'Flash' Tundo wins ARC Zambia Rally

Carl Tundo.

Kenyan driver Carl Tundo steers his Volkswagen Polo GTI with Kenyan co-driver Timothy Jessop during the SS11 stage of the 2021 Safari Rally Kenya near Lake Elmenteita, Kenya, on June 26, 2021, with Sleeping Warrior Hill in the background.

Photo credit: Tony Karumba | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The VW Polo crew has now won the last three rounds of the current series starting with Kenya’s Equator Rally then followed by Tanzania and now the Zambian event. The team is entered by the Minti Motorsports UK.
  • Guy Botteril of South Africa finished in a commendable second place driving a Toyota Etios. Yassin Nassir/Ali Katumba of Uganda was third.

Kenya’s Carl “Flash” Tundo Sunday extended his lead in the 2021 African Rally Championship (ARC) standings after clinching victory in the Karago Zambia Rally.

Home driver, Leroy Gomes, who was lying within 11 seconds of Tundo’s lead, was forced out of the rally in the last stage after his Ford Fiesta hit a tree.

Tundo’s victory in his debut in the Zambia Rally, with the help of his long-time navigator Tim Jessop, keeps alive his hopes of clinching the 2021 ARC title.

There are two rounds remaining in the series this season in Rwanda (October 22/24) and South Africa (November 26/27), respectively.

“It was a tough event, and I am happy to have won it. We will go to Rwanda to try and win the title. We had two punctures and had to drive with one out of one stage as our jack had also broken down. It was heart stopping moments but we survived it,” Jessop told Nation Sport from Zambia.

The VW Polo crew has now won the last three rounds of the current series starting with Kenya’s Equator Rally then followed by Tanzania and now the Zambian event. The team is entered by the Minti Motorsports UK.

Guy Botteril of South Africa finished in a commendable second place driving a Toyota Etios. Yassin Nassir/Ali Katumba of Uganda was third.