WRC News How Katsuta plans to snare another Safari podium Safari Rally Kenya is one of the most challenging World Rally Championship events that pushes drivers right to their very limit. The current incarnation of… Read more by Rob Hansford June 21, 2023 2 min
WRC Features “Absolute madness” – The Kenyan president’s view of WRC Pierre-Louis Loubet parked his M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid. Switched it off. Looked across to the right-hand seat and, briefly, wasn’t sure what to make… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2023 3 min
WRC Photos When Burns lost an argument with Safari’s fesh-fesh Radios crackled into life. Richard Burns was coming in. Robert Reid said so. Saturday July 13, 2002 and an already mediocre day for Peugeot’s defending… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2023
WRC News Drivers predict luck will decide this year’s Safari World Rally Championship rallies are usually won by the driver who best masters the balance of calculating where to take risks and where to push… Read more by Luke Barry June 21, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi didn’t manage a single run of shakedown Esapekka Lappi will start this week’s Safari Rally Kenya without completing a single test run aboard his Hyundai i20 N Rally1. Lappi suffered a double… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä fastest on dramatic Safari shakedown World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanperä was fastest on a dramatic Safari Rally Kenya shakedown in which Takamoto Katsuta crashed and Esapekka Lappi suffered mechanical… Read more by Luke Barry June 21, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta rolls on Safari shakedown Takamoto Katsuta has rolled on Wednesday morning’s Safari Rally Kenya shakedown. The Japanese dropped the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 on his third run at the… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2023 2 min
Rally News Propshaft failure caused Lappi to stop on Safari shakedown Esapekka Lappi’s problem that caused him to stop on his first run of the Safari Rally Kenya shakedown stage has been diagnosed as a broken propshaft…. Read more by Luke Barry June 21, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Safari Rally Kenya 2023 form guide For the third time, the modern generation of World Rally Championship stars will experience the African adventure that is this weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya. As… Read more by Luke Barry June 21, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Why Solberg won’t score WRC2 points in Kenya If Oliver Solberg lands this year’s WRC2 title, there’s no doubt he will have earned it. And earned it the hard way. The 21-year-old starts… Read more by David Evans June 20, 2023 2 min
WRC Podcast Podcast: Will Kenya be a turning point in the title race? If there’s one thing everything can agree on as the World Rally Championship makes its African adventure, it’s that anything can happen. Previous form? Previous… Read more by DirtFish Media June 20, 2023 10 min +
WRC News Safari Rally Kenya 2023 data: Running order + itinerary It’s nearly time for one of the World Rally Championship’s most demanding events: Safari Rally Kenya. Although not quite the same as the original rally,… Read more by Rob Hansford June 20, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The Safari Rally challenge from the co-drivers’ seat There was a time, many years ago now, when long stages were the norm in the World Rally Championship. Cars, drivers and navigators were pushed… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 20, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The lesson in teamwork that could deliver M-Sport gold Umoja. Eliud Kipchoge says the word quietly. So quietly Ott Tänak and Pierre-Louis Loubet lean in. The explanation’s coming, they don’t want to miss it…. Read more by David Evans June 19, 2023 3 min
WRC News A Safari win could be crucial for Neuville’s title bid All 13 rounds of the World Rally Championship are worth the same 30 points as each other. Emotional value aside, there’s no rally that’s more… Read more by Luke Barry June 19, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Loubet’s honest assessment of his season so far There’s something poetic about the fact Pierre-Louis Loubet finds himself 13th in the World Rally Championship as the season reaches its halfway point. Thirteen is… Read more by Luke Barry June 19, 2023
WRC Podcast Why has Toyota always been so good in Kenya? Since the World Rally Championship’s return to Africa, Toyota has gone unbeaten. It was so dominant last year that it locked out the first four… Read more by DirtFish Media June 18, 2023
WRC Opinion The underrated skill of a WRC driver compared to Formula 1 In this day and age, it’s not unusual for a driver to completely control a rally and go on to win having driven with a… Read more by Rob Hansford June 18, 2023 5 min
