2000 Safari Rally

The 48th Sameer Safari Rally Kenya was the third round of 2000 FIA World Rally Championship. The event took place between 25 and 27 February 2000. Subaru made it 1-2 with Richard Burns winning and Juha Kankkunen in second. Didier Auriol took SEAT's first (and only) podium of the season being third.

2000 Safari Rally
48th Sameer Safari Rally Kenya
Round 3 of the 2000 World Rally Championship season
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Rally winner Richard Burns
Host country Kenya
Rally baseNairobi
Dates run25 – 27 February 2000
Stages12 (1,047.26 km; 650.74 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance2,677.11 km (1,663.48 miles)
Results
Overall winner Richard Burns
Robert Reid
Subaru World Rally Team
8:33:13.0
Crews51 at start, 17 at finish

Results

Event standings
Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Car Class Total time Difference Points
1 3 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru Impreza WRC 99 A8 8:33:13.0 0.0 10
2 4 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Subaru Impreza WRC 99 A8 8:37:50.0 4:37.0 6
3 7 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo2 A8 8:55:57.0 22:44.0 4
4 6 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Focus RS WRC 00 A8 9:01:31.0 28:18.0 3
5 16 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Ford Focus RS WRC 00 A8 9:04:40.0 31:27.0 2
6 17 Toshi Arai Roger Freeman Subaru Impreza WRC 99 A8 9:19:16.0 46:03.0 1
7 11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Octavia WRC A8 9:32:11.0 58:58.0 0
8 12 Luís Climent Álex Romaní Škoda Octavia WRC A8 9:51:13.0 1:18:00.0 0
9 31 Claudio Menzi Edgardo Galindo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI N4 10:39:07.0 2:05:54.0 0
10 22 Roberto Sánchez Jorge del Buono Subaru Impreza WRX N4 10:57:05.0 2:23:52.0 0

Competitive sections

All dates and times are EAT (UTC+3).

Leg Day Section Clock Section name Length Section winner Time Avg. speed Rally leader
1 Fri 25 Feb CS1 11:28 Orien 1 112.43 km Didier Auriol 47:13.0 142.9 km/h Didier Auriol
CS2 13:34 Oltepesi 1 116.92 km Richard Burns 54:06.0 129.7 km/h Richard Burns
CS3 15:58 Olorian 1 71.40 km Richard Burns 35:04.0 122.2 km/h
CS4 16:43 Kajiado 1 50.09 km Richard Burns 23:44.0 126.6 km/h
2 Sat 26 Feb CS5 7:45 Marigat 1 123.21 km Richard Burns 1:00:04.0 123.1 km/h
CS6 10:15 Nyaru 68.64 km Carlos Sainz 46:15.0 89.0 km/h
CS7 13:38 Morendat 93.81 km Carlos Sainz 46:03.0 122.2 km/h
CS8 16:12 Marigat 2 59.92 km Carlos Sainz 27:55.0 128.8 km/h
3 Sun 27 Feb CS9 7:08 Orien 2 112.43 km Didier Auriol 47:54.0 140.8 km/h
CS10 9:14 Oltepesi 2 116.92 km Richard Burns 56:11.0 124.9 km/h
CS11 11:43 Olorian 2 71.40 km Carlos Sainz 34:48.0 123.1 km/h
CS12 12:28 Kajiado 2 50.09 km Carlos Sainz 23:18.0 129.0 km/h

Championship standings after the rally
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Previous event:
2000 Swedish Rally		 FIA World Rally Championship,
2000 season		 Next event:
2000 Rallye de Portugal
Previous year:
1999 Safari Rally		 Safari Rally Next year:
2001 Safari Rally
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