Impilo yakhiwe ukukhetha, amaphupho namathuba. Inkinga iba lapho amathuba esiphoqa ukuthi senze izinqumo ezibukela phansi amaphupho ethu. Udidekile? Ingabe impilo...
Le ndatshana imayelana nenye yalezo zinqumo ezinzima, ukukhetha okunzima kuka-Valentino Rossi phakathi kwe-MotoGP ne-Formula 1.
Njengoba kwaziwa, uRossi wakhetha ukuhlala eMotoGP. Kodwa ngiphakamisa lo mbuzo olandelayo: ngabe bekunjani ukube lowo othathwa ngabaningi - nakimi ngokunjalo - njengomshayeli ongcono kakhulu kunabo bonke, wasuka emasondweni amabili waya kumasondo amane?
Lesi sihloko sizokhuluma ngalokho adventure, ukuthi ukuphola, ukuthi vertigo, okuyinto phakathi 2004 futhi 2009, wabelane izinhliziyo izigidi zabathandi motorsport. Umshado owenzekile ubungahlanganisa abadlali ababili bokuqala esisindweni esinzima: uLewis Hamilton noValentino Rossi.
Ngaleyo minyaka, ngo-2004 kuya ku-2009, umhlaba waba ne-polarized. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, labo ababefuna ukuqhubeka nokubona u-Valentino Rossi e-MotoGP, ngakolunye uhlangothi, labo ababefuna ukubona "Udokotela" baphinda umsebenzi owafezwa kanye kuphela, nguJohn Surtees omkhulu: ukuba yizwe le-Formula 1. iqhawe kanye ne-MotoGP, iziyalo ezihamba phambili ku-motorsport.
ukuqala kokuthandana
Kwakungu-2004 futhi uRossi wayesewine konke okwakukhona ukuze awine: umpetha womhlaba ku-125, umpetha womhlaba ku-250, umpetha womhlaba ku-500, kanye nompetha bomhlaba we-3x ku-MotoGP (990 cm3 4T). Ngiyaphinda, konke okwakukhona kwakuzokuzuza.
Ukuphakama kwalo emqhudelwaneni bekukukhulu kangangokuthi abanye bathi uRossi uwine kuphela ngoba ephethe ibhayisikili elihamba phambili neqembu elihamba phambili emhlabeni: iHonda RC211V evela kuThimba Repsol Honda.
Ebhekene nokwehliswa njalo kwezimpumelelo zakhe ngabathile abezindaba, uRossi waba nesibindi nesibindi sokwenza okuthile obekungalindelekile nhlobo: ukushintshanisa ukuphepha "kwesakhiwo esiphezulu" seqembu elisemthethweni lakwaHonda, eqenjini elalingasazi ukuthi kwakuyini. isicoco somhlaba eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, Yamaha.
Bangaki abashayeli abazokwazi ukubeka engcupheni umsebenzi wabo nodumo ngale ndlela? UMarc Marquez wuphawu lwakho...
Abagxeki bathuliswa ngenkathi uRossi ewina i-GP yokuqala yesizini ka-2004 ngebhayisikili elilodwa elingazange liphumelele, i-Yamaha M1.
Kwakuwuthando ekuqaleni. Ngaphandle kwezingqinamba eziphakanyiswe abakwaHonda - abakhiphe umgibeli kuphela ngoDisemba 31, 2003 - futhi okumvimbe ukuthi ahlole i-Yamaha M1 eValencia ngemuva kokuphela komqhudelwano, uValentino Rossi noMasao Furusawa (owayengumqondisi weYamaha Factory Racing Team) udale ibhayisikili eliwinayo emzamweni wokuqala.
Lesi siqephu soshintsho olusuka kwa-Honda luye e-Yamaha luyisikhumbuzo nje sokuthi u-Valentino Rossi akazange ayifulathele inselele, ngakho ukuthuthela ku-Formula 1 kwakungekhona okungenangqondo.
Ngo-2005, kakade esendleleni eya esihlokweni sakhe sezwe sesi-2 egibele i-Yamaha M1, u-Valentino Rossi wayekholelwa ukuthi i-MotoGP ayinayo inselele yokufanisa.
