Hankook Tire Sponsors World Rally Championship Safari Rally Kenya Held

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"Safari Rally Kenya," the third round match of the Motor Sports Competition "2026 World Rally Championship (WRC)," organized by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), where Hankook Tire & Technology exclusively supplies racing tires, will be held from March 12 to 15 in Naivasha, Kenya. The race will take place outside Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on harsh unpaved terrain near Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley, requiring drivers to quickly adapt to new high-level courses and sophisticated race strategies.

The rally will run through a total of 20 special stages covering about 300.52 kilometers for four days. In particular, it is considered the most extreme off-road competition within the WRC due to the combination of deep and rough sand, sharp rocks, and vast savannah terrain, as well as the infamous fine sand "Pecipesi" and rapidly changing weather conditions. Due to this extreme environment, the technology of tires that can maintain stable durability, grip, and handling performance in the entire rally is expected to be a key factor in determining the match.Hankook Tire will supply "DinaPro R213," an extreme all-weather rally tire of its SUV-only tire brand "DinaPro," to support players' performance at this competition.

Currently, Dynapro is expanding its influence in the global market by operating lineups tailored to the on- and off-road environment around the world, including Korea, Europe, China, Latin America, and North America. The "DinaPro R213" installed in this competition's vehicles is available in two versions, hard and soft, and its strength is that it effectively absorbs the impact of unpaved road surfaces while having excellent heat resistance and wear resistance. In particular, the newly introduced soft tires are designed to maintain stable performance even in extreme driving conditions by providing improved grip power on slippery roads.The direction of winning the competition is also of great interest.

Safari Rally Kenya has been dominated by the "Toyota Gaju Racing" team for five consecutive years since returning to the WRC in 2021, but the "Hyundai Shell Mobis" team and the "M Sport Ford" team, which finished second and third last year, are also expected to face a fierce battle. Hankook Tire has proven its technology by exclusively supplying tires to major international competitions such as the WRC and European Rally Championship.

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