NAIVASHA, Kenya, June 23 – Five-time Safari Rally champion Carl ‘Flash’ Tundo will lead Kenya’s charge in shakedown on Wednesday at the 5.1km stretch.
Three Kenyans including the Rai siblings Onkar and Tejveer have also been included in the list that also has world top drivers Sebastien Ogier from the Toyota Gazoo Racing team, Ott Tanak from the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally team and Gus Greensmith from the M-Sport Ford World Rally team among others.
“Shakedown is used as a qualifier to choose positions and to do a final test of the cars, we have 15 cars slotted in for the first run, the three of which are local. Stage was ready at 1 minute past 10am this morning we go live at 13:01hrs,” Adeem Bashir, the deputy stage commander at Shakedown told Capital Sport.
Shakedown is designed to give drivers an opportunity to test their machines well in time as well as giving media an opportunity to capture the first look moments prior to the event.
Only WRC 1, 2 and 3 drivers have been enlisted for shakedown.
Onkar and Tejveer are currently running VW Polo R5 while Tundo will be behind wheel of a similar car.
