- Source: 1998 Safari Rally
The 1998 Safari Rally (formally the 46th Safari Rally Kenya) was held between 28 February and 2 March 1998. It was the first World Rally Championship victory for Richard Burns and his co-driver Robert Reid after his teammate Tommi Mäkinen and fellow Briton Colin McRae both retired.
Report
= WRC
=A total of 49 cars gathered in Nairobi for the Safari Rally of 1998. The young Briton, 27-year-old Richard Burns, won stage 1. But his more experienced teammate, Tommi Mäkinen, snatched the lead in stage 2. He was determined to win for the second time, as 1996's winner. But his hopes were dashed after his timing belt broke, causing him to retire. Burns retained the lead as a result, held it to the end, and won his first WRC rally in his career. It was the Ford Escorts of the Finns Juha Kankkunen and Ari Vatanen, both previous Safari Rally winners, who completed the podium in second and third respectively.
= PWRC
=Luis Climent, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III, had his first victory of the year. Manfred Stohl finished behind him in second, and the Kenyan Paul Bailey completed the podium.
Results
Source: Independent WRC archive
References
External links
Official website of the World Rally Championship
1998 Safari Rally Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Rallye-info Archived 2020-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Petter Solberg
- Richard Burns
- Didier Auriol
- Juha Kankkunen
- Toyota Celica
- Subaru
- Sébastien Loeb
- Colin McRae
- Daftar permainan yang dikembangkan oleh Eletronic Arts
- Krisis Kongo
- 1998 Safari Rally
- Safari Rally
- 1999 Safari Rally
- List of World Rally Championship event winners
- Richard Burns
- Ian Duncan (rally driver)
- 1998 World Rally Championship
- 1998 Swedish Rally
- Ari Vatanen
- List of World Rally Championship records
