Formula One champion, Lewis Hamilton has congratulated Kenyan rally driver Maxine Wahome on her win at the recently concluded World Rally Championship.
Hamilton, 37, a seven time World Champion in Formula One, posted a photo of Maxine, her navigator Murage Waigwa and President Uhuru Kenyatta on the podium at the end of the WRC Safari Rally in Naivasha.
On top was a tweet from Autosport detailing Wahome’s WRC3 win in Naivasha. With it, Hamilton added a double high-five on his Instagram stories.
Wahome produced five error-free stages on the final day of the Safari to head the all-Ford Fiesta Rally3 field by 25min 27sec over second-placed Jeremy Wahome.
The last woman to win a major WRC class was Isolde Holdereid in the Group N Cup in 1994.
Wahome, who was the only female driver in the top classes at the Rally received massive praise across social media.
