Sekuvele kubonakala sengathi kuyimfihlo evulekile, kodwa njengoba kungenzeka noma yini ku-F1, akukho lutho oluthathwe kalula. Namuhla bekuwusuku okwaqinisekiswa ngalo ngokusemthethweni. U-Aston Martin usayine u-Adrian Newey, usevele eyingxenye yeqembu, nakuba engeke akwazi ukusebenza kule moto entsha kuze kube uMashi wonyaka ozayo, ngakho-ke cishe uzofaka imali encane ku-AMR25, futhi uzobandakanyeka ku-AMR26, enenjini ye-Honda futhi ehambisana ne ukushintsha kwemithetho.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-18 eseRed Bull, ungqondongqondo waseMilton Keynes uya eSilverstone, lapho elindelwe yiqembu elilambile futhi elilambile. izakhiwo ezintsha ezinobuchwepheshe bamuva, onomhubhe womoya ohamba phambili kakhulu kulo lonke igridi, njengoba ngisho nemigudu emisha yamanye amaqembu isineminyaka yobudala, ngakho-ke ngeke kube khona okulingana ezingeni lobuchwepheshe. Sethemba ukuthi lokhu kuzosiza u-Fernando Alonso no-Adrian Newey ukufeza izinto ezinhle ndawonye.
U-Adrian Newey uzosebenza ngokugcwele, kanye nenkontileka yeminyaka eminingi. Iholo azolithola alaziwa kahle, sekunamahlebezi amaningi, kwaze kwaphawulwa ukuthi bangamkhokhela ngamashezi akwa-Aston Martin ukuze bagweme ukukhipha iholo likaNewey emkhawulweni wesabelomali. Wonke amahemuhemu, futhi akukho okuqinisekisiwe, futhi akulindelekile ukuthi kuqinisekiswe, njengoba lezi zinkontileka zinemibandela yobumfihlo. Esikwaziyo ukuthi u-Newey ngeke aphethe i-aerodynamics kuphela, futhi uba ngumlingani we-Aston Martin.
Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi i-Newey iyisimemezelo esishaqisayo nesibalulekile emlandweni ka-Aston Martin, futhi esinye sezibaluleke kakhulu ku-F1. UFerrari ubenenhloso yokumsayinisa, kodwa ekugcineni abazange baphumelele. Wonke umuntu wayemthanda uNewey, kodwa ekugcineni u-AM nguyena. Iqembu ebelivele liqiniswe nezinye izingwazi ezifana UMike Krack, u-Tom McCullough, uDan Fallows, u-Andrew Green, u-Bob Bell, nezingwazi zakamuva ezisanda kubajoyina, njengo-Enrico Cardile no-Andy Cowell.
Engeza ukuthi u-Adrian Newey, ongumnikazi wamasheya ozakwethu we-AM, naye kuzoba umholi onquma ukwakheka kweqembu lakhe, ngakho ezinye izinguquko zingenziwa ezikhundleni zamanje. Ngaphezulu kweNewey kuzoba nguLawrence Stroll kuphela. Futhi maningi amathuba okuthi kufike abantu abaningi abathenjwa baka-Adrian. Kuzodingeka silalelisise.
Ithimba elikhulu lezobuchwepheshe, izikhungo ezintsha, umpetha onjengoFernando Alonso, nemali eyengeziwe, kusukela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukufakwa kwabanye ozakwethu ababili bokutshala izimali abazojoyina iqembu kumenyezelwe, ngaphezu kwe-Aramco kanye nabanye abaxhasi. Lezi abaninimasheya ababili kuzoba yi-Accel kanye ne-HPS Investment Partners, okubangele ukuthi amasheya enyuke ngenani...
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