Idrayivu yokuhlola i-Audi Quattro no-Walter Rehl: Nkosi, khehla!

Audi Rallye Quattro, Walter Roll, Col de Turini - izinganekwane ezintathu eziphilayo

Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, i-Audi Quattro izoba neminyaka engama-40. Ngobusuku bangaphambi kwesikhumbuzo, ungakhumbula ukuthi ngolunye lwezinsuku ezedlule zokuzalwa kwakhe, umshini wamema umshayeli wawo wamabhanoyi kakhulu lapho athola khona ukunqoba kwakhe okukhulu.

Ebonakala eceleni, uRel nomshayeli wakhe wesikebhe uGeistdörfer bame ngokuthula ezinyaweni zeTurin Pass, sengathi abanandaba nokuthi yini ezayo. Umoya uvunguza esigodini esincanyana, ubukhali njengommese, futhi izivivinyo la madoda amabili abhekana nazo ziphindaphindwe kaningi: i-asphalt eyomile, i-asphalt emanzi, iqhwa, i-sleet, i-sleet eneqhwa, bese likhithika phezulu bese ubuyela phansi futhi. lokhu kuhlelwe ngokulandelana.

URally Monte Carlo, ngo-1984, ukubonakala kokuqala kukaWalter Röhl ku-Audi Quattro. Umpetha womhlaba osewine amahlandla amabili ugibele “namaphutha amaningi futhi angagculisi” - kodwa nguyena kuphela ozishoyo. Kumbukeli ongaphandle, lokhu kuhlola kuhluke kakhulu ekunqobeni okuvusa amadlingozi embuthanweni futhi kungachazwa yisimo sangaphambili esicishe sibe nobuhlanya sokulindela ukuphelela komshayeli. Ukushayela imoto yeQembu B kulo mzila ngaphandle kwephutha kufana nokudweba ngesandla amashidi amhlophe ayi-100 ukwenza ibhola lephepha legrafu. U-Rehl angasho ukuthi uxove umsebenzi uma ibhokisi elithi 6953 ekhasini 37 liphuma lide kakhulu. UNkulunkulu angakuvumeli ukuthi kuvele izikwele ezimbili ezigwegwile - khona-ke ungazibiza ngesifebe esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.

Uma sethula omunye onjalo uWalter Röhl kusukela ku-1984, singaqonda kalula ukuthi kungani engazange ajabule ngokunqoba kwakhe ngaleso sikhathi. Nokho, unethuba lokwenza kanjalo namuhla lapho esebuyele eCol de Turini ngeQuattro A2 yakhe. Ngo-1980, imodeli yokukhiqiza yenza i-debut yayo e-Geneva Motor Show futhi, ngokudluliselwa kwayo okubili, yashintsha kuqala umhlaba wezimoto zezemidlalo futhi, kusukela ngo-1981, iWorld Rally Championship. I-A2 inguqulo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo ye-Rallye Quattro - enekhanda le-aluminium cylinder kanye nezinsimbi ze-Kevlar zokunciphisa isisindo, okuvumela ukungena kuQembu B. ezine nambili, i-double drivetrain ehlala njalo, uxhumano oluqinile lwama-axle amabili futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, yellow coupe body imibala ebomvu nemhlophe imibala yomxhasi we-HB.

“Imoto kufanele ibe namandla kangangokuthi abantu bayesaba ukusondela kuyo,” kusho uRoll, emoyizela umfana wokuzalwa u-Quattro. Abanye bazoveza ukuthi usuku lwesikhumbuzo aluhlangene nhlobo nokunqoba kwe-Monte Carlo, kodwa ukukhala okunjalo kungaba yinto encane futhi eyisicefe. Ngoba nakuba iminyaka esichithwe ndawonye ingeyona engcono kakhulu kubo bobabili, ekukhanyeni kwezinkumbulo zethu, u-Rel no-Quattro bazohlala bendawonye, njengoVineto kanye Nesandla Esihlabayo. Ekupheleni kuka-1983, abasebenzi bakwa-Audi bafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi kungashibhile futhi kujabulise kakhulu ukuwina imijaho no-Rel, kunokuqhubeka nokuhlulwa nguye. Ngakho baqasha umpetha womhlaba amahlandla amabili futhi wahlala nabo kwaze kwaba sekupheleni komsebenzi wakhe ngo-1987.

