Idrayivu yokuhlola iFord GT LMGTE PRO / GTLM ye-Test: uhambo oluhloniphekile

Uhambo lokugcina oluhloniphekile ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi

Kusukela ngo-1966 kuya ku-1969, iFord yazuza ukunqoba okune okulandelanayo kweGT40 emahoreni angama-24 aseLe Mans. Kusukela ngo-2016 kuya ku-2019, i-GT yamanje ibungaze ukubuyela kwayo emijahweni yokukhuthazela. Namuhla wenza umzuliswano wakhe wokugcina ohloniphekile ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi.

Amakhona amabi, ukugxuma kwamagquma okunganqamuki, ukuphenduka okungacabangeki - usisi omncane waseNurburgring North ubizwa nge-VIR, ungumMelika omsulwa, ikhaya lakhe kuyidolobha lase-Alton, eVirginia, elinabantu abayizi-2000. Uyemukelwa emkhathini we-déjà vu ku-North Route nge-Ford GT yase-Virginia International Raceway.

Ngo-2016, abakwaFord bagubha ukubuyela okumangazayo emjahweni wokukhuthazela, osuphela eminyakeni emine kamuva. Ngaphezu kokubamba iqhaza kwethimba lefektri eNyakatho Melika IMSA (ikilasi le-GTLM) kanye neFIA WEC World Endurance Championship (LMGTE Pro class), ukubuya kukaFord ngokunqoba emahoreni angama-24 eLe Mans ekilasini le-LMGTE Pro kudale ukusabalala okukhulu. ngo-2016

Kusukela ngo-2016 kuya ku-2019, ithimba lefekthri yakwaFord langenela umjaho wakudala waseFrance hhayi kuphela ngenombolo yenganekwane engu-67, kodwa futhi nezinye izimoto ezintathu ze-GT - okuwukuhlonipha ukunqoba okune kweLe Mans Grand Prix lapho i-GT40 iwine iminyaka emine ilandelana. (1966–1969) emzileni onesivinini esikhulu oya emfuleni iSarthe.

Impi yemidondoshiya

Kwakuwumvuthwandaba wombango odume phakathi kwezikhulu zemoto u-Enzo Ferrari noHenry Ford II. Isicebi saseMelika sasifuna ukuthenga inkampani yezemidlalo yase-Italy yezimoto iFerrari ukuze ithole ngokushesha impumelelo kumotorsport. Kube nehlazo. Ngemuva kokungabaza kokuqala, u-Enzo Ferrari wenqaba ukuthengisa inkampani yakhe. Ngemuva kwalokho uFord wakhe iGT40. Okunye umlando.

Hhayi i-GT ebomvu nomhlophe kuphela enenombolo yokuqala engama-67, kodwa namanye ama-GT amathathu efektri nawo avele ekwethulweni kokuvaleliswa ngemuva kokuphela komncintiswano wenkampani nokuvalelisa iLe Mans ngo-2019 ngemibala ebuyayo yabaphumelele emlandweni wama-1960. Uthathe umhlalaphansi emsebenzini wakhe wokujaha ngaphambi kokuqala inombolo 67 futhi manje unethuba lokuqedela amakhefu ambalwa okuhlonipha eVirginia.

“Ungalokothi udlale nge-accelerator kuma-S-curves. Kuphakathi kokuthi i-throttle egcwele noma i-half throttle - ungalokothi ushiye kungazelelwe kuleyo ngxenye yethrekhi," kusho uBilly Johnson, umgibeli weFord. Uziqonda kahle lezi zinto, ngoba eminyakeni emine edlule waqala nge-GT eLe Mans.

Abangafuni ukulalela bazozizwa. Igiya lesine, lesihlanu, lesithupha. Ngethemba, sishayela ngesivinini esigcwele amajika amane alandelanayo ngesivinini esikhulu. Ukuqala kwalesi sigaba kuqanjwe ngokufanelekile "Inyoka". Kodwa lapho inyoka "ikuluma", awuwezwa amandla abuhlungu e-lateral acceleration - i-ego yakho izohlupheka kakhulu lapho uzwa uhleko lonjiniyela besikhungo sokulawula.

Omunye wemizuliswano yokuqala yokuhlonipha uphela ngokujika ngesivinini esikhulu kanye nokugingqika okulandelanayo ehlathini kumzila. I-GT iba i-Allroad, imoto ephansi, ebanzi elwa emahlathini. Ngenhlanhla, emhlabeni obonakalayo, umuntu nomshini bahlala bengalimalanga.

Ngaphambi kwemvume yabagqugquzeli yokushayela le nganekwane yeLe Mans, lolu hlelo luzobandakanya ukuzivocavoca umzimba okoma amahora amabili kusimulator yeFord Performance Technical Center nokuhamba ngemoto kuVirginia International Raceway eyiqiniso. Imoto eyodwa yomjaho eConcord, eNorth Carolina iyikhaya lokufaniswa kwe-2D ne-3D kusuka ngo-22am kuye ku-365pm, cishe izinsuku ezingama-XNUMX ngonyaka.

