Safari Rally Kenya 2026

Round 3, 12–15 Mar 2026: the final result, every stage's winner, the overall after each stage, the retirements and the Estonian crews. Facts only, no tips.

Final classification

Final classification
Pos	Crew	Car	Class	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	WRC	3:16:05.6
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	WRC	+27.4
3	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	WRC	+4:26.1
4	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	WRC	+6:07.3
5	Robert Virves Jakko Viilo	Skoda	WRC2	+11:38.7
6	Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson	Toyota	WRC2	+12:09.0
7	Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Skoda	WRC2	+12:20.0
8	Andreas Mikkelsen Jørn Listerud	Skoda	WRC2	+12:30.7
9	Diego Domínguez Rogelio Peñate	Toyota	WRC2	+13:28.4
10	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	WRC	+16:44.5

Stages

Stages
Stage	Stage winner	Time	Leader
SS1 Camp Moran 1 24.35 km	Oliver Solberg	22:56.2	Oliver Solberg
SS2 Mzabibu 1 8.86 km	Sébastien Ogier	7:18.2	Oliver Solberg
SS4 Loldia 1 18.95 km	Sébastien Ogier	14:18.8	Oliver Solberg
SS5 Kengen Geothermal 1 13.16 km	Sami Pajari	6:53.3	Oliver Solberg
SS6 Kedong 1 13.79 km	Sami Pajari	6:22.6	Oliver Solberg
SS7 Kedong 2 13.79 km	Sébastien Ogier	6:24.4	Oliver Solberg
SS8 Kengen Geothermal 2 13.16 km	Sami Pajari	6:50.2	Oliver Solberg
SS9 Loldia 2 18.95 km	Sébastien Ogier	14:14.1	Oliver Solberg
SS10 Mzabibu 2 8.86 km	Sami Pajari	7:07.8	Oliver Solberg
SS11 Soysambu 1 24.94 km	Oliver Solberg	15:18.9	Oliver Solberg
SS12 Elmenteita 1 18.01 km	Sébastien Ogier	11:16.3	Oliver Solberg
SS13 Sleeping Warrior 1 18.41 km	Sébastien Ogier	11:32.3	Oliver Solberg
SS14 Soysambu 2 24.94 km	Adrien Fourmaux	15:12.8	Takamoto Katsuta
SS15 Elmenteita 2 18.01 km	Sami Pajari	10:45.3	Takamoto Katsuta
SS16 Sleeping Warrior 2 13.89 km	–	–	–
SS17 Oserengoni 1 18.22 km	Sébastien Ogier	11:18.9	Takamoto Katsuta
SS18 Hell's Gate 1 10.48 km	Elfyn Evans	5:32.4	Takamoto Katsuta
SS19 Oserengoni 2 18.22 km	Oliver Solberg	10:58.1	Takamoto Katsuta
SS20 Hell's Gate 2 – Wolf Power Stage 10.48 km	Oliver Solberg	5:32.2	Takamoto Katsuta

Stage times of the top class (Rally1) only.

Overall after each stage

SS1 Camp Moran 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS1 Camp Moran 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	22:56.2
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+30.0
3	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+1:09.3
4	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:15.7
5	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+2:10.2

SS2 Mzabibu 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS2 Mzabibu 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	30:18.6
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+33.3
3	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+1:05.1
4	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:15.3
5	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+2:06.4

SS4 Loldia 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS4 Loldia 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	44:53.6
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+32.5
3	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+48.9
4	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:10.7
5	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+1:52.7

SS5 Kengen Geothermal 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS5 Kengen Geothermal 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	52:00.7
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+27.2
3	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+38.1
4	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:07.6
5	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+1:38.9

SS6 Kedong 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS6 Kedong 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	58:30.3
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+28.8
3	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+38.2
4	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:04.2
5	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+1:31.9

SS7 Kedong 2 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS7 Kedong 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	1:05:02.5
2	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+30.4
3	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+31.3
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+1:25.1
5	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+2:04.7

SS8 Kengen Geothermal 2 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS8 Kengen Geothermal 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	1:12:25.3
2	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+1.0
3	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+5.7
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+52.5
5	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:38.6

SS9 Loldia 2 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS9 Loldia 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	1:26:39.7
2	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+0.7
3	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+12.0
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+53.2
5	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai	+1:41.7

SS10 Mzabibu 2 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS10 Mzabibu 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	1:33:50.2
2	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+1.0
3	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+20.5
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+50.5
5	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai	+1:46.1

SS11 Soysambu 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS11 Soysambu 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	1:49:09.1
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+23.6
3	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+1:17.9
4	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+2:02.3
5	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+2:08.0

SS12 Elmenteita 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS12 Elmenteita 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	2:00:47.1
2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota	+22.6
3	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+1:46.3
4	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+1:48.7
5	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+2:07.9

SS13 Sleeping Warrior 1 · Leader: Oliver Solberg

Overall after SS13 Sleeping Warrior 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	2:13:23.1
2	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota	+42.6
3	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	+1:33.6
4	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai	+2:41.1
5	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+2:41.8

SS14 Soysambu 2 · Leader: Takamoto Katsuta

Overall after SS14 Soysambu 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	2:30:10.2
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+1:07.5
3	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	+3:22.3
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+4:30.5
5	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	+8:25.7

SS15 Elmenteita 2 · Leader: Takamoto Katsuta

Overall after SS15 Elmenteita 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	2:41:00.2
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+1:25.5
3	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	+4:08.5
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+4:25.8
5	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	+18:21.0

SS17 Oserengoni 1 · Leader: Takamoto Katsuta

Overall after SS17 Oserengoni 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	2:52:45.2
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+1:08.8
3	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	+4:13.6
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+4:27.0
5	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	+17:58.7

SS18 Hell's Gate 1 · Leader: Takamoto Katsuta

Overall after SS18 Hell's Gate 1
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	2:58:33.6
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+1:00.3
3	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	+4:09.8
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+4:19.2
5	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	+17:46.2

SS19 Oserengoni 2 · Leader: Takamoto Katsuta

Overall after SS19 Oserengoni 2
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	3:10:09.4
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+42.0
3	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	+4:11.7
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+4:12.1
5	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	+17:08.5

SS20 Hell's Gate 2 – Wolf Power Stage · Leader: Takamoto Katsuta

Overall after SS20 Hell's Gate 2 – Wolf Power Stage
Pos	Crew	Car	Time
1	Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston	Toyota	3:16:05.7
2	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria	Hyundai	+27.4
3	Esapekka Lappi Enni Mälkönen	Hyundai	+3:57.3
4	Sami Pajari Marko Salminen	Toyota	+4:06.1
5	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson	Toyota	+16:44.4

The top class's top five after each stage: the stage times added up for the crews with a time on every stage so far, without time penalties. The final classification is above.

Retirements

Retirements
Crew	Class	Stage	Reason
Hamza Anwar Mudasar Chaudry	WRC2	SS17	mechanical
Romet Jürgenson Siim Oja	WRC2	SS19	mechanical
Joshua McErlean Eoin Treacy	WRC	–	mechanical

Estonian crews

Estonian crews
Crew	Class	Class pos	Overall
Robert Virves Jakko Viilo	WRC2	1	5
Romet Jürgenson Siim Oja	WRC2	Did not finish	–

Stage places for the top class (Rally1) only.

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