Victory on Punishing African Roads
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Kalle Rovanperä boosted his FIA World Rally Championship title hopes with a dominant victory at Safari Rally Kenya on Sunday afternoon.
The 21-year-old continued his run of irresistible form to chalk up win number four of the season as his Toyota Gazoo Racing squad locked out the top four places for the first time in 29 years.
Rovanperä never expected to win this rally. He arrived in Kenya with a commanding points lead and played down his glory hopes, instead starting with the mindset that any points from the championship’s roughest encounter would be a bonus.
But the Finn’s ‘bring it home’ approach soon went out of the window on Friday afternoon when he seized top spot from GR Yaris team-mate Sébastien Ogier, who stopped to change a wheel in the final test.
Despite feeling unwell, Rovanperä strengthened his position on Saturday and thrived in waterlogged conditions as downpours derailed many of his rivals’ hopes.
The sizeable 40.3sec margin he carried into Sunday’s finale was extended with another two fastest times and the youngster ended the bruising four-day fixture 52.8sec clear of Elfyn Evans.
He leads the championship by 65 points with seven rounds remaining, while Toyota extended its manufacturers’ series lead by 62 points.
"It feels great,” beamed Rovanperä. “I have to say, this was the hardest rally I have ever done and if I am honest we just have to thank the team.
"To have four cars like this with no issues means it is clearly the strongest and fastest car. The team did a fantastic job."
Welshman Evans combated his troubled result last time out in Sardinia with a relatively drama-free drive. He finished 49.9sec ahead of Takamoto Katsuta, who sealed back-to-back Safari podiums. The Japanese driver kept a keen eye on his mirrors with Ogier behind and ended 27.6sec ahead of the eight-time world champion.
Ogier - winner last year - had mixed emotions. Friday’s tyre trouble put him out of contention and he conceded more time when the car’s engine ingested some famous fesh-fesh sand.
The hotly-anticipated battle with compatriot Sébastien Loeb never materialised either, as the nine-time world champion retired his M-Sport Ford Puma with engine woes on Friday.
Hyundai Motorsport’s Thierry Neuville was over 10 minutes behind in fifth overall despite incurring a 10min penalty when he crashed his i20 N into a tree and failed to finish Saturday’s Sleeping Warrior finale. He retained second in the championship and collected five bonus points for winning the Wolf Power Stage.
Craig Breen was M-Sport Ford’s leading driver in sixth despite nursing suspension problems in his Puma. He gained the position when Oliver Solberg stopped in the middle of the road with an air filter full of dust, causing the cancellation of Sunday’s opener.
The championship returns to Europe when Rally Estonia (14 - 17 July) kicks-off the second half of the season.
Final positions:
1. K Rovanperä / J Halttunen FIN Toyota GR Yaris 3hr 40min 20.4sec
2. E Evans / S Martin GBR Toyota GR Yaris +52.8sec
3. T Katsuta / A Johnston JPN Toyota GR Yaris +1min 42.7sec
4. S Ogier / B Veillas FRA Toyota GR Yaris +2min 10.3sec
5. T Neuville / M Wydaeghe BEL Hyundai i20 N +10min 40.9sec
6. C Breen / P Nagle IRL Ford Puma +23min 27.9sec
FIA World Rally Championship (after round 6 of 13):
1. K Rovanperä 145pts
2. T Neuville 80pts
3. O Tänak 62pts
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It's Kenyan roads not African roads. I don't see "European roads" in titles for rallies in Greece, Sweden, Italy, Monte Carlo etc. Give credit appropriately. And don't delete this comment
@@dathrevann you think Kenyan roads are terrible??? That's in the wilderness have you seen any single building or structure. They should have said savannah roads
Kalle is well on his way to become one of the greatest of all times.
Yep!!! Toyota RELIABILITY and DEPENDABILITY.... Show its true colors.. Well Done, Gentlemen/Manufacturer.
I know why i only drive Motorcycles from Japan !
Toyota rules!! And Go Kalle!!!
Definitely the best rally series of the calendar year.Safari rally has everything from rough terrain to changing weather which makes it harder for drivers to adapt.I would love to see it more it's definitely my most exciting rally event.🔥💯
Congratulations to the Young Fin. The future is so so bright.
See you in Estonia.
Team Ott TÄNAK we will bounce back
Not with that Hyundai. Too fragile (not a shocker, really. It's a Hyyndai, in the end). He needs either Puma or Yaris to bounce back.
@@1989SupraGuyFIN it was a shock Ott moved to Hyundai after grabbing the championship with Toyota
@@serang 💸💸💸
Toyota King of Kenya 🙌
The Kazoo engineers are truly above everyone else .. right from the initial beginning this team knew how to build a winner with some very clever personal
I hope Red Bull makes video of 2022 champions Kalle rovanperä and max verstappen trying eachothers cars😍
Toyota 1-2-3-4 must be one of the highlights of this season so far
Everyone: Surely no one will break Loeb and Ogier’s records…
Kalle: u called?
He has a way long journey to go, do you remember ottanak if Tanak happened to go for tgr, he can challenge the boy
@@geofreygathenya8374 Nah. I bet he's happy to drive that unreliable Hyundai he has now, thanks to the ludicrous salary Hyundai is paying him.
EDIT: TYPOS fixed.
@@1989SupraGuyFIN wtf🤣🤣
@@MrSpoonFed That was sarcasm, btw. You can clearly see, that really neither of their (Hyundai) lead drivers are happy with that car. You can't deny, that it wouldn't be unreliable, or can you?
