2013 African Rally Championship

The 2013 African Rally Championship is the 33rd season of the African Rally Championship (ARC). This Championship is the FIA regional rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 1 in Côte d'Ivoire, and ended approximately on November 9 in Madagascar, after eight events.^[1]

Ugandan driver Jas Mangat leads the championship by eight points over Zambian driver Mohamed Essa and ten over Zambian driver Jassy Singh. Mangat won the Tanzania Rally, was third in the Zambia International Rally and was the second ARC competitor to finish in the Safari Rally. Essa won the Zambia Rally and was the first ARC driver to finish the Safari Rally. Singh has two second places in the ARC from rallies in South Africa and Tanzania. The points victors of Rallye Bandama Cote d'Ivoire and Rally South Africa have had no other finishes.

Race calendar and results

The 2013 African Rally Championship is as follows:^[1]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rallye Bandama Cote d'Ivoire (5–6 April)[2]	1	Bakary Fane	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:17:27			17	6
		2	Kévin Ligonnet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2:17:50
		3	Eric Pages	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:21:31
2	Rally South Africa (18–20 April)[3]	1	Mark Cronje	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:00:46.6			41	33
		2	Matthew Wilson	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:01:55.8
		3	Leeroy Poulter	Toyota Yaris S2000	2:03:44.2
3	Zambia International Rally (17–19 May)[4]	1	Mohamed Essa	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:08:35	16	249.86 km	14	7
		2	Giancarlo Davite	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:15:22
		3	Jas Mangat	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:19:53
4	Tanzania Rally (14–16 June)[5]	1	Jas Mangat	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:22:22	15	218.02 km	20	6
		2	Gerard Miller	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:25:37
		3	Jassy Singh	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:28:17
5	Kenya Safari Rally (5–7 July)[6]	1	Baldev Chager	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:51:03			74	36
		2	Azar Anwar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:01:09
		3	Quentin Mitchell	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:02:36
6	Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (16–18 August)[7]	1	Jas Mangat	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:02:08	11	229 km	38	18
		2	Frank Tundo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:08:18
		3	Ponsiano Lwakataka	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:16:32
7	Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally (20–22 September)[8]	1	Giancarlo Davite	Subaru Impreza WRX	3:02:07	15	282.60 km	17	12
		2	Eleftor Mitraros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:26:41
		3	Christakis Fitidis	Subaru Impreza WRX	3:28:36
8	International Madagascar Rally (8–9 November)	1	Olivier Ramiandrisoa	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:48:41	12	222.00 km	41	17
		2	Guillaume Andrianjafy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:54:28
		3	Guillot Mac	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:02:21

Championship standings

The 2013 African Rally Championship points are as follows:^[9]

Position Driver Vehicle BAN RSA ZAM TAN SAF PoA RMG MAD Total 1 Jassy Singh Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 4 2 Ret 2 3 1 106 2 Jas Mangat Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3 1 2 1 Ret 83 3 Giancarlo Davite Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 58 4 Mohamed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret 1 Ret 1 50 5 Eric Pages Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1 25 Jan Habig Ford Fiesta S2000 1 25 7 Christakis Fitidis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2 18

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 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
2. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
3. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
4. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
5. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
6. "Baldy Makes History". Archived from the original on 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
7. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
8. "Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally 2013 - Motorsport Rwanda ::: RWANDA AUTOMOBILE CLUB - Results". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
9. "Classifications: FIA African Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

External links

• Official website