Thierry Neuville led Safari Rally Kenya on Friday morning as Africa’s unremitting roads cut a swathe through the FIA World Rally Championship’s big names. Neuville won the tight and twisty Chui Lodge and the blisteringly fast Kedong. “I didn’t feel like I was pushing really hard, I just felt quite comfortable in the car and tried to be as efficient as I could,” explained Neuville, who still had time for an overshoot. “I was driving with quite a high ride height to try and protect the car, but the negative point of that is it’s quite easy to roll,”. There’s so much dust in the car I can’t breathe,” said the Finn, who punctured in Kedong. Ogier’s Yaris shed an oil canister from the rear suspension of his Yaris in Kedong and he nursed the car through Oserian with no damping.

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