I-Caterham Seven Supersport: Uhambo Lokungaziwa - Izimoto Zezemidlalo
Ngemva kobusika obubandayo obubili bokugcina, kwabhejwa ukuthi iqhwa lizofika ophahleni. Kunalokho, okwakubonakala nje isithwathwa esincane. Kuthiwani uma uhlela ukuyizama I-Caterham Seven Supersport с Amathayi asebusikaKuhle ukuklebhula. Kodwa, njengoba isazi sisho, "uma intaba ingayi eCaterham, kufanele sidonsele iCaterham ezintabeni." Futhi uma uyofuna iqhwa, yini engaba ngcono kunokugcina kwezindebe zika-Andros? Yebo, izindawo eziningi, njengoba sizothola maduze ...
Emgwaqweni onguthelawayeka onqamula indawo yasemaphandleni ewudedangendlale neyincithakalo enyakatho yeFrance, amehlo ami ahlala ewela eCaterham ewolintshi ekhanyayo enamalambu amnyama, engilandela ezibukweni. Lapho super ezemidlalo iyingxenye yomugqa ongu-R wezisikhombisa futhi iyizinga lokungena le-Caterham lezinsuku zethrekhi. Ine injini 1.6 ukusuka ku-140 hp, umehluko ukushelela okulinganiselwe, izihlalo ezizacile kakhulu nokunye. Isikhathi engike ngagibela ngaso esisodwa kwaba seBedford Racecourse emqhudelwaneni we-EVO 91 Car of the Year, futhi kwaba kuhle kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, imoto yomjaho ekahle akuyona neze imoto yomgwaqo ehamba phambili, futhi akekho owaziyo ukuthi yini engenzeka ekuphathweni uma ushintsha ama-racing slicks I-Avon Ice Tourism yebo igama.
Indawo akuzona i-Alps, njengoba ungalindela, kodwa i-ski resort I-Super Bess enhliziyweni yeFrance, eningizimu yeClermont-Ferrand. Lapho, ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, lapho sima khona, idlanzana labashayeli, okuhlanganisa nezihlabani zangaphambili ze-Formula 1 u-Alain Prost, u-Olivier Pani no-Jacques Villeneuve, bazogijima ngezimoto ezinomumo ongavamile ezinezipikili ezincane. Ngibheja abaningi benu bazongibiza nge-mollaccione njengamanje ngoba angiyishayeli i-Caterham. Kodwa njengoba bengivele ngineziyisikhombisa, engihlanganise ingxenye yamakhilomitha emigwaqweni enguthelawayeka ebusika, ngeke ngikuphinde lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho. Umcabango wokuba nomkhuhlane uyokonakalisa iholide lakho ngisho nangaphambi kokuba uhambe.
Ngemva kobusuku emotela ethule kakhulu - kanye nengxenye yehora ukujika ibhasi letrolley ebumnyameni - ngakusasa ekuseni senza iCaterham yelule imilenze yayo edolobhaneni laseMont-Dore phansi kwezintaba. Ngiyawuthanda umkhuba wokushaya abayisikhombisa: kuhle ukuqaqa amabhande ezihlalo ezinamaphuzu amane, bese ume esihlalweni bese ufaka kancane izinyawo zakho emhubheni omncane ongaphansi kwesondo lokuqondisa, njengokungathi ungena endaweni yokugeza eshisayo. Uma usungaphakathi, uzithola usezandleni zemoto (kwenzeka kuwo wonke umuntu, ngisho nabazacile njengami), inkulumo-ze endala ebaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili eCaterham. THE amaphedali amabhuleki nama-accelerator aseduze kangangokuthi ngibona sengathi ngishayela ngaphandle kwezicathulo. Lapho ngibeka izandla zami phezu kwesondo elincane lokuqondisa, ngimangele isikhashana: ngokokuqala ngqa ngibona isondo lokuqondisa limbozwe ngokuphelele. Alcantara emnyama ku-XNUMX, ukunethezeka okuncane endaweni yangaphakathi elula kakhulu. Ukushayela ngamathayi asebusika ku-asphalt eyome kakhulu kuwumuzwa oyinqaba, njengoba ungase uzwe ukunyakazisa kancane ekunyatheleni okuvela kumandla adonsela phansi asemaceleni. Ibushelelezi futhi ikhululekile emakhoneni okuqala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, mina noDean siba novalo oluncane lapho sifika kuSuper Bess. Alikho iqhwa. Ngisho namathunzi. Isibhakabhaka simhlophe ngokufanayo, kodwa indawo esizungezile insundu ngokugqamile. Sithola indawo lapho umjaho weqhwa uzokwenzeka khona futhi sipake. Phakathi kwamaloli nezibani zasemgwaqweni, sithola okubukeka njengenyoka enkulu ye-albino izisonge yodwa: ithrekhi ingowokwenziwa ngendlela yokuthi ibukeka njenge-ice rink enkabeni ye-Dubai.
