The FIA Africa Rally Championship has released the official calendar for the 2017 season.
The calendar comes with several changes on the ARC championship.
Next season’s championship will see an additional round, with the ARC heading back to Kenya after two years.
The changes also greatly reflected on the rounds schedule with the Uganda Pearl of Africa Rally coming earlier in the year. The event will run in July.
Zambia International Rally is now the final round in the championship while the Mountain Gorilla Rally in Rwanda plays the penultimate round of 2017 season.
The Rallye Bandama retained its position as the season opener while Sasol Rally was pushed to third after the return of Safari Rally.
2017 Africa Rally Championship Calendar
Feb 11-12 ARC 1: Rallye Bandana (Ivory Coast)
March 18-19 ARC 2: Safari Rally (Kenya)
Apr 29-30 ARC 3: Sasol Rally (RSA)
July 1-2 ARC 4: Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (Uganda)
Aug 5-6 ARC 5: Rally of Tanzania (Tanzania)
Sep 9-10 ARC 6: Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally (Rwanda)
Oct 21-22 ARC 7: Zambia International Rally (Zambia)