All Japanese manufacturers legendary reliability reputation was founded in participating and finishing the safari rallies. The data collected then has proved invaluable till today... especially for Toyota Subaru and Mitsubishi.
I was a big fan of Carlos Sainz those days. I remember the last rally in Kenya, he was the eighth to leave the ramp, he took the 1st position within the first day and never looked back till the last day.
Much respect to Carlos Sainz legendary rally driver & fierce competitor, he understands the intricacies of the Safari rally so well including how you could find a 'matatu' on the open rally roads
Amazing insight - I remember being a young boy watching him in the Safari - in a Toyota Celica GT4 - ST165. Car No. 67. I think it was a recce car. He has a moustache then. And his last Safari 🙌🏻 Absolute legend!
Thanks for doing this interview - it was great to hear Carlos talk Safari Rally..watched him those 3 years with Toyota in Kenya 90 -92. Those Safaris were something else, well before FIA watered down the event. I am sure today's drivers would not even get around the route for the recce in the old Safaris forget the actual event.
Safari Rally 1990-2002, focusing on Carlos Sainz: 1990 - Unknown mileage - 10/59 finishers - Bjorn Waldegard won after getting over 8h30' of penalties, Carlos finished 4th with almost 13h of penalties 1991 - Unknown mileage - 27/57 finishers - Juha Kankkunen won with 2h07' of penalties, Sainz had to retire with engine problems 1992 - Over 4300km long - 21/48 finishers - Carlos Sainz won with 2h35' of penalties, Kankkunen lost by 52 minutes while the best GrN car had 8h54' 1993 - Unknown mileage - 17/43 finishers - Juha Kankkunen won again with 3h54' of penalties and led a Toyota 1-2-3-4, Subaru showed up with a kei car for the 2nd time and Njiru finished 12th (McRae DNF, Sainz didn't show up because of how shitty Jolly Club was) 1994 - Over 2300km long - 14/43 finishers - Local hero Ian Duncan won with 20h49' of penalties ahead of Dakar Rally legend Kenjiro Shinozuka with an Evo1 (Sainz again not in the rally) 1995 - Almost 3000km long - 21/45 finishers - Not a WRC round but a F2Kitcar round (and almost nobody gave a fuck) won overall by Yoshio Fujimoto on a Celica GT4 ST185. 1st year without the penalty system, the "2-liter" class wasn't won by a F2Kitcar but by a freaking GrN Daewoo 1996 - Almost 1800km long (almost 300km cancelled) - 18/56 finishers - A full WRC round again won by Tommi Makinen after 12h41' of special stages, Sainz retired at the end of the 2nd day (out of 3) 1997 - Over 1300km long - 19/52 finishers - Colin McRae won by 7 minutes over Richard Burns. A lot of people including Sainz retired on SS1 (72km) or SS2 (155km). 1998 - Over 1000km long - 19/49 finishers - Richard Burns won after less than 9h of special stages. Sainz retired on the final day, Harri's Ibiza Kitcar finished 5th while Luís Climent's Grn Evo3 finished 7th. 1999 - Around 1000km long - 24/45 finishers - Colin McRae won again by over 14' over Auriol and 18' over Sainz. Ironically enough, Harri's Cordoba WRC finished 1 place worse than in 1998. A ton of Impreza WRX cars failed to finish including ALL the factory ones! 2000 - Over 1000km long - 17/51 finishers - Richard Burns won again with Sainz in 4th with Auriol's Cordoba WRC getting the only WRC podium in SEAT Sport's history. Quite odd how nobody called Rovanpera for this one after his solid results in 1998 and 1999. 2001 - Over 1100km long - 15/41 finishers - Tommi Makinen won after like 3 DNFs in a row, Sainz retired at the start of the 2nd day. Harri got 2nd in a 206 WRC and Skoda got a 3rd with Armin Schwarz, who would end up becoming a driver in North American desert racing (bajas). After several years with WRC cars being #1, a GrN Evo6 managed to get 6th overall. 2002 - Around 1000km long - 11/48 finishers - Colin McRae won once again with Rovanpera again in 2nd. Thomas Radstrom got his best result ever (3rd in a Xsara WRC) while Sainz retired near the end of day 2.
