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Chana brothers ready for big test against top guns at Safari Rally

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Mechanics give rally cars their final touches at the service park at the Wildlife Research and Training Institute as teams prepare for the start of the 2026 WRC Safari Rally Kenya in Naivasha. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Not since 1965, when brothers Joginder Singh and Jaswant Singh won the East Africa Safari Rally in a Volvo PV44, has there been a sibling as successful as the Chana brothers, Jasmeet and Ravinder.

The Chana brothers are amongst six Kenyans who will be competing in the WRC Safari Rally 2026 in the second-tier Rally 2 class in their potent Ford Fiesta Rally 2, aiming to mix with the best of European professionals and fly the national flag high.

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