Kenya will not be a 500km rally. I can tell you first hand. Was born in Kenya and have indirect ties to the organizers of the rally. They don't have enough private land for 500km. Public land is too dangerous and risky. It's basically farm land and fire roads... Mostly smooth roads even better than Turkey. I met two of the main organizers at Rally Turkey last year. They we're very vocal about how rough the Turkish roads were since they drove through many stages with FIA.. A vid of what stages would look like.
https://youtu.be/mWLZhNgHVmA
Dates for Round 1 of the 2026 European Rally Championship are 17th-19th April.
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