Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi iqembu kwadingeka Rúben Faria futhi Hélder Rodrigues njengoba "onjiniyela" ukuze ubuyele ekunqobeni eminyakeni engu-31 kamuva, noma ngenxa yokuthi lokhu kunqoba kwaqeda ukubusa KTM eyayikade isikhathi eside kakhulu ngenxa yomncintiswano ngenxa, ukunqoba Honda e Dakar esigabeni esinamasondo amabili kwangijabulisa.
Sengikushilo lokho, “ku-hangover” yomjaho lo nyaka owawubanjwe okokuqala eSaudi Arabia, umbuzo owodwa wangihlaba umxhwele: Kungenzeka yini ukuthi noma yimuphi umkhiqizo ukwazile ukuwina i-Dakar esigabeni semoto nesithuthuthu? Ukuvakashela i-Wikipedia ngokushesha kwangibonisa engangivele ngikusola: lokhu akukaze kwenzeke emlandweni womncintiswano.
Uma uthi nhlá, kunencazelo elula yokuthi kungani lokhu kunjalo. Phela aziziningi izinhlobo ezikhiqiza izimoto nezithuthuthu.
Eqinisweni, kucatshangelwa ezinye izigaba, izinhlobo ezimbili kuphela ekwazile ukuqongelela ukunqoba: Mercedes-Benz, okuyinto has ukunqoba phakathi amaloli nezimoto (ngo-1983 wakwazi ngisho ukuwina kuzo zombili lezi zigaba kanyekanye) kanye Yamaha, okuyinto isivele inqobile. ama-quad nezithuthuthu.
Isibonelo seBMW
Noma kunjalo, ukuvakashela futhi izibalo zomjaho owenziwe uThierry Sabine kwembule kimi ukuthi kukhona okubili okuhlukile kulo mthetho: iBMW neHonda.
Njengoba wazi kahle, kuze kube namuhla, phakathi kwalezi zinhlobo ezimbili yiJalimane kuphela eyazama ukwengeza enkazimulweni ezuzwe ngamasondo amabili ukunqoba esigabeni sezimoto. Kungakho, ngemva kokunqoba kukaHonda eDakar yalo nyaka, ngazibuza: kungani iHonda ingazami ukwenza lokho okungekho brand okwenzile kuze kube manje?
Ukubamba iqhaza kweBMW eDakar kuqale ngamasondo amabili.
Izinzuzo zokuzama okungenzeka
Yebo, ngazi kahle ukuthi izikhathi embonini yezimoto azihambisani nokutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kwezemidlalo. Nokho, ngikholwa ukuthi ukuhlanganyela kwe-Honda okungenzeka kusigaba sezimoto kungaletha izinzuzo eziningi kunokulahlekelwa.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Okokuqala nje, ngesikhathi lapho amaSUV/Crossovers egcwele emakethe, ukubamba iqhaza kweHonda eDakar esigabeni sezimoto kungaba yindlela ethokozisayo yokukhangisa izinhlobo zayo ezidala kakhulu.
Phela njengoba imboni yezimoto isishintshile eminyakeni yamuva nje, kimina akubonakali ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza ngempumelelo eDakar kuwukumenyezelwa okubi. Ukwenza lokho, vele ubheke izibonelo zakamuva ezifana ne-Peugeot ene-DKR ka-2008 kanye ne-3008, i-MINI ne-Countryman futhi, ukubuyela emuva kancane, i-Mitsubishi ne-Pajero engasekho.
Ngaphezu kwalokhu, i-Honda yayingabona ukubamba iqhaza eDakar njengebhentshi lokuhlola lobuchwepheshe obusha. Ungacabanga ngezimangaliso imodeli efakwe okufanayo engayenza emfanekisweni wesistimu ye-hybrid ye-Honda ukuze uthole umphumela omuhle emjahweni omkhulu kunayo yonke indawo?
Okokugcina, phakathi kwezizathu ezenza uHonda abambe iqhaza esigabeni semoto yaseDakar, kunesizathu esizwakala kakhulu: isithunzi sokwenza umlando.
Ungacabanga ukuthi kungaba njani emlandweni wayo omude kakade wempumelelo yezemidlalo (kusukela ku-Moto GP kuya ku-Touring Championships, ukudlula, ku-Formula 1), ukuthi i-Honda ingangeza ukunqoba okungakaze kubonwe ezigabeni ezimbili ze-Dakar. ? Kungcono kuphela uma ngikwazile ukuwafinyelela ngonyaka ofanayo.
Ukunqoba okucatshangelwayo kweHonda eDakar kungenza inkampani ijoyine iMitsubishi neToyota ohlwini lwemikhiqizo yaseJapan ewine iDakar.
Ububi balo mzamo ongase ube nawo
Uma uthi nhlá, isithiyo esikhulu kulo mzamo we-Honda, vele, kungaba izindleko. Ikakhulukazi uma sicabangela ukuthi imboni iphila esikhathini "Esilungile Kwezombangazwe", nama-accountant anesisindo esikhulayo ezinqumweni zemikhiqizo.
Sesikushilo lokho, angicabangi ukuthi kwakulula ukukholisa ababalisi bakwaHonda ukuthi bavume ukudela imali eningi ukuze benze uhlelo lwezemidlalo oluklanyelwe ukusebenza ogwadule.
Noma kunjalo, ngikholwa ukuthi umlando womkhiqizo (onesiko eliqinile ku-motorsport) ungeza ukuzosiza ukukholisa labo ababhekele ama-akhawunti akwa-Honda.
Enye “inkohliso” ukuthi kungenzeka iphrojekthi ingahambi kahle. Kodwa-ke, kulesi sici ngicabanga ukuthi ukuthambekela kwe-methodical okuvame ukubonakala kwemikhiqizo yaseJapan kungasiza ekunciphiseni le ngozi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, nakuba isesigabeni esinamasondo amabili, iHonda ayiyena umuntu osanda kufika ohambweni lwaseDakar, enolwazi oludingekayo ukuze agweme “amaphutha obusha”.
Iphupho (cishe) elingenakwenzeka ukufeza
Ngazi kahle ukuthi kungenzeka Honda ezama kabili ku Dakar akude impela. Okwamanje, ezimotweni, uhlobo lwaseJapan luhileleke kukho kokubili Ezokuvakasha kanye neFomula 1 futhi, ngokweqiniso, angicabangi ukuba ukubamba iqhaza esigabeni sezimoto zaseDakar kuyingxenye yezinhlelo zayo.
Noma kunjalo, njengomlandeli wokuqina womcimbi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni, kufanele ngibeke ngenye indlela u-José Torres odumile okwathi uma ngibhekene namathuba eqembu lesizwe lebhola lezinyawo lokuhlungela iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1986 emdlalweni neJalimane eStuttgart. athi: “ake ngiphuphe kancane”.
Futhi yebo, ngiphupha imodeli ye-Honda edabula ezihlabathini zasogwadule eduze kwesithuthuthu somkhiqizo futhi, mhlawumbe, yenza umlando, izuze ukunqoba kuzo zombili izigaba. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ingabe i-Civic Type OverRland esikutshele ngayo esikhathini esidlule ibonakala ifanele i-Dakar noma cha?