A change in FIA regulations that coincides with the Safari Rally moving to a more traditional March date in Kenya's rainy season has allowed Rally1 teams to fit these devices to cars for the first time.
Snorkels have long been a feature in the WRC and have been particularly associated with the Safari Rallys of the past. Perhaps the most iconic illustration of these in action is the now famous vision of a Toyota Celica submarining through one of Kenya's notorious mud holes in the mid-1990s.
The protruding intakes that rise into the air from the bonnets of rally cars have proven to be a necessary piece of kit for tackling the most gruelling event on the WRC calendar.