Kuhlonishwe lowo osemusha waseNtaliyane owayenezinwele ezisontekile ozibiza ngo “Dokotela”: wayengakaze esabe izinselele. Kungakho lapho kukhala ucingo ngo-2004, uValentino Rossi wathi “yebo” esimemweni esikhethekile.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lomugqa kwakungu-Luca di Montezemolo, umongameli we-Scuderia Ferrari, onesimemo esingenakuphikiswa: ukuhlola i-Formula 1. ukuze nje ukuzijabulisa.
Nakanjani, u-Valentino Rossi ubengakayi ukuyobona “ibhola”…
Ukuhlolwa kokuqala. avule umlomo uSchumacher
Ukuhlolwa kokuqala kuka-Valentino Rossi ukushayela i-Formula 1 kwenzeka endaweni yokuhlola i-Ferrari e-Fiorano. Kulolo vivinyo lwangasese, uRossi wabelana ngegaraji nomunye umshayeli, enye inganekwane, omunye umpetha: uMichael Schumacher, umpetha womhlaba weFomula 1 osenezikhathi eziyisikhombisa.
ULuigi Mazzola, ngaleso sikhathi owayengomunye wonjiniyela beScuderia Ferrari owayephathiswe uRoss Brawn ukuthi ahlole ukuncintisana kukaValentino Rossi, usanda kukhumbula ekhasini lakhe le-Facebook isikhathi lapho umNtaliyane eshiya imigodi yeqembu okokuqala.
ULuigi Mazzola, unjiniyela eScuderia FerrariEmzamweni wokuqala, u-Valentino unikeze cishe ama-laps ayi-10 ethrekhi. Emlenzeni wokugcina, waba nesikhathi esimangalisayo. Ngikhumbula ukuthi uMichael Schumacher, owayehlezi eduze kwami ebuka i-telemetry, wayemangele, ecishe engakholwa.
Isikhathi asizange sibe sihle ngenxa yesizathu esilula sokuthi uRossi wayengakaze azame iFomula 1. Isikhathi sasimangalisa ngisho noma siqhathaniswa ngokuqondile nezikhathi ezibekwe umpetha waseJalimane uMichael Schumacher.
Umshini wokunyathelisa oyisipesheli wahlanya futhi kwethulwa uchungechunge lwezivivinyo, "okungenani izivivinyo eziyisikhombisa" kukhumbula uLuigi Mazzola, emzamweni wokuthola ukuthi uValentino Rossi uzoba nokuncintisana kangakanani.
Ngo-2005, uRossi wabuyela eFiorano ukuze athole olunye uvivinyo, kodwa uvivinyo lwabayisishiyagalolunye lwalusazofika…
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuqhubeka le ndaba, kubalulekile ukukhumbula iqiniso elithakazelisayo. Ngokuphambene nalokho esingase sikucabange, u-Valentino Rossi akazange awuqale umsebenzi wakhe wokushayela izithuthuthu, kwaba ku-karting.
Umgomo wokuqala ka-Valentino Rossi kwakuwukungena ku-European Karting Championship, noma i-Italian Karting Championship (100 cm3). Nokho, uyise, owayengumshayeli 500 cm3, Grazziano Rossi, akakwazanga ukuthwala izindleko zalezi Championships. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho u-Valentino Rossi ajoyina khona amabhayisikili amancane.
Ngokungeziwe ku-Karting ne-Formula 1, u-Valentino Rossi uphinde abe umlandeli we-rallying. Uze wabamba iqhaza emcimbini weWorld Rally Championship egibela iPeugeot 206 WRC ngo-2003, kwathi ngo-2005 washaya insizwa egama layo linguColin McRae eMonza Rally Show. Ngendlela, u-Valentino Rossi ubelokhu ekhona njalo kulo mjaho we-rally kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Isikhathi seqiniso. Rossi ethangini likashaka
Ngo-2006, uRossi wathola isimemo esisha sokuhlola imoto yeFerrari Formula 1. Kulokhu bekubucayi kakhulu, bekungelona ukuhlolwa kwangasese, bekuyiseshini yokuhlola esemthethweni yangaphambi kwesizini e-Valencia, eSpain. Bekungokokuqala ukuthi umshayeli wendiza wase-Italy ezokala amandla ngokuqondile nabahamba phambili emhlabeni.
