The Spanish driver Isidre Esteve considers that in the Dakar 2025, which will start on January 3 and where he will face his twentieth participation and the tenth by car, “the first week will be the most intense” that ” experienced in Saudi Arabia” .
For Esteve “the sensations are positive.” “We are really looking forward to the start of the rally. We had a good pre-season, and everything is ready for this Dakar. This year, everything is very fast. Arrive, sleep, test the car, check and leave,” explained he in the statements released by the Repsol Toyota Rally Team.
“The way the route is designed, this first week will definitely be the most intense we have experienced in Saudi Arabia. On the second day of the race we have a 48-hour time trial. Two days later, a marathon stage where many stones are expected, because it will be held in the north,” said Esteve, who will compete in a Toyota Hilux T1+ adapted to his condition of paraplegia.
He believes that “we have to plan the race in two parts: try to get in the right position for the rest day and face the second part of the race, with more sand and three final days in the Empty Quarter (Rub al-Jali Desert) We will see it; we are very calm,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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