Ukuthanda i-motorsport kunye nobuchule kwishishini kukhokelele uBernie Ecclestone ukuba akhokele kumdyarho weemoto. Uyabazi ubomi bomphathi weFormula 1.
UBernard Charles “Bernie” Ecclestone wazalwa ngo-Oktobha 8, 1930 eSuffolk, eNgilani, kwintsapho engamahlwempu. Unyana womna kunye nomlobi, namhlanje "ungumphathi weFomula 1". UnguMongameli kunye ne-CEO yoLawulo lweFomula yokuQala (i-FOM) kunye noLawulo lweFomula yokuqala (FOA).
"Bernie" iminyaka yokuqala yobomi
Ukususela esemncinane, uBernie Ecclestone wabonisa ubuntu obuqinileyo kunye nobuchule boshishino. Njengomntwana, wayedla ngokuthenga iilekese aze athengisele oogxa bakhe ngexabiso eliphindwe kabini, etyhila indlela acinga ngayo ishishini. Njengoko wayemncinci kunoontanga bakhe, kuthiwa uBernie wahlawula oontanga bakhe abadala ngokutshintshiselana nokukhuselwa kwikhefu. Kwaye le?...
Kwanaxa wayekwishumi elivisayo, uBrit wakwazi ukuthanda isithuthuthu, yaye xa wayeneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, wathelela uFred Compton ukuze afumane iCompton & Ecclestone, inkampani eyayithengisa iintsimbi zesithuthuthu.
Amava okuqala kumnyhadala wokhuphiswano-abahlali-abahlali-sinye-yenzeka ngo-1949 kwiFomula 3, kodwa emva kweengozi ezininzi kwisekethe yeBrand Hatch yasekhaya, uBernie Ecclestone waphulukana nomdla wokhuphiswano kwaye wagqiba ekubeni agxile ngakumbi kwinxalenye yeshishini lomdyarho. .
Izivumelwano ezinkulu zokuqala
Ukutyhubela iminyaka, impumelelo yeshishini iye yakhula – i-Ecclestone nayo yaqalisa ukuthenga nokuthengisa izithuthi notyalo-mali kwi-real estate – kwaye ngo-1957 u-Ecclestone wathenga iqela le-Formula 1 Connaught Engineering.
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Kamva ngaloo nyaka, u-Ecclestone waba ngumphathi womhlobo kunye nomqhubi uStuart Lewis-Evans, emva kokuzama ukubuyela kumzila weMonaco Grand Prix ngo-1958, ngaphandle kwempumelelo. Kwi-Grand Prix yaseMoroccan, uLewis-Evans wafumana ingozi ebulalayo eyashiya i-Ecclestone ichaphazeleke kakubi; kwiminyaka emibini kamva, umqhubi uJochen Rindt (owayeqeshwe ngelo xesha u-Ecclestone njengomphathi wakhe) wasweleka kwisiphaluka sembali saseMonza, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba uBriton awuphelise ngokuqinisekileyo umsebenzi wakhe njengomqhubi.
Ukungena okuqinisekileyo kwihlabathi leFomula 1
Kwi-1972, u-Ecclestone wathenga iBrabham, iqela laseBrithani eliza kuba yimpumelelo kakhulu ngenxa yabaqhubi uNiki Lauda noNelson Piquet (okuchazwe ngasentla). Ngaloo ndlela uBernie Ecclestone waqalisa ukubethelela isikhundla sakhe kugqatso lwezithuthuthu. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, i-Brit yaseka i-Formula 1 Builders Association (FOCA), kunye noColin Chapman (umsunguli weLotus) kunye nomhlobo kunye negqwetha uMax Mosely (okuchazwe ngezantsi), phakathi kwabanye.
Ngo-FOCA, u-Ecclestone waphumelela ngo-1978 elona galelo lakhe likhulu ekuvelisweni kweFormula 1. Usomashishini waseBritane wahlanganisa onke amaqela kwaye wafikelela kwisivumelwano sokuthengisa amalungelo kamabonakude. Ingeniso yabelwa amaqela (47%), i-International Automobile Federation (30%) kunye neNkqubo yokuKhuthaza noLawulo esandula ukwenziwa (23%). Ikhontrakthi - eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Concorde Agreement" - iye yaphinda yaxoxwa kwakhona kwiminyaka, isoloko i-Ecclestone njengoyena onoxanduva.
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Ukusukela ngoko, uBernie Ecclestone ebengomnye wamandla okuqhuba kwiFomula 1 kwaye ubukhulu becala unoxanduva lokuthatha ithuba elipheleleyo lamandla ezemidlalo, esoloko enombono owahlukileyo nowohlukileyo wezemidlalo – ngamanye amaxesha ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuphepha iimpikiswano. Okwangoku, usomashishini uyinkokeli yeFomula 1 yeQela kunye nomnye woosomashishini abazizityebi eGreat Britain.Phakathi, kukho iingxabano ezininzi malunga nokhetho lwabo. Ngokwendalo egxininise kwishishini kunye neziphumo, wayengenazo iingxaki "ukudonsa iintambo" ukuphazamisa ukhuphiswano kwindlela. Ngokomzekelo, ngo-1992, wakwazi ukukhuthaza kunye ne-FIA utshintsho kwimigaqo yeNdebe yeHlabathi yokuqeqesha. Isiphumo? INdebe yeHlabathi yokunyamezela iphelile, uvavanyo ebelwenza ngakumbi nangakumbi malunga neFomula yoku-1.
Amabali alandelana kunye neengxabano nazo - ukuchasana kwabo nabasetyhini kwiFomula 1 kunye nokuchasana kwabo kwimidiya yoluntu kuluntu. Ngoku uneminyaka engama-85 ubudala, omnye wemiba emikhulu yangoku kuqeqesho kulandelelwano lwakhe. Nokuba ngubani oza kungena ezihlangwini zakhe, u-Ecclestone sele efumene indawo ebalaseleyo kwimbali yeFomula 1 – kuzo zonke izizathu nangaphezulu (funda okulungileyo nokubi).