2015 African Rally Championship

The 2015 African Rally Championship was the 35th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 6 in the Côte d'Ivoire, and ended on November 8 in Madagascar, after seven events.^[1]

became the first Kenyan driver since David Horsey in 1984 to win the African championship when he won the Pearl of Africa Rally, securing the championship a round early. Singh Chatthe won three of the seven events – as well as a fourth class win at the Sasol Rally; the event being won overall by Mark Cronje – and won the championship by forty-six points of Jassy Singh from Zambia. Third place in the drivers' championship went to Ugandan driver Abdul Ssempebwa, a further twenty-one points in arrears. Aside from Singh Chatthe's victories, Gary Chaynes won the event in the Côte d'Ivoire and Mamy Patrick Solofonirina won in Madagascar, while no ARC-eligible competitors finished in Tanzania – the event was won by Gerard Miller.

Event calendar and results[]

The 2015 African Rally Championship was as follows:^[2]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire (6–8 March)[3]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	1:57:28.9	12	205.78 km	23	14
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII	2:02:30.2
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:07:04.4
2	Sasol Rally (17–18 April)[4]	1		Ford Fiesta S2000	2:26:12.2	15	204.88 km	26	21
		2	Leeroy Poulter	Toyota Yaris S2000	2:29:56.0
		3		Volkswagen Polo S2000	2:33:02.0
3	Zambia International Rally (15–17 May)[5]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:40:13	16	233.11 km	25	14
		2		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:43:27
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:43:46
4	Rally of Tanzania (12–14 June)[6]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:32:41	16	238.39 km	31	17
		2		Subaru Impreza	2:33:45
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:40:46
5	Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally (31 July–2 August)[7]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	1:52:19	12	211.00 km	20	11
		2		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	1:52:42
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:03:15
6	Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (28–30 August)[8]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:35:55	12	214.67 km	36	17
		2		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:47:37
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:49:57
7	Rallye International de Madagascar (6–8 November)[9]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:39:45	9	196.65 km	39	10
		2		Subaru Impreza WRX	2:59:10
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:10:46

Championship standings[]

The 2015 African Rally Championship points are as follows:^[10]

Pos. Driver Vehicle BAN RSA ZAM TAN RMG PoA MAD Total 1 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1 1 Ret 1 1 100 2 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2 2 Ret 2 Ret 54 3 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 2 33 4 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 3 Ret 30 5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 1 25 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1 25

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[]

External links[]

• Official website