2014 African Rally Championship

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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 won the championship by a single point from Zambian driver .

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 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2:12:31.3 11 241.25 km 25 15
2 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:13:04.8
3 France 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 Ford Fiesta S2000 2:15:28.9
3 South Africa Toyota Yaris S2000 2:21:39.4
3 Zambia Zambia International Rally
(16–18 May)[5] 		1 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:03:00 21 12
2 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:05:38
3 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:07:47
4 Tanzania Rally of Tanzania
(13–15 June)[6] 		1 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:09:19 14 211.88 km 19 8
2 Tanzania Subaru Impreza WRX 2:18:40
3 Tanzania Subaru Impreza WRX 2:23:46
5 Rwanda Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally
(18–20 July)[7] 		1 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2:57:24 18 8
2 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:06:31
3 Uganda Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:09:12
6 Uganda Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally
(15–17 August)[8] 		1 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:02:45 10 271.76 km 36 23
2 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:02:47
3 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:03:18
7 Kenya Kenya Safari Rally
(12–14 September)[9] 		1 Kenya 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 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:52.23
8 Madagascar Rallye International de Madagascar
(7–9 November) 		1 Madagascar Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:59:43 16 209.10 km 34 18
2 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:05:33
3 Madagascar 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 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 2 119
2 Zambia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1 1 Ret 1 2 1 118
3 Kenya Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 3 2 1 Ret Ret 58
4 Kenya Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 1 40
5 Italy Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 39
6 Ivory Coast Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2 18
Uganda Subaru Impreza WRX 2 Ret Ret 18
8 Zambia 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.
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  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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