2022 WRC Safari Rally Championship: Schedule, Timing and Where to Watch

The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and teams. The series currently consists of 12 three to four-day rally events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is usually split into 15–25 special stages which are run against the clock on up to 350 kilometers of closed roads.

The 2022 Safari Rally also known as the Safari Rally Kenya 2022 is a motor racing event for rally cars to be held over four days between 23rd and 26th June 2022. It would mark the sixty-ninth running of the Safari Rally. The event would be the sixth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event would be based in Nairobi and is set to be contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 363.44 km (225.83 mi).

Schedule

Thursday lunchtime’s traditional Safari start in the heart of Nairobi is followed by a side-by-side super special in the afternoon at Kasarani, north-east of the city center. Friday’s opening leg visits the northern and southern shores of Lake Naivasha and is the longest stage of the rally and a Safari test of old. Roads further north around Lake Elmenteita host Saturday’s 134.90km of action. Sunday’s finale returns south of Lake Naivasha. Oserian lies in the Oserengoni Wildlife Conservancy Estate. The six tests add up to 99.62km.

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Where to watch WRC Safari Rally Championship Live ?

Global fans can join the live action on WRC+ at WRCplus.com and Red Bull TV at redbull.com.

• USA – Eleven Sports, ESPN3
• UK And Ireland – BT Sport, Channel 5
• Australia – Fox Sports
• Western Europe – motorsport.tv