Ukuze uQuattro noRell baphinde bawele iTurin Pass, kwaba nezingxoxo zokubhalelana izincwadi zomusa phakathi kwe-Ingolstadt neZuffenhausen. Singacabanga ngokuqukethwe kwabo okufana nalokhu: ngokucabangela iqiniso lokuthi kusukela ngo-1993, uMnu Röhl ubengomunye wobuso bomkhiqizo. I-Porsche Ungakwazi yini ukusiboleka yona ngemikhosi - njengoba manje sesiwumndeni omkhulu ojabulayo? - buza ku-Ingolstadt. Yebo, bahlangana bevela eZuffenhausen, futhi yebo, ngicabanga ukuthi siyinto yomndeni ngempela...

Ngakho-ke, namuhla, i-Rel in a Porsche overalls ikhuluma nge-Audi Quattro. Le moto kwakuyisivivinyo esikhulu kunazo zonke emsebenzini wakhe. Ngenxa yakhe, kwadingeka afunde ukundiza futhi. Ukuxhumana okuqinile phakathi kwama-ekseli kudala ukubamba okumangazayo, kepha umzimba uyanqikaza ukushintshana. Lokhu kungaba yisithiyo esikhulu kuMonte Carlo, ondlela yakhe ebukeka njengengcwecwe yespaghetti iwele phansi. URelh uziqeqesha kanzima, ushayela i-Audi egijima emahlathini aseBavaria ebusuku, afune usizo kozakwabo uStig Blomkvist, afunde ukuma ngonyawo lwesobunxele ngokugwegwile (uqagele, lesi yisinqumo sakhe) futhi manje angayiphendula kahle iQuattro.

“Manje ngidinga imizuzu eyishumi futhi ngingakwazi futhi,” usho kanje, engimema ukuba ngimphelezele siye eRallye Quattro, ebukeka intekenteke futhi iminyene ngaphandle futhi ithokomele ngaphakathi, njengesiteshi se-transformer. “Kumnandi uma ushayela emgwaqeni ovaliwe futhi kuneqhwa,” uyamamatheka uRoll, futhi kubukeka sengathi kuzoba mnandi kakhulu. I-Audi yomjaho iheyiza kancane emthambekeni, futhi umgwaqo umbozwe yiqhwa neqhwa. Siyajika. URoll uqala isitophuwashi. I-throttle egcwele. I-turbo ithola umfutho—isekhondi, okwesibili—futhi i-Quattro igijimela phambili njenge-hockey puck ekhonjwe emnyango. Okwesibili, igiya lesithathu. Izinyawo zikaRöhl kuma-pedals zishesha kunezandla zomdlali, lapha "kukhona - akukho."

Ku-"hairpin" elandelayo isibani sokulawula esiwolintshi siyakhanyisa ngoba umfutho kawoyela wehlile. Nge-throttle egcwele siya emgqeni omude oqondile kwesokudla. Kungazelelwe, intaba isimboze umgwaqo odakeni oluyiqhwa. Lokhu cishe kuzophela kabi. Kukhona okuzosala eqhweni - ukukhanya kwengaphambili kwesokudla, i-fender yesokudla, umgibeli ongakwesokudla... Umpetha womhlaba umane axhuzule isiteringi ngesineke, futhi iQuattro iyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka ngokuhlokoma kwendiza, yeqa ingxenye ephumela ngaphandle. Col de Turini ithafa. Goqa ngamaslayidi aseceleni. Isikhathi - 2,20 imizuzu. Ijubane elikhulu ngu-135 km/h. IRoll neQuattro ziphezulu. Noma kunjalo.

Umbhalo: Sebastian Renz

Isithombe: Stefan Warter