Nyuma yumwuga uciriritse nkumushoferi, aho intsinzi nini yari umwanya wa mbere (mubyiciro bye) muri 1994 Nürburgring Amasaha 24, Toto Wolff kuri ubu nimwe mumaso yamenyekanye cyane kandi numwe mubantu bakomeye muri Formula 1.
Umuyobozi w'itsinda akaba n'umuyobozi mukuru w'ikipe ya Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, Wolff, ubu ufite imyaka 49, abantu benshi bafatwa nk'umwe mu bayobozi bakomeye mu mateka ya Formula 1, cyangwa ntiyari umwe mu bashinzwe isi irindwi imitwe yubaka feza imyambi ikipe, ibyagezweho bidasanzwe mumyaka irenga 70 yamateka ya Formula 1.
Muri Razão Automóvel yihariye, twaganiriye n’umuyobozi wa Otirishiya maze tuganira ku ngingo zitandukanye n’ejo hazaza ha Formula 1, Toto yizera ko inyura mu bicanwa birambye ndetse n’akamaro ka siporo y’imodoka ku bakora.
Ariko kandi twibanze ku bibazo byoroshye, nka Valtteri Bottas itangiye nabi muri shampiyona, ejo hazaza ha Lewis Hamilton muri iyi kipe ndetse nigihe cya Red Bull Racing, Toto ibona ko ifite akarusho.
Kandi ntiwumve, birumvikana ko twaganiriye kuri Grand Prix yegereje muri Porutugali, iyi ikaba ari nayo mpamvu yatumye iki kiganiro na "shobuja" w'ikipe ya Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, atunze mu bice bingana na INEOS na Daimler AG, kimwe cya gatatu cyimigabane yikipe.
Ikigereranyo cyimodoka (RA) - Yashizeho imwe mumakipe yatsindiye mumateka ya siporo, mubyiciro aho usanga inzinguzingo namakipe avunika nyuma yigihe runaka. Ni irihe banga rikomeye riri inyuma yo gutsinda kw'ikipe ya Mercedes-AMG Petronas?
Toto Wolff (TW) - Kuki ukwezi kurangira? Amasomo yo mu bihe byashize umbwire ni ukubera ko abantu bareka imbaraga zabo nimbaraga zabo bikagabanuka. Kwibanda kumurongo, ibyihutirwa bihinduka, buriwese arashaka kubyaza umusaruro intsinzi, kandi impinduka nini zitunguranye mumabwiriza asiga ikipe yerekanwe nabandi kubwinyungu.
Iki nikintu twaganiriyeho kuva kera: niki kigomba gutsinda? Iyo ugiye muri kazino, kurugero, kandi umutuku usohoka inshuro zirindwi zikurikiranye, ntibisobanuye ko kunshuro ya munani izasohoka yirabura. Irashobora gusohoka itukura. Buri mwaka rero, buri kipe ifite amahirwe yo kongera gutsinda. Kandi ntabwo ishingiye kumuzingo udasanzwe.
Amagare aturuka kubintu nkabantu, imico nigitekerezo. Natwe, kugeza ubu, twatsinze kubikomeza. Ariko ibi ntabwo byemeza ko uzatsinda buri shampiona witabiriye. Ibyo ntibibaho muri siporo cyangwa mubucuruzi ubwo aribwo bwose.
RA - Biroroshye gutuma abantu bose bashishikara, umwaka utaha, cyangwa birakenewe gushiraho intego nto mugihe?
TW - Ntibyoroshye kubona moteri uko umwaka utashye kuko biroroshye cyane: niba urota gutsinda hanyuma ugatsinda, ibyo birakabije. Abantu bose barangana, uko ufite, niko bidasanzwe. Ntekereza ko ari ngombwa cyane ko twibuka igihe cyose uburyo budasanzwe. Kandi twagize amahirwe mubihe byashize.
