Repsol drivers put renewable fuels to the test in Rally of Morocco

This weekend the Rally of Morocco gets underway, and the Repsol will be present with up to four cars, with which it will put its renewable fuels to the test. The Repsol Toyota Rally Team driver, Isidre Esteve, is in his third year with the Toyota Hilux T1+, the same car used by the official drivers of the Toyota Gazoo Rally Team, Lucas Moraes and Seth Quintero. All of them will use fuel with 70% renewable origins, which is the latest evolution of the fuel they used in the last Dakar Rally. Also joining them will be Joao Ferreira, a Portuguese driver who will use 100% renewable diesel fuel at the wheel of a Mini John Cooper Works Plus. Repsol already have both renewable gasoline and diesel developed at the Repsol Technology Lab.

The event begins with a prologue stage on Sunday, October 6, and will then consist of 5 stages, until Friday, October 11. It will count towards the World Rally Championship. However, the true value is the information that will be obtained to prepare for the 2025 Dakar Rally. The Rally of Morocco offers Repsol and its drivers the ideal setting to continue with the development of renewable fuels in a highly demanding environment, similar to the one they will find in the legendary event in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of 2025.

Renewable fuels are one of the main levers of Repsol’s strategy to accelerate the reduction of emissions from transport and achieve the goal of becoming a net zero emissions company by 2050. They are, from the point of view of quality and engine performance, equivalent to conventional fuels. The difference between the two is that they are manufactured by replacing the raw material of mineral origin with organic waste, such as used cooking oil, oils from agro-food waste and agricultural and forestry waste. These 100% renewable fuels can be used in aeroplanes, ships, buses, trucks and cars, taking advantage of the existing refueling infrastructure.