Njengoko ufunda le migca, unethamsanqa uJoão Faustino usendleleni eya kuMthendeleko weGoodwood. Wayenoxanduva lomsebenzi onzima wokumela iReason Automobile kulo msitho. Bekuxhomekeke kum umntu obekekileyo – kodwa ongonwabanga kangako… – injongo yokukuxelela onke amava neefoto uJoão aza kusinika zona ngezi ntsuku. Imitha! Kunyaka ozayo nam ndiza...
Ukuba ufunda oku, endaweni yokuba useNgilani uvale iindlebe zabantwana bakho ngelixa udlula iFormula 1 eyimbali 'bekhala' phezulu kwimiphunga yabo, ndiyaxolisa.
Kodwa ngelixa u-João efika kwaye engafiki e-Goodwood, kuyafaneleka ukukhumbula ukubaluleka kunye nemvelaphi yalo mnyhadala oqhubekayo minyaka yonke eMzantsi waseNgilani, kwiigadi ze-Lord March's estate (isithombe).
Simele sithi: le nkosi ligugu lomntu. Asinguye nabani na omema abantu abangama-150,000 ukuba bachithe impela-veki kwindawo yabo, betshisa irabha, benyathela engceni nokuthetha ngeemoto. Uhambe kakuhle mhlekazi!
Imvelaphi yoMthendeleko
Kwakungowe-1990 xa le nkosi yamaNgesi yagqiba ekubeni ithenge iNdlu yaseGoodwood. Indawo enkulu, apho umkhondo weSekethe yaseGoodwood uphumle. Indawo eyayikumaxesha amandulo yayiyi- «Mecca» ye-motorsport yesiNgesi, indawo ye-Formula 1 racing kunye nezinye iintlekele, ezifana nokufa kukaBruce Mclaren ngo-1970.
Engqondweni ka-Lord March, naphambi kokuba kuthengwe lo mhlaba, yayiyinjongo yokubuyisela intswahla yeenjini eGoodwood. Ngelishwa, nangaphandle kweenzame ezininzi, u-Lord March akazange afumane imvume yokuqhuba imisitho yezemidlalo e-Goodwood.
Ngokhuphiswano eGoodwood ngaphandle kombuzo, iNkosi uMatshi yaqulunqa enye indlela. Endaweni yokubaleka, iGoodwood ngoku iza kubamba umnyhadala wonyaka: uMthendeleko weGoodwood weSpeed. Ibinjalo minyaka le ukusukela ngo-1993, phakathi kukaJuni noJulayi.
Umnyhadala osebenzayo yimyuziyam ehambayo. Apho abona matshini banembali kunye nababethayo kumdlalo weemoto zehlabathi badibana khona ukuze bashukumise iintambo zesigcawu unyaka wonke sivalelwe.
umthendeleko ngokwawo
Akukho nto ithelekiswa noMthendeleko weGoodwood. Ukuba ufunda oku, endaweni yokuba useNgilani ugqume iindlebe zabantwana bakho ngelixa udlula iFormula 1 yembali 'yokukhala', ndiyaxolisa. Ndivelana nawe, ngezinja zakho ezicingelwayo kunye nam olapha ukuze ndibhale nongenabo nabantwana – Yoh. Kunyaka ozayo ndiya eGoodwood...
IGoodwood lelinye lamava afanele ukuba kuluhlu lwamabhakethi ayo nayiphi na i-petrolhead ezihloniphayo. Ukongezelela ekuhlanganiseni, kwindawo enye, iimodeli eziphambili ezivela kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo - njengeFomula 1, i-NASCAR, i-INDY, i-Endurance, i-Tourism, i-WRC - umtsalane wayo oyintloko kukuba iimoto zihamba. Eyona moto ibiza kakhulu, nenqabileyo eyakhe yadibana kwindlela encinci eyi-2km ende, phakathi kweebhali zeendiza kunye nengca egcinwe kakuhle.
Ebudeni bezi ntsuku zintathu, iGoodwood ibuyisela aba matshini kulo lonke uzuko lwabo. Ukubahlangula kubume babo obutyhafileyo, kwiindawo ezivalelweyo kwezona igaraji zingaqhelekanga kunye nezona myuziyam zikhethekileyo. Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni esinokuthelekisa isandi seFormula 1 eyimbali kunye nesandi seFormula 1 yanamhlanje kwangolo suku lunye; isandi seQela B, kunye nesandi se-WRC yamva nje.
Kanangcono. Ngalo naliphi na ithamsanqa sinokubona abakhweli bembali kwakhona kulawulo koomatshini babo bexesha. Ngaba unokuthelekelela ukushumayela, ukuphila nangemibala, uNiki Lauda eqhuba iFerrari eyaphantse yambulala eNurburgring? Oku kunjalo, ngelixa uvale iindlebe zomntwana wakho - ndiba ngathi ndibanjelwe oku, akunjalo? Ndandine-otitis kwixesha elifutshane elidlulileyo, naso isizathu.
Kwaye emazantsi, ngokunyaniseka - ukundincwina kancinci ngomona - andikhathali ukuba uJoão Faustino wayenosulelo oluncinci lwendlebe. Sendiyazi ukuba xa usuka apho akukho mntu ukuvalelayo. Iya kuba linyathelo lothintelo kuphela….
Thina ke - sigula ngenxa yokungabikho - sinokubambelela kwiSizathu se-Automobile silinde iindaba. Akhonto imbi kangako, akunjalo?
