The 2020 Safari Rally (also known as the KCB Safari Rally Kenya 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 16 and 19 July 2020,[2] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] It was set to mark the sixty-eighth running of Safari Rally and planned to be the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Nairobi in Nairobi County and consisted of eighteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 315.12 km (195.81 mi).[1]
Colin McRae and Nicky Grist were the overall reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles as they were no longer active in the sport.[4] Ford World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2002, when Safari Rally held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2012.[5]
The itinerary was shortened around 500 km (310.7 mi).[6]
All dates and times were EAT (UTC+3).
The return of the Safari Rally was long pushed by the FIA president Jean Todt.[7] A candidate event was successfully run in 2019, with WRC safety delegate Michèle Mouton visited the rally.[8] On 27 September 2019, the rally was officially announced to be a part of the championship for the first time since 2002.[9] However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its return to the championship to 2021.[3]
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