Ngaphambi kukaTesla, ngisho nangaphambi kwe-PayPal, Elon Musk ngo-1999 wayethengisa inkampani yakhe i-Zip2 ngezigidi ezingamakhulu amaningana zamaRandi, esezenzele izigidi ezingu-22 ebhizinisini. Kwenziwani ngesamba esihle kangaka? Thenga indlu? Naaaaa... Iphuma lapho iMcLaren F1 — bebengeke yini benze ukukhetha okufanayo?
U-Elon Musk, “ikhanda likaphethiloli”? Umbono wakhe ngomhlaba - amandla avuselelekayo, izimoto zikagesi kanye nokwenza iMars ikoloni - akacabangi ngomshini ofana neMcLaren F1, kodwa ikhulu leminyaka. I-XX yayisashisa ama-cartridges wokugcina futhi u-Musk wayengakabi neminyaka engu-30 ubudala.
Isikhathi sokunikeza i-F1 ku-Musk saqoshwa ku-documentary ngaleso sikhathi mayelana nezigidigidi, njengoba ubona kuvidiyo egqanyisiwe.
Kodwa-ke, uMusk wayezoba sengozini esondweni leMcLaren F1 eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, umzuzwana esiwukhumbulayo engxoxweni eyanikezwa nguye ngo-2012.
Nakuba ikusasa lemoto, ngokusho kuka-Elon Musk, lisebenza ngogesi, unezimoto ezimbili ezinenjini evuthayo: iFord Model T kanye neJaguar E-Type, njengoba esho, uthando lwakhe lokuqala. I-McLaren F1? Lona wathengiswa.
Mayelana "Nesiqalo Esibandayo". Kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu e-Razão Automóvel, kune-“Cold Start” ngo-8:30 ekuseni. Ngenkathi uphuza ikhofi lakho noma uqunga isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala unolwazi lwakamuva ngamaqiniso athakazelisayo, amaqiniso omlando namavidiyo abalulekile avela emhlabeni wezimoto. Konke ngamagama angaphansi kwama-200.