Kalle Rovanpera kicked off his quest for consecutive Safari Rally Kenya victories in perfect fashion by emerging a clear winner of this morning’s shakedown stage.
M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak has likened sections of this coming weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya – the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship – to “driving on the moon”.
From this week’s Rally Estonia, World Rally Championship teams are to be given more time to work on those Rally1 hybrid cars that have been retired from either the Friday or Saturday leg.
M-Sport Ford Team Principal Richard Millener says his team will bounce back from the disappointment of witnessing three of their four Puma Rally1 cars being struck down with a variety of issues on the opening day of Safari Rally Kenya.
Elfyn Evans says he needs to start reducing the gap in the championship to World Rally Championship teammate Sébastien Ogier to prevent him from running away with another title.
Fernando Alonso and his wife have escaped uninjured from an aeroplane accident as the double Formula 1 World Champion tried to return from holiday in Kenya aboard his private jet.