Ngokwenza, ichibi likashaka elakhiwe ngamagama afana noMichael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ralf Schumacher, Robert Kubica, Mark Webber njalonjalo.
UMichael SchumacherAngizange ngimnike izeluleko, akadingi
Kulolo vivinyo lwaseValencia, uRossi wazwakalisa abaningi balaboshaka. Ekupheleni kosuku lwesibili lokuhlola, u-Rossi wazuza isikhathi esishesha kakhulu sesi-9 (1min12.851s), ama-1.622 kuphela kumpetha womhlaba owayebusa u-Fernando Alonso kanye nomzuzwana owodwa nje wesikhathi esingcono kakhulu sika-Michael Schumacher.
Ngeshwa, lezi zikhathi azizange zivumele ukuqhathaniswa okuqondile nezingcono kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngokungafani nabanye abashayeli, u-Valentino Rossi ushayele iFomula 1 ka-2004 eValencia - iFerrari F2004 M - ngenkathi uMichael Schumacher eshayela iFormula 1 yakamuva, iFerrari 248 (spec 2006).
Ngaphezu kokuthuthukiswa kwe-chassis kusuka kumodeli ka-2004 kuya ku-2006, umehluko omkhulu phakathi kweFerraris kaRossi kanye noSchumacher uthinta injini. Umuntu wase-Italy ohlezi oyedwa ubehlome ngenjini eyi-V10 “elinganiselwe” kanti owaseJalimane ubevele esebenzisa enye yezinjini ze-V8 ngaphandle kwemingcele.
Isimemo sikaFerrari
I-2006 mhlawumbe kwaba yisikhathi emlandweni lapho umnyango weFomula 1 wawuvuleke kakhulu kumshayeli wase-Italy. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwakungalowo nyaka lapho u-Valentino Rossi elahlekelwa khona isihloko se-premier-class okokuqala ngqa selokhu kwethulwa i-MotoGP.
Besingazi ukuthi izinsuku zikaSchumacher eFerrari nazo zibaliwe. U-Kimi Raikkonen uzojoyina i-Ferrari ngo-2007. U-Rossi uphinde waba nomunye unyaka owodwa wenkontileka ne-Yamaha, kodwa usayine kabusha nge-brand "three tuning fork" ukuze awine ezinye iziqu ezimbili ze-MotoGP.
Ngemuva kwalokho umphathi wakwaFerrari uLuca di Montezemolo uthe ubezofaka uRossi emotweni yesithathu uma imithetho ivuma. Kuthiwa isiphakamiso uFerrari ayethule ngempumelelo kumshayeli wase-Italy sasidlula isizini yokufunda kwelinye iqembu leNdebe Yomhlaba ye-Formula 1. URossi akavumanga.
Usale kahle kuFormula 1?
Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa imiqhudelwano emibili ye-MotoGP, ngo-2006 ku-Nicky Hayden, kwathi ngo-2007 kuCasey Stoner, uValentino Rossi usewine eminye imiqhudelwano emibili yomhlaba. Futhi ngo-2008 wabuyela ekulawuleni i-Formula 1.
UValentino Rossi wabe esehlola iFerrari ka-2008 ezivivinyweni zaseMugello (Italy) naseBarcelona (eSpain). Kodwa lokhu kuhlola, okungaphezu kokuhlolwa kwangempela, kwabonakala kufana nesu lokumaketha.
Njengoba uStefano Domenicali asho ngo-2010: “UValentino ubezoba umshayeli weFormula 1 osezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa wakhetha omunye umzila. Uyingxenye yomndeni wethu yingakho besifuna ukumnika leli thuba.”
Stefano DomenicaliSiyajabula ukuba ndawonye futhi: izimpawu ezimbili zesiNtaliyane, uFerrari noValentino Rossi.
