Uthando lwezezimoto kanye nekhono lebhizinisi kuholele uBernie Ecclestone ukuthi ahole emjahweni omkhulu wezimoto. Uyayazi impilo yomphathi weFormula 1.
UBernard Charles “Bernie” Ecclestone wazalwa ngo-October 8, 1930 eSuffolk, eNgilandi, emkhayeni ompofu. Indodana yomzanyana nomdobi, namuhla "ungumphathi weFormula 1". UnguMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Formula One Management (FOM) kanye ne-Formula One Administration (FOA).
"Bernie" iminyaka yokuqala yokuphila
Kusukela esemncane, uBernie Ecclestone wabonisa ubuntu obuqinile nekhono lebhizinisi. Esemncane wayethenga amaswidi aphinde adayisele ozakwabo ngemali ephindwe kabili, eveza umqondo wakhe webhizinisi. Njengoba ayemncane kunontanga yakhe, kuthiwa uBernie wayekhokhela ontanga yakhe abadala ukuze athole ukuvikelwa ngesikhathi sokuphumula. Futhi lena?...
Kakade lapho esemusha, u-Brit wakuthanda kakhulu ukugibela izithuthuthu, futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-16 nje kuphela, wajoyina uFred Compton ukuze athole iCompton & Ecclestone, inkampani edayisa izingxenye zezithuthuthu.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kokuqala emcimbini wokuncintisana - izihlalo ezihlala abantu abangabodwa - kwenzeka ngo-1949 ku-Formula 3, kodwa ngemva kwezingozi ezimbalwa endaweni ye-Brands Hatch circuit, uBernie Ecclestone walahlekelwa isithakazelo emncintiswaneni futhi wanquma ukugxila kakhulu engxenyeni yebhizinisi yomjaho. .
Amadili amakhulu okuqala
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, impumelelo yebhizinisi yakhula - u-Ecclestone naye waqala ukuthenga nokudayisa izimoto kanye nokutshala imali ezindaweni ezithengiswayo - kwathi ngo-1957 u-Ecclestone wathenga ithimba le-Formula 1 Connaught Engineering.
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Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, u-Ecclestone waba ngumphathi womngane nomshayeli uStuart Lewis-Evans, ezame ukubuyela ethrekhi eMonaco Grand Prix ngo-1958, ngaphandle kwempumelelo. Emqhudelwaneni iMoroccan Grand Prix, uLewis-Evans waba nengozi ebulalayo eyashiya u-Ecclestone ethinteke kabi; eminyakeni emibili kamuva, umshayeli uJochen Rindt (ngaleso sikhathi owayeqashe u-Ecclestone njengomphathi wakhe) washonela esifundeni esingokomlando saseMonza, okwashukumisela uBriton ukuba awuqede nya umsebenzi wakhe wokushayela.
Ukungena okuqinisekile emhlabeni weFomula 1
Ngo-1972, u-Ecclestone wathenga uBrabham, ithimba laseBrithani elalizophumelela kakhulu ngenxa yabashayeli uNiki Lauda noNelson Piquet (okufanekiselwe ngenhla). Ngaleyo ndlela uBernie Ecclestone waqala ukuqinisa isikhundla sakhe emjahweni ohamba phambili womdlalo wezimoto. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, i-Brit yasungula i-Formula 1 Builders Association (FOCA), no-Colin Chapman (umsunguli we-Lotus) nomngane nommeli uMax Mosely (okufanekiselwe ngezansi), phakathi kwabanye.
Nge-FOCA, u-Ecclestone wazuza ngo-1978 okungenzeka ukuthi mhlawumbe umnikelo wakhe omkhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Formula 1. Usomabhizinisi waseBrithani wahlanganisa wonke amaqembu futhi wafinyelela isivumelwano sokuthengisa amalungelo kamabonakude. Imali engenayo yabelwa amaqembu (47%), i-International Automobile Federation (30%) kanye ne-Formula One Promotions and Administration esanda kwakhiwa (23%). Inkontileka - eyaziwa ngele-“Concorde Agreement” - kuxoxiswene ngayo kabusha phakathi neminyaka edlule, njalo i-Ecclestone iyona enesibopho esikhulu.
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Kusukela lapho, u-Bernie Ecclestone ube ngomunye wamandla okushayela e-Formula 1 futhi ikakhulukazi unomthwalo wemfanelo wokusebenzisa amandla aphelele ezemidlalo, njalo enombono oyingqayizivele nohluke kakhulu wezemidlalo – ngezinye izikhathi ngaphandle kokukwazi ukugwema izingxabano. Njengamanje, usomabhizinisi ungumholi weFormula 1 Group kanye nosomabhizinisi abacebe kakhulu eGreat Britain.Phakathi, kube nezingxabano eziningi ezizungeze ukukhetha kwabo. Ngokwemvelo egxile ebhizinisini nemiphumela, akazange abe nezinkinga "ukudonsa izintambo" ukuze aphambukise umncintiswano endleleni. Ngokwesibonelo, ngo-1992, wakwazi ukukhuthaza ne-FIA izinguquko imithetho yeNdebe Yomhlaba ukuze bathene isiyalo. Umphumela? I-Endurance World Cup isiphelile, isivivinyo abesenza kakhulu ngeFormula 1.
Lezi zindaba ziyalandelana kanye nezingxabano nazo - ukuphikisa kwabo abesifazane kuFomula 1 kanye nokumelana kwabo nezinkundla zokuxhumana kusesidlangalaleni. Manje eneminyaka engu-85 ubudala, enye yezinkinga ezinkulu zamanje ekuqeqesheni ukulandelana kwakhe. Noma ngabe ubani ozongena esikhundleni sakhe, u-Ecclestone usevele wazitholela indawo evelele emlandweni we-Formula 1 - ngazo zonke izizathu nokunye (funda okuhle nokubi).