Safari Rally Stage 18: Onkar Rai wins WRC3

 

There are no heroics from the local star Onkar Rai here in the final stage. He cruises to the end to confirm an emotional victory in WRC3. 

Onkar dedicates the win to his brother Tejveer, who crashed on Friday. 

"It's amazing. I hope he is watching, this is for him. It was a really hard drive and I am really happy that we have got the rally back," said Onkar. 

Kenya's Karan Patel is 20.1sec slower than Rai, but there's nothing to fight for here on the final stage. The Fiesta man ends second in WRC3 and eighth overall. 

"It's been quite tough for both of us and for the team. We are really thankful for the position we finished in. For us, it's Safari, and we are really happy the WRC is back in our hometown," said Patel. 

Carl Tundo finishes third in WRC3 after a mixed weekend. If it weren't for a crash on the opening day he could have been in contention for the win. 

"A lot of challenges this rally with lot of problems on Friday. If we'd just been a bit more sensible, we would have been further up. But anyway, we got here, another rally under the belt, and it's WRC."    BY DAILY NATION