I-TMD isengozini? I-Mercedes-Benz iyanduluka kwaye isingise kwiFomula E

Isibhengezo esothusayo sikaMercedes-Benz sibeka ukhuphiswano lonke emngciphekweni. I-Mercedes-Benz iya kuhoxiswa kwi-DTM (i-Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) ekupheleni kwexesha le-2018, igxininise ingqalelo kwi-Formula E, eya kuba yinxalenye yexesha le-2019-2020.

Isicwangciso esitsha se-brand yaseJamani sivumela ukuba sibekwe kwiindawo ezimbini ezigqithisayo zangoku ze-motorsport: I-Formula 1, eqhubeka ibe yindlovukazi yoqeqesho, ukudibanisa iteknoloji ephezulu kunye neyona ndawo inzima kakhulu yokhuphiswano; kunye neFormula E, emele inguqu eyenzeka ngokunxuseneyo kushishino lweemoto.

I-Mercedes-Benz ibe yenye yezinto ezihlala rhoqo kwi-DTM kwaye ibe ngumenzi ophumelele kakhulu kuqeqesho ukususela ekusekweni kwayo ngo-1988. Ukususela ngoko, ikwazile ukuphumelela iintshatsheli zabaqhubi ezili-10, iintshatsheli zeqela le-13 kunye neentshatsheli ezintandathu zabenzi (ukudibanisa i-DTM ene-ITC). Ukwaphumelele ukuphumelela kwe-183, izithuba zepali ezili-128 kunye nokunyuka kweqonga okungama-540.

Iminyaka esiyichithe kwi-DTM iya kuhlala ixabiswa njengenye yezahluko eziphambili kwimbali ye-motorsport kwaMercedes-Benz. Ndifuna ukubulela onke amalungu eqela athe ngomsebenzi wabo oncomekayo wanceda ukwenza iMercedes-Benz ibe ngoyena umenzi uphumeleleyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Nangona ukuphuma kuya kuba nzima kuthi sonke, siyakwenza konke ngeli xesha lesizini nakwelandelayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba siyakwazi ukuphumelela indebe zeDTM ezininzi kangangoko phambi kokuba sihambe. Sibatyala abalandeli bethu kunye nathi.

UToto Wolff, uMlawuli oyiNtloko kunye neNtloko ye-Mercedes-Benz Motorsport

Kwaye ngoku, i-Audi kunye ne-BMW?

Ngaloo ndlela i-DTM ilahlekelwa ngomnye wabadlali bayo abaphambili, ekhokela i-Audi kunye ne-BMW, abanye abavelisi abathatha inxaxheba, ukuvavanya kwakhona ukuqhubeka kwayo kuqeqesho.

U-Audi wayesele "othukile" isiqingatha sehlabathi ngokushiya inkqubo ye-LMP, eye yazisa impumelelo engenakubalwa ukususela ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane, nokuba yi-WEC (i-World Endurance Champioship) okanye kwiiyure ze-24 ze-Le Mans. I-brand yeringi nayo yagqiba kwelokuba iye kwiFomula E.

Ethetha ne-Autosport, intloko yezemoto kwa-Audi uDieter Gass uthe: “Siyazisola ngesigqibo sikaMercedes-Benz sokurhoxa kwi-DTM […] Iziphumo ze-Audi kunye nokuziphatha azikacaci okwangoku... Ngoku kufuneka sihlalutye imeko entsha. ukufumana isisombululo okanye ezinye iindlela kwi-DTM.”

I-BMW yenza ingxelo efanayo ngoJens Marquardt, intloko yayo yezemoto: “Kulusizi kakhulu ukuba sifunde ngokurhoxa kweMercedes-Benz kwi-DTM […] Ngoku kufuneka siyivavanye le meko intsha”.

I-DTM inokusinda kunye nabakhi ababini kuphela. Oku sele kwenzekile phakathi kwe-2007 kunye ne-2011, apho kuphela i-Audi kunye ne-Mercedes-Benz bathatha inxaxheba, kunye ne-BMW ebuyela kwi-2012. . Kutheni ungacingi ngegalelo labanye abakhi? Mhlawumbi umenzi othile wase-Italiya, akukho nto ingaqhelekanga kwi-DTM…