Valentino Rossi umemezele ngoLwesine ukuthi uzohoxa ku-MotoGP. "Indlela yokuvalelisa" yomgibeli odume kakhulu - futhi kwabaningi izikhathi ezinhle kakhulu - wesiyalo somjaho wezithuthuthu esihamba phambili emhlabeni.
Lo mgibeli wase-Italy, 42, uthe lena kuzoba isizini yakhe yokugcina - isizini yakhe yesi-26 kuWorld Motorcycle Championship. Kuyisiphetho somsebenzi omude futhi okhazimulayo osebale imiqhudelwano yomhlaba eyisishiyagalolunye, ukunqoba okuyi-115 kanye nezinkundla eziyi-199.
Izinombolo ezisengashintsha kuze kube yi-GP yokugcina yesizini, ngoNovemba 14, e-Valencia.
Ikusasa likaValentino Rossi
Namuhla, uRossi akayena nje umshayeli, ungumkhiqizo womhlaba owenza izigidi futhi ucishe ube mkhulu njengomdlalo ngokwawo. Kodwa njengoba enza iphuzu lokukhumbuza izintatheli ngesikhathi sokumenyezelwa kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ku-MotoGP, naphezu kwesilinganiso sefa lakhe, "enhliziyweni yami, nginomuzwa wokuthi nginguye futhi ngizoba ngaphezu kwakho konke umgibeli kuze kube sekupheleni kwezinsuku zami", Kusho umgibeli wamaNtaliyane.
Yingakho uValentino Rossi ebeke iphuzu lokumemezela ukuthi ngeke avalelise emijahweni. Ngaphezu kokuphatha uhlobo lwe-VR46, namaqembu anegama lakhe ku-Moto3, Moto2 ne-MotoGP, uzoqongelela imisebenzi yomshayeli wendiza emiqhudelwaneni yezimoto.
Engikuthanda kakhulu umjaho wezithuthuthu. Kodwa umjaho wezimoto nawo uthatha isikhala esikhulu enhliziyweni yami.
Ebuzwa mayelana nendlela azoqhudelana ngayo, uValentino Rossi uthe "akukanqunywa okwamanje (...), lolu wudaba u-Uccio Salucci abhekene nalo".
U-Valentino Rossi kuFomula 1?
Umshayeli wase-Italy akayena 'umfokazi' emjahweni wezithuthuthu - uze waba umshayeli wesithuthuthu wokuqala ukuhlukaniswa yi-British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC).
Kusukela ngo-2004 kuya ku-2007, yaphinde yafiswa iFormula 1 - khumbula indaba egcwele ngaleso sihloko - lapho ibonise isivinini nokuvumelana ekulinganiseni amandla ngamagama afana noMichael Schumacher. Kodwa-ke, lapho ngineminyaka engu-42 ubudala, umsebenzi we-Formula 1 awukho ngokuphelele.
Emiqhudelwaneni, uRossi ubuye wakhombisa ithalente nesivinini, waze washaya u-Colin McRae e-Rally de Monza ngo-2005. Muva nje, u-Valentino Rossi ubegijima njalo emijahweni yokukhuthazela, lokhu kuyinketho engcono kakhulu yekusasa lakhe lezemidlalo elinamasondo amane.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yimuphi umdlalo, into eyodwa eqinisekile: noma yikuphi lapho u-Valentino Rossi ekhona, kuzoba khona ibutho labalandeli. Ibutho elifanayo elapenda cishe iminyaka engama-30 eliphuzi izitendi zamasekethe lapho kwadlula khona iMotoGP.