{UAH} Who's boss of Zambia's father-daughter racing duo?
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A Zambian father-daughter duo will be racing this weekend - hoping to win their first motor rally together.
Mailes Chulu, who is usually her dad's co-driver, has told the BBC that they are switching roles this time round.
She will take the wheel and Geoffrey Chulu will be her navigator during the Sarago Motors motor rally in Zambia's capital, Lusaka.
The pair first raced together in June, coming third.
"It was exciting to navigate my father because for once in life I was telling him what to do," 25 year-old Mailesi, a civil engineer by profession, told the BBC.
She says their relationship has also helped them on the track: "We have always been friends and also father and daughter but in the car we are just friends."It feels like an honour to race with my Dad because it's something that I have always watched him do."
Her father, who is an auto mechanic by training, says before Mailesi was born he had wanted a son to share his love of motorsports - but she didn't let him down.
"We always used to watch rallies together - she grew interested in motor sport," he says.
"Most of our times together, she has been a friend more than a daughter so we know each other well.
"I have told her when we get into the rally car, she's not my daughter but my navigator. This weekend, she will be the boss and I will be navigating her!"
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