"Qala, qala, baleka" khumbula? Yaqala ke ngolo hlobo imidyarho kumabanga aphakamileyo.
Iiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans, de kwaba luhlelo lowe-1969, zazingahlukanga kangako. Abaqhubi babalekela iimoto njengabantwana kwindawo yokudlala. Kodwa kwakukho omnye umqhubi wenqwelo-moya owaba nobuganga bokugatya loo mthetho.
Ngowe-1969, abantu abangaphezu kwama-400 000 babukela ukuvulwa kweeHore ezingama-24 zeLe Mans. Ngexesha lokuqalisa, bonke abaqhubi baqalisa ukubaleka ukuya ezimotweni zabo ngaphandle komnye… UJacky Ickx.
Ukuhamba ngokuzolileyo ngeFord GT40 yakhe ngelixa abanye abaqhubi bebaleka yindlela uJacky Ickx, owaziwa ngokuba ngu “Monsieur Le Mans”, wafumanisa ukuba uqhanqalazela olo hlobo lokuhamba.
Bekungakhuselekanga. Ukuze bonge imizuzwana embalwa, abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya bade banduluke bengawabophanga kakuhle amabhanti abo.
Kwakunjalo phantsi kwezi meko ukuba umlingane kaJacky Ickx uWilly Mairesse walimala kakhulu kuhlelo lwangaphambili lweeyure ze-24 zeLe Mans. Umphumo waloo ngozi wakhokelela ekubeni umqhubi waseBelgium owayeziphethe kakubi azibulale, ejongene nengxaki yokungakwazi ukubuyela kugqatso.
Ngenxa yohambo lwakhe loqhanqalazo, uJacky Ickx waba ngowokugqibela ukunduluka. Kwaye kwenye yezo ziganeko zilusizi, nangexesha lomjikelo wokuqala we-24 Hours of Le Mans, olu hlobo lokuqala lwabanga obunye ubomi kwingozi. Ukwenzakala okufunyenwe ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya uJohn Woolfe (Porsche 917) kwabulala. Ukonzakala obekunokuphetshwa ukuba uWoolfe ebefake ibhanti lesitulo sakhe.
ukuphumelela kabini
Ngaphandle kokuba ehle waya kwindawo yokugqibela ekuqaleni kogqatso, uJacky Ickx ekugqibeleni wayeza kuphumelela iiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans ekunye noJackie Oliver kwivili leFord GT40. Yayiyenye yezona zinto zikhuphisanayo kuloyiso kwimbali yeeyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans. Umda we-Ickx kunye no-Oliver (i-Ford GT40) ka-Hans Herrmann kunye no-Gérard Larrousse (i-Porsche 908), abalandele kwindawo yesibini, yaba yimizuzwana embalwa emva kweeyure ze-24!
Uloyiso lukaJacky Ickx luka-1969 yayilulokuqala nje oluninzi (uloyiso lulonke oluthandathu) kolu gqatso lwasentsomini lonyamezelo. Olunye uloyiso luka-Ickx, olungabalulekanga kangako, yayikukuphela komdlalo womdyarho. Uqhanqalazo lwesui generis kunye nokophulwa kokhuseleko okucacileyo kuzise isiphelo solu hlobo lomdlalo wemoto. Kude kube namhlanje.
Intshatsheli yehlabathi yokunyamezela izihlandlo ezibini, imbaleki yehlabathi yeFomula 1 izihlandlo ezibini kunye nophumelele iDakar, uJacky Ickx yintsomi yokwenyani yemoto. Indoda enendoda ephumayo nangaphantsi kumathambeka.