Sébastien Ogier kicked off his Safari Rally Kenya title defence in style with the fastest time on Thursday afternoon’s thrilling opener in Nairobi.
Ogier, who is contesting a partial programme with Toyota Gazoo Racing this season, edged Hyundai Motorsport star Thierry Neuville by just five-tenths of a second in the curtain-raising two-at-a-time Super Special Kasarani on the edge of the capital.
Ott Tänak brought up the rear of the podium, the Estonian only 0.5sec down on his i20 N…