I-Mercedes: iminyaka embalwa, kodwa ishubile, kuFomula 1 - Ifomula 1
Okuqukethwe
IMercedes inesiko elide kumotorsport, kepha ku F1 udlale amasizini ayisithupha kuphela. Naphezu kwalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okufushane kodwa okucebile e-Circus, iqembu laseJalimane yilona kuphela (lihlangene nalo FerrariNgubani ongaziqhayisa ngokugijima abagibeli ababili abanamandla kakhulu: UMichael Schumacher e UJuan Manuel Fangio... Ake sithole ndawonye umlando omfushane waleli qembu.
UMercedes: umlando
La Mercedes ama-debuts ku F1 в I-French Grand Prix ngo-1954, umjaho wesine wesizini, futhi ngokushesha wathola okuphindwe kabili nomshayeli wase-Argentina. UJuan Manuel Fangio (I-World Champion 1952) kanye neJalimane UKarl Kling... Umshayeli wesithathu, UHans Herrmann (nowaseJalimane) waphoqeleka ukuthi athathe umhlalaphansi esikhundleni salokho.
Isizini yokuqala yeStars eseSekisini iyinqoba ngokushesha: UFangio uba yingqwele yomhlaba okwesibili ngenxa yeminye impumelelo emithathu eJalimane (lapho kufakwa khona imoto yesine yomshayeli wasekhaya. I-German Lang), eSwitzerland nase-Italy.
Sala kahle
Isikhathi sokuqala esigcwele senzeka ngo-1955 Mercedes, ukubusa kwendlu yaseJalimane kubonakala nakakhulu. UFangio unezinqola ezine (i-Argentina, iBelgium, iHolland ne-Italy) kumaGrand Prix ayisikhombisa kanye nenkontileka entsha ne-UK. ISterling Moss kuletha ekhaya ukunqoba umjaho wasekhaya. Phakathi kwabanye abashayeli bezindiza abaqashiwe, siphawula uKling osedumile noHerrmann, wethu UPiero Taruffi nesiFulentshi U-Andre Simon.
Kodwa-ke, ekupheleni kwesizini, uStar unquma ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ngenxa yengozi. UPierre Levegh konke Amahora angama-24 Le Mans ukushayela iMercedes: bangu-84 abashonile kwathi abangu-120 balimala.
Buyela ku-F1
La Mercedes ubuyela kuF1 kuphela ngo-2010 lapho ethenga khona URoss Brown iningi leqembu I-Brawn GP, 2009 World Champion, futhi uqamba iqembu ngegama lakhe.
Kuqashwe abashayeli bezindiza ababili baseJalimane: iqhawe lomhlaba amahlandla ayisikhombisa UMichael Schumacher (ubuyele emjahweni ngemuva kweminyaka emine engekho) e UNico Rosberg (Indawo yesi-7 kuWorld Championship ngonyaka owedlule).
Buyela Mercedes eSekisini lokhu kuhle, kodwa hhayi kuphela: imiphumela emihle, ngokumangazayo, inikezwa nguRosberg (othatha izindawo ezintathu kwezintathu eMalaysia, eChina nase-UK), futhi iqembu liqeda endaweni yesine kwiWorld Constructors Championship.
Isimo saba sibi kakhulu ngo-2011 lapho – phezu kokuthi sekuqinisekisiwe ukuthi uphume endaweni yesine emaqenjini – zingekho izinkundla, nomphumela omuhle kakhulu walo mjaho kwaba indawo yesine kaSchumi eCanada.
Ku-2012 Mercedes waze waqeda owesihlanu phakathi kwabakhi, kodwa waletha ukwaneliseka okukhulu: ukubuyela kweqembu empumelelweni eminyakeni engama-57 kamuva (sibonga uRosberg eChina) kanye nesiteji sokugcina sikaMichael emsebenzini wakhe (kwi-European Grand Prix).
Ukuqhuma kwe-Star quantum kuza ngo-2013: kubizwa kanjalo Lewis Hamilton (I-World Champion ka-2008) esikhundleni sikaSchumacher, nemincintiswano emibili isazophikiswa, iqembu laseGerman lingelesibili phakathi kwabakhi. Ngenxa yokunqoba kweNgilandi eHungary nempumelelo emibili kaRosberg eMonte Carlo naseGreat Britain.
