WRC Safari Rally: Neuville edges Tanak to grab early lead

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World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville grabbed an early Safari Rally Kenya lead after edging Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak to win the opening stage.

The most gruelling event on the WRC calendar began with its traditional Kasarani side-by-side super special in the centre of the Kenyan capital city Nairobi. Neuville came out on top with a 0.1-second margin over Tanak.Neuville took on Toyota title rival Elfyn Evans in their heat, which resulted in the former posting a time 1.7s faster than the Welshman.“It will be a challenging event.

The Finn, making the second start of his partial campaign, was the second Rally1 car into the stage and as a result he expected his time to be eclipsed as the road cleaned with every pass. Rovanpera comfortably beat M-Sport’s Gregoire Munster in their heat. Gus Greensmith, Jonas Andersson, Toksport WRT Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool “It’s nice to see all the fans here. It was so slippy and there was no line after the smaller cars,” said Rovanpera.

 

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