Mangat joins Shell sponsorship line up

Three time national rally champion Jas Mangat will don Shell livery for the Pearl rally this weekend.

Mangat now joins the A-list of Shell sponsored crews that also includes three time rally champion Ronald Sebuguzi.

Jas Mangat | Credit: Innocent Mutaawe

Sebuguzi was maintained as the brand ambassador for the fuel giants extending the relationship that has lived for over a decade. 

Both crews will receive 50million shillings each, distributed in form of fuel and cash. 

“The addition of Jas Mangat brings a wealth of experience and skill to the shell team,” reads an excerpt from the press release. 

For the weekend’s event, Mangat will not only be fighting for national rally championship points but also kick starting another bid for the Africa rally championship.

For Sebuguzi, he will continue his conquest for the fourth NRC title.  

Rally driver Ronald Ssebuguzi receives a dummy cheque of Shs 50M from Vivo Energies Uganda’s Johan Grobbelaar a head of Pearl of Africa Rally Credit: John Batanudde

Meanwhile, Vivo Energy continued it’s relationship with motorsport governing body(FMU) injecting 300million shillings in this year’s pearl of Africa rally. 

Pearl rally starts on Saturday with seven stages and three stages on Sunday. The event will run on a total competitive distance of 209.45 kilometers

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