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Katsuta takes first WRC win in Kenya Safari Rally
Gulf Today
|March 16, 2026
NAIVASHA: Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston made history on Sunday by securing an emotional maiden FIA World Rally Championship victory at Safari Rally Kenya.
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On his 94th WRC start, Katsuta became the first Japanese driver to win a WRC round since Kenjiro Shinozuka triumphed at the Ivory Coast Rally in 1992. The result is especially poignant for Katsuta, coming at the same African event where he scored his first WRC podium back in 2021.
The foundations for Katsuta's historic triumph were laid during a weekend of extreme attrition that decimated much of the Rally! field. The decisive moment came on Saturday morning across the notoriously demanding Sleeping Warrior stage and its subsequent road section.
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