Toto WolffAbashoferi bakora itandukaniro rinini niba ufite imodoka ebyiri zisa.
Buri mwaka 'twakanguwe' no gutsindwa. Kandi mu buryo butunguranye twatekereje: Ntabwo nkunda ibi, ntabwo nkunda gutakaza. Birababaje cyane. Ariko wongeye gutekereza kubyo ugomba gukora kugirango utsinde iyi myumvire mibi. Kandi igisubizo cyonyine ni ugutsinda.
Turi mumwanya mwiza, ariko iyo numvise ubwanjye mbivuze, ntangira gutekereza: ok, usanzwe utekereza ko twongeye kuba 'mukuru', sibyo. Ugomba kwibuka ko udashobora gufata ikintu na kimwe, kuko abandi bakora akazi keza.
RA - Muri iki gihembwe gitangira, Red Bull Racing irigaragaza ikomeye kuruta mu myaka yashize. Mubyongeyeho, Max Verstappen arakuze kuruta mbere hose kandi "Ceki" Pérez numushoferi wihuta kandi uhoraho. Uratekereza ko iki gishobora kuba igihe kitoroshye mumyaka itanu ishize?
TW Hariho ibihe bikomeye. Ndibuka 2018, kurugero, hamwe na Ferrari na Vettel. Ariko muri iyi boot ndabona imodoka nigice cyingufu zisa nkiziruta 'pack' ya Mercedes. Ibi ntibyabaye kera.
Hariho amoko aho tutarihuta cyane, ariko mugitangira shampiyona tubona ko bashiraho umuvuduko. Nikintu dukeneye kugeraho no gutsinda.
RA - Ese mugihe nkiki, aho badafite imodoka yihuta, impano ya Lewis Hamilton irashobora kongera guhindura?
TW - Abashoferi bakora itandukaniro rinini niba ufite imodoka ebyiri zisa. Hano bafite umushoferi ukiri muto ugaragara kandi bigaragara ko ari impano idasanzwe.
Noneho hariho Lewis, wabaye nyampinga wisi inshuro zirindwi, ufite rekodi mumarushanwa yatsinze, ufite rekodi mumwanya wa pole, afite umubare wicyubahiro kimwe na Michael Schumacher, ariko aracyakomeza. Niyo mpamvu ari intambara idasanzwe.
RA - Igihembwe nticyatangiye neza kuri Valtteri Bottas kandi asa nkaho agenda arushaho kwiyemeza. Uratekereza ko agenda arega igitutu cyo 'kwerekana serivisi'?
TW - Valtteri numushoferi mwiza cyane numuntu wingenzi mumakipe. Ariko muri wikendi ishize, ntabwo ameze neza. Tugomba kumva impamvu tudashobora kumuha imodoka yumva neza. Ndagerageza gushaka ibisobanuro kubyo kandi kugirango tubashe kumuha ibikoresho akeneye kwihuta, nikintu akora.
RA - Hamwe ningengo yimari yamaze gushyirwaho muri 2021 kandi izagenda igabanuka buhoro buhoro mumyaka mike iri imbere, na Mercedes-AMG Petronas nimwe mumakipe akomeye, nayo izaba imwe mubibasiwe cyane. Utekereza ko ari izihe ngaruka ibi bizagira ku marushanwa? Tuzabona Mercedes-AMG yinjira mubindi byiciro kugirango igabanye abakozi bayo?
TW Ni ikibazo gikomeye. Ntekereza ko ingengo yimari yingirakamaro ari ngombwa kuko iturinda ubwacu. Guhiga ibihe byinshyi bigeze kurwego rudashoboka, aho ushora miriyoni na miriyoni zama euro muri 'umukino' wa cumi wamasegonda. Ingengo yimari izagabanya itandukaniro mubikorwa byamakipe. Kandi ibi nibyiza cyane. Amarushanwa akeneye gushyira mu gaciro. Ntabwo ntekereza ko siporo ishobora kuyobora ikipe nyampinga inshuro 10 zikurikiranye.
