RALLY🇰🇪2026-03-15

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

A Kenyan mother and daughter contesting the WRC in a Subaru Impreza GC8. In 2023 they became the first all-female crew to finish the Safari Rally. Their 2025 season with KCB Racing Team opens a new chapter

A daughter at the wheel, her mother reading the pace notes. No motorsport story quite like it exists anywhere in the world. Kenyan mother-and-daughter crew Tinashe Gatimu (driver, 20) and Caroline Gatimu (co-driver) 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 in the history of the Safari Rally to reach the finish.

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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