WRC News Katsuta suffering from food poisoning and lack of sleep Friday’s gruelling 98-mile leg through rock-strewn roads, menacing piles of fech-fech and arduous terrain was punishing enough. But try taking all that on when you’re… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Evans leads Toyota 1-2 as Safari strikes Hyundai Elfyn Evans will take a 7.7-second lead over Kalle Rovanperä into Saturday at Safari Rally Kenya, as Ott Tänak dropped back with a broken driveshaft…. Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak loses Safari lead with driveshaft issue Ott Tänak has lost the lead of Safari Rally Kenya to Elfyn Evans after traversing Friday’s penultimate stage slowly due to a mechanical issue. Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Why Solberg got stuck in fech-fech The longest stage of Safari Rally Kenya, Camp Moran, took no prisoners, and Oliver Solberg was one of the victims. Leading WRC2 by 40.3 seconds… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Fourmaux retires from Safari again Thierry Neuville has launched himself into podium contention as Ott Tänak’s Safari Rally Kenya lead ballooned to over 40 seconds and Adrien Fourmaux retired. The… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Munster’s nightmare morning explained A few hours can change everything. Waking up on Friday morning an encouraging third overall, just 2.6 seconds off the lead, Grégoire Munster tucks into his… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 3 min
WRC News Tänak standing strong at the head of Safari Ott Tänak leads Safari Rally Kenya halfway through Friday, holding World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans to a 24.4-second deficit. Kalle Rovanperä is third, another… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Munster in the wars at Safari Rally Grégoire Munster’s Safari Rally Kenya has gone from bad to worse on the second stage of Friday, as he crawled through the test with suspension… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News Neuville gains two places despite one-minute penalty Thierry Neuville has moved from eighth to sixth despite checking out of Friday morning service six minutes late and incurring a one-minute time penalty –… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2025 2 min
WRC News “A big show” predicted on ‘old-school’ Safari Less than 10 competitive miles into this year’s Safari Rally Kenya, and a Rally1 driver has reached for the super-rally rules. For Adrien Fourmaux, there… Read more by Luke Barry March 20, 2025 3 min
WRC News Fourmaux becomes first casualty of Safari 2025 Adrien Fourmaux has become the first casualty of the 2025 Safari Rally Kenya, as he failed to make the start of the second stage. Fourmaux,… Read more by Luke Barry March 20, 2025 2 min
WRC News Evans takes early Safari lead World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans has taken the early lead of the 2025 event, winning the opening super special stage. As has become tradition,… Read more by Luke Barry March 20, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak: The system must change, not us Appendix 12.2.1 of the FIA International Sporting Code has dominated the shakedown day of Safari Rally Kenya. The recently implemented rules around driver speech, which… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 19, 2025 3 min
WRC News No engine issue for Evans at Safari Rally Toyota technical director Tom Fowler has confirmed Elfyn Evans’s Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 suffered no engine issues at this morning’s Safari Rally Kenya shakedown stage…. Read more by David Evans March 19, 2025 2 min
WRC News FIA will open dialogue with drivers after Safari Rally Kenya The FIA has confirmed it will open dialogue with the World Rally Drivers’ Alliance following this week’s Safari Rally Kenya. The drivers – via the… Read more by David Evans March 19, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä fastest at muted Safari shakedown Kalle Rovanperä set the pace at Safari Rally Kenya shakedown ahead of reigning world champion Thierry Neuville. At 3.2 miles, the Safari shakedown is longer… Read more by Luke Barry March 19, 2025 2 min
WRC News WoRDA releases statement after WRC stage-ends protest The World Rally Drivers’ Alliance (WoRDA) has released a fresh statement following the drivers’ decision not to speak in English at stage ends during Safari… Read more by Luke Barry March 19, 2025 2 min
WRC News WRC drivers protest Fourmaux fine with stage-end silence World Rally Championship drivers appear set to boycott stage-end interviews in English at this week’s Safari Rally Kenya. Following Adrien Fourmaux’s €10,000 fine for using… Read more by Luke Barry March 19, 2025 2 min
