Ngonyaka iFormula 1 ilungiselela ukubuyela ePortugal, izwe lethu labona uMário de Araújo “Nicha” Cabral, umPutukezi wokuqala ukugijima esigabeni esihamba phambili sezemidlalo yezimoto, enyamalala namuhla.
UMário de Araújo “Nicha” Cabral wazalelwa ePorto ngoJanuwari 15, 1934 futhi wenza i-Formula 1 yakhe yokuqala ngo-1959 ku-GP yesiPutukezi eyayibanjelwe eMonsanto Circuit.
Eshayela iCooper-Maserati, amaPutukezi akwazile ukuqeda umjaho esendaweni yeshumi, phezu kokuthi ayengayazi imoto.
Uzobe esebamba iqhaza kwezinye ezine ze-Formula 1 GP zomqhudelwano womhlaba esigabeni kanye nasemicimbini yomqhudelwano owengeziwe.
Ngokungeziwe kuFomula 1, “uNicha” Cabral wagijima kuFomula 2 - isigaba lapho athola khona ingozi enodlame ngo-1965 eRouen-les Essart - futhi waqhudelana kumaTours and Prototypes kwaze kwaba ngu-1974.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngemva kokushiya amathrekhi, u-“Nicha” Cabral wathatha isikhundla sokuba ngumxhumanisi we-Ford Lusitana, esiza ukuhlela isikole se-Ford Ford e-Estoril Autodrome, futhi owayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokusiza abashayeli bezitimela njengoManuel Gião, Pedro Matos Chaves noma uPedro Lamy ( laba ababili baphase iFormula 1).