UMaria Teresa de Filippis, wayengumfazi wokuqala kwiFomula 1. Waphumelela ngexesha elalizaliswe lucalucalulo. Ngalo lonke ixesha Filippis!
Imidlalo yeemoto namhlanje ithi ndlela-ntle kolunye lozuko lwayo. UMaria Teresa de Filippis, owasetyhini wokuqala ukukhuphisana kwiFormula 1 Grand Prix, usweleke namhlanje eneminyaka engama-89. Isizathu sokufa komqhubi wase-Italy wangaphambili ayikaqinisekiswa.EZIQHELEKILEYO: Ibali likaMaria Teresa de Filippis, umfazi wokuqala kwiFomula yoku-1
Siyakhumbula ukuba uFilippis wabaleka kwiFomula 1 phakathi kuka-1958 kunye no-1959, efola kwigridi yokuqala kukhuphiswano oluthathu: iPortugal, i-Italiya neBelgium. Ngaphambi koko, wayekwindawo yesibini e-Italiyane, kwenye yeentshatsheli zesantya ekwakuphikiswana ngazo nolukhuphisanayo ngelo xesha.
UMaria Teresa waqala ukubaleka eneminyaka engama-22, e-Italiya, ejongene nothotho lokucalula kwindawo elawulwa ngamadoda - wade walelwa nokubaleka kuba wayemhle kakhulu. Esona siphumo sakhe singcono kuSpa-Francorchamps, ukuqala kwakhe kwindawo yeshumi elinesihlanu wakwazi ukugqibezela ugqatso kwindawo yeshumi.
“Ndabalekela nje ukuzonwabisa. Ngelo xesha, abaqhubi abasithoba kwabalishumi babengabahlobo bam. Kwakukho, masithi, umoya oqhelekileyo. Sasihamba ebusuku, siphulaphule umculo kwaye sidanise. Yayahluke ngokupheleleyo kwinto eyenziwa ngabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya namhlanje, kuba baba ngoomatshini, iirobhothi kwaye baxhomekeke kubaxhasi. Ngoku akukho zihlobo kwiFomula 1.” | UMaria Theresa de Filippis
Namhlanje, eneminyaka eyi-89, uFillipis wayeyinxalenye yeFormula 1 Ex-Drivers Committee ye-International Automobile Federation kwaye kubo bonke ubomi bakhe, wayehlala ekhona kwimisitho yeemoto. Uthando lwemoto luhlala lukunye naye.