Gwajin Drive Mini Cooper S Rally: Kiran Baby

Tare da sake kera motar Rauno Altonen akan wajan taron Monte Carlo.

A cikin 1959, Mini na farko ya yanke layin taron. Shekaru biyar bayan haka, ƙaramin ɗan Biritaniya ya mamaye almara Monte Carlo Rally a karon farko. A yau muna neman alamun tsohon gwarzo ne a filin Alps-Maritimes na Faransa.

V-4,7 da lita 285 na layi mai layi huɗu tare da 1071 hp. a kan m 92 mita mai siffar sukari. santimita da 1964 hp. Duk da karfin magana na farko na iko, babban dalili a cikin sharhi game da Monte Carlo Rally a 52 shine "David ya ci Goliath". Yayin da Beatles suka kai hari saman duniyar waƙa a rangadin rangadinsu na farko a duniya, Mini ya juya ra'ayoyi da ra'ayoyi a cikin wasannin gamayyar ƙasa da ƙasa. Shekaru XNUMX da suka gabata direban Burtaniya ya ci shahararren Monte.

Mini - Mai nasara na Monte Carlo

Muna bin sawun mashahurin mini-nasara tare da kwatankwacin taron gangamin direban masana'antar 1968 Rauno Altonen. A cikin birni mai nutsuwa, motar, tare da lambar farawa 18 da kuma rufin shaye shaye, yana shiga tsakanin manyan kantuna na zamani da kuma cikakken bistros, yana bincika almara mai juyawa akan ƙaramar masarauta ta Formula 1.

Rascas, Lewis, The Pool - Ba kamar Monte Carlo Rally na zamani ba, tsakanin 1951 da 1964 direbobi ba kawai sun bi ta hanyar tsaunuka a cikin Alpes-Maritimes na Faransa ba, har ma sun kammala sashin sauri a karshen taron. a kan hanyar tsere a Monaco.

Tare da saurin saurin lokutan, tsarin nakasassu na wannan lokacin, wanda ya kawar da fa'idodin manyan motoci, ya ba da babbar fa'ida ga ƙungiyar masana'antar motocin Burtaniya (BMC) daga Oxford kusa da Abingdon. Bayan zagaye biyar, abin farin ciki na 1964 ya cika - Paddy Hopkirk da abokin aikinsa Henry Lyden sun ci Mini maki 30,5 a gaban fitattun 'yan Sweden Bo Jungfelt da Fergus Sager a cikin injin da ya fi karfi. Ford Falcon.

“Idan aka kwatanta da hanyoyin duwatsu, da'irar Formula 1 a Monte wasan yara ne a gare mu direbobi; Muna da kyan gani a nan kuma titin ya fi fadi sosai," Altonen ya tuna da wata iska mai raɗaɗi. Tare da nasara takwas na ƙarshe a cikin tarurrukan ƙasashen duniya daban-daban, shahararren direban har yanzu shine direban ƙaramin masana'anta mafi nasara. A shekara ta 1967, ƴan ƙasar Finn sun sami haƙƙin yin fakin mota mai kyau, wanda aka yi wa ado a cikin rigunan jajayen jajayen riguna na kamfanin (ja tartar da farar rufin), a gaban akwatin yarima kusa da fadar a Monte Carlo, don karɓar kyautar Monte Carlo da ake so. ganima. ".

Mini ya nuna fa'idodi masu mahimmanci a cikin motsi

Nasarar Birtaniyya Dwarf Rally ta dogara ne akan girke-girke mai sauƙi. “Ikon Mini ba abin mamaki bane. Ƙananan motoci masu ƙanƙara, masu tuƙi na gaba kawai suna da fa'ida wajen kama dusar ƙanƙara," in ji Peter Falk, tsohon shugaban sashen tsere na kamfanin. Porsche da co-direba a cikin Monte Carlo Rally na 1965. Tare da direban Porsche Herbert Linge a lokacin, Falk ya sami nasara mai gamsarwa a karo na biyar gabaɗaya a wasan farko na wasan na 911 Falk.

Ko da tayoyin da aka zana a kan ƙananan ƙafafun Minilite mai inci goma sun nuna cewa mataɓen ya bushe a yau. Ko da munyi tsammanin wani matsanancin yanayi ne mai dauke da daskararren icce da tattake murfin dusar ƙanƙara, kamar a cikin 1965, ba mu sani ba. Duk da yake rubutaccen abu mai rikitarwa tare da tsarin tuƙin kansa kai tsaye yana jujjuyawa ta hanyar lanƙwasa masu ƙyamar Turin Pass, zamu iya yin tunanin irin damuwa da gajiya da aka yiwa tsoffin matukan jirgin.

Har wala yau, tseren 1965 ana daukarsa mafi tsauri a tarihin Monte Carlo Rally. Sannan shirin ya kunshi kusan kilomita 4600 kawai. Daga cikin mahalarta 237, 22 ne kawai suka sami damar zuwa wasan karshe a birnin Monaco a lokacin da guguwar guguwar ta afku a yankin Jura na Faransa. "Idan aka kwatanta da waɗannan shekarun, tarurrukan na yau kamar nishaɗin yara ne saboda gajeru ne," in ji tsohon zakaran taron Turai Altonen.

