2025 South Africa Safari Rally

2025 South Africa Safari Rally
2025 South Africa Safari Rally
Part of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship
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Host country	South Africa
Dates run	19–24 May 2025
Start	Sun City
Finish	Sun City
Stages	5
Stage surface	Sand, rocks, gravel, tarmac
Results
Cars winner	Henk Lategan ; Brett Cummings; Toyota Gazoo Racing
Bikes winner	Daniel Sanders; Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Challenger winner	David Zille ; Sebastian Cesana; BBR Motorsport
SSVs winner	Mário Franco ; João Miranda; Francosport
Quads winner	Gaëtan Martinez; CFMOTO Thunder Racing

The 2025 South Africa Safari Rally was a rally raid event based in South Africa. It was the maiden running of the South Africa Safari Rally and was centered around the Sun City Resort.^[1]

The event took place from 19 to 24 May 2025 and also counted as the third round of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship. The Cars category was won by the Toyota pair of Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings, meanwhile Daniel Sanders won the Bikes class.^[2]

Background

The race format consisted of 6 days of racing, divided into 5 stages and a prologue.^[3]

Competitor list

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Entry list – Bikes

No.	Driver	Bike	Team	Class
1	Ross Branch	Hero 450 Rally	Hero MotoSports Team Rally	RallyGP
4	Daniel Sanders	KTM 450 Rally Factory	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	RallyGP
9	Ricky Brabec	Honda CRF 450 Rally	Monster Energy Honda HRC	RallyGP
10	Skyler Howes	Honda CRF 450 Rally	Monster Energy Honda HRC	RallyGP
11	José Ignacio Cornejo	Hero 450 Rally	Hero MotoSports Team Rally	RallyGP
12	Bradley Cox	Sherco SHR 450	Sherco TVS Rally Factory	RallyGP
42	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda CRF 450 Rally	Monster Energy Honda HRC	RallyGP
68	Tosha Schareina	Honda CRF 450 Rally	Monster Energy Honda HRC	RallyGP
77	Luciano Benavides	KTM 450 Rally Factory	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	RallyGP
20	Noah Harith Koitha Veettil	Sherco SHR 450	Sherco TVS Rally Factory	Rally2
22	Michael Docherty	KTM 450 Factory Replica	Bas World KTM Racing Team	Rally2
23	Nathan Rafferty	KTM 450 Factory Replica	Bas World KTM Racing Team	Rally2^V
24	Filip Grot	KTM 450 Factory Replica	Bas World KTM Racing Team	Rally2^J
25	Libor Pletka	KTM 450 Factory Replica	Bas World KTM Racing Team	Rally2
26	Konrad Dabrowski	KTM 450 Rally Replica	Duust Rally Team	Rally2^J
32	Gustavo Milutin	Husqvarna FR 450	HT Rally Raid	Rally2
33	Martin Camp	Kove XE 450 Rally		Rally2^V
34	Massimo Camurri	Husqvarna FR 450	HT Rally Raid	Rally2
35	Pedro Pinheiro	Husqvarna FR 450 Rally		Rally2
36	Ian Olthof	Husqvarna FR 450	HT Rally Raid	Rally2
41	Ruy Barbosa	KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica	XRaids Experience	Rally2
43	Sebastian Urquia	KTM 450 Rally	XRaids Experience	Rally2^V
44	Jatin Jain	Kove XE 450 Rally		Rally2^MM
45	John Medina	KTM 450 Rally	XRaids Experience	Rally2
46	Martin Lourens	456 Factory Replica		Rally2
48	Xavier Gregoire	GasGas 450		Rally2^MM
49	Santiago Rostan	KTM 450 Rally	XRaids Experience	Rally2
50	Yugandhar Prasad Jasti	Kove XE 450 Rally		Rally2^V
51	Mauritz Meiring	KTM 450 Rally		Rally2
52	Benjamin Pousset	KTM 450 Rally Replica		Rally2^MM
55	Florian Bancilhon	Yamaha 450 WRF		Rally2^MM
59	Dominique Cizeau	KTM 450 Rally	XRaids Experience	Rally2^V
60	Matthieu Jauffraud	KTM 450 Rally Replica		Rally2^MM
73	Edgar Canet	KTM 450 Rally Factory	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	Rally2^J
88	Alex Torrao	Kove XE 450 Rally		Rally2
96	Tobias Ebster	Husqvarna FE 450	Hero Motorsports Team Rally	Rally2

