Rwandan rally ace Giancarlo Davite finished in 5th place at the African Rally Championship (ARC) Equator Rally in Kenya on Sunday, April 3.

In his Mitsubishi 10 RC2, the Italy-born Rwandan driver finished the race in 02:42:19.2, behind Kenyan Karan Patel who won the race, Zambia's Leroy Gomes who was the second, and Kenya's Jasmeet Chana and Jeremy Wahome in the third and fourth place respectively.

Patel, a Nairobi-based businessman, driving a Ford Fiesta R2, and navigated by Tauseef Khan won the race for the first time in his rallying career despite suffering a broken drive shaft on Day One.

Results:

1. Karan Patel/Tauseef Khan (Ford Fiesta) 02:26:55.4

2. Leroy Gomes/Urshlla Gomes (Ford Fiesta) 02:30:08.6

3. Jasmeet Chana/Ravi Chana (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 02:30:51.0

4. Jeremy Wahome/Victor Okundi (Ford Fiesta) 02:39:56.0

5. Giancarlo Davite/Sylvia Vindevogel (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 02:42:19.2

6. Maxine Wahome/Waigwa Murage (Subaru Impreza) 02:53:48.4

7. Hamza Anwar/Adnan Din (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 03:06:15.3

8. McRae Kimathi/Mwangi Kioni (Ford Fiesta) 03:11:41.6

9. Steve Mwangi/Dennis Mwenda (Subaru Impreza) 03:14:53.0

10. Rio Smith/Riyaz Ismail (Ford Fiesta) 03:18:12.0

11. Paras Pandya/Falgun Bhojak (Mitsubishi Evolution) 03:18:18.9