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Thursday, 09 June 2022 / Published in Uncategorized

Co-driver Aswani expounds the art of communication in a rally car

As navigator Absalom Aswani would put it, the  art of communication between two parties comes down to common understanding.

 

 This could come to fruition through spoken word, written word, body language, sign language – and the list goes on and on.

 

 In a rally cockpit, communication between the driver and co-driver is key to achieving good stage times as well as enhancing safety of both.

 

“Anyone can mess up but it is how you react that will determine the direction of things. I’ve always owned up and been clear with my position that helps the driver to know what to do. I get the same from my driver Evans Kavisi. Honesty is key since we both of usdetermine our eventuality.”

 

When a rally car is going flat-out on a gravel speed test, and both the driver and navigator are trying to hear each other over the din in the engine and gearbox, a communication device quickly falls into pace.

 

“An intercom system is a communication device that helps drivers and us navigators to flawlessly communicate, and most importantly, for the co-drivers to call the notes,” Aswani quips.

 

Basically, a rally navigator or co-driver is probably the most important individual of a rally team.

 

“Pace notes are written descriptions of the road conditions ahead. Before the start of a rally, organisers provide a Road Book that has route instructions. The the navigator will give directions to the driver and make sure they get to the right place,” Aswani narrates.

 

Aswani, who will be codriving Evans Kavisi in the KCB Bank sponsored Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX, reveals that all rallies are run on a strict time schedule and each section of a rally has a specific time for each car.

 

 “A rally navigator is the chief timekeeper and monitors these times down to the second. The most important job is making sure a driver and car is when and where they are supposed to be during a rally.”

 Aswani: has always loved the thrill in sporting on the edge. He has tried his hand in boxing, martial arts, rugby and then motorsports.

 

Asked how he succumbed to the lure of calling the pace-notes, Aswani went on: “Navigation was the easier option compared to driving and I got stuck here as soon as I had the motorsport bug. Thoroughly enjoying it!”

 

 MORE ABOUT ABSALOM ASWANI

NICKNAME: ABU

DOB: 18th December 1979

RALLY DEBUT: 2008 April, Eldoret Rally in an Ex-Azar Subaru Legacy with Raymond Kiruki

LAST RALLY: East African Safari Classic Rally

FIRST KNRC AND RESULT: Kcb Biashara Banking Rally Eldoret 2010: finished 18th

FIRST ROAD CAR: Toyota Starlet EP70

HOMETOWN: Kitale

LIVES IN: Nairobi

OCCUPATION: Artist

CAREER BEST KNRC FINISH: 2nd runners up KCB Machakos Rally 2021 

CAREER BEST TNRC FINISH: Winner Tanga rally 2013

MENTORS: Pastor Julius Ngige and Azar Anwar

MOST ADMIRED SPORTS PERSONALITIES: Sebastien Loeb, Baldev Chagar and Eliud Kipchoge

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

  1. Won Tanga Rally 2013
  2. 2nd Moshi Rally 2014
  3. Winner Group N 2014 TNRC, (driver emerged the champion) 

3  2nd Mkwawa Rally Morogoro Tanzania 

  1. 3rd ARC Dsm Tz (twice – 2013/2019)
  2. 2012 Safari Rally 2WD winners
  3. 7th in Guru Nanak Rally of 2013 with Azar Anwar
  4. 3rd 2021 KCB Machakos Rally 
  5. 25th 2021 East Africa Safari Classic Rally

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