Umshayeli waseSpain u-Álex Palou uphinde waqopha umlando e-IndyCar . Ngaleli Sonto, e-oval yaseMilwaukee, lo mshayeli waseCatalan uqokwe njengompetha wesigaba okwesihlanu emsebenzini wakhe, futhi wazuza nesicoco sakhe sesine silandelana. Isenzo esingakaze sibonwe kusukela enkathini kaSébastien Bourdais, owawina imiqhudelwano emine ilandelana phakathi kuka-2004 no-2007.
UPalou, owazalelwa eSant Antoni de Vilamajor ngo-1997, wafika eMilwaukee ehamba phambili ngamaphuzu angu-91 phezu kwembangi yakhe eyinhloko, uKyle Kirkwood. Lokhu kwanele ukusondela kumdlali we-double-header wangempelasonto ngokuzethemba, kodwa hhayi ngaphandle kokungezwani. Imvula ngoMgqibelo yaphoqa ukuthi umjaho wokuqala ukhanselwe , owaqedwa ngeSonto, futhi lo mSpain wakwazi kahle ukuvikela isicoco ngokuqeda endaweni yeshumi emjahweni wesibili.
Umqhudelwano owakhiwe ngokuvumelana
Ngalesi sicoco, uPalou ulingana nerekhodi likaBourdais lokuncintisana kane kulandelana futhi uba ngumshayeli wesithathu onezicoco eziningi kakhulu emlandweni we-IndyCar, ezinhlanu, eyodwa ngemuva kukaScott Dixon kanye nezimbili ngemuva kuka-AJ Foyt. Lo mdlali waseSpain, ogijima kwiChip Ganassi Racing, uphinde wabonisa ikhono lakhe lokuhlala ezolile ngaphansi kwengcindezi.
Umjaho wokuqala wempelasonto, owawuqale ngoMgqibelo, waphazanyiswa yimvula ngemuva kwemizuliswano engama-90. UPato O'Ward wayehola ngaleso sikhathi , uPalou esendaweni yeshumi nane. NgeSonto, umjaho waqhubeka futhi kwathi u-O'Ward wanqoba, kwathi uPalou waqeda endaweni yesihlanu. Emjahweni wesibili, umshayeli waseMexico waphinde wanqoba, waqeda ngamaphuzu amabili, kwathi uPalou weqa umugqa wokugcina endaweni yeshumi, okwanele ukuqinisekisa ubuqhawe.
Ama-akhawunti kanye nesu
UPalou kwakudingeka aqede phakathi kwabangamashumi amabili abaphezulu ukuze athole ubuqhawe ngokwezibalo, futhi wakwenza lokhu ngaphandle kokuthatha noma yiziphi izingozi. Lo mSpain waphatha umjaho ngokuhlakanipha , egwema izehlakalo futhi egcina indawo ephephile. Inzuzo yakhe yokugcina ngaphezu kukaKirkwood, owaqeda endaweni yesikhombisa emjahweni wesibili, yanda yaya kumaphuzu ayi-100, waqinisekisa ubuqhawe ngempumelelo njengoba kusele umjaho owodwa.
Imvula yayiyiyona nto eyinhloko kule mpelasonto. NgoMgqibelo, ukuhlungela ukungenela kuphazanyiswe yisijeziso esinikezwe uPalou ngokushintsha injini okungagunyaziwe, okwamphoqa ukuthi aqale endaweni yeshumi nanye emjahweni wokuqala. Kodwa-ke, lo mSpain wanqoba lokhu kwehluleka futhi wabonisa ukuthi kungani ebe ngumshayeli ovelele kakhulu kulesi sigaba eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Izitatimende ezivela kumpetha
Ngemva kokudlula umugqa wokugcina, uPalou wehluleka ukufihla imizwa yakhe. "Kuyamangalisa, angazi ukuthi ngithini. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngaleli qembu ," kusho umshayeli waseCatalan. "Namuhla kube usuku olunzima kakhulu kithi, kodwa luzwakala luhle kakhulu, olunye umqhudelwano, futhi sesilungele olandelayo," enezela.
Umshayeli waseSant Antoni de Vilamajor naye ube nezinkulumo emndenini wakhe kanye nethimba, egcizelela umzamo wabo wokubambisana. UPalou uveze isifiso sakhe ngekusasa , ekwenza kucace ukuthi ufuna ukuqhubeka nokuwina izicoco futhi asondele ezinganekwaneni zesigaba.
Ngalesi sicoco sesihlanu, u-Álex Palou uqinise indawo yakhe njengenye yamagama amakhulu e-IndyCar. Ukubusa kwakhe eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, ngezicoco ezinhlanu, kufana nokwezinganekwane ezinkulu zezemidlalo yezimoto zaseMelika. Lo mSpain usecabanga ngenselelo yakhe elandelayo , futhi akunangqondo ukucabanga ukuthi angadlula iziqu eziyisikhombisa zika-AJ Foyt uma egcina leli zinga lokusebenza. Okwamanje, iMilwaukee ibone esinye isahluko emsebenzini wayo omuhle kakhulu.