U-Toto Wolff unikeze u-Lewis Hamilton imvume yokufeza iphupho elidala: ukuhlola i-Yamaha M1 ka-Valentino Rossi.
Esinye sezithombe ezinkulu zika-Lewis Hamilton ongumpetha womhlaba we-Formula 1 osewine izikhathi ezintathu ngu-Valentino Rossi, umshayeli wase-Italy oneminyaka engu-37 ubudala, ongumpetha womhlaba izikhathi ezingu-9. Ngokuhlangene, laba bashayeli ababili yilabo abafake isandla kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni imikhakha yabo eminyakeni yamuva nje.Kusukela ngesizini edlule u-Lewis Hamilton - odlala njalo ku-MotoGP paddock - useveze kaningi isifiso sakhe sokuzama i-MotoGP prototype: “Kufanele ngihlole ibhayisikili le-MotoGP. Njengamanje, kimina, i-MotoGP ijabulisa kakhulu futhi ijabulisa kakhulu ukuyibuka, ngingasho ukuthi imijaho iyaqina. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, u-Valentino ungumshayeli engimthandayo, ireferensi”.
OKUPHATHELENE: Ngabe iFormula 1 iyamdinga uValentino Rossi?
I-Brit manje isigunyazwe umphathi we-Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team u-Toto Wolff ukufeza isifiso sakhe sokuhlola ibhayisikili le-MotoGP, kubhala abezindaba base-Italy. Umphathi wakwaMercedes waze wathi kubonakala kuwumqondo “omnandi”. Ngokwakhe, uLin Jarvis, umqondisi we-Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, ithimba u-Valentino Rossi agijimela kulo, naye usebonise ukuvulwa kokuboleka inombolo ye-Yamaha M1 #46 kumgibeli wamaNgisi. Kodwa-ke, umuntu ophethe iqembu lase-Iwata (indlunkulu yaseYamaha), uthi okwamanje lokhu kungenzeka "kwakuseyinhloso".
Siyakukhumbuza ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwendlela yokuphila phakathi kwabashayeli be-Formula 1 ne-MotoGP akuyona into entsha. URossi waze waqokwa njengomunye wabashayeli abasemthethweni beFerrari kuFormula 1 World Championship ngo-2006 - ngemuva kwezivivinyo eziningi, naphezu kokudlala kahle kwakhe, uRossi wancamela ukuhlala ku-MotoGP. UMichael Schumacher uphinde wagibela i-prototype ye-Ducati MotoGP izikhathi ezimbalwa futhi kamuva nje uFernando Alonso ushintshe isihlalo sakhe esisodwa ngezibambo ze-Honda RC213V zikaMarc Márquez no-Dani Pedrosa.