Chiziviso chinokatyamadza chakaitwa neMercedes-Benz chinoisa makwikwi ese panjodzi. Mercedes-Benz ichabuda kubva kuDTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) pakupera kwemwaka we2018, ichitarisa kuFormula E, iyo ichave chikamu chemwaka we2019-2020.
Nzira itsva yemhando yeGermany inobvumira kuti iiswe panzvimbo mbiri dzazvino dzemotorsport: Formula 1, iyo inoramba iri chirango chamambokadzi, kubatanidza tekinoroji yepamusoro nenzvimbo inonyanyoda yemakwikwi; uye Formula E, inomiririra shanduko iri kuitika mukuwirirana muindasitiri yemotokari.
Mercedes-Benz yave iri imwe yeanowanzo kuvepo paDTM uye yakave yakabudirira kwazvo mugadziri mukuranga kubva payakavambwa muna 1988. Kubva ipapo, yakakwanisa makwikwi emutyairi gumi, makwikwi echikwata che13 uye makwikwi evagadziri matanhatu (kubatanidza. iyo DTM neITC). Akawanawo kuhwina 183, 128 pole zvinzvimbo uye 540 podium kukwira.
Toto Wolff, Executive Director uye Musoro weMercedes-Benz MotorsportMakore atakapedza tiri muDTM achagara achikosheswa sechimwe chezvitsauko zvikuru munhoroondo yemotorsport paMercedes-Benz. Ndinoda kutenda nhengo dzese dzechikwata idzo nebasa radzo rakanaka rakabatsira kuti Mercedes-Benz ive yakabudirira kugadzira kusvika parizvino. Kunyangwe kubuda kuchange kwakaoma kwatiri tese, tichaita zvese mumwaka uno neinotevera kuona kuti tahwina mikombe yakawanda yeDTM tisati taenda. Tine chikwereti kune vateveri vedu uye isu pachedu.
Uye zvino, Audi neBMW?
Iyo DTM nekudaro inorasikirwa nemumwe wevatambi vayo vakuru, vachitungamira Audi neBMW, vamwe vanogadzira vanotora chikamu, kuti vaongororezve kuenderera kwayo mukuranga.
Audi yakanga yato "katyamadza" hafu yenyika nekusiya chirongwa cheLMP, icho chakaunza kubudirira kusingaverengeki kubva pakutanga kwezana ramakore, kungave kuWEC (World Endurance Champioship) kana kumaawa makumi maviri nemana eLe Mans. Iyo ring brand yakafungawo kuenda kuFormula E.
Achitaura ne Autosport, mukuru we motorsports we Audi Dieter Gass akati: “Tinodemba danho rakatorwa neMercedes-Benz rekubuda muDTM […] Migumisiro yeAudi nekurangwa haisi kujeka pari zvino… kutsvaga mhinduro kana dzimwe nzira dzeDTM."
BMW yakataura zvakafanana kuburikidza naJens Marquardt, mukuru wayo wemotorsports: "Tinodemba zvikuru kuti takaziva nezvekubviswa kweMercedes-Benz kubva kuDTM [...] Iye zvino tinoda kuongorora mamiriro matsva aya".
DTM inogona kurarama nevanovaka vaviri chete. Izvi zvakatoitika pakati pe2007 ne2011, apo chete Audi neMercedes-Benz vakapinda, BMW ichidzoka muna 2012. Kuti udzivise kuparara kwemakwikwi, kana Audi neBMW vakasarudza kutevera mumakwara eMercedes-Benz, mhinduro dzichadiwa. . Wadii kufunga mazano kubva kune vamwe vavaki? Zvichida mumwe mugadziri weItaly, hapana chinoshamisa kuDTM…
