Xa wayeneminyaka eli-13 ubudala, wachitha ubusuku ephaphile ukuze alandele iiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans, esoyika ukuba xa engalala angazifaka emngciphekweni wokuphoswa ngowona mzuzu unomdla wogqatso. Kwaye ngelo xesha, kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba ndiphuphe ukuba yintatheli, ukutyelela i-Le Mans kunye nesekethe yaseLa Sarthe yayisele iyinjongo endandifuna "ukuwela kuyo uluhlu" ngokukhawuleza.
Iminyaka ihambile kwaye injongo ibihlehliswa. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ngcono emva kwexesha kunanini na ngaphambili, ndiye ndafumana (ekugqibeleni) ithuba lokuyizalisekisa ngoku.
Imeko ejikeleze uvavanyo lonyamezelo lwesiFrentshi yasentsomini ayinakwahluka ngakumbi kuleyo ndayibonayo, ndisekwishumi elivisayo, nge-Eurosport.
Ndikhumbule iikhilomitha ezinde zeemotorhomes ezivela kulo lonke elaseYurophu, amaqela omculo we-elektroniki agcina ababukeli bonwabile ngexesha elide (kwaye bahlala bezolile…) iiyure zobusuku kwaye, ewe, amashumi amawaka abantu baseDenmark abathi ngaloo mpelaveki benzayo. Le Mans ikhaya labo. Kwaye ubutyala bunegama: uTom Kristensen, owaziwa ngesiteketiso esingashiyi mathandabuzo ngokubaluleka kwakhe, "Mnu Le Mans".
Ngoku, njengoko inani labantu ababezile ezitendini liye lancitshiswa laya kutsho kuma-50 000 ababukeli suku ngalunye ngempela-veki, izinto ezisetyenziswayo zazahlukile. Abantu abambalwa, kuncinci ukuphithizela, iintente ezimbalwa, iikharavani ezimbalwa, kunye neevenkile ezimbalwa zezikhumbuzo zemoto.
Kodwa oku akukho endleleni. Ngaphakathi, imvakalelo efanayo, ukuzibophelela okufanayo kunye nokuphazamiseka okufanayo okuye kwasibamba ukususela xa iflegi yokuhamba inikezelwa, xa i-Rolex edumileyo ibukela i-chimes ngo-4: 00 ntambama ngoMgqibelo (3: 00 ntambama kwilizwe lasePortugal), de kube ophumeleleyo. uwele entanjeni..
Uvakalelo endilulandele ngalo lonke ixesha logqatso lwalufana ncam nelandenza ukuba ndingalali ngokuqhwanyazayo kwiminyaka eyi-16 eyadlulayo, xa ndaguqula igumbi lam lokuhlala laba lincinci “Le Mans”.
Umahluko kukuba ngoku yayikhona, iimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kwiiprototypes endandihlala ndiqhele ukuzibona kumabonakude. Kwaye uphile, isandi esiveliswa ngaba matshini be-infernal siyangcangcazela. Kwaye siyaqonda ukuba ukuba oku akunjalo, luphawu lokuba sasingenzelwanga ukuba sibe lapho.
I-Alpine, idlala ekhaya, iphantse igubungele ngokupheleleyo imibala yokumisa. Kodwa ngokukhawuleza kwacaca ukuba kuphela ulandelelwano lweempazamo okanye ingxaki yomatshini eya kuba olunye uloyiso lweToyota, abaphumelele apha kwiintlelo ezine zokugqibela (kubandakanywa nalo nyaka).
Kodwa ngaxa lithile ndiyavuma ukuba ndandingenaxhala lokuba ngubani oza kuphumelela okanye aphume kwindawo yesibini. Kuyavunywa, amagorha ngawona aphumeleleyo, kodwa iiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans zingaphezulu kunokuphumelela nje.
Bangumceli mngeni kumadoda kunye noomatshini, ugqatso oluthi, ngaphambi kokuba luchasene nemoto ekhuphisanayo, luchasene nathi. Kwaye, ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, imalunga nesiganeko esiya kude ngaphaya kokwenzekayo ngaphakathi kwisekethe.
Ngumthendeleko weemoto, waseFransi kunye nowaseFransi. Kwaye iqala kwangoko ngeparade yeDassault Rafale, eshukumisa indawo ejikeleze iSekethe yaseLa Sarthe kwaye ishiya abo balinde ukuqala komdyarho ukuba babuyele ezingqondweni. Andikuxokisi ukuba ndithi yayiyeyona izandi zinempembelelo endakha ndaziva.
Yimpelaveki yokonwabela nabahlobo, “ukusela iziselo ezimbalwa” nokudibana nabantu abathi, njengathi, babe nepetroli esebenza emithanjeni yabo. Ugqatso yibhonasi nje. Kwaye yintoni ibhonasi.
Kodwa yayisele ikwinqwelomoya egodukayo, ngexesha apho amaqela asele engxamele ukudiliza isekisi enika umbala kulo mmandla waseFransi minyaka le, ndiye ndaqonda ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba kwenzeke ntoni. Yayikukuzaliseka kwephupha, into endandisoloko ndifuna ukuyenza kwaye into esingayaziyo ukuba iya kuhlala iminyaka emingaphi. Ubuncinci ngale migca.
Kuqinisekile ukuba ngo-2023, ngokutshintsha kwemigaqo kunye nokungena kwabadlali abatsha nababalulekileyo, iLe Mans iya kuba nokukhuphisana ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Kodwa akukho bani ukwimeko yokutsho ukuba mingaphi iminyaka esakukwazi ukuyonwabela lo mnyhadala.
Njengekamva lemoto, ikamva lemoto libonakala lingacacanga. Ukunyaniseka, andisayi kuthatha cala kwitekhnoloji enye okanye enye, ndibacela nje ukuba bafumane indlela yokungabulali elinye lawona maqela abalulekileyo emhlabeni. Kwenzeka ukuba imalunga neemoto nazo, kodwa imalunga nokunye okuninzi.
Iiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans zichukumisa iintliziyo zabantu abaninzi kwaye ngoku ndiyibonile ngokwenene. Kwaye andifuni nokuthetha ngokubaluleka kwezoqoqosho nentlalontle enayo kulo mmandla, oko kuya kwenza elinye inqaku. Kodwa yinto enkulu kangangokuba ayinakufa.
Ndiyazi ukuba i-Triple Crown ye-motorsport yenziwa yi-24 yeeyure ze-Le Mans, i-500 Miles yase-Indianapolis kunye ne-F1 Monaco GP, kodwa emva kwale mpelaveki andinakungabaza xa kuziwa ekukhetheni eyona nto ibalulekileyo. Kwaye andidingi kukuxelela impendulo, ndizakuvumela iifoto ezingezantsi zithethe…
