Ngemuva kokuthi i-FIA (i-Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) ifinyelele isivumelwano ne-Formula E Holdings Ltd (FEH) futhi yaqhubekela phambili nomqhudelwano omusha we-Formula E, kunenqubekelaphambili enkulu ku-F1 ehambisana nemvelo: uMclaren ujoyina le phrojekthi futhi iqinisekisa ukukhiqizwa kwezinjini zikagesi.
Umhlaba uya ngokuya ucela amandla ahlanzekile aqinisekisa ukusimama komhlaba. Naphezu kokuhlubuka kwamazwi ami okugcina, aphuma ku-petrolhead, angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngivumelana nesidingo esiphuthumayo sokubheka izindlela ezisebenza kahle zokwenza amasondo emoto ahambe. Uma nje uyihambisa ngokushesha futhi ungakwazi ukuphinda ukhiqize ingoma efanayo, angiboni ukuthi kungani silwa nekusasa leplanethi.
Yilokhu kanye uMclaren akucabangayo ngenkathi yethula umkhankaso wakhe wokuthola izinjini eziluhlaza - “thina esesenza imishini yefeksi ehamba ngokushesha singakwazi nokwenza izinjini zikagesi!” Futhi kuzoba njalo - iziqhwaga zokuncintisana zizohlinzeka ngezinjini ze-Formula E. UMclaren usevele ukhiqiza izingxenye zikagesi ze-F1 yendabuko, kodwa kulokhu inhliziyo yemishini emqhudelwaneni izoba kuwe!
Lawa ma-Formula E azokwethulwa ngo-2013 kanti ubuqhawe kulindeleke ukuthi buqale ngo-2014. Ngaphandle kweBrazil, i-India ingaba ngomunye wabazongenela umjaho kule tram Grand Prix.
Umbhalo: Diogo Teixeira