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2014 African Rally Championship

The 2014 African Rally Championship was the 34th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC). This championship was the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 14 in Côte d'Ivoire, and ended November 9 in Madagascar, after eight events.[1]

After a season long battle, Côte d'Ivoire driver Gary Chaynes won the championship by a single point from Zambian driver Mohamed Essa.

Event calendar and results edit

The 2014 African Rally Championship was as follows:[2]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1   Rallye Bandama Cote d'Ivoire
(14–16 March)[3] 		1   Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2:12:31.3 11 241.25 km 25 15
2   Moriféré Soumaoro Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:13:04.8
3   Marc Molinié Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII 2:19:49.6
2   Sasol Rally
(11–12 April)[4] 		1   Leeroy Poulter Toyota Yaris S2000 2:13:42.4 14 202.35 km 44 32
2   Enzo Kuun Ford Fiesta S2000 2:15:28.9
3   Hergen Fekken Toyota Yaris S2000 2:21:39.4
3   Zambia International Rally
(16–18 May)[5] 		1   Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:03:00 21 12
2   Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:05:38
3   Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:07:47
4   Rally of Tanzania
(13–15 June)[6] 		1   Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:09:19 14 211.88 km 19 8
2   Rajpal Singh Dhani Subaru Impreza WRX 2:18:40
3   Tufail Tufail Subaru Impreza WRX 2:23:46
5   Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally
(18–20 July)[7] 		1   Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2:57:24 18 8
2   Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:06:31
3   Duncan Mubiru Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:09:12
6   Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally
(15–17 August)[8] 		1   Rajbir Rai Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:02:45 10 271.76 km 36 23
2   Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:02:47
3   Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:03:18
7   Kenya Safari Rally
(12–14 September)[9] 		1   Baldev Chager Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:47.13 13 224.34 km 61 35
2   Carl Tundo Proton Satria Neo 2:48.48
3   Manvir Singh Baryan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:52.23
8   Rallye International de Madagascar
(7–9 November) 		1   Mamy Patrick Solofonirina Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:59:43 16 209.10 km 34 18
2   Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:05:33
3   Rivo Aina Randrianarivony Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:06:55

Championship standings edit

The 2014 African Rally Championship points were as follows:[10][11]

Pos. Driver Vehicle  
BAN 		 
RSA 		 
ZAM 		 
TAN 		 
RMG 		 
PoA 		 
SAF 		 
MAD 		Total
1   Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 2 119
2   Mohamed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1 1 Ret 1 2 1 118
3   Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 3 2 1 Ret Ret 58
4   Manvir Singh Baryan Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 1 40
5   Giancarlo Davite Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 39
6   Moriféré Soumaoro Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2 18
  Haji Abdu Sempebwa Subaru Impreza WRX 2 Ret Ret 18
8   Kenneth Mukosa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4 12
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References edit

  1. ^ "Calendar: FIA African Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  2. ^ "FIA African Rally Championship". africanrallychampionship.com/. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  3. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  4. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  5. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  6. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  7. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  8. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  9. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  10. ^ "Classifications: FIA African Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  11. ^ "2014 ARC Championship Standings". FIA African Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

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