Dylan Bettencourt
UMax Verstappen umpetha we-Formula usesayine isivumelwano sesikhathi eside ne-Red Bull 1.
Okuvezwe umeluleki wakhe uHelmut Marko ukuthi angakwazi ukuphuma kwisivumelwano uma engasathandi ukuqhubeka naso.
Lo mdlali wase-Dutch usayine lesi sivumelwano semali eningi ngemuva kokuwina isicoco sakhe sokuqala ngonyaka odlule. Isivumelwano sihlelelwe ukuthi siqhubeke kuze kube unyaka ka-2028, ngaphandle uma uVerstappen enganeme efisa ukuphuma kwisivumelwano.
Ngaphandle kokwethembeka kwabadlali abaneminyaka engu-24 kwi-Red Bull, uma ukusebenza kweqembu kKesha uVerstappen abamvimbele ukuthi angahamba alishiye iqembu.
“Ikakhulukazi uma singabhekana nenhlekelele esasibhekane nayo ngo-2014, lapho sasingenalo nhlobo ithuba lokubhekana nethimba le-Mercedes ohlangothini lwenjini, uma kungenzeka njalo akukho esingakwenza ukumvimba ukuthi ashiye iqembu ngoba isivumelwano asisayinile siyamvumela,” kuchaza uMarko etshela i-Formula 1.
UMeluleki ukusho nje lokhu ukubhekise kwi-Red Bull eyaqeda cishe ngamaphuzu angu-300 ngemuva kwe-Mercedes ngo-2014 waphinde wathi basazowina umqhudelwano njengoba sebephethe uVerstappen phambili.
Bethanda bengathandi kodwa uVerstappen ungumnqobi futhi lokho kuzohlala kuwumgomo akushintshi. Uma i-Red Bull ingamphathi kahle, lindela ukuthi ahambe ngaphandle nje kokungabaza.
Ngemuva kokuhlulwa i-Mercedes ngesizini edlule, i-Red Bull ibinethemba lokuthi izimbangi zabo zizoyiqala kambi isizini ukuze bezohlonishwa njengeqembu.
Kodwa-ke, ukuba khona kwe-Ferrari kuvele kona izinto – okuyinto uVerstappen azoyijabulela, ukuhlulwa kuma-contractors futhi.
Ngesikhathi esayina inkontileka yakhe, uVerstappen ugcizelele ukwethembeka kwakhe eqenjini njengoba bemnike ithuba lakhe lokuqala kwezemidlalo.
“Ngizizwa ngamukelekile eqenjini futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kubaluleke kakhulu,” kusho uVerstappen.
“Ngizizwa ngithembekile ngenxa yethuba abanginike lona kwi-Formula 1. Futhi-ke sihlala sinomgomo ofanayo. Senze okumele sikwenze ngiyabathemba abantu abaseduze kwami. Ngichitha isikhathi esihle nabo futhi asikho isizathu sokushintsha lokho.”
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