I-Dakar ihlezi idlala ezindabeni ezihlekisayo, amavidiyo nezithombe ezingajwayelekile okungamaphosta ayiqiniso okumele abekwe endlini yokuphumula, hamba… egaraji. Okungenzeka ukuthi besingakasiboni isimo esifana nalesi esenzeke ku-stage 5 izolo kukhona omunye wamaMINI wethimba le-X-Raid.
Ngokunqoba okune kulandelana okurekhodiwe ezinhlelweni ezedlule, kulo nyaka izinto azihambanga kahle eqenjini le-X-Raid, okuthe kulo nyaka lethule eDakar ngemiqondo emibili ehlukene ye-MINI John Cooper Works.
Ngemuva kokulahlwa kukaNani Roma noBryce Menzies, iziqephu ezimbalwa zenzeka phakathi kwezimoto zeqembu le-MINI X-Raid, no-Yazeed Al-Rajhi ehamba phambili ogwadule ebhekene nenye imoto yeqembu, kaFilipe Palmeiro. Yebo, kwenzeka phakathi nogwadule, izimoto ezimbili zishayisane. Obunye ubufakazi obungaphezulu bokungabikezeli ukuthi yiDakar.
Ngalesi sikhathi kwakungumshayeli wendiza waseSaudi Arabia, U-Yazeed Al-Rajhi, owabona inqola yakhe igezwa ngamanzi oLwandlekazi iPacific. Yebo, phakathi nogwadule kungenzeka.
Ezinye izindaba zibika ukuthi umshayeli wethimba le-X-Raid uzobe eye ukuyopholisa injini yenqola yakhe, enikeza amanzi okuphuzwa ngo-340 hp, nezindaba ezibika ukuthi izinga lokushisa lenqola lizokwenyuka. Kuzokwenzekani?
Sikhetha ukukholelwa enye inguqulo, ukuthi umshayeli wendiza uzobe enehaba lapho elandela eduze kwamanzi, ebambekile. Ngokwemvelo amagagasi oLwandlekazi iPacific azobe ekwenzile okusele.
Yazeed Al-RajhiKwakukhona izinhlobo ezimbili zamathayi esihlabathini, ngeshwa sakhetha elingalungile
Umshayeli wendiza uzobe enamathisele intambo emotweni, kuze kufike uzakwabo u-Boris Garafulic, odlala esiqeshini sesibili esingajwayelekile se-X-Raid.
Naphezu kwalokhu, isiphetho besingaba sibi kakhulu, njengoba ngemuva kokukhipha wonke amanzi ngaphakathi enqoleni, ithimba lisakwazi ukuthatha i-MINI X-Raid ukuze liqedele isiteji endaweni ka-28.