Safaricom injects Sh46.5 million into 2025 WRC Safari Rally
Motorsport
By
Ochieng Oyugi
| Mar 19, 2025
Safaricom yesterday announced a KES.46.5 million sponsorship for the upcoming 2025 WRC Safari Rally.
The Safari Rally will be held from Thursday, 20th, to Sunday, 23rd, in Naivasha.
The entry list for the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship is out, with 47 entries confirmed.
Championship leader Elfyn Evans heads the list for Toyota GAZOO Racing, holding a 28-point advantage coming into the rally. Joining him is two-time Safari winner Kalle Rovanperä, alongside Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari.
Hyundai Motorsport is determined to break Toyota’s unbeaten run on the Safari since its WRC return in 2020, with Thierry Neuville, Ott Tänak, and Adrien Fourmaux spearheading the team’s i20 N Rally1 attack.
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M-Sport Ford fields a trio of Puma Rally1 cars, with Grégoire Munster, Josh McErlean, and gentleman driver Jourdan Serderidis taking the wheel.
In WRC2, reigning champion Oliver Solberg headlines the category in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2, while Kajetan Kajetanowicz debuts a similar car. Other notable entries include Jan Solans, Gus Greensmith, and FIA Junior WRC regular Diego Domínguez, who all begin their WRC2 campaigns here. Paraguay’s Fau Zaldivar is another name to watch.
Flying the Kenyan flag will be Karan Patel, Carl Tundo, Hamza Anwar and Jeremiah Wahome.