1998 Safari Rally

August 2022 1998 Safari Rally 46. Safari Rally Kenya 3 of 13 1998 World Rally Championship season 1998 Swedish Rally 1998 Rallye de Portugal KEN Nairobi 28 February 2 March 1998 16 1063.49 2339.21 Gravel GBR Richard BurnsGBR Robert Reid Japan Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 8:57:34.0 49https://www.ewrc-results.com/startlist.php?e=138&t=Safari-Rally-Kenya-1998 Rally database eWRC-results.com 10 December 2022 19 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 +Results of the 1998 Safari RallyPosNo.DriverCo-driverCarTime/retiredPts12United Kingdom Richard BurnsUnited Kingdom Robert ReidMitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV 8:57:34.01027Finland Juha KankkunenFinland Juha RepoFord Escort WRC +9:27.0638Finland Ari VatanenUnited Kingdom Fred GallagherFord Escort WRC +9:52.0446France Didier AuriolFrance Denis GiraudetToyota Corolla WRC +14:26.03511Finland Harri RovanperäFinland Voitto SilanderSeat Ibiza GTi 16V Evo2 +2:05:38.02616Austria Raimund BaumschlagerGermany Klaus WichaVolkswagen Golf GTi 16V +2:20:01.01718Spain Luis ClimentSpain Álex RomaniMitsubishi Lancer Evo III +2:28:03.00812Austria Kris RosenbergerSweden Per CarlssonVolkswagen Golf Kit Car +2:45:47.00919Kenya Marco BrighettiKenya Abdul SidiSubaru Impreza 555 +2:56:01.001021Uganda Karim HirjiUganda Frank NekusaToyota Celica GT-Four +3:03:29.00 Source: Independent WRC archiveSafari Rally http://www.juwra.com/safari_1998.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2017-03-19 References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1998 Safari Rally https://web.archive.org/web/20160325085934/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=275 25 March 2016 at Rallye-info https://web.archive.org/web/20200627135750/http://www.rallye-info.com/ 2020-06-27 Category:Safari Rally Safari Category:1998 in Kenyan sport