Unyaka ka-2020 unokude ube yi-atypical ngeendlela ezininzi, nangona kunjalo, iyimbali kwi-motorsport yasePortugal. Emva kwewonga lika-António Félix da Costa kwiFomula E kunye nokubuya kweFormula 1 ePortugal, uFilipe Albuquerque uphumelele udidi lwe-LMP2 kwiiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans.
Ukongeza kule mpumelelo yembali yomqhubi we-No.22 Oreca 07, umlingane wakhe kunye nokukhusela i-Formula E iqhawe, u-António Félix da Costa, wathatha indawo yesibini kwinqanaba elifanayo, eqhuba i-Oreca 07 awabelana ngayo no-Anthony Davidson kunye noRoberto Gonzalez.
Emva kolo loyiso, uFilipe Albuquerque, okwakhokela iFIA Endurance World Cup kunye neEuropean Le Mans Series, wathi: “Ndivuya kakhulu kuba andinakuyichaza le mvakalelo ikhethekileyo. Kwakuyeyona nto ide kakhulu yeeyure ze-24 zobomi bam kwaye imizuzu yokugqibela yogqatso yayiphambene (...) Senze i-sprint yeeyure ze-24, isantya sasishukumisa ingqondo. Kwaye kwakuncinci kakhulu ukuphelisa ukungaphumeleli kweminyaka emithandathu ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuphumelela".
Ukuba awukhumbuli, olu loyiso kwiiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans luza kwinxaxheba yesixhenxe yomqhubi ongumPhuthukezi kowona mdyarho udumileyo wokunyamezela kwimoto. Kwinqanaba elipheleleyo, uFilipe Albuquerque wayengowe-5 kunye no-António Félix da Costa 6th.
uhlanga oluseleyo
Kulo lonke ugqatso, indawo yokuqala kudidi lwenkulumbuso, i-LMP1, iphinde yancuma kwiToyota ngeToyota TS050-Hybrid eqhutywa nguSebastien Buemi, uKazuki Nakajima noBrendon Hartley bewele entanjeni kuqala ukuze banyathele uloyiso lwesithathu lulandelelana. uphawu lwaseJapan eLe Mans.
Kuluhlu lwe-LMGTE Pro kunye ne-LMGTE Am, uloyiso lwancuma kuzo zombini iimeko ku-Aston Martin. Kwi-LMGTE Pro uloyiso luphunyeziwe ngu-Aston Martin Vantage AMR elingwa nguMaxime Martin, u-Alex Lynn noHarry Tincknell ngelixa e-LMGTE Am ophumeleleyo u-Aston Martin Vantage AMR wayelingwa nguSalih Yoluc, uCharlie Eastwood noJonny Adam.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Olu loyiso lwe-Oreca 07 kaFilipe Albuquerque, uPhil Hanson kunye noPaul Di Resta bajoyina uloyiso olufunyenwe nguPedro Lamy kwinqanaba le-LMGTE Am kwi-2012.