HISTORICAL FACTS: Safari event - The Untold Story

WRC working to secure future of Safari Rally Kenya beyond 2026

Safari Rally Kenya has become a key World Rally Championship event according to the drivers, but its future hangs on a change in its organisation

Motorsport · Mar 18

WRC Safari Rally Kenya: Solberg heads Toyota top five as wild weather strikes

Toyota in command while all three Hyundais suffer overheating issues 

Autosport · Mar 12

WRC Safari Rally Kenya: Oliver Solberg heads Toyota top-five lockout as weather strikes

Toyota in command while all three Hyundais suffer overheating issues 

Motorsport · Mar 12

Kenya launches motorsport academy to nurture future WRC stars

The Talanta Motorsport Academy is the latest addition to the Kenya Academy of Sports (KAS), based near the site of the rally’s opening stage at Kasarani in Kenya’s capital city Nairobi. The academy was launched by Kenya’s deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, who described the project as a major milestone in…

Autosport · Mar 28, 2024

Why Safari Rally Kenya’s unique challenge is imperative for the WRC

In recent weeks plenty of discussion and brainstorming has focused on how rallying’s top tier can be improved on several levels. This has largely been orchestrated by current World Rally Championship drivers who believe it is time for the discipline to make changes to grow. Technical and sporting regulations, event…

Autosport · Jun 28, 2023

WRC Safari Rally: The Good, The Bad and a battle between champions

Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais

Autosport · Jun 27, 2023

WRC Safari Rally: Tanak pips Ogier by 0.1s to claim early lead

The 70th anniversary Safari Rally kicked off with a 4.48km head-to-head super special stage, lined by thousands of fans in the centre of Nairobi.

Autosport · Jun 22, 2023

How a breakthrough Safari win established a future WRC champion

“Richard Burns crossed the final flying finish line, punched the air and shouted something so obscene that the BBC won’t be able to show the moment!” That was how Autosport’s rally reporter Keith Oswin described Burns’ first win of what would become a glittering but unfortunately short World Rally Championship…

Autosport · Jun 22, 2023

WRC Safari Rally: Everything you need to know

The rally has prided itself on being one of the WRC’s jewel in the crown events given its difficulty to win. Its unique stages feature a mix of rough gravel and soft sandy roads sprawled across Kenya’s iconic wildlife-filled savannah. amid changeable weather, poses an altogether different challenge for crews.…

Autosport · Jun 20, 2023

WRC legends Ogier, Loeb eyeing more outings in 2022

World Rally Championship legends Sebastien Ogier and Sebastien Loeb have set their sights on more WRC events this season following a challenging Safari Rally.

Autosport · Jun 28, 2022