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Safari Rally – Is the Safari too difficult, or is the problem elsewhere?

This year again, the question can be asked after the exhausting day experienced in the Naivasha region. Apart from Kalle Rovanperä, all the Rally1 players were affected. The cars' solidity on this terrain is undoubtedly not great enough, but aren't the tires' resistance and the drivers' approach also to blame?

Published 21/03/2025 à 20:12

Loïc ROCCI

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Safari Rally – Is the Safari too difficult, or is the problem elsewhere?

Being the only one to have avoided trouble, has Kalle Rovanperä discovered the secret to success in Kenya? (Photo: Nikos Katikis/DPPI)

All the competitors had predicted it and in the end there were no surprises. This 75th edition did not look like it would be easy to get through without any problems and it started very early with the withdrawal ofAdrien fourmaux after the Nairobi superspecial. The Frenchman was the first in a long line to suffer problems on their Rally1 from Sami Pajari (2 broken windscreens), to Grégoire Munster (broken suspension), via Ott Tänak (transmission) or Thierry Neuville (transmission, then

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Loïc ROCCI

Journalist specializing in rallying past, present and future... and with a southern accent

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