U-Ayrton Senna akadingi singeniso. Ethathwa abaningi njengomshayeli weFormula 1 ongcono kakhulu owake waba khona, umpetha wemidlalo emithathu wathola zonke izicoco zakhe emkhunjini weMcLaren. Ngo-1993 kuzoba unyaka wokugcina uSenna noMcLaren bendawonye.
NakwaMcLaren kube wunyaka wezinguquko, njengoba isivumelwano nabakwaHonda sokuphakela izinjini sase siphelile ngonyaka odlule. Emqhudelwaneni wango-1993, uMcLaren uzophendukela ezinsizeni zakwaFord - injini ye-V8 HB eyakhiwe eCosworth.
IMcLaren-Ford MP4/8A, naphezu kokungabaza kukaSenna mayelana nokuncintisana kwe-V8 uma iqhathaniswa namaV10 anamandla akwaRenault, yayisengumshini wokuvakashela ezobuchwepheshe, eziveza njengenye yemishini eqhudelana kakhulu.
Iyunithi yeMcLaren-Ford ezothengiswa ngoMeyi 11 eMonaco, ngabakwaBonhams, i-chassis “6”, eyabamba iqhaza emijahweni eyisishiyagalombili ye-Formula 1 World Championship ngo-1993. Ukuqala kwayo, ku-GP yaseSpain, e-Barcelona, indawo - ukunqoba kuzoya ku-Williams-Renault ka-Alain Prost.
I-Monaco GP ikhathazekile
Umjaho olandelayo, kumjikelezo odumile waseMonaco, awuzange uqale ngendlela engcono kakhulu. U-Ayrton Senna uphahlazeke kanzima ekuzilolongeni kwamahhala, ngokusobala ngenxa yenkinga yokumiswa okuqinile okusebenzayo - kwenzeke ngokushesha kangangokuthi u-Senna akakwazanga ukudedela isiteringi ngaphambi kokuba imoto iphahlazeke, walimala isithupha sakhe.U-chassis “6” ulungiswe ngokushesha ngesikhathi ukuze ubambe iqhaza kowokuhlungela uMgqibelo, ubeka isikhathi sesithathu esisheshayo ngemuva kuka-Alain Prost, owine i-pole-positon, noMichael Schumacher esondweni le-Benetton-Ford.
Kulo mjaho, u-Prost ujezisiwe - i-pit stop eyimizuzwana engu-10 - ngokuqala kusenesikhathi, okuvumele uSchumacher ukuthi ahole umjaho kuze kube ngu-lap 33, lapho kudingeke ukuthi athathe umhlalaphansi ngenxa yokungasebenzi kahle kwe-hydraulic. USenna ubezohola futhi akalokothi adedele, eshiya i-Damon Hill, kwenye i-Williams-Renault, imizuzwana engu-15.
Kungaba ukunqoba kwesithupha kuka-Ayrton Senna eMonaco, edlula ukunqoba okuhlanu kukaGraham Hill, irekhodi elaqoshwa ngo-1969.
ukuphela komsebenzi
IMcLaren-Ford MP4/8A, i-chassis “6”, ibuyele emjahweni kuma-GP aseCanada, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium kanye ne-Italy, ngaphandle kokuthi, nokho, ifinyelele endaweni yesikhulumi. I-chassis ethi "6" izoqeda umsebenzi wayo njengemoto yokubhuka kuma-GPs aseJapane nase-Australia.
IMP4/8A izophinde ibe yimoto ezonika uMcLaren isicoco seqembu elinqobe kaningi emjahweni weGrand Prix, ekhipha iFerrari esihlalweni - irekhodi azoligcina kuze kube u-1995.
Lo nyaka uqopha iminyaka engu-25 ye-MP4/8A, lapho kudayiswa khona u-chassis “6”, eMonaco, okuhambisana nenyanga u-Ayrton Senna azuza ngayo irekhodi lakhe lokunqoba endaweni eyinganekwane. Ithuba eliyingqayizivele…