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WRC Safari: Gus keen to seal WRC2 win in Naivasha

Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 31.03.24. | 07:23

Carl Tundo maintains the lead in the KNRC championship, the second leg of the Kenyan rallying calendar

Gus Greensmith edged closer to WRC2 victory at Safari Rally after ending Saturday’s penultimate leg with a commanding buffer still intact.

Provided he can steer clear of any major dramas in Sunday’s final leg, Greensmith is poised to extract maximum points from his first scoring outing of the season. 

With his flu-like symptoms gradually improving, Saturday was a much more enjoyable day for the Briton.

Greensmith took full advantage of the mighty lead he’d built over the previous day, taking minimal risks to avoid damaging his tyres on Kenya’s rock-strewn roads. 

He dropped time to his Toksport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 team-mate Oliver Solberg, who was hampered by tyre troubles on Friday, across all but one stage but still reached the overnight halt 1m 55.0s clear of the Swede.

“It's been fine today (Saturday), I am feeling better now,” Greensmith confirmed. 

“We took the last one nice and easy because we knew it was going to be rough, and it made no sense to lose time changing a tyre. Nothing was more physically demanding than yesterday - today, in comparison, was a walk in the park.”

Kajetan Kajetanowicz retained control of the WRC2 Challenger class whilst also completing the outright top three in WRC2. 

He trailed Solberg by more than four minutes at close of play but had even more time in hand over Nicolas Ciamin behind.

Charles Munster and Daniel Chwist completed the top six while local driver Carl Tundo continued to top the WRC Masters Cup standings.


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FIA World Rally ChampionshipsSafari RallyGus GreensmithOliver Solberg

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