{"id":97129,"date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/isidre-esteve-climbs-to-13th-place-in-the-rallye-du-maroc\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:12:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:12:26","slug":"isidre-esteve-climbs-to-13th-place-in-the-rallye-du-maroc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/rally-en\/isidre-esteve-climbs-to-13th-place-in-the-rallye-du-maroc\/","title":{"rendered":"Isidre Esteve climbs to 13th place in the Rallye du Maroc"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the race advances and gets more difficult, things just keep going better for the Repsol Rally Team in the Rallye du Maroc. This Saturday, Isidre Esteve survived the tough second stage that had defeated several of the favourites. The driver from Oliana was not one of them; nothing could be further from the truth as he has shown himself to be increasingly competitive and scored a brilliant 15th place<\/strong>, placing him 13th in the general classification.<\/p>\n

The day\u2019s race took place in the outskirts of Erfoud, with 329 timed kilometres out of a total of 365. Isidre Esteve and his co-driver Txema Villalobos drove very steadily at a constant speed and made virtually no mistakes<\/strong>, which allowed them to skirt all the obstacles in the path to the finish line. Their time of 4h 51:26 put them in the leading group of this prestigious test that counts towards the Cross-Country Rally World Cup, in which many Dakar teams are competing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very tough stage with a lot of navigation, difficult routes, small dunes, and lots of camel grass. It had rained a short time before and the water had erased the tracks, making it very difficult to find any crossing points. But, in spite of this, we managed to keep up a good pace and we are really pleased with our performance<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, said the driver from Oliana.<\/p>\n

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