Sebastien Ogier kept his nerve to hold off Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera to win SafariRallyKenya Full WRC report ⬇️
finished third and fourth to mirror the 1-2-3-4 Toyota scored at the event last year.
The journey for Evans and Katsuta was far from simple. Evans remained in touch with the lead two occupying third until Saturday morning when the Welshman dropped more than a minute on stage eight after his GR Yaris took on too much water in a water splash and stalled. After losing more time to a puncture, Evans also escaped a couple of scares that damaged his rear wing, before coming home in third, 2m58.5s, adrift.
Katsuta also endured an eventful rally that began with the Japanese driver rolling his GR Yaris in Wednesday’s shakedown. A broken lower suspension arm, a run in with a zebra and a clash with a tree left his car significantly damaged on Friday. But two stages wins across a much smoother Saturday and Sunday, albeit hampered by a leaking radiator on the final stage, helped him to fourth, 3m23.8s behind.
M-Sport’s rally started brightly with Tanak winning Thursday’s Nairobi superspecial by 0.1s from Ogier. However, his rally unrivalled on Friday when he was delayed by a pig and a group of zebra, before a puncture cost the Estonian more than two minutes, having already been struggling with his Ford Puma’s handling., who lost time to a power problem, two punctures and handling issues.
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