Ukucabanga iqhwa ukukhanyisa iziqongo eziphakeme kakhulu ezisizungezile, mina noDean sibheka umgwaqo wendawo futhi sinquma ukuzama ukufika Col de la Croix Saint Robert... Uphawu lwasePulazini ngaphansi kwegquma lubukeka luthembisa, kodwa lapho sifika esangweni, alikho iqhwa elisele. Ngizama ukushaya umugqa obomvu nomhlophe, kodwa i-Caterham iphakeme kakhulu. UDean ube esethola ukuthi umgoqo awukhiyiwe ...
Ukugwedla igquma uwedwa kumnandi, futhi umgwaqo uzwakala wenzelwe i-Seven: mncane kakhulu (umncane kakhulu ezinqoleni eziningi ezinkulu), enamabanga ahlukahlukene futhi ijika ujabule njengokuhlanya, kungcono kakhulu kunengoma. Amathayi asebusika mahle kakhulu: noma singakalitholi iqhwa, umgwaqo umanzi futhi izinga lokushisa lisondele ku-zero, kodwa uma ngibona ingxenye yomgwaqo enodaka, akumele ngikhathazeke ngokulahlekelwa kwemoto. . ukuhamba komgwaqo noma i-understeer engalungiseki. Futhi ngakho ngikujabulela kakhulu ukushayela.
Ngeshwa, lapho iqhwa ekugcineni liba nesibindi sokuvela, liphakeme kangangokuthi uma ngizama ukusula indlela yami, inetha laseCaterham laliyoba mhlophe kuze kube seqophelweni lapho laliyoba khona njengokungathi kwakhiwe umkhondo wecoke. Ngakho sibuyela emuva futhi sihambe ngomgwaqo oya IMon-Dorokwaba yisinyathelo esihle kakhulu.
SasiseClermont-Ferrand ngo-Ecoty 2007 (ngangishayela iLotus 2 Eleven khona ngaleso sikhathi) futhi kunomgwaqo owangibamba. Lokhu kukodwa esiyikho manje: D996, ke Col de la Croix-Moran.
Iqala phansi esigodini, lapho iziqongo ezimbozwe yiqhwa zibonakala zikude futhi zingenakufinyeleleka njengamafu azithintayo. Ekuqaleni, umgwaqo ubonakala unqamula amadwala, bese uhamba unqamula ezimfundeni ngaphambi kokuba uphonse ehlathini likaphayini elifihle iziqongo zezintaba futhi ukhulise umsindo wamagesi akhipha umoya. Lapho izihlahla zikaphayini zinyamalala ngokuzumayo, kuvuleka umbono omangalisayo: umgwaqo unamathela odongeni lwentaba olucishe lume mpo.
