I-Dakar ihlala ineenkwenkwezi kumabali amnandi, iividiyo ezingaqhelekanga kunye neefoto eziziipowusta zokwenyani ezinokuthi zibekwe kwigumbi lokuhlala, yiya… egaraji. Eyona nto mhlawumbi besingekayiboni yimeko efana nale yenzeka kwiqonga lesi-5 izolo elinye le-MINI yeqela leX-Raid.
Ngeempumelelo ezine ezilandelelanayo ezirekhodiweyo kwiintlelo ezidlulileyo, kulo nyaka izinto azihambanga kakuhle kwiqela le-X-Raid, elithe kulo nyaka lasungula eDakar ngeekhonsepthi ezimbini ezahlukeneyo zeMINI John Cooper Works.
Emva kokulahlwa kukaNani Roma kunye noBryce Menzies, iziqendu ezininzi zenzeke phakathi kweemoto zeqela le-MINI X-Raid, kunye no-Yazeed Al-Rajhi ehamba phambili entlango ngokuchasene nenye imoto yeqela, leyo kaFilipe Palmeiro. Ewe, kwenzeka embindini wentlango, iimoto ezimbini zitshayisana. Obunye ubungqina obungakumbi bokungacingeleki yiDakar.
Ngeli xesha yayiyi-pilot yaseSaudi Arabia, UYazeed Al-Rajhi, owabona inqwelo yakhe ihlanjwa ngamanzi oLwandlekazi lwePasifiki. Ewe, embindini wentlango kunokwenzeka kwakhona.
Ezinye iindaba zibika ukuba umqhubi weqela le-X-Raid uya kupholisa injini ye-buggy yakhe, enika amanzi okusela kwi-340 hp, kunye namabali abika ukuba ukushisa kwe-buggy kuya kwanda. Kuya kwenzeka?
Sikhetha ukukholelwa enye inguqulelo, yokuba umqhubi wenqwelo-moya uya kuba ebaxekile xa elandela kufutshane namanzi, emva kokuba ebambekile. Ngokwendalo amaza oLwandlekazi lwePasifiki aya kuba enze okuseleyo.
Yazeed Al-RajhiKwakukho iintlobo ezimbini zamatayara esantini, ngelishwa sakhetha elingelilo
Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya uya kuqhoboshela intambo emotweni, de kufike umlingane weqela u-Boris Garafulic, ejongene nesiganeko sesibini esingaqhelekanga se-X-Raid.
Nangona kunjalo, isiphelo sasinokuba sibi kakhulu, njengoko emva kokususa onke amanzi ngaphakathi kwe-buggy, iqela lakwazi ukuthatha i-MINI X-Raid ukugqiba iqonga kwindawo ye-28.