{"id":97274,"date":"2019-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/isidre-esteve-reacts-bravely-to-tanakas-shock\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:15:32","slug":"isidre-esteve-reacts-bravely-to-tanakas-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/rally-en\/isidre-esteve-reacts-bravely-to-tanakas-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Isidre Esteve reacts bravely to Tanaka’s shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Sunday’s scare<\/a>, Isidre Esteve completed the seventh stage of the Dakar 2019<\/strong> on Monday brilliantly at the wheel of his prototype BV6, and is now closer to successfully completing his third consecutive edition in the toughest race in the world. The Repsol Rally Team driver completed the 323 kilometres against the clock, starting and finishing in San Juan de Marcona, in 39th position, after taking 6 hours, 39 minutes and, 1 second.<\/p>\n

Isidre Esteve and his co-driver Txema Villalobos faced the beginning of the day with the great challenge of starting afresh after the shock impact of a buggy in the middle of the Tanaka dunes the day before. Despite being on the verge of retiring, they got over the incident and raced a spectacular first part of stage seven. In fact, they finished in 21st position at the second waypoint<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“The incident looked much worse than it was and it took us very little time to recover from the shock. Today we were very comfortable from the start and we set an incredible pace. The car works perfectly, after the great work done by the team’s mechanics during the night, and we have enjoyed driving a lot, as the times in the first 150 kilometres reflect,”<\/em> recognised a satisfied Isidre Esteve.<\/p>\n

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