2013 African Rally Championship

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The 2013 African Rally Championship is the 33rd season of the African Rally Championship (ARC). This Championship is the FIA regional rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 1 in Côte d'Ivoire, and ended approximately on November 9 in Madagascar, after eight events.[1]

Ugandan driver leads the championship by eight points over Zambian driver and ten over Zambian driver . Mangat won the Tanzania Rally, was third in the Zambia International Rally and was the second ARC competitor to finish in the Safari Rally. Essa won the Zambia Rally and was the first ARC driver to finish the Safari Rally. Singh has two second places in the ARC from rallies in South Africa and Tanzania. The points victors of Rallye Bandama Cote d'Ivoire and Rally South Africa have had no other finishes.

Race calendar and results[]

The 2013 African Rally Championship is 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
(5–6 April)[3] 		1 Ivory Coast Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2:17:27 17 6
2 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2:17:50
3 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:21:31
2 South Africa Rally South Africa
(18–20 April)[4] 		1 South Africa Ford Fiesta S2000 2:00:46.6 41 33
2 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson Ford Fiesta S2000 2:01:55.8
3 South Africa Leeroy Poulter Toyota Yaris S2000 2:03:44.2
3 Zambia Zambia International Rally
(17–19 May)[5] 		1 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:08:35 16 249.86 km 14 7
2 Rwanda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3:15:22
3 Uganda Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:19:53
4 Tanzania Tanzania Rally
(14–16 June)[6] 		1 Uganda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:22:22 15 218.02 km 20 6
2 Tanzania Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:25:37
3 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2:28:17
5 Kenya Kenya Safari Rally
(5–7 July)[7] 		1 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:51:03 74 36
2 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3:01:09
3 Kenya Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:02:36
6 Uganda Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally
(16–18 August)[8] 		1 Uganda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:02:08 11 229 km 38 18
2 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:08:18
3 Uganda Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:16:32
7 Rwanda Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally
(20–22 September)[9] 		1 Rwanda Subaru Impreza WRX 3:02:07 15 282.60 km 17 12
2 Rwanda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3:26:41
3 Rwanda Subaru Impreza WRX 3:28:36
8 Madagascar International Madagascar Rally
(8–9 November) 		1 Madagascar Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:48:41 12 222.00 km 41 17
2 Madagascar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:54:28
3 Madagascar Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:02:21

Championship standings[]

The 2013 African Rally Championship points are as follows:[10]

Position Driver Vehicle Ivory Coast
BAN 		South Africa
RSA 		Zambia
ZAM 		Tanzania
TAN 		Kenya
SAF 		Uganda
PoA 		Rwanda
RMG 		Madagascar
MAD 		Total
1 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 4 2 Ret 2 3 1 106
2 Uganda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3 1 2 1 Ret 83
3 Rwanda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 		Ret 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 58
4 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret 1 Ret 1 50
5 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1 25
South Africa Jan Habig Ford Fiesta S2000 1 25
7 Rwanda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2 18
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 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. ^ "Calendar: FIA African Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
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  7. ^ "Baldy Makes History". Archived from the original on 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
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  9. ^ "Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally 2013 - Motorsport Rwanda ::: RWANDA AUTOMOBILE CLUB - Results". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  10. ^ "Classifications: FIA African Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

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