A cikin 1965, mahalarta sun fara daga Warsaw, Stockholm, Minsk da London zuwa Monaco. A gaban akwai BMC Cooper S tare da lambar tsere 52 da baƙar fata da fari alamun AJB 44B a kan ɗan gajeren murfin gaba wanda aka amintar da madaurin fata kawai.

Gilashin iska mai dumi don haɗuwa da hunturu

Timo Makinen da abokin aikinsa Paul Easter ne suka mamaye matakan dare shida, inda motarsu mai nauyin kilogiram 610 ta yi shawagi sau biyar, wanda ya kafa lokaci mafi sauri a matakin tsaka-tsaki. Ƙananan bayanai amma mahimman bayanai suna taimaka musu su kula da gani mai kyau ko da akan kankara da dusar ƙanƙara - musamman don shiga cikin Monte Carlo, sashen tsere na BMC yana tsara gilashin iska mai zafi.

Sau uku da dare chase ya wuce ta cikin zuciyar "Monte" - hanyar Col de Turini. A bangare mafi wahala, matukan jirgi za su hau daga ƙauyen Moulin da ke barci ta hanyar tudun wucewa mai tsayin mita 1607 zuwa ƙarshen sashe a ƙauyen La Bolin-Vesubie. Juyawa masu kaifi mara iyaka, ramukan dizzy; a daya bangaren, bangon duwatsu mara daidaituwa, a daya bangaren, ramin rami mai zurfi tare da abysses mai zurfi - duk wannan ya kasance wani bangare na rayuwar yau da kullun ta Monte. A gaskiya ma, ba kome ba idan zurfin ramin yana da mita 10, 20 ko 50, ko kuma idan kun buga itace - idan kuna tunanin waɗannan abubuwa, kada ku shiga cikin zanga-zangar, a kalla a Monte - Altonen ya bayyana kwarewar wani hari mai haɗari ta hanyar Alps na Maritime.

Ganuwar da take riƙe da gwiwoyi a gaban rami mai zurfin gaske yana haifar da girmamawa kuma ya sa mai neman yau da ɗaukakar wasan da ya gabata ya ɓata ƙafarsa daga kan farar mai hanzari. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, mafi girman nassin ƙarshen ya bayyana a gaban ƙaramin hancin Mini. Shin wannan filin ajiye motocin da aka watsar bai fi girman filin wasan ƙwallon hannu ba, mafi shahararren ɓangaren Monte Carlo Rally?

Halin da ba na al'ada ba a kan tudun Turin

Kamar dai babu iyaka nesa da farin ciki yayin tseren, wani tsauni mai tsayin mita 1607 ya shiga cikin kwanciyar hankali. Fasinjojin da ba su da matattu sun tuka motar tsere Mini kuma suka nutse a cikin ɗayan gidajen cin abinci huɗu na Turin, yayin da masu keken keke su kaɗai ke numfashi sama da tsayin daka, in ba haka ba shirun yaudara ya mamaye.

Kuma sau ɗaya, musamman a lokacin Monte Carlo Rally a cikin 60s, dubun dubatar ƴan kallo sun yi cunkoso a nan, sun yi layi a bayan sanduna. Fitilar bincike mai ƙarfi da walƙiya na masu daukar hoto sun mayar da wurin ajiye motoci zuwa wurin taron gangamin dare. "Da farko komai ya kasance baƙar fata a kan sashin sauri, sa'an nan kuma ba zato ba tsammani, a kan tudu, ku tashi zuwa tudun Turin, inda yake da haske kamar rana. Domin kada mu firgita, koyaushe muna sauke Mini walƙiya, ”in ji Altonen wanda ya ci nasarar Monte, a shirye a yau don faɗa cikin yanayi na zamani.

Koyaya, Timo Makinen ya kasance mai himma sosai wajen kiyaye yanayi mai kyau a cikin ƙungiyar masana'antar Mini. Madeleine Manizia, mai dafa abinci a gidan cin abinci na Yeti da ke kan tudu, ta tuna yayin da take kallon Mini na retro da mamaki. “Lokacin da ya zo nan, Timo yakan ci naman sa da soya kuma yana shan wiski da yawa a cikin mota. Sa'an nan kuma an ba da tabbacin yanayi mai kyau, "in ji mijinta Jacques, tsohon mai wani duhu kore Mini Cooper S, tare da babban murmushi.

Ta haka ne ya ƙare tafiya a cikin sawun haruffan Monte Carlo - tare da naman sa da fries na Faransa. Babu wuski a cikin mota, saboda halin yanzu tushen yanayi mai kyau a lamba 18 yana jiran mu, muna sa ido ga wani saurin saukowa ta hanyar Turin Pass.

Rubutu: Christian Gebhart

Hotuna: Reinhard Schmid

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Col de Turini

Godiya ga Monte Carlo Rally, Col de Turini ya zama ɗayan shahararrun masarufi a cikin tsaunukan Maritime. Idan kana so ka tuƙa ta hanyar hanyoyin haɗuwa, kana buƙatar shigar da izinin daga kudu ta ƙauyen Muline (mita 827 a saman teku). Bayan ƙetare wani tsaunuka mai tsayin mita 1607, hanyar farko ta bi hanyar D 70 zuwa La Bolene-Vesuby (mita 720). Idan an rufe hanya, ana iya samun Col de Turini ta hanyar D 2566 daga Peyra Cava.