Kwi-2023, u-Isidre Esteve uya kuza ebudaleni kwi-Dakar. Umqhubi wase-Oliana uza kuqalisa ukuthatha inxaxheba kweshumi elinesibhozo kulo msitho, indawo yesibhozo kudidi lwemoto, emva kwevili lemoto yohlobo lweToyota Hilux T1+, aza kubelana ngayo nomqhubi wenqwelo-mafutha ongenakuhlukaniswa, uTxema Villalobos. Iqela le-Repsol Toyota Rally Team duo liya kufuna isiphumo salo esikhulu kukhuphiswano olunzima lwe-motors kunye nesiko lesithuthi samafutha esihlaziyiweyo esilungiselelwe yi-Repsol ukwenzela ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint ukuya phezulu, kungekhona nje kukhuphiswano, kodwa kunye nokuhamba kwansuku zonke.
Nge-4 × 4 yakhe entsha, u-Esteve uya kuvala isangqa esaqala ngo-2012 xa ebuyela kwiindibano kunye nephupha lokuba ne-bionomial, ukulawula kunye namafutha, njengokhuphiswano njengabaqhubi abahamba phambili. Wayefuna ukukhuphisana ngokulinganayo nabanye, kodwa unomnqonqo womonzakalo abanengxaki kuwo kwaye uyabanyanzela ukuba baqhube ngesantya kunye nezithinteli zokuqhobosha ezifakwe kwivili lokuqhuba. Ifikile ke loo mini. Ndiyabulela ukuzinikela kwe-Repsol, i-MGS Seguros, i-KH-7 kunye ne-Toyota, nge-Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain, u-Isidre Esteve uya kuqhuba kwi-Dakar ye-2023 kwaye uya kuba namandla ngakumbi kunokuba ephakamise intamo yakhe nge-paraplegia.
I-Hilux T1+ entsha esuka kwi-ilerdense ibonakaliswe ngomgubasi omkhulu (ene-diameter ye-14 cm enkulu kunaleyo iza kusetyenziswa ngo-2022 kuquka i-7 cm eyongezelelweyo yobubanzi, ngaphezu kokuba ne-17-intshi yamavili endaweni ye-16), a ukumiswa kunye nokuhamba okungaphezulu (ukusuka kwi-275 ukuya kwi-350 mm) kunye nemilinganiselo yangaphandle enesisa (yi-24 cm ububanzi).
U-Esteve kunye no-VALAlobos, ngexesha lokubonisa okubanjwe kulo Mvulo e-Barcelona Félix Romero
Kwi-Dakar ka-2023, iqela liza kusebenzisa i-biofuel ephezulu eveliswe kwinkunkuma eyenziwe ngu-Repsol ukuba alamle kolu khuphiswano kwiziko le-Repsol Technology Lab innovation kuzo zonke izigaba. I-50% yabasebenzi kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwi-75%, ngaphandle kokunciphisa izibonelelo zabo.
Kwiindibano zaseMorocco naseAndalusia, la mafutha ahlaziywayo sele esetyenzisiwe kwaye iziphumo zafunyanwa ezichulumancisayo zombini iingcali kunye no-Isidre Esteve ngokwakhe: "Siyisebenzise ukusuka kwikhilomitha yokuqala kunye ne-Hilux entsha kwaye, ewe, kuzo zombini ukhuphiswano zeziphi iingxabano. Kwaye intsebenzo ibisoloko ingaqhelekanga. Njengeqela, siyazingca ngokukwazi ukuba negalelo ngendlela ethe ngqo kuphuhliso lweemveliso ezenzelwe ukunciphisa imozulu. Ii-biofuels ze-Repsol zinokudlala indima ebalulekileyo kwixesha elizayo elingekude; Yindlela uluntu oluhamba ngayo kwaye ukhuphiswano kufuneka lukhokele, njengesiqhelo, olu tshintsho”.
Iziphumo zeRepsol Toyota Rally Team kwiziganeko ezibini eziye zabamba le ekwindla ngombono kwisixeko eSaudi Arabia ziye zaqinisekisa imbonakalo entle yokuqala. KwiRally yaseMorocco, ebibanjwe ekuqaleni kuka-Okthobha, u-Esteve noVillalobos bagqibe kwindawo entle yesixhenxe xa bebonke, begqwesa kuMnyhadala weHlabathi weRally-Raid ngamavili amane. Emva koko kwafika i-Andalucía Rally, nayo kwiNdebe yeHlabathi, enezigaba ezine zemfuno ephezulu kakhulu kwi-lathes, ukongeza, akukho nto ifanelekileyo kwi-T1 okanye ku-Esteve omele aphindaphinde izakhono zakhe kunye nokuchasana kweengalo zakhe. Ngaphandle koku, wakha enye i-10 ephezulu kwinqanaba lokugqibela, ukongeza kwindawo yesine phakathi kwe-T1s.
“Ndicinga ukuba sifike sizilungiselele ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Eyonyaka ka-2023 'yiProjekthi', into ebesisoloko siyiphupha kwaye kudala siyisukela. Saqala ngebala lokudlala elilinganayo malunga nendawo yokutyela esingazange sayonwabele. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, sijongana nogqatso sinomnqweno ofanayo namaxesha onke, nangona sinolangazelelo olungakumbi, ukuba kunokwenzeka, ngenxa yeemvakalelo ezintle kunye nokhuphiswano olusibonise yona imoto”, iqinisekisa i-ilerdense.
Nangona iziphumo zikhuthaza kakhulu, u-Esteve ukhetha ukulumka ngaphambi kweDakar, ngenxa yokwanda kokukhuphisana kweembangi. Kucacile ukuba sisoloko sifuna ukuphucuka kwinqanaba lezemidlalo, kodwa, nangona siye sazuza izikhundla ezibini zama-21 kwixesha elidlulileyo, kufuneka ithathelwe ingqalelo into yokuba ukhuphiswano lulumkise ngokuncomekayo, ngokobuninzi nangomgangatho. Ngoku sikwiqela leemoto ezikhawulezayo ezingama-40 kwi-Dakar, ngoko lixesha lokuba sisebenze kwisicwangciso sokufikelela esiphelweni se-rally kwaye siyenze ngeyona ndawo ilungileyo”, wongeza u-Esteve.
Kuhlala kuphela ukulinda i-31 Dakar Rally ukuqala ngoDisemba 2023 ukubona u-Isidre Esteve kunye neqela elenziwe nguRepsol, MGS Seguros, KH-7 kunye neToyota Spain. Phambili baya kuba nezigaba ezili-14 kunye nentshayelelo enefomathi yomdyarho eneentsuku ezininzi neekhilomitha ezingaphezulu kunoko u-Esteve ebonisa ukuba kufuneka ibe zizitshixo: uvavanyo lwehlabathi. Okukhona kunzima, kungcono kuthi. Kucacile ukuba kufuneka sahlule iingcamango zokuya kuhlasela ubuninzi kwiintsuku ezithile kwaye sigcine iimpahla kwezinye ezikhethekileyo; Lixesha lokuba sihlale sicinga ukuba sijongene nomdyarho omkhulu wamanqanaba e-14 kwaye sifuna ukufikelela kwiqonga lokugqibela kweyona ndawo ingcono. Sinethemba lokufumana iziphumo ezihle”.