Toto WolffSinzi neza niba bizaba ibicanwa bya sintetike (bizakoreshwa muri formula 1), ariko ndatekereza ko bizaba ibicanwa birambye.
Ariko icyarimwe turabiharanira. Kubijyanye no gukwirakwiza abantu, turareba ibyiciro byose. Dufite Formula E, ikipe yacu kuva twimukira i Brackley, aho basanzwe bakorera. Dufite ubuhanga bwa 'arm', bwitwa Mercedes-Benz Applied Science, aho dukorera ubwato bwamarushanwa ya INEOS, amagare, imishinga itwara ibinyabiziga hamwe na tagisi zitagira abapilote.
Twabonye ibikorwa bishimishije kubantu babaho muburyo bwabo. Zibyara inyungu kandi ziduha ibitekerezo bitandukanye.
RA - Wizera ko hari ibishoboka byose bya Formula 1 na Formula E bizaza mugihe kizaza?
TW Simbizi. Iki nicyemezo kigomba gufatwa na Liberty Media na Liberty Global. Nibyo, ibyabaye mumujyi nka Formula 1 na Formula E birashobora kugabanya ibiciro. Ariko ndatekereza ko iki ari icyemezo cyamafaranga gusa kigomba gufatwa nabashinzwe ibyiciro byombi.
RA - Duherutse kubona Honda ivuga ko idashaka gukomeza gutega kuri Formula 1 kandi twabonye BWM iva muri Formula E. Uratekereza ko abayikora bamwe batakizera moteri?
TW Ntekereza ko abubatsi baza bakagenda. Twabonye ko muri Formula 1 hamwe na BMW, Toyota, Honda, Renault… Ibyemezo birashobora guhinduka. Isosiyete ihora isuzuma imbaraga zo kwamamaza siporo ifite no kohereza amashusho biremera. Niba kandi badakunda, biroroshye kugenda.
Ibi byemezo birashobora gufatwa vuba. Ariko kumakipe yavutse guhatana, biratandukanye. Kuri Mercedes, icyibandwaho ni uguhatana no kugira imodoka kumuhanda. Imodoka ya mbere ya Mercedes yari imodoka yo guhatana. Kandi niyo mpamvu aricyo gikorwa cyacu nyamukuru.
RA - Uratekereza ko ibicanwa bya sintetike bizaba ejo hazaza ha Formula 1 na moteri?
TW - Sinzi neza niba bizaba ibicanwa, ariko ndatekereza ko bizaba ibicanwa birambye. Ibinyabuzima byinshi birenze ibicanwa, kuko ibicanwa byahenze bihenze cyane. Iterambere nigikorwa cyo gukora biragoye kandi bihenze cyane.
Ndabona rero byinshi mubihe bizaza binyura mu bicanwa birambye bishingiye kubindi bikoresho. Ariko ntekereza ko niba tugiye gukomeza gukoresha moteri yaka imbere, tugomba kubikora hamwe na lisansi irambye.
RA - Uyu ni umwaka wa kabiri wikurikiranya Portugal yakiriye Formula 1. Utekereza iki kuri Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, i Portimão, kandi utekereza iki ku gihugu cyacu?
TW - Nkunda Portimão. Nzi umuzunguruko kuva ibihe byanjye bya DTM. Ndibuka ko twakoze ikizamini cya mbere cya Pascal Wehrlein muri Mercedes. Noneho, gusubira mumarushanwa ya Formula 1 byari byiza rwose. Porutugali ni igihugu cyiza cyane.
Ndashaka rwose gusubira mu gihugu ahantu hasanzwe, kuko hari byinshi byo kubona no gukora. Urebye kwiruka, ni inzira nziza rwose, ishimishije gutwara no kwinezeza kureba.
