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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Karan Patel has vowed to keep pushing leader Leroy Gomes in the race for this year\u2019s FIA African Rally Championship title.<\/p>\n

Asked about his approach to the penultimate fixture of the season in Rwanda this weekend, the Kenyan series leader insisted that the championship race is not over until it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I don\u2019t need any other motivation to put my foot down, so we just go with the plan we have, which is to attack. But I believe we also have a lot of other good drivers who are able,\u201d Karan said.<\/p>\n

Gomes could seal a maiden continental title on the technical gravel roads of the iconic Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally if he scores a maximum of 30 points on Sunday.<\/p>\n

But Karan hopes to continue piling pressure on the Zambian to see if he can take some other points from the last two events in Rwanda and Zambia.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond time here (in Rwanda), we are overly excited. We are looking forward to a good competition. We are here to fight for the lead and let\u2019s see how we accomplish that. The pressure might be there given Gomes\u2019 lead on the log but as an experienced driver, I know that will not affect the way to attack the rally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Karan and Zambian Leroy will tackle this weekend\u2019s event in their state-of-the-art Ford Fiesta Rally2 machines (the former R5). Karan will partner with Tauseef Khan while Leroy will be navigated by his wife Urshla Gomes.<\/p>\n

While Karan remains a firm favourite at the penultimate stage, Gomes savours a good 27-point advantage following two wins during the season-opening Rallye Bandama in Ivory Coast and in the prestigious Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally.<\/p>\n

Like Gomes, Karan also has two wins under his belt in Uganda and Tanzania. But the Kenyan has had to play catch up as a result of skipping the ivory Coast season opener.<\/p>\n

Karan\u2019s navigator Tauseef Khan was all smiles and said: \u201cIt feels great to return here after a whole year. We are looking forward to the event. Once we are done with recce, we will be able to tell how the route is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven Gomes\u2019 position on the log, the only thing we can do in Rwanda is going flat-out and try to win the event and keep him behind us. But let\u2019s see what the rest of the drivers will have to offer in terms of speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tauseef predicted a potentially technical race that he believes should be approached cleverly. \u201cFor us, we like twisty events, which we find more convenient to the car, but again it\u2019s the kind of rally that should essentially keep us on the edge through and through.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s ARC has been to Ivory Coast (Bandama), Kenya (Equator), Tanzania and Uganda (Pearl).<\/p>\n

ARC LoG AFTER TANZANIA<\/p>\n

1 Leroy Gomes (ZMB) 102pts<\/p>\n

2 Karan Patel (Ken) 75pts<\/p>\n

3 =Giancarlo Davite (Rwa) 38pts<\/p>\n

=Jeremy Wahome (Ken) 38pts<\/p>\n

5 Hamza Anwar (KEN) 34pts<\/p>\n

5=Yasin Nasser (Uga) 34pts<\/p>\n

7 Jas Mangat ( Uga) 30pts<\/p>\n

8 Mcrae Kimathi ( Ken) 28pts<\/p>\n

9 Jasmeet Chana ( Ken) 21pts<\/p>\n

10 Gurpal Sandhu (TZ) 17pts<\/p>\n

11 Maxine Wahome (Ken) 15pts<\/p>\n

12 Kaka Mahender Singh Jr (Uga) 13pts<\/p>\n

13 Rio Smith (Ken) 9pts<\/p>\n

14 Paras Pandya (Ken) 7pts<\/p>\n

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