Kodwa mhlawumbe ithuba likaRossi lokugcina lokugijima ku-F1 lafika ngo-2009, kulandela ukulimala kukaFelipe Massa eHungary. U-Luca Badoer, umshayeli owangena esikhundleni sikaMassa ku-GP elandelayo, akazange awenze umsebenzi, futhi igama likaValentino Rossi laphinde lashiwo ukuthi athathe enye yeFerraris.
Valentino RossiNgikhulume neFerrari mayelana nokugijima eMonza. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuhlola, akuzange kube nengqondo. Sesivele sinqume ukuthi ukungena kuFormula 1 ngaphandle kokuhlolwa kuyingozi kakhulu kunokuzijabulisa. Awukwazi ukuqonda yonke into ngezinsuku ezintathu nje.
Nakulokhu, uRossi wakhombisa ukuthi ubengabheki ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukujoyina iFomula 1 njengesilingo. Ukuze kube njalo, kwakufanele kube ukuzama ukuwina.
Ukube wayezamile?
Ake sicabange ukuthi leli thuba lavela ngo-2007? Isizini lapho imoto yakwaFerrari iwine khona imijaho engaphezu kwengxenye - eyisithupha noRaikkonen nemithathu noFelipe Massa. Kwakungenzekani? Ngabe uRossi angalingana noJohn Surtees?
Ungacabanga ngemiphumela ukufika kuka-Valentino Rossi obekungaba nayo kuFomula 1? Indoda edonsa izixuku futhi yaziwa izigidi. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, igama elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngesithuthuthu.
Kungaba indaba yothando kangangokuthi akunakwenzeka ukuthi ungabuzi umbuzo: kuthiwani uma ngabe wayezama?
UFerrari ngokwakhe wabuza lo mbuzo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ku-tweet enesihloko esithi “Kungenzekani uma…”.
Kuthiwani uma…? @ValeYellow46 #ScuderiaFerrari pic.twitter.com/HiPp8kWD2X
- Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) Mashi 28, 2018
Nokho, sekudlule iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi u-Valentino Rossi enethuba lokungena kuFormula 1. Njengamanje, u-Valentino Rossi usendaweni yesibili emqhudelwaneni, elandela uMarc Marquez.
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi uzizwa kanjani, u-Valentino Rossi uthi "usesimweni esiphezulu" nokuthi uqeqesha "kunangaphambili ukuthi angazizwa isisindo sobudala". Ubufakazi bokuthi amazwi akhe ayiqiniso, ukuthi uhlale eshaya umshayeli wendiza okufanele ngabe «umkhonto» weqembu lakhe: uMaverick Vinales.
Kusukela kumkhiqizo waseJapane, u-Valentino Rossi ucela into eyodwa kuphela: isithuthuthu esiqhudelana kakhulu ukuqhubeka nokuwina. URossi usenezinye izinkathi ezimbili zokuzama isicoco sakhe somhlaba se-10. Futhi kuphela labo abangakwazi ukuzimisela kanye nethalente lomshayeli wase-Italy, odlala inombolo yenganekwane engu-46, angangabaza izinhloso zakhe.
Ukuqeda lo mlando (osuvele mude), ngikushiya namagama uLuigi Mazzola, indoda ebukele konke lokhu ngaphambili, awabhale ekhasini lakhe le-Facebook:
Ngibe nenjabulo yokusebenza noValentino Rossi iminyaka emibili emnandi. Ngezinsuku zokuhlolwa, wafika emzileni egqoke izikhindi, izikibha nama-flip-flops. Wayengumuntu ojwayelekile. Kodwa lapho ngingena ebhokisini, konke kwashintsha. Umqondo wakhe ubufana nokaProst, Schumacher nabanye abashayeli abanohlonze. Ngikhumbula umshayeli wendiza owahudula futhi wagqugquzela iqembu lonke, wakwazi ukunikeza izikhombisi-ndlela ngendlela enembayo emangalisayo.
Yilokhu okulahleke kuFormula 1...