@@1989SupraGuyFIN I see that's why they never learn from mistakes, the car will always be fragile
Thierry Neuville was absolutely flying during that power stage. Thank you WRC for the entertainment. See you next year🤗
Sad he has so much bad luck
Kalle has done exactly spot on job like he should :)
AFRICA ###KENYA
Kalle is like Kankkunen. Cool, calm and collected
TOYOTA・GAZOO・Racing🇯🇵🗾🇫🇮🇬🇧🇯🇵🇫🇷Congratulations❗️
Unbelievable Toyota ☝️💪
Welcome again to Kenya
You are welcome again to kenya
If you didn't know what 'Fesh, Fesh' was you might think it sounds like an enjoyable meal. Pity it's not something an ICE likes to consume.
Kalle the DOMINATOR. Love the African people and their happiness. Brings back many good memories of my travels there.
Kalle has a future pacement , his commitment will see him several podiums ahead.
Great update video…… such a tough rally remembers the 00’s and how hardcore rally driver were then with ALOT less tech than nowadays 💪🏻💪🏻😀
Speaking truth, back to when drivers wouldn’t have a co pilot to plot the route.
Great job! Now let's bring more manufacturers into the race.
Karibuni Kenya tena
keep on smiling and welcoming your white masters as they make fun of you and your culture behind your back. Kenyans need to grow a backbone.
The roughest and the toughest
Who can stop this Youngster ? Not a 3rd Decade with Dominance please !
Toyota all the way well done boys
Indeed punishing african roads has caused more problems thru out the rally from start to end....Despite am an african but i can't deny that we hv many roads but most of them are in bad conditions..congratulations kalle and your co- driver plus the entire management of toyota.
Bro its a safari rally, those are make shift roads passing through game parks and ranches. They are supposed to be that way.
You must be stupid! Safari Rally is meant to be like that.
Those roads are designed to be bad, it's the safari rally. And they are specifically rally roads, no one uses them in their daily commute.
dude do you not understand the sport you are watching? It's the major attracting feature of the Safari rally that the roads are difficult and punishing. It's not supposed to be a nice Sunday drive on a highway. And you say your African- are you Kenyan? If you were you'd know we have much better major roads than those used by the rally. But they don't use them for the rally because A) it's not a challenge and B) it would block traffic. Think before you post on the internet
..are you dor real
That thumbnail needs to be my WALLPAPER.
www.redbullcontentpool.com/international/CP-P-818352 download it in hi-res 👍
@@RedBullRally very nice of you to do that sir!
while i personally dont care for thease modern rallycars, that looks amazing nontheless :)
Team KATSUTA,!!!!
6 stages 83 kilometers
Indeed punishing african roads
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the car Infront is always a.....
Is he the son to hari rovenpera then we'll like father like son
Yes he is the son of former rally driver Harri Rovanperä
Toyota is truly reliable
No disrespect to any team but me thinks Thierry Nueville in Toyota would be untouchable
I concur, his driving style is the kind for rallying, racing. In the next season he might be in one.
I'd also wish to see rally results of him against Ken Block in their Hyundai i20s. The battle would be vicious.
My opinion is that atm Kalle is on another level compared to any other driver. Why? He is super fast and reliable, he hasn't made a single mistake big enough to drop him out of good points.. Managing to do that at 21 yo, is something I have never seen in wrc..
@@williammuchiri9398 Neuville would destroy Block. It's nothing against Block, but he's not driving in the top category against the top competitors.
@@ajrichar0 At the moment Block isn't but he has and multiple times, six. Once emerging 7th in Mexico. Don't forget he once beat Ogier in Spain.
His comeback in WRC with Neuville present and both driving same machine would be captivating to watch.
@@williammuchiri9398 I still don't think he'd hold a candle to Neuville. There's too large a gap in ability. Block would be more likely to currently match Oliver Solberg.
Snorkels not needed in rally cars..so not needed.
Safari rally: say no more.
Dumb decision. Really dumb.
That is really funny
True
Will lobby the government for the Safari Rally weekdays to be declared public holidays.
Tannak should of stayed with toyota
Toyota, what else...
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Could've titled the video African Savannah roads but it's whatever
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Of course it’s toyota for reliable no cap
Hyundai is a mess.
clerk should be sacked
African "roads"
Is it only me, but toyota looks like some volkswagen polo ?
No your not. And Polo was quite similar to Ford Focus and Citroen DS3. Four black tires and huge wing. Two doors. They must be copying rivals I guess.
@@MietoK "copying" lol having those you just listed isnt exactly original.
A country that has safari rally since the 70's and still in 2022 no kenyans have become rally drivers? What a shame celebrating zero kenyans...no wonder kenyans need 20 degrees when European need hobbies to be rally champions..sorry when will kenyans implement the sport locally..and not for others to enjoy kenya? 😉
there were several Kenyans in the rally. Look at the result sheet
Maxine Wahome won WRC 3! Jeremy Wahome was 2nd and MCrae Kimathi 3rd. All 3 of them are in the FIA rally star program.
You clearly know very little about rallying in Kenya!
A little typing on the keyboard would have kept you away from this utter display of ignorance. After inception in 1953, Kenya has had a record of winning drivers.
You are a fool!!
Mmh ..sooory ..just use google
Am disappointed with this title and equally disappointed in the Hyundai team