THE KENYAN RALLY DRIVERS BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS

Kenya doesn’t trip off the tongue as a global motorsport powerhouse, but at the Safari Rally last month two trailblazing local drivers lit up the famous event. While Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera enhanced his reputation as the World Rally Championship’s new wonderkid by conquering the Safari, there was another success story unfolding in the Kenyan savannah. Part-time schoolteacher Maxine Wahome created history by becoming the first woman to win a WRC support class since Isolde Holderied won a Group N Cup round in 1994, with victory in WRC3.

And Wahome wasn’t the only impressive subplot – paraplegic Nikhil Sachania inspired disabled people the world over to finish arguably the world’s toughest rally inside the top 20.

Wahome’s success has shot the 26-year-old to not only national notoriety but global fame, with her achievements recognised by none other than seven-time Formula 1 world