Mu 2023, Isidre Esteve adzabwera ndi zaka pa Dakar. Dalaivala wochokera ku Oliana ayamba kutenga nawo gawo pazaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu pamwambowu, wachisanu ndi chitatu m'gulu la magalimoto, kumbuyo kwa Toyota Hilux T1 +, yomwe adzagawana ndi woyendetsa mnzake wosasiyanitsidwa, Txema Villalobos. Awiri a Repsol Toyota Rally Team adzafunafuna zotsatira zawo zazikulu pampikisano wovuta kwambiri wamagalimoto okhala ndi makonda ongowonjezwdwa agalimoto amafuta opangidwa ndi Repsol kuti achepetse mpweya wa carbon mpaka pamlingo waukulu, osati pa mpikisano wokha, komanso pakuyenda tsiku ndi tsiku.
Ndi 4 × 4 yake yatsopano, Esteve adzatseka bwalo lomwe linayamba mu 2012 pamene adabwerera ku misonkhano ndi maloto oti akhale ndi bionomial, control and fuel, monga mpikisano wothamanga ngati madalaivala otsogolera. Ankafuna kupikisana mofanana ndi enawo, koma ali ndi vuto la msana lomwe amavutika nalo ndipo amawakakamiza kuyendetsa galimoto ndi ma acceleration ndi mabuleki ophatikizidwa mu chiwongolero. Ndipo tsiku limenelo lafika. Chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwa Repsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 ndi Toyota, kupyolera mu Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain, Isidre Esteve adzayendetsa mu Dakar 2023 ndipo adzakhala wamphamvu kuposa momwe adakweza khosi lake ndi paraplegia.
Hilux T1+ yatsopano yochokera ku ilerdense imadziwika ndi malo okulirapo (wokhala ndi mainchesi 14 kuposa omwe adzagwiritsidwe ntchito mu 2022 kuphatikiza 7 cm m'lifupi mwake, kuphatikiza kukhala ndi mawilo 17 inchi m'malo mwa 16), a Kuyimitsidwa ndi maulendo ambiri (kuchokera 275 mpaka 350 mm) ndi miyeso yakunja yowolowa manja (ndi 24 cm mulifupi).
Esteve ndi Vallalobos, panthawi yowonetsera yomwe idachitika Lolemba ku Barcelona Félix Romero
Mu Dakar wa 2023, gululi lidzagwiritsa ntchito mafuta apamwamba opangidwa kuchokera ku zinyalala omwe Repsol adakonza kuti akhale mkhalapakati pa mpikisanowu ku Repsol Technology Lab innovation center m'magawo onse. 50% ya ogwira ntchito chaka chatha kufika 75%, popanda kuchepetsa phindu lawo gawo limodzi.
Pamisonkhano ku Morocco ndi Andalusia, mafuta ongowonjezedwawa anali atagwiritsidwa ntchito kale ndipo zotsatira zidapezeka zomwe zidasangalatsa amisiri ndi Isidre Esteve mwiniwake: "Tidagwiritsa ntchito kuyambira kilomita yoyamba ndi Hilux yatsopano, ndipo, pamipikisano yonse iwiri, ndi mikangano yotani. Ndipo kagwiridwe kake kakhala kodabwitsa nthawi zonse. Monga gulu, timanyadira kuti titha kuthandizira mwachindunji pakupanga zinthu zomwe zimapangidwira kuchepetsa nyengo. Ma biofuel a Repsol atha kukhala ndi gawo lofunikira posachedwa; Ndi njira yomwe anthu akutenga ndipo mpikisano uyenera kutsogolera, monga nthawi zonse, kusinthaku. "
Zotsatira za Repsol Toyota Rally Team muzochitika ziwiri zomwe zakhala zikuchitika m'dzinja ndi cholinga cha mzinda wa Saudi Arabia zatsimikiziranso zabwino zoyambirira. Mu Rally of Morocco, yomwe idachitika koyambirira kwa Okutobala, Esteve ndi Villalobos adamaliza pamalo abwino kwambiri achisanu ndi chiwiri, kusanja kwawo bwino pamwambo wa World Rally-Raid pamawilo anayi. Kenako kunabwera Andalucía Rally, nawonso mu World Cup, yokhala ndi magawo anayi ofunikira kwambiri pa lathes, kuphatikiza, palibe chomwe chili choyenera T1 kapena Esteve yemwe adayenera kuchulukitsa luso lake ndi kukana kwa mikono yake. Ngakhale izi, adamanga ena 10 apamwamba kwambiri pamayimidwe omaliza, kuwonjezera pa malo achinayi pakati pa ma T1.
“Ndikuganiza kuti tinafika okonzeka kuposa kale. Ya 2023 ndi 'Projekiti', zomwe takhala tikulakalaka komanso takhala tikuzitsata kwa zaka zambiri. Tinayamba ndi gawo lamasewera okhudzana ndi malo odyera omwe sitinasangalalepo. Pachifukwa ichi, timayang'anizana ndi mpikisano ndi chikhumbo chomwecho monga nthawi zonse, ngakhale ndi chidwi chochulukirapo, ngati n'kotheka, chifukwa cha malingaliro abwino ndi mpikisano womwe galimoto yatiwonetsa ", ikutsimikizira ilerdense.
Ngakhale zotsatira zake ndi zolimbikitsa, Esteve amakonda kukhala osamala patsogolo pa Dakar, chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mpikisano wa opikisana nawo: "Sitinakhazikitse cholinga chenicheni pankhani yoyenerera. Zikuwonekeratu kuti nthawi zonse timafuna kuchita bwino pamlingo wamasewera, koma, ngakhale kuti tapeza malo awiri a 21 m'mbuyomu, ziyenera kuzindikirika kuti mpikisano wachenjeza moyamikira, mu kuchuluka kwake komanso khalidwe. Tsopano tili m'gulu la 40 magalimoto yachangu pa Dakar, kotero ndi nthawi yogwira ntchito pa njira kufika kumapeto kwa msonkhano ndi kuchita izo mu malo abwino zotheka ", akuwonjezera Esteve.
Zimangotsala kuyembekezera kuti Dakar Rally 31 iyambe pa December 2023 kuti muwone Isidre Esteve ndi gulu lopangidwa ndi Repsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 ndi Toyota Spain. Patsogolo padzakhala masitepe 14 ndipo mawu oyamba okhala ndi masiku ochulukirapo komanso makilomita ochulukirapo kuposa momwe Esteve akufotokozera ayenera kukhala makiyi: mayeso apadziko lonse lapansi. Ndizovuta kwambiri, zimakhala zabwino kwa ife. N'zoonekeratu kuti tiyenera kulekanitsa maganizo kupita kuukira kwa pazipita masiku ena ndi kusunga zovala zina zapaderazi; Yakwana nthawi yoti tiziganiza nthawi zonse kuti tikuyang'anizana ndi mpikisano waukulu wa magawo 14 ndipo tikufuna kufikira podium yomaliza pamalo abwino kwambiri. Tikukhulupirira kuti tipeza zotsatira zabwino. ”
