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Why 2023 WRC Safari Rally was the toughest

Takamoto Katsuta and his navigator Aaron Johnston check on their damaged car during the WRC Safari Rally. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

With Frenchman Sebastian Ogier declared the WRC Safari Rally champion at the weekend, the bitter contest on the homestretch showed only the strongest could survive one of the toughest and roughest rallies in the world.

Out of the 34 cars that commenced the over 1,000km contest at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi last Thursday, only 24 successfully drove their machines to the end on the rocky and dusty terrains of Naivasha.

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