Ibanje minyaka le, iphantse ibe sisithethe. Iza ngeli xesha lonyaka kwaye iqela lethu lipakisha iisutikheyisi ngobuchule, lipakishe iikhompyutha koobhaka babo, lilungisa iikhamera kwaye likhomba ivili lokuqhuba imoto lisingise eMntla. Isiphelo? Rally de Portugal, kunjalo! Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, esona siganeko sikhulu seemoto elizweni.
Imenyu yeentsuku ezizayo? Uthuli… uthuli oluninzi.
Ungalandela iziphumo zeRally de Portugal yonke imihla kwiwebhusayithi entsha yeRazão Automóvel - ngesishwankathelo seziganeko eziphambili yonke imihla ekupheleni kosuku.
Imini yonke, ukuze ungaphoswa nantoni na, uya kuba nakho ukulandela yonke into eyenziwa yiRally de Portugal kwi-Instagram yethu - ngamabali kunye nokutya kwethu kwemifanekiso. Masihambe kumacandelo sijonge loo mzuzu kunye naloo foto. Siza kube sisemotweni yemoto yakwaHyundai Motorsport, sikhapha «uhlaselo» uThierry Neuville kubunkokheli bobuntshatsheli behlabathi.
Masizame ukuqonda ukuba lisebenza njani iqela leWorld Rally. Imiceli mngeni, ulungiselelo, ubunzima kunye nokuzinikela okufunekayo ukuphumelela kwelinye lawona macandelo abalulekileyo kwimidlalo yeemoto kwihlabathi jikelele.
Emva kwe "double" kwiindibano zaseFransi naseArgentina, ngaba iHyundai iya kukwazi ukubeka uxinzelelo olungakumbi kubunkokeli beFord kaSébastien Ogier, ngokuphumelela kwiRally de Portugal? Umdlalo wokuqala ucwangciselwe ukuba ube namhlanje.
Namhlanje, i-1st ye-Rally de Portugal
Namhlanje iqala nge shakedown yemveli. Lithuba lokugqibela lokuba amaqela acule iimoto zawo phambi kokuba kuqale ukhuphiswano.
Isiganeko sovavanyo senzeka kwindawo yaseParedes kwaye siphela kwisekethe yaseBaltar. Uqulunqo lweWRC luqala kwangoko kakhulu. Emva kwe-shakedown, i-"Meet de crews" iqhubeka ngo-12: 00, inkomfa engacwangciswanga phakathi kwepaki yoncedo apho uluntu olunokuthi lube khona.
Abakhuphisanayo baneeyure ezimbalwa zokulungiselela kwaye bajonge amanqaku amva nje, ngaphambi kokuya eGuimarães apho ukuqala ngokusemthethweni kweVodafone Rally de Portugal kuya kunikwa. Umsitho wenziwa ecaleni kwenqaba ngo-6.10 pm.
Ukusuka apho, amaqela ahamba ngekhonkco ukuya kwi-lousada rallycross complex apho ukufaneleka kokuqala kweVodafone Rally yasePortugal kuya kwenzeka. Ezokuqala ziqala ngo-19:03. Emva komhla wokuqala weVodafone Rally yasePortugal, abaqhubi kunye nabaqhubi abasebenzisana nabo babuyela kwi-Exponor, eMatosinhos.
Isicwangciso samaxesha se-2017 Rally de Portugal (ngoMeyi 1 - 18):
07.30 Shakedown, Iindonga
12.00 Dibana nabasebenzi, Exponor
12.30 FIA inkomfa noonondaba, Exponor
17.25 Iseshoni yeAutograph, eGuimarães
18.10 Ukuqala ngokusesikweni kweRally, eGuimarães
19.03 SSS1, Super Special, Lousada
20.00 Ukuphela kosuku 1, Exponor