Entry list – Quads

No.	Driver	Bike	Team	Class
172	Marek Loj	Yamaha 700 Raptor		Quad
173	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto CForce 1000	CFMoto Thunder Racing	Quad
174	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto CForce 1000	CFMoto Thunder Racing	Quad
178	Carien Teessen	Yamaha 700 Raptor		Quad

Entry list – Cars

No.	Driver	Co-driver	Vehicle	Team	Class
200	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Édouard Boulanger	Dacia Sandrider	The Dacia Sandriders	T1+
203	Lucas Moraes	Armand Monleón	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	Toyota Gazoo Racing	T1+
204	Seth Quintero	Dennis Zenz	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	Toyota Gazoo Racing	T1.+
205	Henk Lategan	Brett Cummings	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	Toyota Gazoo Racing	T1.+
206	Giniel de Villiers	Leander Pienaar	Toyota Hilux IMT	Team Hilux	T1.+
207	Juan Cruz Yacopini	Daniel Oliveras	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Overdrive Racing	T1.+
208	Brian Baragwanath	Leonard Cremer	Century CR7	Century Racing	T1.+
209	Mathieu Serradori	Loïc Minaudier	Century CR7-T	Team SRT	T1.+
210	Rik van den Brink	Gydo Heimans	Century CR7	Century Racing	T1.+
211	Guy Botterill	Dennis Murphy	Toyota Hilux IMT EVO	Toyota Gazoo Racing	T1.+
212	Saood Variawa	François Cazalet	Toyota Hilux IMT EVO	Toyota Gazoo Racing	T1.+
217	Denis Krotov	Konstantin Zhiltsov	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Overdrive Racing	T1.+
218	Hernán Garcés	Juan Pablo Latrach	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Overdrive Racing	T1.+
219	Sébastien Loeb	Fabian Lurquin	Dacia Sandrider	The Dacia Sandriders	T1.+
220	Akira Miura	Jean-Michel Polato	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Overdrive Racing	T1.+
221	Martin Prokop	Viktor Chytka	Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	Orlen Jipocar Team	T1.+
222	Guillaume De Mévius	Xavier Panseri	Mini JCW Rally 3.0i	X-raid Mini JCW Team	T1.+
223	Rients Hofstra	Wade Harris	Red-Lined Revo GTR	Red-Lined	T1.+
225	Carlos Sainz Sr.	Lucas Cruz	Ford Raptor	Ford M-Sport	T1.+
227	Nani Roma	Alex Haro	Ford Raptor	Ford M-Sport	T1.+
229	Jayden Els	Johan Swemmer	Red-Lined Revo GTR	Red-Lined	T1.+
230	Dave Klaassen	Tessa Klaassen	Red-Lined Revo	Daklapack Rallysport	T1.+
231	Philip Botha	Roelof Janse van Vuren	Red-Lined Revo T1+	Red-Lined	T1.+
232	Danie Ludick	Denzil Williamson	Red-Lined Revo T1+	Red-Lined	T1.+
233	Gerhardt Heinlein	Rudi Heinlein	Red-Lined VK56	Red-Lined	T1.1
234	Nickus Heinlein	Jaco Kriel	Red-Lined VK50	Red-Lined	T1.1
235	Benoît Fretin	Cédric Duplé	Century CR6	Benoît Fretin	T1.1
239	Fouché Blignaut	Bertus Blignaut	Toyota Hilux DKR	Team Hilux	T1.+
240	João Ferreira	Filipe Palmeiro	Mini JCW Rally 3.0i	X-raid Mini JCW Team	T1.+
242	Daniel Schröder	Henry Carl Köhne	Volkswagen Wct Amarok	Ps Laser Racing	T1.+
243	Jürgen Schröder	Stuart Gregory	Volkswagen Wct Amarok	Ps Laser Racing	T1.+
244	Johan van Staden	Sean van Staden	Renault Duster	KEC Racing	T1.1
245	Jan Kraaij	Gerhard Schutte	Century CR6	Century Racing	T1.2
269	Johan de Bruyn	Adriaan Roets	Red-Lined VK56		T1.1
276	Marcos Baumgart	Kleber Cincea	Evo Plus	Neil Woolridge Motorsport	T1.+
277	Gareth Woolridge	Boyd Dreyer	Evo Plus	Neil Woolridge Motorsport	T1.+

