Ngeminyaka yoo-1990, ubuNtshatsheli beeMoto zokuKhenketha baseBritane babudlula kwelinye lawona manqanaba alungileyo. Kwakukho iimoto zazo zonke iintlobo kunye nazo zonke izinto ezithandayo: iimoto kunye neeveni; amaSweden, amaFrentshi, amaJamani, amaTaliyane namaJapani; ivili ngaphambili nangasemva.
I-BTCC, ngelo xesha, yayiyenye yeentshatsheli zesantya ezimangalisayo kwihlabathi kwaye uAlfa Romeo wagqiba ekubeni ajoyine "iqela". Kwakuyi-1994, xa i-brand ye-Arese yacela i-Alfa Corse (isebe lokhuphiswano) ukuba i-homologate ezimbini ze-155 kwi-start yabo kweli xesha.
I-Alfa Corse ayizange iphelele nje ekuthobeleni isicelo kodwa yaya nangaphezulu, isebenzisa ikroba kwimigaqo engqongqo (ingakumbi ngokubhekiselele kwi-aerodynamics) eyathi iimoto zendlela ezingama-2500 zohlobo olufanayo kufuneka zithengiswe.
Yiyo ke i-155 Silverstone, i-homologation ethobekileyo ekhethekileyo, kodwa inamaqhinga athile e-aerodynamic aphikisanayo. Eyokuqala yayiyi-spoiler yayo yangaphambili enokuthi ibekwe kwiindawo ezimbini, enye yazo ikwazi ukuvelisa ukunyuswa okubi ngakumbi.
Eyesibini yaba liphiko layo elingasemva. Kuyavela ukuba eli phiko elingasemva linezixhaso ezibini ezongezelelweyo (ezazibekwe kwindawo yemithwalo), zivumela ukuba zibe kwindawo ephezulu kwaye abanini banokuyifaka kamva, ukuba bayathanda. Kwaye ngexesha lovavanyo lwaphambi kwesizini, uAlfa Corsa wayigcina le “mfihlelo” igadwe kakuhle, ikhupha “ibhombu” kuphela ekuqaleni kwesizini.
Kwaye apho, inzuzo ye-aerodynamic yale 155 ngaphezulu kokhuphiswano-BMW 3 Series, Ford Mondeo, Renault Laguna, phakathi kwabanye… - yayiphawuleka. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba uGabriele Tarquini, umqhubi wase-Italiya ukuba u-Alfa Romeo wakhetha "ukuthambisa" le 155, waphumelela imidyarho emihlanu yokuqala yobuntshatsheli.
Phambi komdyarho wesixhenxe nasemva kwezikhalazo ezininzi, umbutho womdyarho uthathe isigqibo sokurhoxisa amanqaku aphumeleleyo uAlfa Corse ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye wayinyanzela ukuba ibalekise ngephiko elincinci.
Anganelisekanga ngesigqibo, iqela laseNtaliyane labhenela kwaye emva kokubandakanyeka kwe-FIA, laphela libuyisela amanqaku abo kwaye livunyelwe ukusebenzisa ukucwangciswa kunye nephiko elikhulu elingasemva kwiintlanga ezimbalwa, kude kube yi-1 kaJulayi waloo nyaka.
Kodwa emva koko, ngexesha apho ukhuphiswano lwaluphuhlise uphuculo lwe-aerodynamic, iTarquini yaphumelela kuphela eminye imidyarho emibini de kwaba lixesha elibekiweyo. Emva koko, kwimidyarho esithoba elandelayo, wayeza kuphinda aphumelele olunye uloyiso.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuqala ngokukhawuleza kwexesha kunye nokubonakala kwe-podium rhoqo kwafumana umqhubi wase-Italiya isihloko se-BTCC ngaloo nyaka, kwaye umzekelo esikuzisa apha - i-Alfa Romeo 155 TS kunye ne-chassis no.90080 - yayiyimoto eyabaleka iTarquini kwi-penultimate. uhlanga, e Silverstone, sele kunye "eqhelekileyo" iphiko.
Le yunithi ye-155 TS, ebinomnini wabucala kuphela emva kokulungiswa kwayo kolu khuphiswano, izakuthengiselwa iRm Sotheby's ngoJuni, kumsitho oseMilan, e-Italy, kwaye ngokokutsho kwefandesi iya kuthengiswa phakathi kwe-300,000 kunye ne-300,000. i-euro ezingama-400,000.
Ngokumalunga ne-injini eyenza le “Alfa”, kwaye nangona i-RM Sotheby's ingayiqinisekisi loo nto, kuyaziwa ukuba i-Alfa Corse iqhube ezi 155 TS zinebhloko ye-2.0 litre enezisilinda ezine ezivelisa i-288 hp kunye ne-260 Nm.
Zininzi izizathu zokuthethelela amakhulu amawaka eeyuro athi uRM Sotheby's akholelwa ukuba uza kwamkela, awucingi?