Unyaka ka-2020 ungahle ube yi-atypical ngezindlela eziningi, nokho-ke, ungumlando ku-Portuguese motorsport. Ngemva kwesicoco sika-António Félix da Costa ku-Formula E kanye nokubuyiswa kweFomula 1 e-Portugal, u-Filipe Albuquerque uwine isigaba se-LMP2 Emahoreni angama-24 e-Le Mans.
Ngaphezu kwalokhu kunqoba okuyingqopha-mlando komshayeli we-No.22 Oreca 07, umuntu wakubo kanye nompetha we-Formula E ovikelayo, u-António Félix da Costa, wathatha indawo yesibili esigabeni esifanayo, eshayela i-Oreca 07 eyabelane ngayo no-Anthony Davidson noRoberto Gonzalez.
Ngemva kokunqoba, uFilipe Albuquerque, ophinde ahole iFIA Endurance World Cup ne-European Le Mans Series, uthe: “Ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi angikwazi ukuchaza lo muzwa oyingqayizivele. Kwakuyisikhathi eside kakhulu samahora angu-24 okuphila kwami futhi imizuzu yokugcina yomjaho yayihlanya (...) Sasenze i-sprint yamahora angu-24, ijubane lalihlaba umxhwele. Futhi bekukuncane okusele ukuqeda ukwehluleka kweminyaka eyisithupha ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuwina”.
Uma kwenzeka ungakhumbuli, lokhu kunqoba ku-24 Hours of Le Mans kuza ekubambeni iqhaza kwesikhombisa komshayeli ongumPutukezi emjahweni wokukhuthazela odume kakhulu ku-motorsport. Kukho konke ukuma, u-Filipe Albuquerque ube ngowesi-5 kwathi u-António Félix da Costa waba ngowesi-6.
umjaho osele
Kuwo wonke umjaho, indawo yokuqala ekilasini likaNdunankulu, i-LMP1, iphinde yamamatheka kuToyota ngeToyota TS050-Hybrid eshayelwa uSebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima noBrendon Hartley ewele entanjeni kuqala ukuze banyathele indondo yesithathu ilandelana. uphawu lwaseJapan eLe Mans.
Ezigabeni ze-LMGTE Pro ne-LMGTE Am, ukunqoba kumamatheke kuzo zombili izimo ku-Aston Martin. Ku-LMGTE Pro ukunqoba kwafinyelelwa yi-Aston Martin Vantage AMR eshayelwa nguMaxime Martin, u-Alex Lynn kanye no-Harry Tincknell ngenkathi e-LMGTE Am ophumelele u-Aston Martin Vantage AMR wahlolwa nguSalih Yoluc, Charlie Eastwood noJonny Adam.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Lokhu kunqoba kwe-Oreca 07 ka-Filipe Albuquerque, u-Phil Hanson no-Paul Di Resta kujoyina ukunqoba okuzuzwe u-Pedro Lamy esigabeni se-LMGTE Am ngo-2012.