Toyota duo of Solberg, Edmondson set the pace in WRC Safari Rally
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Oliver Solberg and co driver Elliott Edmonson racing on a Toyota Yaris race through the Nawisa stage during Shakedown at the WRC Safari Rally Kenya on March 12, 2026.
Toyota Gazoo Racing crew of Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson dominated the opening day finishing with a 33-second lead.
The usual pace notes became almost meaningless as the sky opened up in the afternoon, flooding the route.
Kenyan duo of Karan Patel and Tauseef Khan, piloting a Škoda Fabia, were the highest placed local team, finishing 16th, 9 minutes 13.4 seconds behind Solberg.
Toyota Gazoo Racing crew of Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson dominated the opening day of the World Rally Championship Safari Rally after only 32 kilometres of serious racing through muddy slime, rain and rocky patches at Camp Moran in Naivasha yesterday.
They built a commanding advantage, finishing the Toyota GR Yaris with a 33-second lead at the end of Stage Two Mzabibu, while many of their opponents were left counting loses at the service park inside Wildlife Training and Research Institute in Naivasha, where their cars were covered in thick, muddy sludge.
