Ninety-one-year-old Sobieslaw Zasada will tackle next monthās Safari Rally Kenya (24 – 27 June) ā 24 years after his last competitive rally start. The Pole will drive a Ford Fiesta Rally3 run by M-Sport Poland on the gruelling African encounter, which returns to the FIA World Rally Championship following a 19-year absence. Zasadaās last rally was the 1997 Safari when he finished 12th alongside his wife, Ewa, in a Mitsubishi Lancer. āHe is not going there just to drive through,ā promised M-Sport Poland managing director Maciej Woda. Zasada finished second in the 1972 Safari driving a Porsche 911S, in a rally won by Hannu Mikkola. He will test his Fiesta for the first time in Poland on Wednesday. Adrien Fourmaux will drive M-Sport Fordās second Fiesta World Rally Car for the third time instead of Teemu Suninen.
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