{"id":311232,"date":"2023-06-23T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311232"},"modified":"2023-06-23T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T14:58:18","slug":"rally-drivers-startled-by-rogue-zebras-pigs-at-200km-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311232","title":{"rendered":"Rally drivers startled by rogue zebras, pigs at 200km\/h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quirk of arguably the toughest car rally in the world reared its head when several drivers were forced to slow for zebras and pigs making their way onto the course.<\/p>\n<p>Ford driver Ott Tanak and Hyundai&#x27;s part-timer Dani Sordo both came upon the wildlife on a special stage two of Safari Rally Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s like driving in a zoo. We met a pig and then we had a group of zebras who didn&#x27;t give a f&#8212;,&quot; said Tanak.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship, Safari Rally Kenya on June 22-5.<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/DnH61N\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>All the action streaming ad free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sordo said, &quot;We saw some zebras in the middle of the stage and we were stuck behind them.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sordo and Tanak lost time as a result, ending the stage sixth and seventh respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"878666c0-8d01-4a27-9af3-9f6b6dd3ebca\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/878666c0-8d01-4a27-9af3-9f6b6dd3ebca\" alt=\"Ott Tanak was among those to come across zebras on special stage two at Rally Safari Kenya.\" data-width=\"6161\" data-height=\"4107\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tanak had led the rally after Thursday&#x27;s opening super special stage, but fell to sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Sordo&#x27;s teammate Thierry Neuville was fourth quickest in the second stage despite a bee finding its way into the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s very shaky in there and we got kicked off the line and we had a big bee in the car,&quot; he said at the special stage control.<\/p>\n<p>Sebastien Ogier leads the rally after the second stage, nearly 10 seconds clear of Toyota teammate Kalle Rovanpera while Neuville sits third.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSportLtd\/status\/1672116561908203520\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSportLtd\/status\/1672116561908203520<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The four-day FIA World Rally Championship event is one of the most gruelling, with some of the toughest roads that challenge even the most developed cars.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the third edition of Rally Kenya since the world championship ended its 19-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>The event was a staple of the calendar from 1973 through to 2002 but was absent until 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 edition is the 70th running of the event, which debuted in 1953.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttTanak\/status\/1670750145049243648\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttTanak\/status\/1670750145049243648<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stan Sport will carry live, ad-free coverage of SS9 and SS12 from 4pm and 10pm respectively on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage continues on Sunday with SS16 at 4pm and SS19 at 9pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A quirk of arguably the toughest car rally in the world reared its head when several drivers were forced to slow for zebras and pigs <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311232\" title=\"Rally drivers startled by rogue zebras, pigs at 200km\/h\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":311234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311238,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311232\/revisions\/311238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/311234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}