Sébastien Ogier snatched an unlikely victory at Safari Rally Kenya on Sunday afternoon after longtime leader Thierry Neuville’s dreams were shattered alongside his car’s suspension. When Neuville retired his Hyundai i20 in Sunday’s opening speed test after hitting a rock and smashing the right rear damper, the Frenchman was perfectly placed to capitalise. He demoted … Read more
2021 Safari Rally Kenya – Saturday afternoon Thierry Neuville stretched his Safari Rally Kenya lead to almost a minute on Saturday after a tense finale to the penultimate leg. On a day when the African classic appeared to be showing its more benign side after Friday’s brutal opening leg, Neuville increased his advantage over Takamoto … Read more
2021 Safari Rally Kenya – Saturday morning Thierry Neuville’s Safari Rally Kenya lead climbed to almost half a minute on Saturday morning as the Belgian threw down the gauntlet to his FIA World Rally Championship rivals. Amid stunning scenery and on smoother and faster roads around Lake Elmenteita, the Hyundai i20 pilot was quickest out … Read more
2021 Safari Rally Kenya – Friday afternoon Thierry Neuville led the survivors of Safari Rally Kenya’s vicious opening leg that destroyed the hopes of virtually half the top-flight drivers on Friday. The Belgian won three of the six punishing and sandy speed tests on the shores of the Great Rift Valley’s Lake Naivasha to lead … Read more
2021 Safari Rally Kenya – Friday morning Thierry Neuville led Safari Rally Kenya on Friday morning as Africa’s unremitting roads cut a swathe through the FIA World Rally Championship’s big names. Neuville, driving a Hyundai i20, held a 5.1sec advantage over Kalle Rovanperä’s Toyota Yaris, but Kenya’s rugged roads showed they had lost none of … Read more
Sébastien Ogier set a hot early pace at Safari Rally Kenya on Thursday afternoon as the top three drivers were blanketed by less than a second at a thrilling opening in Nairobi. As the FIA World Rally Championship returned to Africa for the first time in 19 years, the series leader was 0.3sec faster than … Read more
Transcript of the pre-event press conference organised by the FIA for the 2021 Safari Rally Kenya FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Present: Sébastien Ogier (FRA), Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team Thierry Neuville (BEL), Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team Takamoto Katsuta (JAP), Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team Adrien Fourmaux (FRA), M-Sport Ford World Rally … Read more
The FIA World Rally Championship will return to the African continent and the legendary Safari Rally Kenya for the first time in nearly 20 years, when round six of the 2021 season takes place on June 24-27. First held in 1953, the Safari Rally was part of the WRC schedule from the inaugural season in … Read more
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 Rally Italia Sardegna – Transcript of the post-event press conference organised by the FIA Present: Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Sébastien Ogier (FR) Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Elfyn Evans (GBR) Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Thierry Neuville (BEL) Q: Toyota have finally won Rally Italia Sardegna. Congratulations Sébastien, … Read more
Sébastien Ogier stretched his FIA World Rally Championship lead with a convincing but surprise victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on Sunday afternoon. The reigning champion headed a Toyota Yaris 1-2 finish on the Mediterranean island’s punishing rock-strewn gravel roads to claim his third win of the season. He finished 46.0sec clear of Elfyn Evans, extending … Read more