Dylan Bettencourt
Umshayeli we-Formula 1 wase-Russia uNikita Mazepin usungule inhlangano ekuthiwa i-We Compete as One Foundation ukusekela abanye abasubathi base-Russia abakhishiwe emidlalweni yabo.
Inkontileka kaMazepin inqanyuliwe neqembu laseMelika eliphethwe i-Haas ngesonto eledlule ngenxa yokuhlasela kwe-Russia e-Ukraine.
Ubaba womshayeli uDmitry kuthiwa unobudlelwano obuseduze noMengameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin futhi wayewuxhaso olukhulu lwezezimali ngemuva kweqembu le-Formula 1.
UMazepin, kanye noyise, umemezele inhlangano okuhloswe ngayo ukweseka ngokwezimali abasubathi abaningi base-Russia abakhishwe ngaphandle emikhakheni yabo yezemidlalo.
“Inhlangano izokwaba izinsiza kulabo abasubathi abachithe izimpilo zabo belungiselela ama-olimpiki, ama-Paralympics noma eminye imicimbi ephezulu kodwa bathole ukuthi bayanqatshelwa ukuqhudelana futhi bajeziswe bebonke ngenxa yamaphepha ababenawo abagunyaza ukuthi bahambe,” kusho uMazepin.
Lo mshayeli osemncane uthe ukunqanyulwa kwenkontileka yakhe kukhombisa ukuthi iqembu alinendaba , njengoba athole ngisho ucingo olulodwa oluvela kwilungu leqembu selokhu kunqanyulwe inkontileka yakhe.
“Ezimeni ezinjengalezi ilapho obona khona ukuthi kulaba bantu abakwaziyo obani abanendaba nawe,” kusho uMazepin.
“Bangeseke ngokungizwela ngokulahlekelwa yilelo thuba lokuqhudelana.”
UMazepin ubhekwe kaningi ngesizini yakhe yokuqala okuhlanganisa nozakwabo uMick Schumacher, indodana kaMichael ongumpetha womhlaba amahlandla ayisikhombisa.
Isigungu esilawulayo se-Formula 1 simemezele ezinsukwini ngaphambi kokuthi uMazepin axoshwe ukuthi abashayeli base-Russia nabase-Belarusian basengaqhudelana ngaphansi kwefulegi elingathathi hlangothi abavumelana nalo.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba i-British Grand Prix isho ukuthi ngeke ivumele noma ibaphi abashayeli abanelayisensi yase-Russia ukuthi baqhudelane kulomjaho ngenxa yokulandela lesi sibonelo, i-Haas yenze into eqeda ubudlelwano babo nomndeni wakwaMazepin.
UMazepin uthe akakalilahli iphupho lakhe le-Formula 1, wengeza ngokuthi usesebenzela ukuthola ilayisense yokugijima ezweni elihlukile.
UMazepin noyise bobabili basohlwini lwabantu ababhekene nezijeziso ezivela kwinyunyana yase-Europe kulandela ukuhlasela kwase-Russia e-Ukraine.
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