RA - Ni izihe ngorane iyi nzira itera abapilote? Byari bigoye cyane kwitegura isiganwa ryumwaka ushize, kuko ntaho bihuriye nimyaka yashize?
TW - Yego, ibyo byari bigoye, gutegura inzira nshya n'umuzunguruko ufite epfo na ruguru. Ariko twarabikunze. Ihatira gufata ibyemezo byihuse, bishingiye kumibare nibindi byinshi. Kandi uyu mwaka uzaba umwe. Kuberako tudafite amakuru yakusanyirijwe muyindi myaka. Asfalt irasobanutse neza kandi igishushanyo mbonera kiratandukanye cyane nibyo tuzi.
Dufite amasiganwa atatu afite imiterere itandukanye cyane muri iki gihembwe gitangira, reka turebe ibikurikira.
RA - Ariko urebye imiterere ya Grand Prix yo muri Porutugali, utekereza ko ari umuzunguruko imodoka ya Mercedes-AMG Petronas ishobora kugaragara ikomeye?
TW Biragoye kubivuga nonaha. Ndatekereza ko Red Bull Racing yakomeye cyane. Twabonye Lando Norris (McLaren) akora ibisabwa bitangaje muri Imola. Ferraris iri hafi. Mubishoboka ufite Mercedes ebyiri, Red Bull ebyiri, McLaren ebyiri na Ferrari ebyiri. Byose birarushanwa cyane kandi nibyiza.
RA - Tugarutse kuri 2016, ni gute gucunga umubano hagati ya Lewis Hamilton na Nico Rosberg? Byari bimwe mubibazo bikomeye byumwuga wawe?
TW - Ikintu cyangoye kuri njye ni uko nari shyashya muri siporo. Ariko nakunze ikibazo. Imico ibiri ikomeye cyane nabantu babiri bifuzaga kuba nyampinga wisi. Mu kwirwanaho kwa Lewis, ntabwo twamuhaye ibikoresho bikomeye muri uyu mwaka. Yagize moteri nyinshi, imwe murimwe ubwo yayoboraga muri Maleziya, byashoboraga kumuha shampiyona.
Ariko ndatekereza ko tutitwaye neza mumarushanwa make ashize. Twagerageje gukumira ingaruka mbi no kubarinda, ariko ntibyari ngombwa. Twari dukwiye kubareka bagatwara no kurwanira championat. Niba kandi byarangiye kugongana, noneho byarangiye bigonganye. Twagenzuraga cyane.
RA - Kuvugurura amasezerano na Lewis Hamilton byatunguye abantu benshi kuko byari byumwaka umwe gusa. Iki cyari icyifuzo cyimpande zombi? Ibi bivuze ko niba Hamilton atsinze kunshuro umunani uyu mwaka iyi ishobora kuba shampiyona yanyuma yumwuga we?
TW - Byari ngombwa kumpande zombi. Kuri we, byari ngombwa kumusiga iyi ntera kugirango ahitemo icyo ashaka gukora mu mwuga we. Amazina arindwi yisi, ahwanye na Michael Schumacher yanditse, ni igitangaza. Ariko kugerageza inyandiko zuzuye, ntekereza ko byari ngombwa kuri we kugira umudendezo wo mumutwe uhitamo icyo ashaka gukora.
Ariko hagati yo kurwanira amaherezo ya cyenda cyangwa kugira rematch niba ntashobora gutsinda iyi, ndatekereza ko azagumana natwe igihe gito. Turashaka kumugira mumodoka. Hariho byinshi byo kugeraho.
Kuri uyu wa gatanu, "sirus nini" ya Formula 1 iragaruka muri Porutugali - no muri Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, i Portimão - hamwe nimyitozo yambere yubuntu iteganijwe saa 11h30. Kumuhuza hepfo urashobora kugenzura ingengabihe yose kugirango utagira icyo ubura kuva murwego rwigiportigale cyigikombe cyisi cya Formula 1.