Njengoba ufunda le migqa, u-João Faustino onenhlanhla usendleleni eya e-Goodwood Festival. Ubebhekene nomsebenzi onzima wokumela iReason Automobile kulo mcimbi. Kube kimi izicukuthwane – kodwa ezingajabulisi kangako… – inhloso yokukutshela konke okwenzeka kanye nezithombe uJoão azosinika zona ngalezi zinsuku. Imisebe! Ngonyaka ozayo nami ngizo...
Uma ufunda lokhu, esikhundleni sokuba seNgilandi uvale izindlebe zezingane zakho ngenkathi udlula umlando weFormula 1 'umemeza' phezulu kwamaphaphu abo, ngiyaxolisa.
Kodwa ngenkathi uJoão efika futhi engafiki eGoodwood, kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukubaluleka kanye nemvelaphi yalo mkhosi owenziwa minyaka yonke eNingizimu yeNgilandi, ezingadini zefa lika-Lord March ( osesithombeni).
Kufanele sikusho lokhu: le nkosi iyitshe eliyigugu lomuntu. Akuwona wonke umuntu omema abantu abangu-150,000 ukuba bachithe impelasonto endaweni yabo, bashise injoloba, banyathele utshani futhi bakhulume ngezimoto. Wenze kahle mnumzane!
Umsuka woMkhosi
Kwakungu-1990 ngenkathi le nkosi yamaNgisi inquma ukuthenga iNdlu yaseGoodwood. Indawo enkulu, lapho ithrekhi ye-Goodwood Circuit iphumula khona. Indawo lapho ezikhathini zakudala kwakuyi-"Mecca" yomdlalo wezimoto zamaNgisi, indawo yomjaho weFomula 1 nezinye izinhlekelele, njengokushona kukaBruce Mclaren ngo-1970.
Emqondweni weNkosi uMashi, nangaphambi kokuba kuthathwe indawo, kwakuyinhloso yokubuyisela ukuduma kwezinjini eGoodwood. Ngeshwa, naphezu kwemizamo eminingana, u-Lord March akazange athole izimvume ezidingekayo zokwenza imicimbi yezemidlalo eGoodwood.
Njengoba umncintiswano eGoodwood ungasekho, u-Lord March wasungula enye indlela. Esikhundleni sokugijima, i-Goodwood manje isizosingatha umkhosi waminyaka yonke: uMkhosi Wejubane weGoodwood. Sekunjalo minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-1993, phakathi kukaJuni noJulayi.
Umkhosi owenziwa ngokusebenza umnyuziyamu onyakazayo. Lapho kuhlangana khona imishini yomlando nehlaba umxhwele kumdlalo wezimoto zomhlaba wonke ukuze kunyakazise ubulembu besicabucabu unyaka wonke sivalelwe.
umkhosi ngokwawo
Akukho lutho oluqhathaniswa noMkhosi weGoodwood. Uma ufunda lokhu, esikhundleni sokuba seNgilandi uvale izindlebe zezingane zakho ngenkathi uphasa umlando weFormula 1 'umemeza', ngiyaxolisa. Ngiyakudabukela, ngemidlwane yakho ecatshangelwayo kanye nami engikhona ngizobhala nongenabo nezingane – maye John! Ngonyaka ozayo ngiya eGoodwood...
I-Goodwood ingenye yalezo zenzakalo okufanele zibe sohlwini lwamabhakede lwanoma iyiphi i-petrolhead ezihloniphayo. Ngaphezu kokuhlanganisa ndawonye, endaweni eyodwa, amamodeli ayinhloko avela emikhakheni ehlukene kakhulu - njenge-Formula 1, i-NASCAR, i-INDY, i-Endurance, i-Tourism, i-WRC - ukukhanga kwayo okuyinhloko ukuthi izimoto zihamba. Izimoto ezihamba phambili, ezibiza kakhulu neziyivelakancane ezake zihlangane emgwaqeni omncane ongu-2km ubude, phakathi kwamabhala otshani notshani obugcinwe kahle.
Phakathi nalezi zinsuku ezintathu, iGoodwood ibuyisela le mishini kulo lonke udumo lwayo. Ukubakhulula esimweni sabo sokudangala, emikhawulweni yamagaraji angavamile kanye neminyuziyamu ekhetheke kakhulu. Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni lapho esingaqhathanisa khona umsindo we-Formula 1 yomlando nomsindo we-Formula 1 yesimanje ngosuku olufanayo; umsindo weQembu B, nomsindo we-WRC yakamuva.
Kungcono kakhulu. Nganoma iyiphi inhlanhla singakwazi ukubona abagibeli bomlando futhi ngokulawulwa kwemishini yabo yangaleso sikhathi. Ungacabanga ufakaza, uphila futhi unemibala, uNiki Lauda eshayela iFerrari eyacishe yambulala eNurburgring? Lokhu kunjalo, ngenkathi uvala izindlebe zengane yakho - ngiya ngithatheka kancane ngalokhu, akunjalo? Ngibe ne-otitis esikhathini esifushane esedlule, yingakho.
Futhi ekujuleni, ngokweqiniso - ukungiququda kancane ngomona - ngangingenandaba nokuthi u-João Faustino wayenegciwane lendlebe elincane. Ngiyazi vele ukuthi uma uqhamuka khona akekho okuvala umlomo. Kungaba yisinyathelo sokuvimbela kuphela….
Thina - sigula ngenxa yokungabikhona - singabambelela kuphela ku-Automobile Reason silinde izindaba. Akukubi kangako futhi, akunjalo?
