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AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> KILIMANJARO rally whizzkid, Gurjit Dhani says missing out the World Rally Championship (WRC), that was to make a possible return to Kenya in July, deeply affected him and his team mates.<\/p>\n

The Skoda Fabia superstar said he can\u2019t compete in the world class event because of his car modification though it is among the reliable WRC machines.<\/p>\n

Speaking from Moshi, Kilimanjaro yesterday, Dhani said he and his Harry Singh Team mates, Ajminder, Rajpal Mandeep showed interest to test their driving skills against the global level wheelers, but the types of their cars don\u2019t suit the world class rallying.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy car is a group S class though it mostly used by WRC drivers while traditionally group A and N can be allowed,\u201d he said.\u00a0 Adding Gurjit said The WRC cars are restricted to using 1600cc engines. Cars may be naturally aspirated or turbocharged, ran by petrol fuel, with exception of class R3D, which is for diesel supercharged engines.<\/p>\n

Christened WRC Safari Rally Kenya, the event was meant to make his debut in July this year, but the iconic event was postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus scare.<\/p>\n

Gurjit said the coronavirus threat has deeply affected motorsports to the extent it has affected the drivers fitness after staying idle for over ten weeks now.<\/p>\n

He said even if the rally would be staged in July this year, none of them could manage to participate after many countries restricted movement and big gatherings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe import many rally gear and spares from outside Tanzania, most notably Kenya, a country where my navigator Absalom Aswan hails. With borders closed many things can\u2019t be done now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Still, according to Dhani, most drivers are delighted to see WRC back to East Africa after so many years. He said the new-look Safari Rally will be an event \u201ccompletely new for the present generation of drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Safari, which is regarded as the world\u2019s toughest rally, hasn\u2019t featured on the WRC calendar since 2002 when Colin McRae and Nicky Grist secured a near three-minute victory over Harri Rovanper\u00e4 and Risto Pietil\u00e4inen.<\/p>\n

The gruelling motor rally event has been featuring as a round of the FIA African Rally Championship. This year was to mark Safari\u2019s first appearance on the WRC schedule after an 18-year hiatus.<\/p>\n

Multiple former world champion S\u00e9bastien Loeb is incidentally the only driver in the current crop of WRC speedsters to grace the Safari 18 years ago, although it\u2019s unclear if he would have been selected for Hyundai\u2019s third i20 Coupe WRC.<\/p>\n

The Safari was, however, the latest WRC round to be lost to the coronavirus last week after rallies of Argentina, Italy and Portugal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany years have passed since Bert Shankland and Zully Rehmtulla and Nizar Jivani used to be Safari Heroes in the 1970s, I think our generation is not conversant with Safari and since they don\u2019t know much about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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