Toyota go into the last day of the Safari Rally set to sweep the top four places and with Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera fighting for victory after the weather played its hand on Saturday.
Ogier had been 32 seconds clear of the reigning world champion and 2022 winner after the day’s penultimate stage but a sudden rainstorm slashed the Frenchman’s advantage to 16.7 seconds after the closing ‘Sleeping Warrior’ run.
The rain turned the dry roads to slippery mud with 39-year-old Ogier the last top driver on the stage and facing the worst of the conditions in the toughest event on the calendar….