For me, the best representation of the Safari Rally is in BugBear's Rally Trophy (same company that recently made WreckFest) - In that game, the Safari Rally is not a big driving challenge (not that many corners) and the length is too short but it is either superfast or very bumpy plus there are 1 or 2 night stages. You need to concentrate very hard on just NOT making mistakes because that is way more important than attacking all the time.
The 1990, 1991 was probably around the 5000 kms mark competitive and liasion sectors combined and the last of the really traditional Safaris. 1992 was already shorter. 1990 was likely the most extreme version of the event in recent history - an absolute tester and no wonder it was the old fox Waldegaard who won that event.
Just a correction. Seat scored two more podium. Both were during the 1999 season. The first one was with Toni Gardemeister at the new Zealand rally and the second one was at the season finale, wales rally gb with Harri Rovanpera.
We used to get time off school to go to the bush to watch the rally. I'm very excited it's coming back to Kenya this year.
Hearing Carlos Sainz Sr say "matatu" is something I never knew I needed to hear.
All Japanese manufacturers legendary reliability reputation was founded in participating and finishing the safari rallies. The data collected then has proved invaluable till today... especially for Toyota Subaru and Mitsubishi.
Nissan also
@@eriksantoso1741 yeah when it was Datsun. They were reliable. Nowadays they looked the other way. And became shiite.
There is no rally without Safari. Glad we are back in the WRC calendar.
I was a big fan of Carlos Sainz those days. I remember the last rally in Kenya, he was the eighth to leave the ramp, he took the 1st position within the first day and never looked back till the last day.
I have been a fan of Carlos since 1994, thank you very much for this!
Much respect to Carlos Sainz legendary rally driver & fierce competitor, he understands the intricacies of the Safari rally so well including how you could find a 'matatu' on the open rally roads
Amazing insight - I remember being a young boy watching him in the Safari - in a Toyota Celica GT4 - ST165. Car No. 67. I think it was a recce car. He has a moustache then. And his last Safari 🙌🏻
Absolute legend!
Am positive that was 1990. He was on fire!
Carlos is a Legend in Kenya and in the Our Safari Rally circuit
Household name...we made cars from old tin cans immitating our heros!
Carlos sainz is a legend in Kenya 🇰🇪💯
Carlos Sainz has not forgotten Matatu.
I was surprised too😂
That is what I think of Safari Rally in Kenya…not predictable…rough…racing both at night and day time
Carlos Sainz, one of the best icon whose name I remember growing up. Thank you Carlos for the entertainment you
Thanks for doing this interview - it was great to hear Carlos talk Safari Rally..watched him those 3 years with Toyota in Kenya 90 -92. Those Safaris were something else, well before FIA watered down the event.
I am sure today's drivers would not even get around the route for the recce in the old Safaris forget the actual event.
Safari Rally 1990-2002, focusing on Carlos Sainz:
1990 - Unknown mileage - 10/59 finishers - Bjorn Waldegard won after getting over 8h30' of penalties, Carlos finished 4th with almost 13h of penalties
1991 - Unknown mileage - 27/57 finishers - Juha Kankkunen won with 2h07' of penalties, Sainz had to retire with engine problems
1992 - Over 4300km long - 21/48 finishers - Carlos Sainz won with 2h35' of penalties, Kankkunen lost by 52 minutes while the best GrN car had 8h54'
1993 - Unknown mileage - 17/43 finishers - Juha Kankkunen won again with 3h54' of penalties and led a Toyota 1-2-3-4, Subaru showed up with a kei car for the 2nd time and Njiru finished 12th (McRae DNF, Sainz didn't show up because of how shitty Jolly Club was)
1994 - Over 2300km long - 14/43 finishers - Local hero Ian Duncan won with 20h49' of penalties ahead of Dakar Rally legend Kenjiro Shinozuka with an Evo1 (Sainz again not in the rally)
1995 - Almost 3000km long - 21/45 finishers - Not a WRC round but a F2Kitcar round (and almost nobody gave a fuck) won overall by Yoshio Fujimoto on a Celica GT4 ST185. 1st year without the penalty system, the "2-liter" class wasn't won by a F2Kitcar but by a freaking GrN Daewoo
1996 - Almost 1800km long (almost 300km cancelled) - 18/56 finishers - A full WRC round again won by Tommi Makinen after 12h41' of special stages, Sainz retired at the end of the 2nd day (out of 3)
1997 - Over 1300km long - 19/52 finishers - Colin McRae won by 7 minutes over Richard Burns. A lot of people including Sainz retired on SS1 (72km) or SS2 (155km).
