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 formats and series promotion are all topics that have been debated in several meetings between the drivers, the WRC Promoter and the FIA, with those ideas now being collated and investigated.
However, the Safari Rally is a prime example where the WRC has succeeded and is a cornerstone event that it must keep moving forward. Just like competing on the snow of Rally Sweden, the Safari Rally is one of the WRC’s unique selling points. A condensed version of the famous rally that began in 1953, it returned to the WRC after a 19-year hiatus in 2021 as part of the championship’s push to refresh its calendar with a host of classic events including the Acropolis Rally, Rally New Zealand and Rally Japan.
