Maxine Wahome

Maxine Wahome (born 21 December 1995) is a former motorcross rider and current Kenyan racing driver.

Maxine Wahome
Nationality Kenyan
Born (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995
Kenya
Related toJeremy Wahome (brother)

Career

Maxine, daughter of retired Kenyan rally driver Jimmy Wahome and sister of Jeremy Wahome, started out as an autocross participant at an early age before scaling up to motocross.

In June 2022, she made her maiden appearance in the Safari Rally held in Naivasha and went on to win the WRC3 class.[1][2][3] She was navigated by co-driver Waigwa Murage. Earlier in March 2022, she won the inaugural Lioness Rally in Kasarani[4][5][6] while being navigated by Safina Khan.

Career results

Complete World Rally Championship results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Points
2022 Maxine Wahome Ford Fiesta Rally3 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN
17		 EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN NC 0

Controversy

Maxine came to the limelight again for not very good reasons on December 13th, 2022, for an alleged physical assault on her 50-year boyfriend Asad Khan (rally driver). She was released on bail.[7] On Tuesday, March 07, 2023, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji recommended the murder charge after reviewing Ms Wahome's case file and registering satisfaction with the evidence presented to support it.[8] Following the DPP's recommendation, the World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya dropped Maxine Wahome from the Young Rally Stars Programme.[9]

References
  1. Capital FM, 26 Jun 2022 Maxine Wahome Storms To Maiden WRC3 Victory At Safari Rally
  2. FIA, 26 Jun 2022 WRC - Kenya's Maxine Wahome makes history with WRC3 win at Safari Rally
  3. Nation Africa, 26 Jun 2022 Girl power: Maxine Wahome believes, conquers
  4. Capital FM, 27 Mar 2022 Super Maxine Clinches Inaugural All-Women Rally Championship Title At Kasarani
  5. Standard Media, 28 Mar 2022 Maxine Wahome wins inaugural Lioness Rally
  6. Nation Africa, 27 Mar 2022 Maxine Wahome wins first all-female rally at Kasarani
  7. Standard, 14 Dec 2022 Rally ace accused of assaulting her lover out on bail
  8. Nation Africa, March 07, 2023 Maxine Wahome to be charged with Asad Khan murder
  9. Nation Africa, March 10, 2023 Maxine Wahome dropped from WRC Young Rally Stars programme
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