ʻO Isidre Esteve nā moeʻuhane o ka Dakar i kākoʻo ʻia e ka hana o kāna Toyota

I ka makahiki 2023, e hiki mai ana ka makahiki o Isidre Esteve ma Dakar. E hoʻomaka ana ka mea hoʻokele o Oliana i kāna komo ʻana i ka ʻumikūmāwalu i ka hoʻāʻo, ʻo kāna ʻewalu ma ka ʻāpana kaʻa, ma ka huila o Toyota Hilux T1+, e kaʻana like ʻo ia me kāna mea hoʻokele kaʻawale ʻole, ʻo Txema Villalobos. E ʻimi ana ka Repsol Toyota Rally Team duo i kā lākou hopena maikaʻi loa i ka hoʻokūkū kaʻa kaʻa ikaika loa me kahi kaʻa wahie hou i hana ʻia e Repsol i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka wāwae kalapona, ʻaʻole wale i ka hoʻokūkū, akā i ka neʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā.

Me kāna 4 × 4 hou, e pani ʻo Esteve i kahi pōʻai i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2012 i kona hoʻi ʻana i nā hui me ka moeʻuhane o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka bionomial, ka mana a me ka wahie, e like me ka hoʻokūkū o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi. Ua makemake ʻo ia e hoʻokūkū ma ke ʻano like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, akā loaʻa iā ia ka ʻeha o ke kuamoʻo i loaʻa iā ia a hoʻoikaika iā ia e hoʻokele me nā mana hoʻokele a me ka braking i hoʻohui ʻia i ka huila. A ua hiki mai kēlā lā. Mahalo i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Repsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 a me Toyota, ma o Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain, e hoʻokele ʻo Isidre Esteve i ka Dakar 2023 a ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o kona hāpai ʻana i kona ʻāʻī me ka paraplegia.

Hōʻike ʻia ka Hilux T1+ hou mai Ilerda e kahi paepae ʻoi aku ka nui (me ka 14 knm ka nui o ke anawaena e hoʻohana ʻia i 2022 me kahi 7 knm ākea hou aʻe, me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā huila 17-inihi ma kahi o 16), kahi hoʻokuʻu me nā mea hou aku. huakaʻi (mai 275 a 350 mm) a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui o waho (ʻo 24 cm ka laulā).

ʻO Esteve lāua ʻo VAllalobos, i ka wā o ka hōʻike i mālama ʻia i kēia Pōʻakahi ma Barcelona

ʻO Esteve lāua ʻo VAllalobos, i ka wā o ka hōʻike i mālama ʻia i kēia Pōʻakahi ma Barcelona Félix Romero

Ma Dakar 2023, e hoʻohana ka hui i nā pae āpau i kahi biofuel holomua i hana ʻia mai ka ʻōpala a Repsol i hoʻolālā ai e hoʻokūkū i kēia hoʻokūkū ma ka Repsol Technology Lab innovation center. o ka limahana i ka makahiki i hala a hiki i ka 50%, me ka hōʻemi ʻole ʻana i kā lākou mau pono.

I nā hui o Morocco a me Andalusia, ua hoʻohana mua ʻia kēia wahie hou a loaʻa nā hopena i hauʻoli i nā ʻenehana a me Isidre Esteve ponoʻī: "Ua hoʻohana mākou iā ia mai ka mile mua me ka Hilux hou a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, i nā hoʻokūkū ʻelua he aha. na hoopaapaa. A he mea kupaianaha mau ka hana. Ma ke ʻano he hui, haʻaheo mākou i ka hiki ke hāʻawi pololei i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻēmi i ke aniau. Hiki i nā biofuels Repsol ke hana i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana; ʻO ia ke ala e alakaʻi ai ke kaiāulu a pono e alakaʻi ka hoʻokūkū, e like me nā manawa a pau, i kēia hoʻololi. "

ʻO nā hopena o ka Repsol Toyota Rally Team i nā hoʻokolohua ʻelua i mālama ʻia i kēia hāʻule me ka nānā ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale o Saudi Arabia ua hōʻoia i nā manaʻo mua maikaʻi. I ka Morocco Rally, i mālama ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻOkakopa, ua hoʻopau ʻo Esteve lāua ʻo Villalobos i kahi kūlana ʻehiku maikaʻi loa, ʻo kā lākou papa maikaʻi loa i kahi hanana World Rally-Raid ma nā huila ʻehā. A laila hele mai ka Andalusia Rally, mai ka World Championship, me ʻehā mau pae o ke koi kiʻekiʻe loa i nā winch, a ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole kūpono loa no ka T1 a i ʻole no kahi Esteve i hoʻonui i kona mau akamai a me ke kūpaʻa o kona mau lima. ʻOiai naʻe, ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kahi 10 kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka hoʻohālikelike hope, me ka ʻehā o nā wahi ma waena o nā T1.

“Manaʻo wau ua hōʻea mākou ma mua o ka mākaukau. ʻO ka mea no 2023 ʻo 'The Project', ka mea a mākou i moeʻuhane mau ai a e ʻimi nei i nā makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka mākou me kahi kahua pāʻani pae e pili ana i ka hale ʻaina a mākou i hauʻoli ʻole ai ma mua. No kēia kumu, ke alo nei mākou i ka heihei me ka makemake like e like me nā manawa a pau, ʻoiai me ka ʻoi aʻe o ka hoihoi, inā hiki, ma muli o nā manaʻo maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokūkū a ke kaʻa i hōʻike mai ai iā mākou, "wahi a ke kanaka mai Ilerda.

ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hopena ma mua o ka paipai ʻana, makemake ʻo Esteve e makaʻala ma mua o ka Dakar, ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū o nā hoʻokūkū: "ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻonohonoho i kahi pahuhopu kikoʻī e pili ana i ka helu. ʻIke ʻia e makemake mau mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kahi pae haʻuki, akā, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻelua mau kūlana 21 i ka wā i hala, pono mākou e ʻike ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka hoʻokūkū, ma ka nui a me ka maikaʻi. I kēia manawa aia mākou i waena o ka hui o 40 kaʻa wikiwiki loa ma Dakar, no laila pono mākou e hana maikaʻi i ka hoʻolālā e hiki i ka hopena o ka hui a hana i kahi kūlana maikaʻi loa, "hoʻohui ʻo Esteve.

E kali wale mākou no ka 31 Dakar Rally e hoʻomaka i ka lā 2023 Dekemaba e ʻike iā Isidre Esteve a me ka hui o Repsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 a me Toyota España i ka hana. Ma mua e loaʻa iā lākou he 14 mau pae a me kahi prologue me kahi ʻano heihei me nā lā hou aʻe a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kilomita ma mua o ka mea a Esteve i kuhikuhi ai ʻo ia nā kī: hoʻāʻo honua. ʻO ka paʻakikī o kēia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no mākou. He mea maopopo e wehe mākou i nā manaʻo no ka hele ʻana i ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka nui i kekahi mau lā a mālama i nā lole ma nā mea kūikawā ʻē aʻe; Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo e kū nei mākou i kahi marathon nui o 14 mau pae a makemake mākou e hōʻea i ka podium hope loa i kahi kūlana maikaʻi loa. "Manaʻolana nui mākou e loaʻa kahi hopena maikaʻi."