THE McLaren F1 ithathwa, kwaye ngokufanelekileyo, njengenye yezona midlalo zibalaseleyo. Intsha, iye yaba yeyona moto ikhawulezayo kwade kwavela iBugatti Veyron kwindawo. Kodwa kwimoto eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, inyani yokuba iseyeyona moto ikhawulezayo ye-injini yomoya ekhe yadlula - 391 km/h iqinisekisiwe - ihlala iphawuleka.
Yayingeyiyo kuphela imoto yendlela yokuqala eyakhiwe kwi-carbon fiber, iseti yeempawu ezikhethekileyo ekugqibeleni yayiza kuyenza ibe yintsomi yeemoto namhlanje.
Phakathi kwazo, kunjalo, indawo ephambili yokuqhuba . Ayisosisombululo siqhelekileyo. Nanamhlanje uMcLaren uthatha indawo yesiqhelo yokuqhuba, enesihlalo somqhubi kwelinye icala lesithuthi.
Ngoko kutheni uthathe isigqibo sokubeka umqhubi kwisiqingatha kwi-F1? Ukuba kukho nabani na onokuphendula lo mbuzo, ngumyili weMcLaren F1, uMnu. UGordon Murray. Sinokuthi indawo ephakathi yokuqhuba ivumela ukubonakala okungcono okanye ukulungelelaniswa okungcono kobuninzi, kwaye ezi zizizathu ezifanelekileyo. Kodwa esona sizathu siphambili, ngokutsho kukaMnu. Murray, wayeza kusombulula ingxaki eyachaphazela zonke iisupersports ze-80's: i ukubekwa kweepedali.
Uyathanda? Ukumisa iipedali?!
Kufuneka sibuyele emva 80s, ekuqaleni 90s, kwaye siqonde ukuba yeyiphi imidlalo super besithetha ngayo. I-Ferrari kunye neLamborghini yayingabameli abakhulu bolu hlobo. I-Countach, i-Diablo, i-Testarossa kunye ne-F40 yayiliphupha lomntu onomdla kwaye yayiyinxalenye ye-decor yalo naliphi na igumbi lolutsha.
Oomatshini abanomtsalane nabanqwenelekayo, kodwa abanabubele ebantwini. I-Ergonomics yayiligama elingaqhelekanga kwihlabathi leemidlalo ezinkulu. Kwaye yaqala kwangoko kunye nesikhundla sokuqhuba - kwiimeko ezininzi ihlwempu. Ivili lokuqhuba, isihlalo kunye neepedals bezingafane zilungelelaniswe, nto leyo enyanzelisa umzimba ukuba ubekwe ngendlela engalunganga. Imilenze yanyanzelwa ukuba ihambe ngakumbi kumbindi wemoto, apho iipedali zazikhona.
Njengoko uGordon Murray echaza kwimuvi, wavavanya iisupersports ezininzi ukubona ukuba yintoni anokuyenza ngcono. Kwaye indawo yokuqhuba yayiyenye yezinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka ziphuculwe. Ukubeka umqhubi embindini kuvunyelwe ukunqanda i-arches yevili enesisa, njengoko kwakufuneka ihlalise amatayara abanzi kakhulu, kwaye ngaloo ndlela idala isihlalo somqhubi apho zonke izinto zazikho apho zifanele zibe khona.
Iseyenye yeempawu zayo ezixatyisiweyo namhlanje, nangona izisa ubunzima ekufikeleleni kwisithuba somyalelo ophakathi.
UMurray uyaqhubeka kwifilimu ukugqamisa imiba yeMcLaren F1 - ukusuka kwisakhiwo sayo sefayibha yekhabhoni ukuya ekusebenzeni kwayo - ngoko ke sizisola nje ngokuba ifilimu emfutshane ayibhalwanga ngesiPhuthukezi.