Irushanwa ryayo rya 100 muri Shampiyona yisi yo kwihangana (WEC), Amasaha 8 ya Portimão yari afite akamaro gakomeye kuri Toyota. Kubwibyo, twagerageje kuvumbura ibibazo ikipe yUbuyapani yahuye nabyo mumwaka aho amabwiriza mashya ya Hypercar yabaye "intumbero yo kwitabwaho".
Ntakintu cyiza nko kuvugana na babiri mubashinzwe ibikorwa bya Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe mubikorwa byo kwihangana: Rob Leupen, umuyobozi witsinda, na Pascal Vasselon, umuyobozi wa tekinike.
Uhereye ku mwanya we ujyanye n’amabwiriza mashya kugeza ku gitekerezo cye kijyanye n’umuzunguruko wa Algarve, unyuze ku mbogamizi iyi kipe izahura nazo, abayobozi bombi ba Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe “bakinguye” umuryango muto kugira ngo “dufate akajisho” kuri Isi Yihanganira Isi.
Icyerekezo gishya? kuzigama
Ikigereranyo cyimodoka (AR) - Ni ngombwa kangahe Toyota gusiganwa?
Rob Leupen (RL) - Ni ngombwa cyane. Kuri twe, ni ihuriro ryibintu: guhugura, kuvumbura no kugerageza ikoranabuhanga rishya, no kumenyekanisha ikirango cya Toyota.
RA - Ukemura ute amabwiriza mashya? Uratekereza ko twasubiye inyuma?
RL - Kuri ba injeniyeri nabantu bose bakunda moteri, buri tegeko rishya ni ikibazo. Urebye ikiguzi, yego, birashobora gusubira inyuma. Ariko duhereye kubuhanga, kandi nyuma yumwaka umwe cyangwa ibiri yamabwiriza mashya, turashobora kureba neza tekinolojiya mishya. Ntabwo ari ikibazo cyo kubaka imodoka nshya buri gihembwe, ahubwo ni ukuyitunganya no kunoza imikorere yikipe. Kurundi ruhande, turareba ubundi buryo mugihe kizaza, nka hydrogen. Turibanda kandi ku gufata 'uburyo-bushingiye ku biciro', tutirengagije urwego rwo hejuru rw'ikoranabuhanga, hamwe n'imodoka zirushanwe mu buryo bungana. Kandi, byanze bikunze, tugomba gutegura 2022 kugirango habeho ibicuruzwa nka Peugeot cyangwa Ferrari; cyangwa murwego rwa LMDh, hamwe na Porsche na Audi. Bizaba ikibazo gikomeye na shampiona nini, hamwe nibirango binini birushanwe kurwego rwo hejuru rwa siporo.
RA - Kubijyanye niterambere ryimodoka, hari intego yihariye yagerwaho hagati yintangiriro nimpera zigihe?
Pascal Vasselon (PV) - Amabwiriza "gukonjesha" imodoka, ni ukuvuga Hypercars, zikimara kuba homologique, "zahagaritswe" mumyaka itanu. Ni ngombwa gushimangira ko iki cyiciro kidafite amahirwe yo kwiteza imbere. Hariho iterambere, kurugero, mumiterere yimodoka. Niba itsinda rifite ibibazo byokwizerwa, umutekano cyangwa imikorere, birashobora gukoresha "ibimenyetso" cyangwa "ibimenyetso" kugirango ubashe kwiteza imbere. Ariko, gusaba bigomba gusuzumwa na FIA. Ntabwo tukiri mubihe bya LMP1 aho amakipe yose atera imbere. Kugeza ubu, mugihe dushaka guteza imbere imodoka dukeneye gutsindishirizwa gukomeye no kwemezwa na FIA. Nibintu bitandukanye rwose.
RA - Utekereza ko amabwiriza mashya ashobora gufasha gukora imodoka zisa cyane nimodoka zisanzwe? Kandi twe, abaguzi, dushobora kungukirwa niyi "kugabanya" icyuho cyikoranabuhanga?
RL - Yego, dusanzwe tubikora. Turabona ko hano hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga rya TS050, binyuze mugutezimbere sisitemu ya Hybrid yizewe, imikorere yayo, kandi ibyo biza mumodoka kumuhanda intambwe ku yindi. Twabonye ibi, kurugero, muri Super Taikyu iheruka mu Buyapani hamwe na moteri ikoreshwa na hydrogène ikoreshwa na Corolla. Nikoranabuhanga rigera kubaturage binyuze muri siporo kandi rishobora kugira uruhare muri societe no kubidukikije. Kurugero, tumaze kubasha kugabanya cyane gukoresha lisansi mugihe twongera imikorere.
RA - Muri shampionat nka WEC, isaba umwuka wikipe ikomeye, biragoye gucunga egos yabatwara?
RL - Kuri twe biroroshye, abadashoboye kwinjiza mumakipe ntibashobora kwiruka. Umuntu wese agomba kumvikana: ko imodoka batwaye niyo yihuta munzira. Kandi ibyo bivuze ko niba bafite ego nini bakibwira ubwabo, niba badashoboye gukorana nabagenzi babo, "bazahagarika" ikipe, harimo ba injeniyeri nabakanishi. Kujya rero hamwe na "Ndi inyenyeri nini, ndabikora ubwanjye" imitekerereze ntabwo ikora. Birakenewe kumenya gusangira.
Portimão, ingendo zidasanzwe mu Burayi
RA - Portimão nimwe mumuzunguruko ushobora kwipimisha nijoro. Hari indi mpamvu waje hano?
PV - Mu ikubitiro twaje kuri Portimão kubera ko inzira yari yuzuye kandi yari "yacu" Sebring. Twari tuje kugerageza guhagarikwa na chassis. Kandi, byari bihendutse cyane kuruta umuziki wabanyamerika. Noneho inzira yarasubiwemo, ariko dukomeza kuza kuko ni umuziki ushimishije.
RA - Kandi kuba umaze kuba hano birashobora kuba akarusho kurenza andi makipe?
PV - Burigihe nibyiza nkuko tumaze kugerageza inzira, ariko sinkeka ko ari inyungu nini.
RA - Toyota yamaze gutangaza ko intambwe ikurikira izaba amashanyarazi yose. Ibi bivuze ko, mugihe kizaza, tuzabona Toyota itaye WEC hanyuma ikinjira muri shampiona yamashanyarazi yose?
RL - Ntabwo nizera ko ibyo bizabaho. Iyo tuvuze imodoka zuzuye amashanyarazi tuba tuvuze imiterere runaka, mubisanzwe mumijyi, aho dushobora kugira imodoka nto cyangwa hamwe na kilometero ngufi. Ndibwira ko guhuza ibintu byose bikenewe: amashanyarazi 100% mumujyi, lisansi yuzuye mubihugu cyangwa uturere tutabona amashanyarazi cyangwa hydrogène kubinyabiziga binini nka bisi cyangwa amakamyo. Ntidushobora kwibanda ku ikoranabuhanga rimwe gusa. Nizera ko mu bihe biri imbere imijyi izagenda irushaho kugana amashanyarazi, ko icyaro kizashora imari mu guhuza ikoranabuhanga kandi ko hazabaho ubwoko bushya bwa lisansi.