Njengoba othile asho eminyakeni embalwa edlule "ubikezela kuphela ekupheleni komdlalo". Futhi njengebhola (sixolele ukuqhathanisa), Amahora angama-24 eLe Mans nawo awabikezelwa.
I-Toyota iqale njengentandokazi enkulu kulolu hlelo lomjaho oyizifanekiselo zomhlaba wonke, kodwa ukusebenza kwe-TS050 kuphawulwe ngezinkinga zemishini - izinkinga, okwathi, ezidlulele kuzo zonke izimoto ezisesigabeni se-LMP1.
Kwahlwa nezinkinga zawela kwaToyota. Futhi lapho ilanga likhanya futhi, lalikhanya ngokugqamile kupende omhlophe, omnyama, nobomvu wezimoto zakwaStuttgart. Ubuso obusemigodini yakwaToyota bebungabobotheka. Ngokuhamba kahle, bekuyi-Porsche 919 Hybrid #1 ehole uhlelo lwama-85 lwe-24 Hours of Le Mans.
Kodwa abashayeli bePorsche 919 Hybrid #1 abakwazanga ukugwema izinkinga zemishini yenjini ye-V4, ebonakala ingaklanyelwe ukumelana namazinga okushisa aphakeme ayezwakala endaweni yaseLa Sarthe. . Njengoba sekusele amahora amane ngaphambi kokuphela komjaho, imoto yakwaPorsche engu-#1 iphume inenkinga yenjini yayo yokushisa.
Indaba kanogwaja nofudu
Ibhekene nezinkinga ezithinta zonke izimoto (!) ezisesigabeni se-LMP1, kube “ufudu” esigabeni se-LMP2 oluthathe izindleko zalo mjaho. Sikhuluma ngoJackie Chan DC Racing Team i-Oreca #38 — yebo, leyo nguJackie Chan ocabanga ngayo… — ishayelwa u-Ho-Pin Tung, uThomas Laurent no-Oliver Jarvis. I-Oreca #38 ihole umjaho kwaze kwaba ngaphezudlwana kwehora ngaphambi kokuphela komjaho.
Ngokungangabazeki, elinye lala maqembu ezinzwa ala Mahora angama-24 eLe Mans, njengoba ngaphezu kokunqoba esigabeni se-LMP2 liphinde lafinyelela endaweni yesibili ngokuphelele, lithatha isikhundla ekuqaleni ebesigcinelwe «izilo» zesigaba se-LMP1. Kepha eLe Mans, ukunqoba akunakuthathwa kalula, noma ukunqotshwa…
ekwazi ukuhlupheka
Bekuneqembu ebelikwazi ukuhlupheka. Sikhuluma ngomakhenikha nabashayeli (uTimo Bernhard, uBrendon Hartley no-Earl Bamber) bePorsche 919 Hybrid #2. Imoto ephume endaweni yokugcina, ngemuva kokulimala enjini kagesi ngaphambili engxenyeni yokuqala yomjaho.Ngokusobala konke kwakulahlekile. Ngokusobala. Kodwa ngokuhoxiswa kwe-919 Hybrid #1 i-Porsche yokugcina ethrekhi ibone ithuba lokuhlasela ehamba phambili, futhi yaqala ukuhlasela endaweni yokuqala yeqembu likaJackie Chan DC Racing. Esikhathini esingaphezudlwana kwehora uphele umjaho, iPorsche iphinde yahola umjaho. Abahluliwe bokuqala kulolu hlelo yilabo abaphumelele ekugcineni. Futhi lena?
Abashayeli u-Timo Bernhard, uBrendon Hartley no-Earl Bamber bangabonga umakhenikha wabo ngalokhu kunqoba.
Nakuba kungase kubonakale, kwakungekona ukunqoba okuwile esibhakabhakeni, ngenxa yokulahlekelwa yi-LMP1 esele. Kwaba ukunqoba kokumelana nokuphikelela. Ukunqoba okuzuzwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwethrekhi. Abashayeli u-Timo Bernhard, uBrendon Hartley kanye no-Earl Bamber bangabonga umakhenikha wabo ngalokhu kunqoba, okuthe esikhathini esingaphezudlwana nje kwehora ukwazile ukushintsha injini kagesi ye-919 Hybrid ngemva kokuphuka kokuqala. Ibhekene nenkinga efanayo, iToyota kuphela eqede umjaho ithathe amahora amabili ukulungisa okufanayo.
I-GTE PRO ne-GTE Am
Emkhakheni we-GTE PRO bekukhona nedrama. Umjaho unqunywe kuphela emlenzeni wokugcina, lapho ukubhoboza kukhiphe u-Jan Magnussen, u-Antonio Garcia kanye no-Jordan Taylor ka-Corvette C7 R #63 ngaphandle kwempi yokunqoba. Ukunqoba kuzogcina kumomotheka ku-Aston Martin ka-Jonathan Adam, Darren Turner noDaniel Serra.
Emkhakheni we-GTE Am, ukunqoba ku-Ferraria ye-JMW Motorsport ka-Dries Vanthoor, u-Will Stevens no-Robert Simth. Isiteji sekilasi saqedwa nguMarco Cioci, Aaron Scott kanye noDuncan Camero ku-Spirit of Race's Ferrari 488 #55, kanye noCooper McNeil, uWilliam Sweedler kanye noTowsend Bell kuFerrari 488 #62 kaScuderia Corsa.
Onyakeni kukhona okwengeziwe!
