Rwandan rally ace Giancarlo Davite finished in 5th place at the African Rally Championship (ARC) Equator Rally in Kenya on Sunday, April 3. In his Mitsubishi 10 RC2, the Italy-born Rwandan driver finished the race in 02:42:19.2, behind Kenyan Karan Patel who won the race, Zambias Leroy Gomes who was the second, and Kenyas Jasmeet Chana and Jeremy Wahome in the third and fourth place respectively. Patel, a Nairobi-based businessman, driving a Ford Fiesta R2, and navigated by Tauseef Khan won the race for the first time in his rallying career despite suffering a broken drive shaft on Day One. Results: 1. Karan Patel/Tauseef Khan (Ford Fiesta) 02:26:55.4 2. Leroy Gomes/Urshlla Gomes (Ford Fiesta) 02:30:08.6 3. Jasmeet Chana/Ravi Chana (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 02:30:51.0 4. Jeremy Wahome/Victor Okundi (Ford Fiesta) 02:39:56.0 5. Giancarlo Davite/Sylvia Vindevogel (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 02:42:19.2 6. Maxine Wahome/Waigwa Murage (Subaru Impreza) 02:53:48.4 7. Hamza Anwar/Adnan Din (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 03:06:15.3 8. McRae Kimathi/Mwangi Kioni (Ford Fiesta) 03:11:41.6 9. Steve Mwangi/Dennis Mwenda (Subaru Impreza) 03:14:53.0 10. Rio Smith/Riyaz Ismail (Ford Fiesta) 03:18:12.0 11. Paras Pandya/Falgun Bhojak (Mitsubishi Evolution) 03:18:18.9
