2025 South Africa Safari Rally

2025 South Africa Safari Rally
Part of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship ←  Previous event Next event  →
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  [ es ] 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 Rally2V 24 Filip Grot KTM 450 Factory Replica Bas World KTM Racing Team Rally2J 25 Libor Pletka KTM 450 Factory Replica Bas World KTM Racing Team Rally2 26 Konrad Dabrowski KTM 450 Rally Replica Duust Rally Team Rally2J 32 Gustavo Milutin Husqvarna FR 450 HT Rally Raid Rally2 33 Martin Camp Kove XE 450 Rally Rally2V 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 Rally2V 44 Jatin Jain Kove XE 450 Rally Rally2MM 45 John Medina KTM 450 Rally XRaids Experience Rally2 46 Martin Lourens 456 Factory Replica Rally2 48 Xavier Gregoire GasGas 450 Rally2MM 49 Santiago Rostan KTM 450 Rally XRaids Experience Rally2 50 Yugandhar Prasad Jasti Kove XE 450 Rally Rally2V 51 Mauritz Meiring KTM 450 Rally Rally2 52 Benjamin Pousset KTM 450 Rally Replica Rally2MM 55 Florian Bancilhon Yamaha 450 WRF Rally2MM 59 Dominique Cizeau KTM 450 Rally XRaids Experience Rally2V 60 Matthieu Jauffraud KTM 450 Rally Replica Rally2MM 73 Edgar Canet KTM 450 Rally Factory Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Rally2J 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  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ]	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  [ fr ]	Mini JCW Rally 3.0d	12:22:26	+0:11:44
10	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Édouard Boulanger  [ fr ]	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

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.

External links

• Official website

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