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

Championship standings

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

Position Driver Vehicle Ivory Coast
BAN		 South Africa
RSA		 Zambia
ZAM		 Tanzania
TAN		 Kenya
SAF		 Uganda
PoA		 Rwanda
RMG		 Madagascar
MAD		 Total
1 Zambia Jassy Singh Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 4 2 Ret 2 3 1 106
2 Uganda Jas Mangat Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3 1 2 1 Ret 83
3 Rwanda Giancarlo Davite Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Subaru Impreza WRX STI		 Ret 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 58
4 Zambia Mohamed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret 1 Ret 1 50
5 Ivory Coast Eric Pages Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1 25
South Africa Jan Habig Ford Fiesta S2000 1 25
7 Rwanda 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
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  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.
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