{"id":97795,"date":"2020-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/isidre-esteve-climbs-the-ranking-amidst-cloud-of-dust\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:23:59","slug":"isidre-esteve-climbs-the-ranking-amidst-cloud-of-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/rally-en\/isidre-esteve-climbs-the-ranking-amidst-cloud-of-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Isidre Esteve climbs the ranking amidst a cloud of dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isidre Esteve paid the price of an unlucky start yesterday and had to spend almost the entire second Dakar stage driving through a cloud of dust, as he started with slower vehicles including SxS and trucks. Nevertheless, Esteve was able to gain several places and finished 34th in the overall race and 7th in the T1.2 class<\/strong> with his Repsol Rally Team BV6 prototype.<\/p>\n

One of the new aspects of this second stage was that participants shared the start including cars, side by sides, and trucks. This notably hindered Esteve<\/strong>, who, after finishing the first stage quite late as a result of two punctures, was forced to start in 69th place, behind a number of much slower vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough day due to the dirt and traffic that we faced during the race. In the beginning, it was hard to get up to speed because of the puncture and, afterwards we spent almost 130 kilometres behind three trucks which we couldn’t pass due to the terrain. We also got lost in a canyon and wasted some time there\u201d<\/em>, explained the Oliana-born driver with resignation upon his arrival at the team\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n

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