Njengoko umntu wathi kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo "uqikelela kuphela ekupheleni komdlalo". Kwaye njengebhola ekhatywayo (uxolo uthelekiso), iiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans nazo azichazwanga.
IToyota yaqala njengeyona nto ithandwayo kolu hlelo lolona gqatso lubalaseleyo lonyamezelo kwihlabathi, kodwa ukusebenza kwe-TS050 kuphawulwe ziingxaki zoomatshini - iingxaki ezithe, ngengozi, zazinqamlezileyo kuzo zonke iimoto ezikudidi lwe-LMP1.
Kwahlwa kwaye iingxaki zawela kwiToyota ngokunjalo. Kwaye xa ilanga likhanya kwakhona, lakhanya ngakumbi kwipeyinti emhlophe, emnyama, nabomvu yeemoto zaseStuttgart. Ubuso obukwimingxunya yakwaToyota bebubobunye unxunguphalo. Kwindlela, yayiyiPorsche 919 Hybrid #1 ekhokele ushicilelo lwama-85 kwiiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans.
Kodwa akukho nesantya esilumkileyo esithathwe ngabaqhubi bePorsche 919 Hybrid #1, ikwazile ukunqanda iingxaki zoomatshini benjini ye-V4, ebonakala ngathi ayizange yenzelwe ukumelana nobushushu obuphezulu obuvakala kwisekethe yaseLa Sarthe. . Kusele iiyure ezine phambi kokuphela kogqatso, imoto ye-Porsche #1 iye yathatha umhlala-phantsi inengxaki ye-injini yobushushu.
Ibali lomvundla nofudo
Ijongene neengxaki ezichaphazela zonke (!) iimoto kudidi lwe-LMP1, yayiyi-“turtle” kudidi lwe-LMP2 eyathatha iindleko zogqatso. Sithetha ngoJackie Chan DC Racing Team Oreca #38 — ewe, nguJackie Chan lo ucinga ngaye… — iqhutywa nguHo-Pin Tung, uThomas Laurent kunye no-Oliver Jarvis. I-Oreca #38 ikhokele ugqatso kude kube ngaphezulu nje kweyure phambi kokuphela kogqatso.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, elinye lamaqela azivayo kwezi yure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans, njengoko ukongeza kuloloyiso kudidi lwe-LMP2 nabo bafikelele kwindawo yesibini ngokupheleleyo, bethatha indawo ebigcinelwe “izilo ezikhulu” zodidi lwe-LMP1 ekuqaleni. Kodwa eLe Mans, uloyiso alunakuthatyathwa lula, okanye ukoyiswa…
ukwazi ukubandezeleka
Kwakukho iqela elaliyazi indlela yokubandezeleka. Sithetha ngoomatshini kunye nabaqhubi (uTimo Bernhard, uBrendon Hartley kunye no-Earl Bamber) wePorsche 919 Hybrid #2. Imoto efike kwindawo yokugqibela, emva kokuba yonakele kwimoto yombane engaphambili kwinxalenye yokuqala yogqatso.Kuyabonakala ukuba yonke into yayilahlekile. Ngokucacileyo. Kodwa ngokurhoxiswa kwe-919 Hybrid #1 i-Porsche yokugqibela kumzila yabona ithuba lokuhlasela i-lead, kwaye yaqalisa ukuhlaselwa kwindawo ye-1 yeqela le-Jackie Chan DC Racing. Kwisithuba esingaphezu kweyure uphelile ugqatso, iPorsche iphinde yakhokela ugqatso. Abalahleki bokuqala kolu hlelo ngabo baphumeleleyo ekugqibeleni. Kwaye lo?
Abaqhubi uTimo Bernhard, uBrendon Hartley kunye no-Earl Bamber banokubulela oomatshini babo ngolu loyiso.
Nangona kubonakala ngathi, ibingeloloyiso oluwileyo esibhakabhakeni, ngenxa yokusilela kwe-LMP1 eseleyo. Yayiluloyiso lokuchasa nokuzingisa. Uloyiso oluzuziweyo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendlela. Abaqhubi uTimo Bernhard, uBrendon Hartley kunye no-Earl Bamber banokubulela oomatshini babo ngolu loyiso, abathe kwisithuba nje esingaphezu kweyure bakwazi ukutshintsha injini yombane ye-919 Hybrid emva kokuqhawuka kokuqala. Ijongene nengxaki efanayo, iToyota ekuphela kwayo egqibe ugqatso ithathe iiyure ezimbini ukwenza lo msebenzi wokulungisa.
I-GTE PRO kunye ne-GTE Am
Kudidi lweGTE PRO bekukho nedrama. Ugqatso lugqitywe kuphela kumjikelo wokugqibela, xa ugqatso lwabetha uJan Magnussen, uAntonio Garcia kunye no-Jordan Taylor kaCorvette C7 R #63 baphuma kumlo wokuphumelela. Uloyiso luya kugqiba ukuncuma kwi-Aston Martin ka-Jonathan Adam, uDarren Turner kunye noDaniel Serra.
Kwinqanaba le-GTE Am, uloyiso luye kwiFerraria yeJMW Motorsport nguDries Vanthoor, uWill Stevens noRobert Simth. Iqonga leklasi lagqitywa nguMarco Cioci, uAron Scott kunye noDuncan Camero kuMoya woMdyarho weFerrari 488 #55, kunye noCooper McNeil, uWilliam Sweedler kunye noTowsend Bell eScuderia Corsa's Ferrari 488 #62.
Enyakeni kukho ngaphezulu!
