Daughter at the Wheel, Mother on the Notes — The Gatimu Pair and Three Consecutive Safari Rally Starts

A daughter at the wheel, her mother reading the pace notes. The combination has no precedent in world motorsport. Kenyan mother-and-daughter crew Tinashe Gatimu (driver, 20) and Caroline Gatimu (co-driver) have contested the WRC Safari Rally for three consecutive years — 2023, 2024 and 2025 — in a Subaru Impreza GC8. In 2023, they became the first all-female crew to finish the Safari Rally in the event's history. In 2025 they joined KCB Racing Team as the team's first female crew, with sponsorship from Finsco Africa behind them. Their story is still being written.

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உள்ளூர் நாணயத்தில் காட்டப்படும் தொகை குறிப்புக்காக மட்டுமே. அனைத்து கட்டணங்களும் ஜப்பானிய யென் (JPY) இல் வசூலிக்கப்படும்; சரியான தொகை பணம் செலுத்தும் நேரத்தின் மாற்று விகிதத்தைப் பொறுத்தது.

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