Entry list – Challenger (T3)

No.	Driver	Co-driver	Vehicle	Team	Class
301	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Valentina Pertegarini	Taurus T3 Max	BBR Motorsport	T3.1
302	Puck Klaassen	Charan Moore	GRallyTeam OT3	G Rally Team	T3.1
305	Adam Kuś	Dmytro Tsyro	Taurus T3 Max	Akpol Recykling Team	T3.1
306	Khalifa Al-Attiyah	Bruno Jacomy	Taurus T3 Max	Nasser Racing Team	T3.1
308	David Zille	Sebastian Cesana	Taurus T3 Max	BBR Motorsport	T3.1
310	Dania Akeel	Stephane Duplé	Taurus T3 Max	BBR Motorsport	T3.1
320	Pau Navarro	Jan Rosa i Vinas	Taurus T3 Max	BBR Motorsport	T3.1

Entry list – SSV (T4)

No.	Driver	Co-driver	Vehicle	Team	Class
401	Alexandre Pinto	Bernardo Oliveira	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	Old Friends Rally Team	T4
402	Enrico Gaspari	Fausto Mota	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	MMP	T4
403	Michele Cinotto	Maurizio Dominella	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	CST XTreme Plus Polaris Team	T4
404	Claude Fournier	Patrick Jimbert	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	MMP	T4
407	Mário Franco	João Miranda	BRP Can-Am Maverick R	Francosport	SSV1
410	Graham Knight	David Watson	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	CST XTreme Plus Polaris Team	T4
411	George Halles	Max Delfino	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	CST XTreme Plus Polaris Team	T4
413	José Nogueira	Arcelio Couto	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	Old Friends Rally Team	T4
414	Richard Aczel	Wouter Rosegaar	BRP Can-Am Maverick R	South Racing Can-Am	SSV1
415	Domingo Román	Gustavo Ibeas	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	TH-Trucks Team	T4
416	José Ignacio Gayoso	Ramiro Santiago	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	TH-Trucks Team	T4

Stages

Stage	Date		Start	Finish	Total/Special
Prologue	Monday	May 19, 2025	Sun City	Sun City	35 km / 9 km
1	Tuesday	May 20, 2025	Sun City	Sun City	555 km / 260 km
2	Wednesday	May 21, 2025	Sun City	Marathon Camp	626 km / 357 km
3	Thursday	May 22, 2025	Marathon Camp	Sun City	518 km / 246 km
4	Friday	May 23, 2025	Sun City	Sun City	694 km / 224 km
5	Saturday	May 24, 2025	Sun City	Sun City	155 km / 111 km

