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Maintain Safari Rally

What you need to know:

  • The decision to run the WRC Safari Rally in Naivasha is geared towards cutting costs.
  • We hope the changes do not affect the status and allure that Nairobi offered Safari Rally.

The iconic World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally will for the first time since its inception seven decades ago shift the ceremonial start and shakedown from Nairobi to Naivasha.

Organisers announced last week they have dropped Nairobi that has been the main ceremonial start location since 1953 to comply with new Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations requiring rallies to run from Thursday to Sunday exclusively in one region, with fans able to watch the shakedown.