{"id":97797,"date":"2020-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/isidre-esteve-improves-and-is-waiting-for-more-favourable-terrain\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:24:01","slug":"isidre-esteve-improves-and-is-waiting-for-more-favourable-terrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/rally-en\/isidre-esteve-improves-and-is-waiting-for-more-favourable-terrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Isidre Esteve improves and is waiting for a more favourable terrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isidre Esteve has completed this quick start of the Dakar 2020 with flying colours and is holding up well against rivals with faster cars<\/strong>. After finishing in 34th place this Tuesday in another stage, which is not suited to the characteristics of his BV6 prototype, the Repsol Rally Team driver is already in the general ranking’s top 30 in the T1.2 class<\/strong> (4X4 modified all-terrain diesel vehicles).<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has been going much faster in these first few days and it\u2019s not in our favour, although we are happy to keep moving forward without mechanical problems. We have only suffered the usual flat tyres and the occasional distraction during navigation, which means our experience in the first three stages has been positive\u201d<\/em>, said Isidre Esteve upon arrival at camp in Neom.<\/p>\n

The driver from Oliana, along with his co-pilot Txema Villalobos, had previously completed another difficult 414-kilometre special, with two 30-minute neutralizations. \u201cThe stage was incredibly beautiful with three very different sections. The first was very quick, in which we ate a lot of dust until we overtook various buggies and lorries; the second was sandy and had spectacular canyons, during which we made good time; and the third, hillier, with dry rivers which were difficult to drive through\u201d<\/em>, he said.<\/p>\n

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