Stage winners

Stage	Bikes	Cars	Challenger (T3)	SSV (T4)	Quad
Prologue	Daniel Sanders	Gareth Woolridge	Pau Navarro	Alexandre Pinto	Gaëtan Martinez
Stage 1	Ross Branch	Henk Lategan	David Zille	Richard Aczel	Gaëtan Martinez
Stage 2	Daniel Sanders	Guy Botterill	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Alexandre Pinto	Antanas Kanopkinas
Stage 3	Daniel Sanders	Nasser Al-Attiyah	David Zille	Mário Franco	Gaëtan Martinez
Stage 4	Daniel Sanders	Saood Variawa	David Zille	Alexandre Pinto	Antanas Kanopkinas
Stage 5	Ricky Brabec	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Enrico Gaspari	Gaëtan Martinez
Rally Winners	Daniel Sanders	Henk Lategan	David Zille	Mário Franco	Gaëtan Martinez

Stage results

Bikes

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	00:07:08.1		1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	00:07:08.1
	2	Tosha Schareina	Honda	00:07:12.4	00:00:04	2	Tosha Schareina	Honda	00:07:12.4	00:00:04
	3	Michael Docherty	KTM	00:07:16.7	00:00:08	3	Michael Docherty	KTM	00:07:16.7	00:00:08

Stage 1	1	Ross Branch	Hero	02:44:04		1	Ross Branch	Hero	02:51:32
	2	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda	02:44:59	00:00:55	2	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda	02:52:22	00:00:50
	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	02:45:13	00:01:09	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	02:52:35	00:01:03

Stage 2	1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	03:40:30		1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	06:34:46
	2	Luciano Benavides	KTM	03:41:02	00:00:32	2	Luciano Benavides	KTM	06:35:57	00:01:11
	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	03:45:16	00:04:46	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda	06:37:44	00:02:58

Stage 3	1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	03:06:46		1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	09:41:32
	2	Luciano Benavides	KTM	03:08:23	00:01:37	2	Luciano Benavides	KTM	09:44:20	00:02:48
	3	Ross Branch	Hero	03:09:25	00:02:39	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	09:49:51	00:08:19

Stage 4	1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	02:22:13		1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	12:03:45
	2	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda	02:23:06	00:00:53	2	Luciano Benavides	KTM	12:10:46	00:07:01
	3	Skyler Howes	Honda	02:24:02	00:01:49	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda	12:14:02	00:10:17

Stage 5	1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	01:23:17		1	Daniel Sanders	KTM	13:27:44
	2	Daniel Sanders	KTM	01:23:59	00:00:42	2	Luciano Benavides	KTM	13:36:39	00:08:55
	3	Ross Branch	Hero	01:25:23	00:02:06	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	13:37:44	00:10:00

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Gareth Woolridge	Ford	00:06:48.1		results of Prologue aren't accountable towards GC, only for starting position on Stage 1
	2	Guy Botterill	Toyota	00:06:49.0	00:00:01
	3	Henk Lategan	Toyota	00:06:52.4	00:00:04

Stage 1	1	Henk Lategan	Toyota	02:26:08		1	Henk Lategan	Toyota	02:26:08
	2	Carlos Sainz Sr.	Ford	02:28:46	00:02:38	2	Carlos Sainz Sr.	Ford	02:28:46	00:02:38
	3	Sébastien Loeb	Dacia	02:29:42	00:03:34	3	Sébastien Loeb	Dacia	02:29:42	00:03:34

Stage 2	1	Guy Botterill	Toyota	03:12:36		1	Seth Quintero	Toyota	05:49:23
	2	Saood Variawa	Toyota	03:13:31	00:00:55	2	Brian Baragwanath	Century	05:49:36	00:00:13
	3	Guillaume De Mévius	Mini	03:14:24	00:01:48	3	Lucas Moraes	Toyota	05:50:54	00:01:31

Stage 3	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Dacia	02:51:29		1	Sébastien Loeb	Dacia	08:47:05
	2	Carlos Sainz Sr.	Ford	02:53:34	00:02:05	2	Carlos Sainz Sr.	Ford	08:47:28	00:00:23
	3	Mathieu Serradori	Century	02:53:58	00:02:29	3	Henk Lategan	Toyota	08:47:35	00:00:30

