Defending champion Kalle Rovanpera headlines a strong entry to this years WRC Safari Rally scheduled 21st-25th June in Naivasha.
Championship leader Rovanpera and his navigator Jonne Haltunen lead his Toyota Gazoo Rally teammates that includes 2021 winner Sebastien Ogier,Takamoto Katsuta and Elfyn Evans.
The M-Sport team will be seeking to snatch the Teams title from the throttle of Toyota with drivers Otto Tanak and Pierre Louis Loubet lead the charge.
The Safari Rally one of the WRC’s iconic event has also attracted Hyundai’s Thiery Neuville Eusapekka Lappi which means that the championship Contenders will be available to tackle the rugged terrain that the rally is famed for.
Kajetan Kajetanowicz tops the WRC2 entry in a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, while other entrants in the premier support category include Grégoire Munster (Ford Fiesta Rally2) and Karan Patel (Ford Fiesta R5).
FIA rally star program affiliates Kenya’s Hamza Anwar and McRae Kimathi will contest the Rally3 title, a contest that has also attracted compatriots Jeremiah Wahome,Jason Bailey ,Yasin Nasser and Giancarlo Davirte.
The Safari Rally is the 7th round on the 13 leg World Rally Championship,WRC, Calendar.
Kalle Rovanpera leads the 30-drivers standings with 98 standings while Otto Tanak and Sebastien Ogier are placed second and third respectively on 81 and 69 points respectively.
Safari Rally Full entry
Kalle Rovanperä/Jonne Halttunen (Toyota GR Rally1)
Otto Tänak/Martin Jarveoja (Ford Puma Rally1)
Sebastien Ogier/Vincent Landais (Toyota GR Rally1)
Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin (Toyota GRRally1)
Thierry Neuville/Martin Wydaeghe (Hyundai 12N Rally 1)
Espapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm (Hyundai 120N Rally1)
Daniel Sando/Candido Carrera (Hyundai 120N Rally1)
Takamoto Katsuta/Aaron Johnston (Toyota GR Rally1)
Pierre-Louis Loubet/Nicholas Gilsoul (Ford Puma Rally1)
Jourdan Serderidis/Andy Malfoy (Ford Puma Rally1)
Oliver Solberg/Elliot Edmondson (Škoda Fabia)
Kajetan Kajetanowicz/Maciej Szczepaniak (Škoda Fabia)
Gregorio Munster/Louis Louka (Ford Fiesta)
Martin Prokop/Zdenek Jurka (Ford Fiesta)
Karan Patel/Tauseef Khan (Ford Fiesta)
Carl Tundo/Tim Jessop (Škoda Fabia)
Daniel Chwist/Kamil Heller (Škoda Fabia)
Geogerios Visalakis/Thomas Krawszik (Ford Fiesta)
Aakhif Virani/Azhar Bhatti (Škoda Fabia)
Piero Canobbio/Flavio zanella (Hyundai N120)
Samman Vohra/Gurdeep Panesar (Škoda Fabia)
Diego Dominguez/Ragello Penate (Ford Fiesta)
HamzaAnwar/Adnan Din (Ford Fiesta Rally3)
Jeremiah Wahome/Victor Okundi Ford Fiesta Rally3)
McRea Kimathi/Mwangi Kioni (Ford Fiesta Rally3)
Jason Bailey/James Willets (Ford Fiesta Rally3)
Yasin Nasser/Ali Katumba (Ford Fiesta Rally3)
Giancarlo Devite/Sylvia Vindevogel (Ford Fiesta)
Evans Nzioka/Absolom Aswani (Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX)
Nickhil Sachania/Deep Patel (Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX)
Minesh Rathod/Jamie Mactavish (Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX)
Josiah Kariuki/John Ngugu (Subaru Impreza)
