UDavid Coulthard waziwa kakhulu ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-F1. Ubengumshayeli waseScotland owancintisana kuFormula 1 kusuka ngo-1994 kuya ku-2008, edlula emaqenjini afana noWilliams, uMcLaren noRed Bull. Kuwo wonke umlando wakhe njengomshayeli, uphume isibili ngo-2001, waba isithathu emqhudelwaneni womhlaba wabashayeli ngo-1995, 1998 nango-2000, wesine ngo-1997 nango-1999, futhi owesihlanu ngo-2002. Usenqobe izimbangi eziyi-13, okuhlanganisa iMonaco GP.
Ukwazile nokungena emsamo izikhathi ezingu-62, okumbeka ku-10 kubashayeli abahamba phambili emlandweni. Kuyo yonke iGrand Prix yakhe emkhakheni wezindlovukazi ukwazile ukuyizuza 18 imizuliswano eshesha kakhulu kanye nezindawo zezigxobo eziyi-12. Ngeshwa angikwazi ukuba ngumpetha womhlaba. Kodwa namuhla angizile ukuzokhuluma ngalokhu, kumayelana nento ehluke kakhulu ngalo mshayeli wendiza ohlonishwayo...
…futhi yilapho izolo ebusuku, ngifunde izindaba mayelana nokuphawula u-Coulthard akwenzile abashayeli besifazane kuW-Series, ukuphawula kwakhe kufundeka kanje: «[…] Kukhona abesifazane abancintisana nabo abakwazi ukushayela imoto yeFormula 1. Manje, umbuzo uthi kwanele yini ukuba nekhono noma ufuna umuntu ofana noLewis, uMax noma uCharles. Ufuna umshayeli olingana nabo ngoba ngaphandle kokuthi umuhle njengoLewis noma uMax noma uCharles, ngeke ubahlule.» Khumbula ukuthi u-Coulthard unguSihlalo we-W-Series Advisory Board.
Kuze kube manje konke kujwayelekile, kepha ukuphawula kuqhubekile nokusho ukuthi: «Ngokwami, nge-W-Series ngifuna ukuletha abesifazane abaningi ku-motorsport. Udadewethu wayengumshayeli wendiza, wayemuhle kakhulu, kodwa wayengakutholi ukusekelwa kwakudingeka ngoba umndeni wami ubungeseka futhi ngiyaxolisa ngakho-ke ngifuna ukuba yingxenye yalokhu ukusiza ithalente labesifazane futhi ngilethe abesifazane abaningi ku-motorsport«. Lokhu kwangishukumisa futhi ngabheka ukuthi wayengubani udadewabo, futhi yilapho engahlangana khona nendaba edabukisayo engifuna ukwabelana ngayo, futhi okungenzeka ukuthi ababaningi abazi ngoDavid.
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I-Googling ngabona ukuthi inakho odadewabo ababili: uLynsay Jackson no-Elaine Rowan. Ubebhekise kowokuqala ekuphawuleni kwakhe. Ngokusobala, u-Elaine wanikezwa ukutholwa ngumama kaCoulthard futhi uDavid akazange athole ukuthi unomunye udade kuze kube yiminyaka eminingi kamuva, cishe ngo-2002. Nokho, ngo-2011, u-Coulthard wadabuka ngokufa kuka-Elaine eneminyaka engu-47 ubudala. Kusobala ukuthi ushone ebuthongweni ngenxa yenkinga yenhliziyo.
Kodwa uLynsay naye wayengumlingisi wezinye izindaba ezidabukisayo empilweni kaDavid. Yena watholakala efile emzini wakhe eningizimu yeScotland. Wayeneminyaka engu-35 kuphela lapho kwenzeka le nhlekelele. ULynsay usanda kushada nendodakazi enezinyanga ezingu-8 ngesikhathi kwenzeka. Isizathu ngokwalokho kuhlolwa kwaba ukweqisa kwesidakamizwa esibizwa nge-propranolol.
Futhi konke lokhu kwangishiya ngithinteke kakhulu kunasekuqaleni... Ngezinye izikhathi sigcina izindaba ezibuhlungu ngemva kwethu, yingakho kufanele sikujabulele ukuphila futhi sizame ukwenza ukuphila kube lula kubathandekayo bethu.
Imizwa yami eqotho emndenini wakwaCoulthard.