Mhlawumbe yisimo engisikhethile esingikhuthaza kakhulu, iqiniso wukuthi ngivele ngayithanda iSupersport. Kungase kungabi i-Caterham enamandla kakhulu engake ngagibela, kodwa nakanjani ishuniwe kakhulu. Ngaphambi kwakhe kukhona ibha ye-anti-roll i-thinnest emhlabeni futhi ibukeka njenge-negative camber, ngemuva kwe-anti-roll bar iqinile impela. Kungaphezulu kwalokho, kepha umphumela walolu hlaka lwe-alchemy 'indawo yokungena ekhoneni okumangalisayo nokuqhubekayo nokubikezela ukuphuma kwangemuva. Uma ufaka amakhona amade noma ama-chicanes angakwesokudla, vele ukhiphe unyawo lwakho kancane ku-gas pedal, thatha igxathu ngokuzimisela okungaphezu kokujwayelekile (vula isondo ngamamilimitha ambalwa ngaphezulu), bese uvula i-throttle futhi lapho. uzwa reverse.... .. Yehlisa isisindo. I-2 akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthumela emaceleni: ngokuvamile iyalawuleka kuze kube iphuzu elithile, ngemva kwalokho ayikwazi ukubuyiselwa. Kodwa iSupersport ibonakala ijabule ngokuvumela ukuphathwa kabi, futhi nakuba inzima, ayizimisele ngokuvukela. Kucishe kufane nokushayela i-Escort MkXNUMX.
Umgwaqo uhlale ungenaqhwa, kodwa uma ngifika phezulu futhi ngilandela izinyathelo zami ukuze ngiphinde ngikwenze futhi, anginendaba, ngoba esimweni sezulu esinjalo nasemgwaqweni owumqansa nonamadwala, ukushayela imoto emangalisayo. Ngingasho ukuthi lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ngokungangabazeki kungenye ye-top XNUMX yami.
Nokho, ngesinye isikhathi ngizwa ikhwela. Esikhathini sesibili esiphezulu, i-pedal Bamba ihlala isikhathi eside futhi isikhathi eside, futhi ngemva kwemizuzwana emithathu iyayeka ukusebenza. Isiqalekiso. Ngima, ngicime injini, ngithuke ngiphume. Kuba mnyama futhi siseceleni kwentaba ebanda kakhulu eneCaterham ene-clutch ephukile. Inkinga enkulu. Ngokokuqala ngqa osukwini, ngiyajabula ukuthi akukhithiki.
Ngemuva kwesigamu sehora sidlala nenjini enokukhanya okukodwa kuphela ekubonisweni kweselula, sifinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi i-clutch ikhishwe. Ngiyazi ukuthi akukho engingakwenza (anginawo umkhuba wokukhipha ama-clutch) futhi leli akulona iphutha likaCaterham ngoba iyunithi evaliwe ehlinzekwa umphakeli. Uyedwa ibhadi... Ukwehluleka ngokuphelele. Okungenani sinenqola ...
Ngokuchofoza kuyo ukuze uqalise bese ngidlala ngemodi, ngiyakwazi ukubuyisela iSupersport ehhotela, lapho isimo sizobonakala sisingcono kusasa, ngemva kobhiya abambalwa kanye nokulala kahle ebusuku.
Lapho ilanga liphuma, kuyabonakala ukuthi i-clutch isaphukile futhi alikho iqhwa. Angikwazi ukuvumelana, ngoba kuzoba nezinketho eziningi zokuzijabulisa, ngakho-ke sinqume ukunikeza i-clutch. Ukube bekuyi-GT-R noma i-458, besingeke sibe nokunye ukukhetha ngaphandle kokushayela siye ekhaya, kodwa ngokuhambisa ngesandla futhi ingekho ikhompyutha ongayiluma ngemuva kwesondo, kuyamangaza ukuthi kungakanani ongakwenza.
Ingxenye ekhohlisayo iyaqala: akukho ukungqubuzana okudinga ukusunduzwa noma ukudonsa. Kodwa njengoba injini isebenza, kulula ukushelela ekuqaleni. Iyashesha, njengokungathi akwenzekanga lutho, ingena ekungathathi hlangothi, futhi lapho umbuso uwile ngokwanele, kodwa hhayi kakhulu, okwesibili kwenzeka. Iyashesha, iya kokungathathi hlangothi, ukuhlehlisa kwehle, okwesithathu. Esikhundleni salokho, ukukhuphuka, niyashintshana ngokukhuphuka ngesithende esicijile, bese nishintsha ningene phakathi ne-downshift.
