Iyaguquguquka kwaye yomelele, i iRenault 4F yanceda ukuqhuba amashishini amaninzi. Nangona kunjalo, into ekusenokwenzeka ukuba awuyazi kukuba i-4L ethotyiweyo eyiveni incede ukuguqula iFomula 1.
Sasiphakathi koo-1970 (ngowe-1977, ngokuchanekileyo ngakumbi) kwaye, emva kokuphumelela izihloko zabakhi ezibini ezilandelelanayo ngo-1972 nango-1973, iLotus yayiqalisa “ukuphulukana nomhlaba” kukhuphiswano.
Ukukhangela umda wokukhuphisana, umsunguli wengqondo ye-brand yaseBrithani, uColin Chapman, wagqiba ekubeni ahlolisise ingcamango entsha (kunye "nomngxuma" kwimimiselo) ukuba, ubuncinane ephepheni, inokuguqula i-motor sport: umphumo womhlaba.
Ukusuka kwithiyori ukuya ekusebenzeni
Ngamafutshane, oko kufunyenwe iinjineli kukuba ngokugubungela ngokupheleleyo / ukutywina emacaleni emoto nge "skirt" inokudala umphumo ofunekayo womhlaba kwaye "unamathele" imoto kumzila.
Emva kovavanyo oluyimpumelelo kwitonela yomoya kunye nokulinganisa okuninzi, kwakungekho mathandabuzo ukuba le ngcamango yayinamandla okubuyisela iLotus kwiintsuku zayo zozuko. Nangona kunjalo, iqela lobunjineli lalisenombuzo: njani ukuqinisekisa ukuba umphumo osezantsi usebenza kumzila?
Yinto enye ukuvavanya ngeeminiatures kwitonela yomoya kunye nokuqhuba ukulinganisa, enye into ukusebenzisa loo mbono kwimoto yeFomula yoku-1 kwaye uyiqalise kumzila.
Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, oononjineli beqela likaHethel babengenaso isitulo esihlala umntu omnye ababenokusisebenzisa xa kuvavanywa, kwanazo zilinganisi neekhompyutha zanamhlanje ezisetyenziswa ngamaqela.
Oko kutshiwo, bekuyimfuneko ukuthabatha umgaqo uGuilherme Costa uhlala esikhumbuza ngawo apha eRazão Automóvel: Phucula. Ukuziqhelanisa ukoyisa . Kwaye ke iRenault 4F yangena emfanekisweni.
IRenault 4F: "ijekhi yazo zonke iintengiso"
Bakuba befikile kumzi-mveliso weLotus, iinjineli zeqela leFomula 1 zakhumbula: kuthekani ukuba siqhagamshele enye “yeziketi ezisecaleni” kwisakhelo esincanyathiselwe ngasemva kweRenault 4F ukubona ukuba ihamba njani?
Ingcango yeveni ivuliwe, injineli ilele kwiqonga lokulayisha ijonge indlela izisombululo ezivavanyiweyo kunye nenye eqhuba iRenault 4F, uvavanyo lwenziwa apho.
Okubangela umdla kukuba, ukunqunyanyiswa okugudileyo kweveni yamaFrentshi (eyenzelwe ngakumbi iingoma zebhokhwe kuneesekethe) kwajika kwaba yi-asethi ebingalindelekanga, kubaxa iintshukumo eziya kuhlangabezana nazo “iziketi” xa zixhonywe kwimoto yeFormula 1.
Konke oku kwasivumela ukuba siphelise izisombululo ezingaphantsi ezifanelekileyo de sifikelele kwindawo efanelekileyo: i-flap ene-spring eveliswe kwizinto ezibangela ukungqubuzana okuncinci, okufana nesetyenziswe kwi ... iibhodi zokusika esinazo ekhitshini.
Isisombululo saphunyezwa kwiLotus 78 kodwa kwakuseLotus 79, kwi-1978, ukuba inkqubo iya kukhanya kakhulu. Ndiyabulela kuye, uLotus waba "iqela lokubetha", waphumelela imidyarho emihlanu kwisiqingatha sesibini sexesha, waphumelela isihloko sabakhi kwaye wabona uMario Andretti ephumelela isihloko sabaqhubi.
Ngo-1979 amanye amaqela asele ekhuphele kwaye eyigqibelele inkqubo, ngaloo ndlela ephelisa inzuzo yeLotus. Nangona kunjalo, akukho namnye kubo omele akwazi "ukuqhayisa" ngokusebenzisa i-Renault 4F "njengemoto yokuhlola".