[WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2024

[J4MIE]

Thanks, that's interesting. I imagine, that when you do the recce, you will write everything down with a pencil. When do you have the time to type this into a computer? I have always had the impression that co drivers read from the handwritten sheets.

That was typed up from previous year hence the amendments written on it.
I prefer to have typed notes as my hand writing is rubbish
I take my mobile printer and spare pacenote paper to type up after recce. Got templates etc all arranged so doesn’t take me that long. But think I’d be the only one doing it.

Only slight issue with this one is 2022 the lanes were A (left) and B (right), but they swapped it round for 2023 so A was the right… I had made up a set of notes for starting on each lane.

[J4MIE]

Also national cars have the option to recce yesterday afternoon, so might’ve had the chance to do it then, but usually better to do it in the morning before the start.

I gave Gordon a copy of my notes to hopefully make recce easier for them, but he did rewrite in his own writing. Each codriver has their own way of doing things and own preferences.

[CeskyOndra]

Would it be better for Neuville (and Evans, I guess) to open the road on dry surface or with some mud? Normally in a gravel rally, the first on the road would hope for some rain to lower the sweeping effect, but in Safari?

I dont know, but there could be some advantage for them, if they will do the stage before the rain. They could have this kind of luck.. Otherwise, its maybe better to be dry

[J4MIE]

https://www.president.go.ke/safari-r...-to-five-days/

Safari Rally to be extended to 5 days

The government is planning to extend the World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally from a three-day sporting event to five days.

President William Samoei Ruto directed the Ministry of Sports to work with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the WRC to make this a reality.

"I think it is time to consider the request by drivers to return the rally to the five days it used to be," said President Ruto.

[Andre Oliveira]

That's good news.

[CeskyOndra]

That's good news.

More and more difficult for the fans to follow..

[rallyfiend]

Doesn't everyone want to bring costs down?!

[J4MIE]

Vohra has cage damaged in the roll, so game over unfortunately

Expensive few km…

[J4MIE]

Doesn't everyone want to bring costs down?!

There’ll be other shorter sprint events as well, so should hopefully not cost much more overall. And might open up more stages in other areas. Done some brilliant ones around Nanyuki just over the equator.

Also it’s 4 days just now, so ‘only’ one extra day. And maybe/probably an extra recce day.

[Morte66]

And... can't see SS1 from this morning on rally.tv, it just does a loading animation. I can only get the live stream, which is a Sweden replay.

Sigh.