Namuhla, phambi kwesikrini sebhayisikobho esineziqu ezingama-180, iklabhu yokuqala yeGT ihamba yaya ngapha nangapha kuma-hydraulic struts. Hhayi eFord kuphela, ukusebenza kwe-simulator manje sekuyingxenye ebalulekile yokwakhiwa kwezimoto zomjaho, ukulungiswa kwezimoto nokulungiselela umjaho.

Ukuqeqeshwa kumjaho wokugijima

“Singakwazi ukushintsha isimo sezulu, sidlale ngezimo ezihlukene zokudonsa, noma silingise ubumnyama. Salungiselela kanjalo abashayeli bethu amahora amabili nesigamu okushayela izindiza ebusuku e-24 Hours of Le Mans,” kusho uMark Rushbrook, oyiNhloko yeFord Performance of Sports.

Ngokuvumelana nemininingwane emincane kakhulu, imidwebo yesifanisi sobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, ebonisa ithrekhi ebonakalayo ngisho nasezibukweni eziseceleni, iyathandeka ngempela. Imvula enkulu noma iqhwa endaweni yomjaho eVirginia? Akunankinga - onjiniyela abathathu abaqapha isifanisi kumamonitha ayishumi bathatha indima kaSt. Peter ngokuthinta inkinobho.

Yize imidwebo ihlinzeka ngombono weqiniso, i-simulator ayikwazi ngisho nokuqagela amandla we-lateral ne-longitudinal azosebenza emzimbeni wakho ngokuhamba kwesikhathi emotweni yomjaho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umuzwa wokucindezela i-pedal brake ku-simulator uthathwa njengokufakelwa kakhulu.

Ukuthola ingcindezi yesinyathelo esifanele kunzima nokuthola indawo yokumisa efanele. Umbono wendawo awusizi nje kuphela, okusiza ukuthi ulinganise ibanga eliya ejikeni, usebenza kuphela ngemibandela emhlabeni wethrekhi ebonakalayo, kepha ukwesaba okukhulu lapho ume isikhathi sekwephuzile futhi ukudluliswa okwesabekayo okuzolandela kungekudala akuveli esimisweni sokulingisa. Izingozi ezibonakalayo zivame ukwenzeka kubashayeli bezindiza abangochwepheshe.

“Nami angilithandi ngempela ibhuleki emshinini wokulingisa, ngoba kubukeka kuphambene nemvelo. Nokho, ukuhlola lapho kubalulekile ngoba, isibonelo, singamodela inhlanganisela yamathayi ahlukene ngokushesha,” kusho uRyan Briscoe.

UBriscoe owayengumshayeli wokuhlola i-F1 uphinde wagijima neFord GT yeChip Ganassi Racing emijahweni esuka ku-IMSA, WEC neLe Mans. “Uma ungena egiyeni leshumi nambili usuke ushayela ngaphandle kweBoP. Ngemuva kwalokho uzoba ne-100 hp. okwengeziwe,” umgijimi okhokhelwayo wase-Australia uyamamatheka, ekhomba iswishi ejikelezayo esondweni lakhe elinelebula elibomvu ngokugqamile elithi “Boost” ngaphezu kwalo. Kunoma ubani ongeyena umlandeli we-motorsport: I-BoP imele "Ibhalansi Yokusebenza". Emuva kwalokhu kunomthethonqubo wezobuchwepheshe wokuletha izimoto zemijaho ehlukahlukene cishe emandleni afanayo.

Isicabha sekhabhoni esisikelo sishelela ngokuzwakalayo kusikhiya. Sicindezela inkinobho yokuqala. Injini elungele umjaho engu-220 litre V3,5 twin-turbo ephuma ku-Roush Yates Engines, injini yomjaho yakwaFord, ibhonga kakhulu. Sidonsa isiteringi esingakwesokudla, sichofoze - bese kuthi u-Ricardo elandelana ngamagiya ayisithupha egiya igiya lokuqala.

Siqala, sisheshise ukushiya umzila womgodi, bese ucindezela inkinobho ephuzi esondweni lokuqondisa ngophawu lwe "turtle". Lokhu kubandakanya i-Pit Limiter, evimbela i-GT ukuthi yeqe umkhawulo ovunyelwe u-60 km/h emzileni womgodi. Sicindezela inkinobho - futhi ufudu luphenduka ihhashi lomjaho. Kuyaqala!

