For Maxine Wahome, as a young safari rally driver, it must be one thing to win on your debut and on home soil and it is another to be congratulated by motorsport legend Lewis Hamilton. 

Yes, that happened! 7-time F1 world champion, Lewis Hamilton shared a screenshot from autosport which was celebrating Wahome after becoming the first woman to win a round in the just concluded Safari rally event in Naivasha.

At just 26, Wahome clocked 25 minutes and 27s which was enough to see her win the WRC’s third-tier class.

"History made! Maxine Wahome has become the first woman to win a round in the #WRC's WRC3 class at #SafariRallyKenya," read Autosport's tweet.

Reacting to the post, Lewis Hamilton posted a hands-up emoji to celebrate the young queen.

Maxine navigated by Murage Waigwa, was making her WRC3 debut on home soil in her new Ford Fiesta machine, Wahome bossed in fourteen stages clocking 5.20.21 hours to lead the all-Ford Fiesta Rally3 category which also saw her finish in the 16th position overall.

"I am very excited about finishing the rally which is among the toughest in the world. I am grateful to my team for supporting me through the preparations and the rally itself. I am also grateful to my sponsors for giving me the privilege of being the only female driver who competed and finished at this year’s WRC Safari Rally. I hope more women will compete next year and we can make history," said Maxine Wahome.

She added, "It was a tough rally extremely tough one especially for me with a brand new car but my goal was to learn the car, take every day take it step by step that's what brought me here."

Maxine says her next assignment is the African rally championships and that is what she plans to focus on as she aims for even much better performance.

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