Bekuyimpelasonto edlule, mhla zingama-25 kuNhlangulana (June) lapho kube khona olunye uhlelo lwePikes Peak International Hill Climb, umqhudelwano odumile wezintaba oba seColorado, e-USA minyaka yonke.
Ingu-20 km ubude, manje igandaywe ngokugcwele (umgwaqo ubukade ungagandayiwe), emjahweni owaziwa ngokuthi yi-«Run to the Clouds». Isidlaliso ngenxa yomehluko wobude phakathi kokusuka nokufika. Umdlalo uqala kumamitha ayi-2,862 ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle, futhi uyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka ufinyelele kumamitha angama-4300.
Ophumelele ngokuphelele kuhlelo lwango-2017 kwakungu-Romain Dumas, onomfanekiso we-Norma MXX RD Limited, ozuze isikhathi esiyimizuzu eyi-9 namasekhondi angu-05.672. Isikhathi esihle kakhulu, kodwa esikude, kude nerekhodi eliphelele lomjaho.
Lokhu kwafezwa ngo-2013 ngu-Sébastien Loeb, uMnu «WRC» izikhathi ezingu-9 World Rally Champion, egibele umshini we-infernal: the IPeugeot 208 T16 . Inunu enamandla amahhashi angu-875 kanye namakhilogremu angu-875 nje kuphela, ekwazi ukugijima isuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-1.8, ifike ku-200 ku-4.8 futhi ifinyelele ku-240 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-7.0 nje!
Izinombolo ezinjalo zihlinzekwa nge-supercharged 3.2 litre V6, efakwe endaweni yangemuva ephakathi, futhi yiqiniso, i-wheel drive egcwele. I-Peugeot 908 HDi, ebambe iqhaza ku-24 Hours of Le Mans, ithole i-aileron yayo enkulu, enye yezinto ezibonakalayo ze-aerodynamics yayo, elungiselelwe ukuphatha amajika angu-156 ethrekhi.
Isikhathi esizuzwe umshayeli wendiza kanye ne-208 asikahlulwa: Imizuzu engu-8 nemizuzwana engu-13.878.
I-Peugeot 208 T16 izophinde isebenze
Kwaba kwaPeugeot, vele, owagcina umshini, kodwa manje uzoshintsha izandla. Futhi izoshintsha, ngokuqondile ezandleni zomshayeli wendiza oyiphethe: Sebastien Loeb , ngo-Sébastien Loeb Racing, ophethwe umshayeli.
Inhloso kuzoba ukwenza i-Peugeot 208 T16 ibuyele kumasekethe, eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokuphuma kwayo kokugcina. Ukuhlolwa kokuqala sekuvele kwenziwa ngempumelelo, eseketheni eyaziwa ngokuthi iRing of Rhine, etholakala esifundeni sase-Alsace.
Lokhu kuhlolwa kulindele ukubamba iqhaza kwe-208 T16 kanye no-Sébastien Loeb kumpambuko wase-Turckheim-Trois Épis, ngomhla ka-9 no-10 Septhemba, manje okulindeleke ngokuphindwe kabili.
Sebastien LoebBengihlezi ngifisa ukuba nayo le moto. Bengifuna ukubuyela emuva ngesikhathi: kuyimoto eyinkimbinkimbi ukushayela, kodwa ngisheshe ngathola imizwa eyingqayizivele ekhiqizwayo.
