Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, isintu siba nelungelo lokubona ukusebenza kwabadlali abakhulu kunomdlalo ngokwawo. Abasubathi abahudula inqwaba yabalandeli, abenza abalandeli bama onqenqemeni lukasofa beluma izinzipho, kwazise amarobhothi acisha kuze kube yifulegi elinoshekhasi.
I-MotoGP World inomsubathi ofana nalo: Valentino Rossi . Umsebenzi womshayeli wendiza wase-Italy oneminyaka engu-36 udlula ngisho umcabango wombhali wesikrini ohamba phambili eHollywood. Njengoba othile eshilo "iqiniso lihlala lidlula umcabango, ngoba ngenkathi ukucabanga kunqunyelwe amandla omuntu, iqiniso alinamingcele". U-Valentino Rossi naye akazi mingcele…
Njengoba cishe iminyaka engu-20 esebenza emhlabeni, uRossi wenza igxathu elimangalisayo ekuwineni isicoco sakhe se-10, ehudula izigidi zabalandeli kanye naye futhi ehlula abagibeli abahamba phambili emlandweni: UMax Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo futhi kulo nyaka, ngokuqinisekile, isenzakalo esihamba ngegama likaMarc Marquez.
Bengilokhu ngilandela i-MotoGP World Championship kusukela ngo-1999 futhi ngemva kwayo yonke le minyaka ngisahlabeke umxhwele ngokusakazwa kwabezindaba kwe-'il dottore'. Isibonelo sakamuva senzeka e-Goodwood (ezithombeni), lapho ukuba khona komshayeli wase-Italy kudlule bonke abanye, okuhlanganisa nalokho kwabashayeli be-Formula 1.
Okuthile okuhlaba umxhwele nakakhulu ngoba sikhuluma ngomcimbi ohlobene nemoto. Bekunamafulegi anonombolo 46 yonke indawo, amajezi aphuzi, izigqoko nakho konke ukuthengisa ongakucabanga.
KuFormula 1 asinaye umuntu onjalo. Sinabashayeli abanethalente elingangatshazwa kanye nerekhodi elihuhayo, njengoSebastian Vettel noma uFernando Alonso. Kodwa-ke, into esemqoka akuyona ithalente noma inani lezihloko zomhlaba. Thatha isibonelo sika-Colin McRae, owayengeyena umshayeli onesiphiwo kakhulu ku-World Rally Championship kodwa nokho wawina inqwaba yabalandeli emhlabeni jikelele.
Imayelana ne-charisma. U-Colin McRae, njengo-Valentino Rossi, u-Ayrton Senna noma u-James Hunt, bangabashayeli (noma babe…) abashayeli abanothando ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwethrekhi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zingaki iziqu eziwine uSebastian Vettel, kubonakala sengathi akekho omazisa ngempela. Ushoda ngokuthile… akekho ombheka ngenhlonipho umuntu abheka ngayo uMichael Schumacher, isibonelo.
I-Formula 1 idinga othile ozophinda abilise igazi lethu - akumane nje kwaqondana ukuthi ngo-2006 i-Scuderia Ferrari yazama ukwenza u-Valentino Rossi enze i-Formula 1. Umuntu othile ukuze asisuse esofeni. Isizukulwane sabazali bami sasino-Ayrton Senna, owami nalaba abasazofika nabo badinga othile. Kodwa obani? Izinkanyezi ezinjengalezi azizalwa nsuku zonke - ezinye zithi zizalwa kanye kuphela. Kungakho kufanele sikujabulele kusakhanya.
Ukushoda kobukhazikhazi bezihlalo zokuhlala eyodwa kuxazululwa ngokushintsha imithethonqubo. Ngeshwa, amagama amakhulu awadalwa ngomthetho. Futhi kufanele ukuthi kwakukuhle kangakanani ukuphusha uLauda noma u-Ayrton Senna...
