A cikin 2023, Isidre Esteve zai cika shekaru akan Dakar. Direban daga Oliana zai fara halartar taron na sha takwas, na takwas a fannin mota, a bayan motar Toyota Hilux T1+, wanda zai raba shi da direban motarsa mai suna Txema Villalobos. Repsol Toyota Rally Team duo za su nemi mafi girman sakamakonsu a cikin gasa mafi wahala na motsa jiki tare da al'adar abin hawa mai sabuntawa wanda Repsol ya tsara don rage sawun carbon zuwa matsakaicin, ba kawai a cikin gasa ba, har ma a cikin motsi na yau da kullun.
Tare da sabon 4 × 4, Esteve zai rufe da'irar da ta fara a cikin 2012 lokacin da ya koma tarurruka tare da mafarki na samun bionomial, sarrafawa da man fetur, kamar yadda ya dace da na manyan direbobi. Ya so ya yi gasa daidai gwargwado da sauran, amma yana da raunin kashin baya da suke fama da shi kuma ya tilasta musu yin tuƙi tare da na'urar sarrafa hanzari da birki da aka haɗa a cikin sitiyarin. Kuma ranar ta zo. Godiya ga sadaukarwar Repsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 da Toyota, ta hanyar Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain, Isidre Esteve zai tuƙi a cikin 2023 Dakar kuma zai kasance mafi ƙarfi fiye da yadda ya ɗaga wuyansa tare da gurguzu.
Sabuwar Hilux T1+ daga ilerdense tana da babban kofa (tare da diamita na 14 cm mafi girma wanda za a yi amfani da shi a cikin 2022 gami da ƙarin faɗin 7 cm, ban da samun ƙafafun inch 17 maimakon 16), a dakatarwa tare da ƙarin tafiya (daga 275 zuwa 350 mm) da ƙarin girma na waje mai karimci (yana da faɗin 24 cm).
Esteve da VALlalobos, yayin gabatarwar da aka gudanar a wannan Litinin a Barcelona Félix Romero
A cikin Dakar na 2023, ƙungiyar za ta yi amfani da ingantaccen makamashin da aka samar daga sharar gida wanda Repsol ya tsara don shiga tsakani a cikin wannan gasa a cibiyar fasahar fasaha ta Repsol Technology Lab a kowane mataki. Kashi 50% na ma'aikata a bara zuwa 75%, ba tare da rage fa'idodin su ba.
A cikin tarurrukan da aka yi a Maroko da Andalusia, an riga an yi amfani da wannan man fetur mai sabuntawa kuma an sami sakamakon da ya faranta wa masu fasaha da Isidre Esteve kansa: "Mun yi amfani da shi daga farkon kilomita tare da sabon Hilux kuma, ba shakka, a cikin gasa biyu abin da ke haifar da rikici. Kuma wasan kwaikwayon ya kasance mai ban mamaki koyaushe. A matsayinmu na ƙungiya, muna alfaharin samun damar ba da gudummawa ta wannan hanya kai tsaye a cikin haɓaka samfuran da aka tsara don rage yanayin. Repsol's biofuels na iya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nan gaba; Hanyar da al'umma ke bi kuma dole ne gasar ta jagoranci, kamar yadda aka saba, wannan sauyi".
Sakamako na Repsol Toyota Rally Team a cikin abubuwan biyu da ta gudanar a wannan kaka tare da la'akari da birni a Saudi Arabiya sun tabbatar da kyawawan abubuwan farko. A cikin Rally na Maroko, wanda aka gudanar a farkon watan Oktoba, Esteve da Villalobos sun kammala a matsayi na bakwai mai ban sha'awa, mafi kyawun matsayinsu a taron Rally-Raid na Duniya akan ƙafa huɗu. Sa'an nan kuma ya zo Andalucía Rally, shi ma a gasar cin kofin duniya, tare da matakai hudu na musamman high bukatar a kan lathes, bugu da kari, babu abin da ya dace da T1 ko ga Esteve wanda dole ne ya ninka basirarsa da juriya na hannunsa. Duk da wannan, ya gina wani cikakken saman 10 a cikin matsayi na ƙarshe, ban da matsayi na huɗu a tsakanin T1s.
“Ina tsammanin mun isa cikin shiri fiye da kowane lokaci. Na 2023 shine 'The Project', abin da muka kasance muna fata a koyaushe kuma muna bi da shi tsawon shekaru. Mun fara da filin wasa mai kyau game da gidan abincin da ba mu taɓa jin daɗinsa ba. Saboda haka, muna fuskantar tseren da sha'awar ko da yaushe, ko da yake tare da dan kadan fiye da sha'awa, idan zai yiwu, saboda kyakkyawar jin dadi da kuma gasa da motar ta nuna mana ", in ji ilerdense.
Ko da yake sakamakon ya fi karfafa gwiwa, Esteve ya fi son yin taka-tsan-tsan a gaban Dakar, saboda karuwar fafatawa da abokan hamayyarsa: “Ba mu kafa wata manufa ta musamman ta fuskar cancantar shiga gasar ba. A bayyane yake cewa koyaushe muna son haɓakawa a matakin wasanni, amma, kodayake mun sami matsayi na 21st guda biyu a baya, dole ne a gane cewa gasa ya yi gargaɗi da godiya, duka da inganci. Yanzu muna cikin rukuni na 40 mafi sauri motoci a kan Dakar, don haka lokaci ya yi da za a yi aiki a kan dabarun da za a kai karshen taron kuma yi shi a cikin mafi kyawun matsayi", in ji Esteve.
Ya rage kawai a jira 31 Dakar Rally don farawa ranar 2023 ga Disamba don ganin Isidre Esteve da ƙungiyar da ta ƙunshi Repsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 da Toyota Spain suna aiki. A gaba za su sami matakai 14 da gabatarwa tare da tsarin tsere tare da ƙarin kwanaki da fiye da kilomita fiye da yadda Esteve ya nuna ya kamata ya zama maɓalli: gwajin duniya. Mafi wuya shi ne mafi alheri a gare mu. A bayyane yake cewa dole ne mu raba tunanin zuwa kai hari ga iyakar a wasu kwanaki kuma ajiye tufafi a cikin wasu na musamman; Lokaci ya yi da za mu yi tunanin koyaushe cewa muna fuskantar babban tseren marathon na matakai 14 kuma muna so mu isa filin wasa na ƙarshe a mafi kyawun matsayi. Muna matukar fatan samun sakamako mai kyau”.