Amahora amabili okuqala ayenzima, kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana ngathatheka, futhi kwaba mnandi. Ngize ngakwazi ukugcina ijubane elifanayo neleCaterham nge-clutch endaweni. Futhi uye ku Dabula. Ingxenye enzima kakhulu ukuthola indawo yokunyakaza ngaphandle kokuma, futhi lapho ukuma kudingekile ngempela, qiniseka ukuthi ukwenze ngendlela yokuthi ikhala lehle. Yebo, amadolobha kufanele agwenywe. Ngokumangalisayo, ukugijima ekuseni ngaphandle kwe-clutch kuba yimpumelelo yangempela: okuwukuphela kwe-drawback ukuthi, ukwahlulela isimo sezulu nomgwaqo, kungaba usuku olufudumele lwasekwindla, ngakho-ke asikakwazi ukubeka ubusika. amathayi. test. Khona-ke, lapho sima ukuze sidle isidlo sasemini esakhiweni okuwukuphela kwawo esiphezu kwesihlalo sehhashi, amafu amakhulu ampunga abuthana entabeni. Iqhwa liwa kancane, bese liya ngokuya likhuphuka. Njengoba sidla uphaya wamazambane noshizi, sibuka iqhwa liba mhlophe utshani, amadwala nomgwaqo.
Hooray, sekuvele inkundla yokudlala!
Abantu abebesibhekile izinsuku ezimbili bemangele manje sebengakholwa njengoba ngiphuthuma endaweni yokukhosela ngesivinini ngivule iCaterham kanti abanye baphuma ngejubane beyofaka amaketango. Kodwa wonke umuntu uyamomotheka, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi i-Seven incane kakhulu ukuthi ingacasula, ngisho nasemawolintshi. Amathayi e-Ice Touring ayinhlanganisela ethambile yobukhona kanye nokuntuleka kokubamba. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, nabo unokuqiniseka ukuthi uma wehlisa ijubane, uzoma, futhi lokho kukuvumela ukuba wenze isinqumo sakho.
Ukuya emaceleni kulula kunangaphambili, vele uslayide i-throttle uye ngemuva okweqile... Kodwa, njengoba kwenzeka emotweni eyomile, kuhlale kunezibuyekezo eziningi, futhi uhlale ulawula isimo, awuzizwa njengomgibeli ngesihe salokho okwenzekayo. Ochungechungeni lokujikela phezulu kwephasi, ungakwazi futhi ukushayela unqamule imoto, bese uphakamisa umlenze wakho, uvule kabusha i-throttle bese uyiwela ngakolunye uhlangothi.
Kuhle ukubona ukuthi akusithina sodwa esijabulela iqhwa: i-M3 E30, ebukeka sengathi ibilungiselelwe umcimbi, iyasishanela. Ngaphakathi kukhona abafana ababili abamamathekayo abaneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ubudala, futhi ngizwa cishe ucingo lwabo emizuzwini eyishumi edlule: "Allez, Pierre, khipha i-BMW."
I-XNUMX kodwa ayifaniswe, idlula yonke into ephambi kwayo futhi iqhuma emaceleni ngokushesha futhi ngama-engeli ayihaba kangangokuthi angikwazi ukuzibamba ngaphandle kokuhleka ngenhliziyo. Kuhle kakhulu ukuthi ngilokhu ngishayela futhi u-Dean uthatha izithombe lapho iqhwa liya phezulu nezinwele zami ziba mhlophe: sima kuphela lapho kuhwalala.
Asinaso isikhathi sokubuyela kuSuper Besse (amadolobha amaningi kakhulu ukuthi siwele ngaphandle kwe-clutch) ukubona u-Alain Prost ewina umqhudelwano we-Dacia Lodgy, kodwa mhlawumbe naye akazange awajabulele amasondo njengoba senza namuhla. wenza, neSupersport. kusukela eqhweni nasentabeni emgwaqeni ngokuphenduka nokwehla nokwenyuka. Ngangicabanga ukuthi ukushushuluza eqhweni kwakuyinto engcono kakhulu engangingayenza ezintabeni ebusika, kodwa ngokusobala nganginephutha.
