Hi, friends!
Probably the most intriguing event from the World Rally Championship will have an extension until 2026 and it's really good that African rally event will have the slot in the WRC championship.
I wrote numerously times that Africa really deserved this rally and even last year's edition was nowhere compared to the old Safaris twenty or more years ago. First time I saw Safari Rally Kenya about thirty years ago when the Lancia Martini team was at it's best and even then Toyota succeeded to win that rally with Carlos Sainz sr.
Last season it was more of the same with Seb Ogier taking the win and from what I heard these days, it's probably real that we will have two Sebs - Ogier and Loeb again in the battle on this year's Safari because every rally driver wants to start and win this rally.
If you ask me which rally I would like to drive the most, it's probably the Safari on the first place and then Monte Carlo Rallye on the 2nd place. Yeah, I have my secret desires and I am working hard toward these goals.
This deal for Safai in WRC until 2026 came during the Monte Carlo Rallye and I must admit that I was happy. It is also good that Kenyan Government stood behind the project because large sums are needed for running the rally inside of the World Rally Championship. We are talking around 2m€ per season to organize the WRC event.
This was a great news and we will have to enjoy this special gravel rally in the years to follow. Very good if you ask me...
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