The Spanish pilot Dani is deaffrom the Hyundai i20 team, said on Wednesday that he wanted to get his first podium of the year on the third date of the 2023 World Rally Championship that will take place from March 16 to 19 in Mexico.
“Rally Mexico is an incredible event with very good roads. Our goal is to finish as high as possible. If we manage to go at speed, we can fight for victory. We want to be on the podium for the first time, at least,” said Sordo.
Before the start of the nineteenth edition of Rally México, which will take place in Guanajuato, a town located just over 350 kilometers north of the Mexican capital, the Spaniard emphasized the challenge that the geographical complexity of the region will represent.
“This Rally is unique because of the high altitude, which makes the cars less powerful. Physically you have to be ready because the lack of oxygen and heat is very demanding for the body,” said the man born in Torrelavega, Cantabria, referring to the height of 2,045 meters above sea level where Guanajuato is .
Among the figures to follow in Mexico is Finn Kalle Rovanperä, from the Toyota GR team, monarch of 2022; the estonian Ott Tanak, from Ford, which is in first place this season; and the French Sebastien Ogierof Toyota GR, winner of eight world titles, six of them consecutively between 2013 and 2018.
Dani is deaf He finished tenth in the 2023 World Rally Championship, finishing seventh in the first round in Monaco and missing the second round in Sweden.
The action begins this Thursday with Super Special tests 1 and 2 scheduled; night circuit that will take place through the cobbled and winding streets and tunnels of downtown Guanajuato.
On Friday, cars and drivers will be needed in the mountainous section called “El Chocolate”, which reaches a height of 2,650 meters above sea level, one of the highest of the season.
For Saturday, in addition to the routes on different mountainous roads, the tests stand out on a new stage called “Las Dunas”, a path of steep ascents and descents of more than three kilometer
The activity will end on Sunday with a spectacular stage called “El Brinco”, a winding road with a long descent of 9.5 kilometers.
Source: La Verdad
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