Kenyan teen champion Hirani to make history as first African in RX Lites series
Kenya’s Tejas Hirani will become the first African to compete in the RX Lites series thanks to an Olsbergs MSE sponsorship.
The series is a feeder event to the FIA World Rallycross Championship. Hirani – who is just 17-years-old – competed in three RX Lites rounds in 2015 and will be looking to build on the experience he gained from last year.
Hirani had a breakthrough year in 2015 where he also won the Formula Gulf 1000 championship in the UAE. Hirani will embark on his first full RX Lites campaign at the World RX season-opener in Portugal in April.
To prepare him for the challenge, Hirani will compete in the highly-competitive RallyX on Ice series which begins in Pitea, Sweden later this month.
