Sesike sakhuluma kaningana mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwezimoto ezinyamalalayo Manor and Sauber by Honda, ngaleyo ndlela ibe yiqembu B lomkhiqizi wase-Japan ukuze kutholwe idatha eyengeziwe enjinini yayo futhi ithuthuke ngokushesha ekuthuthukisweni kwayo. I-bump abayitholile ngokuqaliswa kwe-2017 isheshisa zonke izinqubo, kubonakala sengathi amaJapane anikezwe i-ultimatum evumelanayo futhi kufanele asabele ngokushesha.
Isiko laseJapan libenze bathatha kancane, bakha injini kude nalapho umnyombo we-F1 ukhona futhi newashi ebelibonakala lihamba kancane uma kwenziwa izinqumo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abakwaSakura abakavumeli onjiniyela bakwamanye amazwe ukuthi bangene futhi babonakala bekwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga zabo. Kodwa imiphumela ibonise okuphambene, ngakho sebevele befuna onjiniyela baseYurophu futhi bayasebenza ngamashifu amahora angama-24 egxile ekwenzeni isimangaliso. Bathi abukho ububi obungezi ngokuhle...
Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani bakhiphe isikhangiso sikanjiniyela onamava kwezobuchwepheshe bemijaho yenjini yakwaHonda futhi ozosebenza e-England esikhungweni abakha kuso kwaHonda. Futhi manje kubukeka sengathi nabo basezingxoxweni namanye amaqembu ukuze bawashayele izimoto. UMonisha Kaltenborn uzivumile izingxoxo kodwa akafunanga ukudalula lutho ngenjini. Iqembu le-Sauber Manje inenjini ye-Ferrari ephelelwe yisikhathi (i-2016 spec) futhi akuyona into engcono kakhulu, ehlushwa yilokhu kuntuleka kwamandla uma kuqhathaniswa ne-spec entsha.
Isivumelwano izoqala ukusebenza ngo-2018, kodwa njengoba ngisho kuseyinzwabethi nje, kodwa isibhebhetheke okomlilo wequbula ngemithombo ethile yezindaba. Futhi iphuma emshinini wokunyathelisa waseJapane, owuthathe ngokungathi sína. Ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi i-Sauber inobuchwepheshe be-Honda ka-2018, kodwa lokho "kusekude" futhi okuthakazelisa abalandeli nabalandeli bakaMcLaren-Honda, u-Alonso noVandoorne, ukuthi basabela njengoba uFernando ecelile, futhi bakwenze kwenzeke. ngokushesha , ngokusobala nokuthi benza leso simangaliso "cishe" esidingekayo, noma-ke izinto zingase zibe zimbi kakhulu ku-Honda, kodwa nakuMcLaren naku-Alonso. Futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi akukhona ukusuka kwaHonda ukuyohlala ku-F1 ngoba sebevele bagqashula ubudlelwano noMcLaren...