The Safari is characterised by its brutality – recognized the world over for its car-breaking nature and excessive problem.
That problem is just multiplied when the rain is concerned, and within the lead as much as rally week there was vital rainfall within the area, creating mud baths and patience-testing terrain.
Think about roads the drivers really feel are “much less ready” than in recent times, and it’s not troublesome to see why that is being touted as probably the most troublesome Safari of the trendy period (since 2021).
“It’s the craziest rally of the yr, and this yr I’ve to say it’s a lot, a lot worse than ever,” Oliver Solberg informed DirtFish.
“The roads look extraordinarily tough and it seems to be like they haven’t actually prepped the street, so you’re simply driving with what you see and driving by way of what you possibly can principally – so it’s very, very difficult.
“The automobiles will get some beating that’s for positive, so it’s undoubtedly not flat out as it’s normally,” the WRC2 driver added.
“Usually you possibly can go fairly quick, however I believe this yr it’s very completely different.”
