Pajari feels ready to fight for a WRC win after his latest success in Kenya



Sami Pajari is being happy with his performance recently and believes that there is still room for him to improve, but he feels ready to fight against the very best WRC drivers in order to claim his first ever win in World Rally Championship.

The Finn driver secured his third podium in World Rally Championship at Safari Rally Kenya ten days ago and it was the first time that he finished on the podium positions for a second consecutive WRC event showing his potential. In fact, Pajari managed to win five out of 19 stages in Kenya and to overtake Esapekka Lappi on the classification on Sunday as his compatriot had to slow down due tp the fact that his i20N carried a high oil temperature alert in Stage 19. However, Pajari's weekend was easier than his rivals as he was able to stay through from three punctures during the third WRC round of this season. Last but not least, it must be mentioned that, over the last 10 WRC events, Pajari has secured nine top-seven finishes, including three podium results, accumulating a total of 107 points.

"It’s going quite well recently and I must be super happy for that", Pajari said. 

"At the same time I still feel there is room to improve and we have finished third three times now, so there are two more steps to do and I hope at some point we can claim those places as well.

"Safari Rally Kenya is a really unique rally and of course it is really nice to finish on the podium, but also at the same time we had five stage wins, so it was not only about slowly getting through the rally, we had some quick pace. 
"I’m happy from both sides.

"Of course we are there to fight with anybody and we have taken some stage wins on quite many different types of rallies and I think we are getting to the place where we can say we can basically fight with anyone in any condition.

"We are there not only to fight with our team-mates, but in general it is sport, so we try to do the best we can, otherwise we wouldn’t be here".


Source: wrc.com


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