1998 - Over 1000km long - 19/49 finishers - Richard Burns won after less than 9h of special stages. Sainz retired on the final day, Harri's Ibiza Kitcar finished 5th while Luís Climent's Grn Evo3 finished 7th.
1999 - Around 1000km long - 24/45 finishers - Colin McRae won again by over 14' over Auriol and 18' over Sainz. Ironically enough, Harri's Cordoba WRC finished 1 place worse than in 1998. A ton of Impreza WRX cars failed to finish including ALL the factory ones!
2000 - Over 1000km long - 17/51 finishers - Richard Burns won again with Sainz in 4th with Auriol's Cordoba WRC getting the only WRC podium in SEAT Sport's history. Quite odd how nobody called Rovanpera for this one after his solid results in 1998 and 1999.
2001 - Over 1100km long - 15/41 finishers - Tommi Makinen won after like 3 DNFs in a row, Sainz retired at the start of the 2nd day. Harri got 2nd in a 206 WRC and Skoda got a 3rd with Armin Schwarz, who would end up becoming a driver in North American desert racing (bajas). After several years with WRC cars being #1, a GrN Evo6 managed to get 6th overall.
2002 - Around 1000km long - 11/48 finishers - Colin McRae won once again with Rovanpera again in 2nd. Thomas Radstrom got his best result ever (3rd in a Xsara WRC) while Sainz retired near the end of day 2.
For me, the best representation of the Safari Rally is in BugBear's Rally Trophy (same company that recently made WreckFest) - In that game, the Safari Rally is not a big driving challenge (not that many corners) and the length is too short but it is either superfast or very bumpy plus there are 1 or 2 night stages. You need to concentrate very hard on just NOT making mistakes because that is way more important than attacking all the time.
The 1990, 1991 was probably around the 5000 kms mark competitive and liasion sectors combined and the last of the really traditional Safaris. 1992 was already shorter.
1990 was likely the most extreme version of the event in recent history - an absolute tester and no wonder it was the old fox Waldegaard who won that event.
Just a correction. Seat scored two more podium. Both were during the 1999 season. The first one was with Toni Gardemeister at the new Zealand rally and the second one was at the season finale, wales rally gb with Harri Rovanpera.
Safari rally is back again...is Carlos Sainz and all the existing golden era drivers taking part
Carlos Sainz the doctor of rally💯👍he is one of the very best (Toyota-Subaru-Lancia-Ford-Citroen)
No doubt trying to avoid hitting herds of animals created even more of a challenge 🦛🐘🦏🦒🐃🦓
The legendary Safari rally is the true rally
Course you have to get Carlos Sainz for the rally
All terrain expert CS 👍
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Ooopf time traveling post DTS season 3, seeing Sainz Jr laps at >200kph and knowing Sainz Sr pace was 40kph at Safari Rally 😂😂😂
Carlos should come to the safari with the celica again.
Toyota, Subaru, Mitsubishi....the Japanese brands you could expect to survive the roughness of Safari Rally
I miss the old rally. They've tarmaced most of these roads. They're competing in ranches nowadays.
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I'm pretty sure he said Smooooth Operatooooor during his rally days. The technology is not that good yet to capture that on the radio back then. lol
Ask carlos where is all the rally cars that he used during his carier
As much as like Carlos he's not the most engaging story teller I've listened to. Probably because of his language barrier.
He's relatively old, and in Spain English was barely taught in that time
Nicky Grist is the best in telling rally stories. Look for his interviews and podcasts
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