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2022 Safari Rally Kenya - Saturday afternoon

Kalle Rovanperä added another 4.8sec to his Safari Rally Kenya lead on Saturday morning to hold tight at the head of a Toyota Gazoo Racing podium lockout.

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Hungarian crew Tibor Erdi Jnr and Zoltan Csoko finished the opening day of the 55th Mecsek Rallye at the head of the table after posting the fastest overall time on Stages 3 and 4 in the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4. Erdi and Csoko are just 6.6s ahead of the Audi quattro of ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno after the Italian crew set the pace in the two morning stages.

Porsche Penske Motorsport has taken wraps off its next year’s LMDh challenger, named 963 and sporting its final race livery at Goodwood Festival of Speed this evening

Kalle Rovanperä capitalised on team-mate Sébastien Ogier’s late misfortune to lead after Safari Rally Kenya’s vicious opening leg on Friday.

Elfyn Evans moved into the lead of Safari Rally Kenya as Toyota GR Yaris cars occupied the top four positions on a dramatic Friday morning.

Ciprian Lupu refuses to allow disability prevent him from pursuing his motorsport dreams. Ciprian is the first wheelchair user in his country to have a race car license issued by the Sports Automobile Romanian Federation (FRAS) and to officially participate in motorsport competitions. In 2021, the 38-year-old Romanian became the first wheelchair user with tetraplegia to win a National Rally Championship. Next month, together with co-driver Andrei Pintilii, he will compete in Rally Roma Capitale, part of the FIA European Rally Championship calendar. When he is not competing, Ciprian is the regional manager for Motivation Romania – an organization which provides wheelchairs and independent living training to change for the better the lives of people with disabilities in Romania. In this Q&A with fia.com, he reveals the challenges he has overcome – and offers motivation to fellow disabled competitors.

On 23-24 May, the FIA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) organised a Movernos Seguros workshop to analyse the road safety situation in Honduras, the role of vehicle insurance and key elements to improve post-crash response.

Following a colorful ceremonial start at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre this morning in attendance of H.E. President Kenyatta, Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Heritage Dr. Amina Mohamed, Safari Rally CEO Phineas Kimathi and FIA Vice-President for Sport Africa Rodrigo Rocha, Sébastien Ogier kicked off his Safari Rally Kenya title defence in style with the fastest time on Thursday afternoon’s thrilling opener in Nairobi.