The KH-7 Epsilon Team’s truck rolls over and will have to spend the night in the sand dunes

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the truck of KH-7 Epsilon Teamthe first in the history of the Dakar competing powered by hydrogen, rolled around kilometer 100 of the twelfth stage of the Dakar, connecting the Empty Quarter together shaybah. For now, the crew is waiting in the desert for the arrival of a broom truck from the organization, scheduled for tomorrow morning, to recover their car and try to rejoin the race.

Fortunately, none of the Spanish team members, which consisted of the pilot Jordi Juvantenythe co-pilot José Luis Criado and the navigator jordi ballbesustained physical injuries in the incident.

The great development of KH-7 Epsilon Team at Dakar 2023 it came to an abrupt halt midway through stage 12 as a result of a rollover amid a complex string of dunes that crossed the test route. Something similar happened to some of the entrants in the truck category on a particularly difficult day for them.

The flag bearer of the new division Challenge New Energy He completed all the special stages without incident and at a great pace with him MAN powered by a hybrid diesel and hydrogen system developed by the company EVARM. In fact, by the end of the day yesterday, they had accumulated a total time that would have put them in 16th place in the general truck classification, where they could not be included due to regulations. FIA.

Source: La Verdad

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