Stage 4	1	Saood Variawa	Toyota	02:09:05		1	Henk Lategan	Toyota	10:59:53
	2	Guy Botterill	Toyota	02:10:24	00:01:19	2	Sébastien Loeb	Dacia	11:00:32	00:00:39
	3	Daniel Schröder	VW	02:11:18	00:02:13	3	Seth Quintero	Toyota	11:02:41	00:02:48

Stage 5	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Dacia	01:08:49		1	Henk Lategan	Toyota	12:10:42
	2	Lucas Moraes	Toyota	01:10:45	00:01:56	2	Sébastien Loeb	Dacia	12:12:21	00:01:39
	3	Henk Lategan	Toyota	01:10:49	00:02:00	3	Lucas Moraes	Toyota	12:13:37	00:02:55

Challenger (T3)

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Pau Navarro	Taurus	00:07:06.0		results of Prologue aren't accountable towards GC, only for starting position on Stage 1
	2	Adam Kuś	Taurus	00:07:09.2	00:00:03
	3	David Zille	Taurus	00:07:10.3	00:00:04

Stage 1	1	David Zille	Taurus	02:40:29		1	David Zille	Taurus	02:40:29
	2	Pau Navarro	Taurus	02:42:20	00:01:51	2	Pau Navarro	Taurus	02:42:20	00:01:51
	3	Adam Kuś	Taurus	02:42:56	00:02:27	3	Adam Kuś	Taurus	02:42:56	00:02:27

Stage 2	1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	03:32:39		1	David Zille	Taurus	06:16:55
	2	Dania Akeel	Taurus	03:34:28	00:01:49	2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	06:17:00	00:00:05
	3	Khalifa Al-Attiyah	Taurus	03:36:04	00:03:25	3	Pau Navarro	Taurus	06:18:27	00:01:32

Stage 3	1	David Zille	Taurus	03:02:37		1	David Zille	Taurus	09:19:32
	2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	03:05:28	00:02:51	2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	09:22:28	00:02:56
	3	Adam Kuś	Taurus	03:11:13	00:08:36	3	Adam Kuś	Taurus	09:31:44	00:12:12

Stage 4	1	David Zille	Taurus	02:17:29		1	David Zille	Taurus	11:37:01
	2	Pau Navarro	Taurus	02:19:07	00:01:38	2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	11:42:37	00:05:36
	3	Dania Akeel	Taurus	02:19:39	00:02:10	3	Adam Kuś	Taurus	11:53:40	00:16:39

Stage 5	1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	01:15:41		1	David Zille	Taurus	12:54:39
	2	Khalifa Al-Attiyah	Taurus	01:16:08	00:00:27	2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Taurus	12:58:18	00:03:39
	3	David Zille	Taurus	01:17:38	00:01:57	3	Adam Kuś	Taurus	13:13:01	00:18:22

SSV (T4)

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Alexandre Pinto	Can-Am	00:07:20.6		results of Prologue aren't accountable towards GC, only for starting position on Stage 1
	2	José Nogueira	Can-Am	00:07:35.4	00:00:15
	3	Mário Franco	Can-Am	00:07:38:9	00:00:18

Stage 1	1	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	03:01:28		1	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	03:01:28
	2	George Halles	Polaris	03:03:32	00:02:04	2	George Halles	Polaris	03:03:32	00:02:04
	3	José Nogueira	Can-Am	03:05:50	00:04:22	3	José Nogueira	Can-Am	03:05:50	00:04:22

Stage 2	1	Alexandre Pinto	Can-Am	03:46:55		1	Mário Franco	Can-Am	06:59:15
	2	Mário Franco	Can-Am	03:48:08	00:01:13	2	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	07:01:44	00:02:29
	3	Enrico Gaspari	Can-Am	03:55:29	00:08:34	3	Michele Cinotto	Polaris	07:20:53	00:21:38

