La I-F1 isiqedile kule sizini 2017 mayelana nokugijima, kodwa uyaqhubeka ehamba elungiselela yonke into yesizini elandelayo. Amabhuleki, amathayi nezinjini akusashisi futhi kuyama okwamanje, kodwa manje okuzoshunqa ihhovisi ngalinye nezimboni zeqembu ngalinye. Wonke umuntu useqalile ukusebenza kuze kufike isizini entsha kanti okunye okusetshenzwayo kusesezingeni labaxhasi. Empeleni kukhona umnyakazo obalulekile mayelana nalokhu...
Njengoba sikwazile ukwazi, futhi ngokusho kwemithombo evela ku-El Confidencial, I-Ferrari izolahlekelwa umxhasi wayo oyinhloko, I-Banco Santander ebajoyine ngokufika kuka-Fernando Alonso eMaranello. Ngemva kokuhamba kukaFernando nokufa kuka-Emilio Botín, umnikazi wamanje, indodakazi yakhe u-Ana Botín akazimisele ukwelula isivumelwano, ingasaphathwa eyokwenyuka njengoba kuhlosiwe. Igalelo elikhona njengamanje belibalelwa ku-40 million ngesizini u-Santander ayifake esikhwameni seFerrari kanti lokho kuzoma. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bazophinde bakuyeke ukuxhasa izinhlanga ezahlukene abanikele kuzo ezinye izigidi eziyishumi.
Ngakho-ke uma lokhu kunjalo, ngonyaka ozayo sizobona izimoto ezibomvu ezingenawo umkhondo we-Santander brand. Akukaziwa ukuthi bazoya kwelinye yini iqembu noma bazoshiya i-F1... Kodwa esikwaziyo nalokho akuqinisekisile yena uZak Brown ukuthi. UMcLaren unabaxhasi abasha ababili esisayinwe ngayo nakuba zingakathulwa ngokusemthethweni. Bazoza ukuzoqinisa ukutshalwa kwezimali ngemuva kokuqedwa kweHonda, enikele ngezigidi eziyi-100 ngesizini kanye neholo likaFernando Alonso.
Labo baxhasi babalulekile kulokhu okushiwo uBrown, ngakho sibheke ngabomvu ukuhlangana nabo. Ngakho-ke amamashi amabili amakhulu ayobonakala ethempelini 33 McLaren-Renault MCL2018. Futhi ngeke bafune umxhasi omkhulu oshintsha igama njengoVodafone beshintsha igama leqembu laba yiVodafone McLaren-Mercedes njengakudala noma izinto ezifanayo. Ngakho-ke uMcLaren uzoqhubeka nokubizwa kanjalo. Mayelana namagama alaba baxhasi kuzomele silinde ukuqinisekiswa ngokusemthethweni kodwa kuthiwa omunye wabo kungenzeka kube yiPetrobras eyashiya uWilliams.
Ngibona inkinga enkulu ngalokhu, futhi kunjalo BP/Castrol asenawo njengamafutha kanye nezinto zokuthambisa ziyefana nethimba lakwaRenault kanti laba bangase bafake isabelomali esengeziwe ekuthuthukiseni uphethiloli kanye nezinto zokugcoba ezisezingeni eliphezulu zenjini yakwaRenault iMcLaren ezoyihlanganisa ngokuhlanganyela ngonyaka ozayo. KwaRenault kanye neBP/Catrol basebenzisana, ngakho uma iPetrobras ixhasa iMcLaren izolahlekelwa yibo futhi kuzodingeka balungise izinto zabo ezintsha zokuthambisa nophethiloli ukuze zivumelane nenjini yakwaRenault... okungeke kube yiphutha.