The Safari Rally is an iconic name in the World Rally Championship. It did not get its global reputation adopting a short route with smooth stages, cloverleafing out of a Service Park in Nairobi.
Far from it, the Safari was always the archetypal endurance event in the WRC, its mammoth itinerary crossed over three different countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) in its heyday.
It’s a perennial favourite rally for McKlein, in particular Reinhard Klein who carved his reputation as an ace photographer through many of his iconic Safari images. For this gallery we have chosen some of our ‘lesser-spotted’ favourites: McKlein’s Safari Fever.
Björn Waldegård & Hans Thorszelius – Ford Escort RS 1800, 1977
Miki Biasion & Tiziano Siviero – Lancia Rally 037, 1986
Björn Waldegård & Fred Gallagher - Lancia Delta HF Integrale, 1992
Colin McRae & Derek Ringer – Subaru Vivio, 1993
Juha Kankkunen & Ian Duncan – Toyota Celica Turbo ST185, 1994
Richard Burns & Robert Reid – Mitsubishi Carisma GT, 1998
Juha Kankkunen & Juha Repo – Ford Escort WRC, 1998
Colin McRae & Nicky Grist – Ford Focus WRC, 1999
Richard Burns & Robert Reid – Peugeot 206 WRC, 2002
Tommi Mäkinen & Kaj Lindström – Subaru Impreza WRC, 2002