Stage 3	1	Mário Franco	Can-Am	03:18:28		1	Mário Franco	Can-Am	10:17:43
	2	José Nogueira	Can-Am	03:25:44	00:07:16	2	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	10:28:16	00:10:33
	3	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	03:26:32	00:08:04	3	Michele Cinotto	Polaris	10:49:24	00:31:41

Stage 4	1	Alexandre Pinto	Can-Am	02:26:26		1	Mário Franco	Can-Am	12:50:00
	2	Enrico Gaspari	Can-Am	02:29:09	00:02:43	2	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	13:01:54	00:11:54
	3	José Nogueira	Can-Am	02:31:40	00:05:14	3	Michele Cinotto	Polaris	13:35:31	00:45:31

Stage 5	1	Enrico Gaspari	Can-Am	01:19:48		1	Mário Franco	Can-Am	14:13:56
	2	Alexandre Pinto	Can-Am	01:20:49	00:01:01	2	Richard Aczel	Can-Am	14:25:52	00:11:56
	3	George Halles	Polaris	01:21:38	00:01:50	3	Michele Cinotto	Polaris	15:05:12	00:51:16

Quads

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	00:08:33.6		1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	00:08:33.6
	2	Marek Loj	Yamaha	00:08:34.3	00:00:01	2	Marek Loj	Yamaha	00:08:34.3	00:00:01
	3	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	00:08:36.1	00:00:03	3	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	00:08:36.1	00:00:03

Stage 1	1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	03:25:42		1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	03:34:15
	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	03:52:29	00:26:47	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	04:01:05	00:26:50
	3	Marek Loj	Yamaha	21:42:00	18:16:18	3	Marek Loj	Yamaha	21:50:34	18:16:19

Stage 2	1	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	04:43:47		1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	08:22:50
	2	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	04:48:35	00:04:48	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	08:44:52	00:22:02
	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	07:09:58	02:26:11	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	41:23:25	33:00:35

Stage 3	1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	03:55:01		1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	12:17:51
	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	03:57:10	00:02:09	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	12:42:02	00:24:11
	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	36:52:00	32:56:59	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	78:15:25	65:57:34

Stage 4	1	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	02:55:38		1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	15:18:17
	2	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	03:00:26	00:04:48	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	15:37:40	00:19:23
	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	04:15:07	01:19:29	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	82:30:32	67:12:15

Stage 5	1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	01:45:37		1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto	17:03:54
	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	01:48:39	00:03:02	2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto	17:26:19	00:22:25
	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	02:40:26	00:54:49	3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha	85:10:58	68:07:04

Final standings

Bikes

Final standings (positions 1–10)
Rank	Rider	Bike	Time	Difference
1	Daniel Sanders	KTM 450 Rally Factory	13:27:44
2	Luciano Benavides	KTM 450 Rally Factory	13:36:39	+0:08:55
3	Ricky Brabec	Honda CRF450 Rally	13:37:44	+0:10:00
4	Adrien Van Beveren	Honda CRF450 Rally	13:43:31	+0:15:47
5	Skyler Howes	Honda CRF450 Rally	14:03:32	+0:35:48
6	José Ignacio Cornejo	Hero 450 Rally	14:13:46	+0:46:02
7	Edgar Canet	KTM 450 Rally Factory	14:17:00	+0:49:16
8	Bradley Cox	Sherco SHR 450	14:27:46	+01:00:02
9	Tobias Ebster	KTM 450 Rally Replica	14:32:24	+01:04:40
10	Michael Docherty	Husqvarna FR 450 Rally	14:40:35	+01:12:51

