Ngamaxesha ngamaxesha, uluntu lunelungelo lokubona indlela abadlali abaqhuba ngayo abadlali abakhulu kunomdlalo ngokwawo. Iimbaleki ezirhuqa imikhosi yabalandeli, abenza abalandeli beme emphethweni wesofa beluma izikhonkwane zabo, ekubeni izibane zendlela ziphuma kude kube yiflegi ye-checkered.
Ihlabathi leMotoGP linembaleki efana nale: Valentino Rossi . Umsebenzi womqhubi wenqwelomoya wase-Italiya oneminyaka engama-36 ugqwesa kwanombono woyena mbhali wesikrini ubalaseleyo eHollywood. Njengoko umntu ethe "inyani ihlala idlula intelekelelo, kuba ngelixa ukucinga kusikelwe umda ngamandla omntu, ubunyani abunamida". UValentino Rossi naye akazi mda…
Phantse iminyaka engama-20 yomsebenzi wehlabathi, uRossi wenza inkqubela phambili ekuphumeleleni isihloko sakhe se-10, erhuqa izigidi zabalandeli kunye naye kwaye woyisa abona bakhweli babalaseleyo kwimbali: uMax Biaggi, uSete Gibernau, uCasey Stoner, uJorge Lorenzo kwaye kulo nyaka, ngokuqinisekileyo, isenzeko esihamba ngegama likaMarc Marquez.
Ndilandele i-MotoGP World Championship ukususela ngo-1999 kwaye emva kwayo yonke le minyaka ndisachukunyiswa yi-media coverage 'il dottore'. Umzekelo wamva nje wenzeke eGoodwood (kwimifanekiso), apho ubukho bomqhubi waseTaliyane bugqithise bonke abanye, kubandakanywa nabaqhubi beFomula 1.
Enye into echukumisa ngakumbi kuba sithetha ngesiganeko esinxulumene nemoto. Kwakukho iiflegi ezinenombolo 46 kuyo yonke indawo, iijezi ezityheli, iminqwazi kunye nalo lonke urhwebo onokucinga ngalo.
KwiFormula 1 asinaye umntu onje. Sinabaqhubi abanetalente engathandabuzekiyo kunye nerekhodi elinomona, njengoSebastian Vettel okanye uFernando Alonso. Nangona kunjalo, eyona nto iphambili ayiyotalente okanye inani lezihloko zehlabathi. Thatha umzekelo kaColin McRae, owayengengoyena mqhubi unesiphiwo kwiWorld Rally Championship kodwa waphumelela iqela labalandeli kwihlabathi liphela.
Imalunga ne charisma. UColin McRae, njengoValentino Rossi, u-Ayrton Senna okanye uJames Hunt, (okanye babe…) ngabaqhubi abanothando ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendlela. Nokuba zingaphi izihloko eziphumeleleyo uSebastian Vettel, kubonakala ngathi akukho mntu umxabisayo. Uswele okuthile… akukho mntu umjonga ngentlonipho umntu ajonga ngayo uMichael Schumacher, umzekelo.
I-Formula 1 idinga umntu oza kuphinda abilise igazi lethu - ayisiyonto nje into yokuba ngo-2006 uScuderia Ferrari wazama ukufumana uValentino Rossi kwiFomula 1. Umntu oza kusikhupha esofeni. Isizukulwana sabazali bam sasino-Ayrton Senna, owam kunye nabo bazayo bafuna umntu. Kodwa ngubani? Iinkwenkwezi ezifana nezi azizalwa yonke imihla – abanye bathi zizalwa kube kanye kuphela. Yiyo loo nto kufuneka siwonwabele ngelixa ukukhanya kwawo kuqhubeka.
Ukunqongophala komtsalane kwabahlali ababodwa kusonjululwa ngokutshintsha imimiselo. Ngelishwa, amagama amakhulu awadalwanga ngummiselo. Kwaye kufanele ukuba kwakukuhle kangakanani ukutyhala uLauda okanye uAyrton Senna...
