2020 Safari Rally | |
Native Name: | 68. KCB Safari Rally Kenya |
Championship: | 2020 World Rally Championship |
Rallybase: | Nairobi, Nairobi County |
Start: | Kasarani, Nairobi |
Finish: | Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha |
Startdate: | Scheduled for 16–19 July 2020 |
Stages: | 18 |
Stagekm: | 315.12 |
Stagekm Note: | [1] |
Transportkm: | 709.98 |
Overallkm: | 1,025.10 |
Surface: | Gravel |
Cancel1: | Rally |
Reason1: | COVID-19 pandemic |
The 2020 Safari Rally (also known as the KCB Safari Rally Kenya 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 16 and 19 July 2020,[2] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] It was set to mark the sixty-eighth running of Safari Rally and planned to be the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Nairobi in Nairobi County and consisted of eighteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 315.122NaN2.[1]
Colin McRae and Nicky Grist were the overall reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles as they were no longer active in the sport.[4] Ford World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2002, when Safari Rally held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of .[5]
The itinerary was shortened around 5001NaN1.[6]
All dates and times were EAT (UTC+3).