Kenya doesn’t trip off the tongue as a global motorsport powerhouse but at the Safari Rally two trailblazing local drivers determined to break down barriers lit up the famous event.
While Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera enhanced his reputation as the World Rally Championship’s new wonderkid by conquering the Safari, there was another success story unfolding in the Kenyan savannah. Part-time school teacher Maxine Wahome created history by becoming the first woman to win a WRC support class since Isolde Holderied won a Group N Cup round in 1994, with victory in WRC3.
