Kung Saan Nagtatagpo ang Pitong Bansa sa Alikabok — Mountain Gorilla Rally 2026 at ang Lakas ng Grassroots Motorsport ng Africa
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ARC Round 4, Rwanda. Nagwagi sina Karan Patel / Tauseef Khan sa pangkalahatang panalo. Dominado ni Naveen Puligilla ng India ang ARC3 sa 12 stage win. Pitong bansa, isang sponsor na bangko, at isang kultura ng motorsport na hindi kailanman ipinapakita ng kalendaryo ng WRC.
Ang distrito ng Bugesera sa Rwanda ang naging tahanan ng Round 4 ng FIA African Rally Championship mula Hulyo 10 hanggang 12, 2026. Labimpitong crew mula sa walong bansa — Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Denmark, at India — ang nakipagpaligsahan sa 18 special stage sa loob ng 307.52 kilometrong kumpetisyon sa bilis na umaabot ng halos 170 km/h. Malayo sa mga grandstand ng kalendaryo ng WRC, ito ay isang kultura ng motorsport na lumalago mula sa graba pataas.
Overall victory went to Karan Patel and Tauseef Khan of Kenya, aboard a Skoda Fabia Rally2. The pair, who have competed together for over a decade, mastered the Bugesera gravel to claim the top step. Ahmed Huwel of Tanzania finished second overall, with Aakif Virani of Kenya third.
In the ARC3 class, Naveen Puligilla and Musa Sherif of Team Duran Racing — Puligilla hailing from Hyderabad, Sherif from Kasaragod — won 12 of the 18 stages to take class honours and finish fourth overall. Their performance underlined the growing presence of South Asian drivers in African championship rallying.
BPR Bank Rwanda served as title sponsor with a reported investment of Rwf 150 million (approximately JPY 16.5 million), alongside co-sponsor Engen Rwanda. In the ARC standings, Karan Patel leads the championship heading into the second half of the season.
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