Kenya's Junior World Rally Championship team of McRae Kimathi and Kioni Mwangi is in Croatia for the next round of the tournament.
Back in February, McRae finished fourth in the Sweden Championship in their class and 62nd overall in his debut WRC.
In Sweden, the Kenyan rally driver had a unique experience of racing in snow which proved to be quite a challenge for him.
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McRae, who drives a Ford Fiesta R3 will also confront a new challenge as he will be racing on the tarmac for the first time.
“Croatia will be new, a fast tarmac event and as my colleagues told me, it becomes really slippery when wet, something we have to be careful about.
“I have never driven on tarmac, but we are planning something soon, maybe have a test before Croatia just to know how the car feels on tarmac,” McRae stated earlier.
The 27-year-old rally driver in a past interview noted that he has never raced on tarmac expecting a new experience in Croatia through 20 stages.
McRae who is currently ranked fifth in the WRC3 Junior Standings with 12 points and sixth in WRC3 with 15 points is seeking to become the first African to clinch the World Rally Championship drivers' title.
The Ford Fiesta R3 rally driver became the first Kenyan to ever enter the FIA Junior WRC Championship and is the fourth African driver to ever compete in Junior WRC.
The World Rally Championship (WRC) Croatia is in its third round and runs from April 21 to April 24.
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