Cars

Final standings (positions 1–10)
Rank	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time	Difference
1	Henk Lategan	Brett Cummings	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	12:10:42
2	Sébastien Loeb	Fabian Lurquin	Dacia Sandrider	12:12:21	+0:01:39
3	Lucas Moraes	Armand Monleón	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	12:13:37	+0:02:55
4	Gareth Woolridge	Boyd Dreyer	Ford Raptor DKR	12:15:30	+0:04:48
5	Carlos Sainz Sr.	Lucas Cruz	Ford Raptor DKR	12:15:57	+0:05:15
6	Seth Quintero	Dennis Zenz	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	12:17:01	+0:06:19
7	Nani Roma	Álex Haro	Ford Raptor DKR	12:17:27	+0:06:45
8	Daniel Schröder	Henry Carl Köhne	Volkswagen Wct Amarok	12:19:46	+0:09:04
9	Guillaume De Mévius	Xavier Panseri	Mini JCW Rally 3.0d	12:22:26	+0:11:44
10	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Édouard Boulanger	Dacia Sandrider	12:22:30	+0:11:48

Challenger (T3)

Final standings (positions 1–10)
Rank	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time	Difference
1	David Zille	Sebastian Cesana	Taurus T3 Max	12:54:39
2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Valentina Pertegarini	Taurus T3 Max	12:58:18	+0:03:39
3	Adam Kuś	Dmytro Tsyro	Taurus T3 Max	13:13:01	+0:18:22
4	Khalifa Al-Attiyah	Bruno Jacomy	Taurus T3 Max	13:14:05	+0:19:26
5	Dania Akeel	Stéphane Duplé	Taurus T3 Max	13:18:12	+0:23:33
6	Pau Navarro	Jan Rosa i Vinas	Taurus T3 Max	13:33:28	+0:38:49
7	Puck Klaassen	Charan Moore	GRallyTeam OT3	13:46:06	+0:51:27

SSV (T4)

Final standings (positions 1–10)
Rank	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time	Difference
1	Mário Franco	João Miranda	BRP Can-Am Maverick R	14:13:56
2	Richard Aczel	Wouter Rosegaar	BRP Can-Am Maverick R	14:25:52	+0:11:56
3	Michele Cinotto	Maurizio Dominella	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	15:05:12	+0:51:16
4	George Halles	Max Delfino	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	15:15:56	+1:02:00
5	José Nogueira	Arcelio Couto	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	16:14:00	+2:00:04
6	Alexandre Pinto	Bernardo Oliveira	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	16:20:11	+2:06:15
7	Domingo Román	Gustavo Ibeas	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	16:38:22	+2:24:26
8	Claude Fournier	Patrick Jimbert	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	16:48:00	+2:34:04
9	Graham Knight	David Watson	Polaris RZR Pro R Sport	29:02:09	+14:48:13
10	Enrico Gaspari	Fausto Mota	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	31:26:55	+17:12:59

Quads

Final standings (positions 1–3)
Rank	Rider	Quad	Time	Difference
1	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMoto CForce 1000	17:03:54
2	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMoto CForce 1000	17:26:19	+0:22:25
3	Carien Teessen	Yamaha 700 Raptor	85:10:58	+68:07:04

References

^ "About The Race". South African Safari Rally. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
^ OFFROADCRACKS. "World Rally-Raid Championship 2025 – South African Safari Rally: Video Highlights Stage 1 & Report!" (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
^ Helder. "South African Safari Rally 2025: Route details". www.rallyraidnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
^ "2025 SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI RALLY FIA PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). L'Équipe. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
^ "025 SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI RALLY FIM PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). L'Équipe. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

External links

Official website

[1] "About The Race". South African Safari Rally. Retrieved 2026-01-20.

[2] OFFROADCRACKS. "World Rally-Raid Championship 2025 – South African Safari Rally: Video Highlights Stage 1 & Report!" (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2026-01-20.

[3] Helder. "South African Safari Rally 2025: Route details". www.rallyraidnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2026-01-20.

[4] "2025 SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI RALLY FIA PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). L'Équipe. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

[5] "025 SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI RALLY FIM PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). L'Équipe. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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