Navigated by Tauseef Khan, defending champion Karan Patel will be the first driver off the ramp during the opening season of Safari rally championships in Machakos Rally on Sunday.
Driving in Ford Fiesta Rally 2, Patel will be followed by runner’s up Jasmeet Chana and Ravi Chana in Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 10.
Seeded entry list Machakos Rally 2023 Round 1
1 #1 Karan Patel /Tauseef Khan (Ford Fiesta Rally2)
2 #2 Jasmeet Chana/ Ravi Chana (Mitsubishi Evolution 10)
3 #6 Aakif Virani /Azhar Bhatti (Skoda Fabia RC2-Rally2)
4 #19 Eric Bengi /Murage Waigwa (Mitsubishi Evolution 10 RC2-R4)
5 #38 Evans Kavisi/ Absalom Aswani (Mitsubishi Evolution 10 RC2-NR4)
6 #14 Issa Amwari /Edward Njoroge (Mitsubishi Evolution 10 RC2-NR4)
7 #8 Jeremiah Wahome /Victor Okundi (Ford Fiesta RC3)
8 #100 Yasin Nasser/Joseph Kamya (Uganda – Ford Fiesta RC2)
9 #21 McRae Kimathi /Mwangi Kioni ( Ford Fiesta RC3)
10 #16 Kush Patel /Mudasar Chaudry (Subaru Impreza)
11 #34 Rio Smith /Riyaz Ismail (Ford Fiesta RC4-2WD)
12 #55 Rajveer Thethy /Wayne Fernandes (Subaru Impreza NAT-S+)
13 #32 Edward Maina /Anthony Gichohi (Subaru Impreza NAT-S)
14 #40 Rashminder Bhabra/ Devan Bhundia (Datsun Violet)
15 #29 Daren Miranda/Linet Ayuko (Subaru Impreza)
16 #26 Sam Karangatha/Edward Ndukui (Subaru Leone)
17 #35 Sameer Nanji /Vinay Shah (VW Golf MK2)