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

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

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

Championship standings

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

Pos. Driver Vehicle Ivory Coast
BAN		 South Africa
RSA		 Zambia
ZAM		 Tanzania
TAN		 Rwanda
RMG		 Uganda
PoA		 Kenya
SAF		 Madagascar
MAD		 Total
1 Ivory Coast Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 2 119
2 Zambia Mohamed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1 1 Ret 1 2 1 118
3 Kenya Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 3 2 1 Ret Ret 58
4 Kenya Manvir Singh Baryan Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 1 40
5 Italy Giancarlo Davite Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 39
6 Ivory Coast Moriféré Soumaoro Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2 18
Uganda Haji Abdu Sempebwa Subaru Impreza WRX 2 Ret Ret 18
8 Zambia 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

  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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