I-BoP: ngaphezu kwe-600 hp

ngi 515hp nge-IMSA BoP,” uKevin Groot, umphathi wezinhlelo zakwaFord IMSA/WEC, usitshele ngaphambi kokuqala ngesibonelelo samandla enjini. Iqhele ngebanga elingaphansi kwesigamu, futhi ngakwesokunene ifinyelela ifindo elishiwo ngenhla le-Boost. Manje imoto enenjini emaphakathi ikhula ngaphezu kuka-600 hp. “Ngokwe-IMSA BoP, isisindo ngaphandle komshayeli wendiza futhi ngaphandle kukaphethiloli singamakhilogremu angu-1285,” kusho uGroot.

I-GT ayihlabeki umxhwele nje kuphela ngokusatshalaliswa kwamandla omugqa weyunithi yayo enamandla ye-biturbo, kodwa futhi nezinga lokudonsa komshini. Ingxenye yokuqala yomzila ibonakala ngokujika okubukhali. Uvula isiteringi uye ku-millimeter ukuze ungene, usuka ngesivinini endleleni ngokudonsa kahle - nge-GT ungathola ulayini ophelele. I-XNUMX-speed variable traction control yenza i-GT ibe lula ukuyishayela ngendlela emangalisayo.

I-Horse Shoe, i-NASCAR Bend, i-Left Hook - amagama amakhona okuqala awajwayelekile njengokuthi azikho izindawo zokuphuma eziphuthumayo e-Virginia International Raceway. Ngamanye amazwi, uma emijahweni yesimanje indlela ephumayo inikezwa izindawo ezibanzi zetiyela, khona-ke ithrekhi yaseMelika endala ifana nenkundla yegalofu enesivinini esikhulu. Eduze komgwaqo wetiyela, indawo esanda kusinwa iqala yonke indawo. Kubukeka kunhle, kodwa uma ushiya ithrekhi ngeke kume kancane kuneqhwa ebusika.

AbakwaGT bathanda amakhona asheshayo

Masingacabangi ngakho, kodwa sigxile "enyoka". I-Ford GT isika ngokuthula amakhona ngamakhoneni aphuzi nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka - kuvela ifu lothuli kusibonisi sekhamera engemuva. Imoto yomjaho wamabanga amade ayisenaso isibuko esiveza ngemuva. Lokhu kulandelwa ama-S-bend anesivinini esikhulu.

Umphathi wohlelo

Omunye umniningwane isifanisi esingakwazi ukuwudlulisa ngisho cishe indawo enamagquma yomzila wezindiza ongamakhilomitha angu-5,26 nokukhuphuka nokwehla. I-GT yenze uhambo lwayo lokuhlonishwa ngokuhlukile kwe-"Full Course", efanayo nalena eyenze ochungechungeni lwe-IMSA eVirginia.

Hhayi kuma-S-curve asheshayo kuphela, iVirginia International Raceway ifana kakhulu neNorth Circuit. Ngemuva kokuthi i-GT ifike ngejubane eliphezulu elicishe libe ngu-260 km / h kwi-reverse ende iqonde, yehla ngokuhlangana okwehlayo kwamakhona angakwesokunxele nangakwesokudla.

Njengakuqala kuma-S-curve, i-GT yehluke kakhulu. Hhayi imishini yokusebenza kuphela, kepha futhi ne-aerodynamic ephezulu. Uma uyiqhathanisa nemodeli yokugijima esondelene nokukhiqizwa ye-Mustang GT4, i-GT inengcindezi engaphezu kokuphindwe kabili ye-aerodynamic.

Uma ushesha, kulapho ingcindezi yomoya iyanda futhi i-GT iba ngozinzo ngokwengeziwe kuthrekhi. Amandla eCentrifugal ahlehlisa umzimba, oboshwe ngezintambo esihlalweni segobolondo, futhi unyakazise ikakhulukazi imisipha yentamo. Kepha, kunjalo, ngisho nenganekwane yesimanje yeLe Mans ayinakuyenza ize imithetho ye-physics. Ngesinye isikhathi, umngcele ufinyelelwa lapha.

Intengo? Izigidi ezintathu zamaRandi

Ngabe ukubrakeka ngaphandle kwe-ABS empeleni kuzizwa kanjani? Uma ku-simulator cishe yonke indawo yokuma ngamasondo akhiyiwe ibangela intuthu emhlophe ngaphansi kwamaphiko, khona-ke empilweni yangempela isondo alivamile ukuma linganyakazi lapho ijubane lehla ngaphambi kokujika. Uhlelo lwe-Brembo racing braking ludosiwe kahle kakhulu. Yingakho i-GT ikhanya ngokusebenza kahle kwamabhuleki.

Uma konke okushiwo kuze kube manje kuvuse uthando lwakho lokuba neFord GT yodumo, akunankinga uma nje usuyonge imali eyanele. Ngaphezu komnqobi wekilasi eLe Mans 2016, ezobabazwa izivakashi zeFord Museum, izimoto zomjaho eziyisishiyagalombili ezisele ezikhiqiziwe zidayisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-XNUMX lilinye.