UMaria Teresa de Filippis, wayengowesifazane wokuqala kuFomula 1. Wanqoba ngesikhathi esigcwele ubandlululo. Njalo Filipis!
Ezemidlalo zezimoto namuhla zivalelisa kwenye yezinkazimulo zazo. U-Maria Teresa de Filippis, owesifazane wokuqala ukuncintisana kuFormula 1 Grand Prix, ushone namuhla eneminyaka engama-89. Imbangela yokushona kowayengumshayeli wase-Italy ibingakaqinisekiswa.OKUhlobene: Indaba ka-Maria Teresa de Filippis, owesifazane wokuqala kuFomula 1
Siyakhumbula ukuthi u-Filippis wagijima kuFomula 1 phakathi kuka-1958 no-1959, ekleliswa kugridi yokuqala kuma-prix amathathu: i-Portugal, i-Italy ne-Belgium. Ngaphambi kwalokho, wayephume isibili e-Italy, komunye wemiqhudelwano yejubane eyayibangwa kakhulu futhi yokuncintisana ngaleso sikhathi.
U-Maria Teresa waqala ukugijima eneminyaka engu-22, e-Italy, ebhekene nochungechunge lokucwaswa endaweni egcwele amadoda - waze wenqatshelwa ukugijima ngoba wayemuhle kakhulu. Umphumela wakhe omuhle kwaba kuSpa-Francorchamps, lapho eqale endaweni ye-15 wakwazi ukuqeda umjaho endaweni yeshumi.
“Ngagijima ngenxa yobumnandi. Ngaleso sikhathi, abashayeli abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayishumi babengabangane bami. Kwakukhona, ake sithi, isimo esijwayelekile. Sasiphuma ebusuku, silalele umculo futhi sidanse. Kwakuhluke ngokuphelele kulokho okwenziwa abashayeli bezindiza namuhla, ngoba baba imishini, amarobhothi futhi bancike kubaxhasi. Manje abekho abangani kuFormula 1.” | Maria Theresa de Filippis
Namuhla, eneminyaka engu-89, uFillipis ubeyingxenye yeKomidi Labashayeli Bangaphambili Le-Formula 1 ye-International Automobile Federation futhi empilweni yakhe yonke, ubelokhu ekhona njalo emicimbini yezimoto. Uthando lwemoto luhlezi lunaye.