Safari Excitement Palpable As Ogier Tops 11 WRC Entries

Eleven World Rally Cars have been enlisted in a bumper 58-car entry for WRC Safari Rally Kenya Rally slated for June 24-27.

The list released today also boasts over 30 locals in the support categories led by R5 speedsters Carl "Flash' Tundo, Onkar Rai, Tejveer Rai and Karan Patel.

Tundo will drive the Minti Motorsport VW Polo he drove on Equator Rally.

Onkar and his elder brother Tejveer will also tackle the event behind the wheel of a VW Polo R5.

Karan Patel has entered a Ford Fiesta R5. Karan is the only Kenyan driver to have driven Inna WRC in the recent years when he ran give European based events.

Croatia Rally winner Ogier tops the list along with regular Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mates Elfyn Evans, Kalle Rovanperä and Japanese speed merchant Takamoto Katsuta in a quartet of Yaris World Rally Cars.

Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak will team up by Dani Sordo in the Hyundai Motorsport stable. 

Hyundai will spin an i20 World Rally Car which they hope to use in toppling the high-flying Yaris.

Ford M-Sport, who are WRC's third manufacturer, have also put in their entry. They before the close of entries on May 25.

M-Sport Ford has the likes of Gus Greensmith/Elliott Edmondson of Great Britain and ,Adrien Fourmaux/Renaud Jamoul both from Belgium and Lorenzo Bertelli/Simone Scattolin-Italy.

Uganda has the likes of Ronald Ssebuguzi, Yasser Nader, Duncan Mubiru, Hassan Alwi and Kepha Walubi.

WRC ENTRIES FOR WRC SAFARI

1. Sebastien OGIER/Julien INGRASSIA-FRA (TOYOTA

Yaris WRC)

2. Elfyn EVANS/Scott MARTIN

GBR (TOYOTA Yaris WRC)

3. Thierry NEUVILLE/Martijn WYDAEGHE-BEL

(HYUNDAI i20 Coupé WRC)

4. Ott TÄNAK/Martin JÄRVEOJA-

EST (HYUNDAI i20 Coupé WRC)

5. Kalle ROVANPERÄ/Jonne HALTTUNEN-FIN (TOYOTA

Yaris WRC)

6. Takamoto KATSUTA/Daniel BARRITT-JPN-GBR (TOYOTA

Yaris WRC)

7. Dani SORDO/Borja ROZADA

-ESP (HYUNDAI i20 Coupé WRC)

8. Gus GREENSMITH)Chris PATTERSON-GBR-IRL

(FORD

Fiesta WRC)

9. Adrien FOURMAUX/Renaud JAMOUL-FRA-BEL

(FORD Fiesta WRC

10. Pierre-Louis LOUBET)

Florian HAUT-LABOURDETTE

FRA (HYUNDAI

i20 Coupé WRC)

11. Lorenzo BERTELLI/Simone SCATTOLIN-ITA

(FORD Fiesta WRC)