ʻO Caterham Seven Supersport: Huakai i ka ʻike ʻole - Nā kaʻa haʻuki

Ma hope o nā hoʻoilo anuanu ʻelua hope loa, hana ʻia ka pili pili i ka hau i luna o ka hale. Ma kahi o, nā mea i ʻike ʻia he wahi hau hau wale nō. He aha inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā e ʻike iā ia ʻO Caterham Seven Supersport с Nā papale hoʻoiloMaikaʻi e uhae. Akā, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka mea akamai, "inā ʻaʻole hele ka mauna i Caterham, pono mākou e huki iā Caterham i nā kuahiwi." A inā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka hau, he aha ka mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hopena o nā ipu a Andros? ʻĀ, nā wahi he nui, e ʻike koke ai mākou ...

Ma ke ala nui e hele aʻe i nā kuaʻāina ākea a neoneo o ka ʻākau o Palani, hāʻule mau koʻu mau maka i luna o kahi alani Caterham ʻalani me nā kukui ʻeleʻele e ukali iaʻu ma nā aniani. Ma laila Kākoʻo he ʻāpana ia o ka laina R o ʻehiku a ʻo ia ka pae komo Caterham no nā lā kau. Ua loaʻa ke kaʻa 1.6 mai ka 140 hp, ʻokoʻa paheʻe kaupalena, noho ultra-lahilahi a me nā mea hou aʻe. ʻO ka manawa wale nō aʻu e hoʻokele ai i hoʻokahi ma Bedford Racecourse i ka hoʻokūkū EVO 91 Car o ka Makahiki, a maikaʻi loa ia. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ke kaʻa heihei maikaʻi ke kaʻa ala ʻoi loa, a ʻaʻohe mea e ʻike i ka mea e hiki ke loaʻa i ka lawelawe ʻana inā ʻoe e pani i nā paʻi heihei me ʻO Huakaʻi ʻAilana ʻAilona ʻae inoa.

ʻAʻole nā ​​Alps ka huakaʻi, e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, akā he wahi ski ski ʻO Super Bess ma ka puʻuwai o Palani, ma ka hema o Clermont-Ferrand. Ma laila, ʻelua mau lā ma hope, kahi e kū ai, kahi mau lima o nā mea kalaiwa, e like me nā hōkū Formula 1 mua ʻo Alain Prost, Olivier Pani a me Jacques Villeneuve, e heihei i nā kaʻa ʻano like ʻole me nā koʻi lahilahi. Piliwai wau i ka hapanui oʻo ʻoukou e kapa iaʻu ʻo mollaccione i kēia manawa no ka mea ʻaʻole wau e hoʻokele iā Caterham. Akā no ka mea he ʻehiku kaʻu, a ua uhi wau i kahi hapa iki o nā kilomita ma nā alaloa o ka hoʻoilo, ʻaʻole wau e hana hou i kēia ʻike. ʻO ka manaʻo o ke anuanu e hōʻino i kāu wā hoʻomaha ma mua o kou haʻalele.

Ma hope o ka pō i loko o kahi motel mālie loa - a me ka hapalua hola e hoʻohuli i kahi kaʻa kaʻa i ka pōʻeleʻele - i ke kakahiaka aʻe e hana mākou i ka Caterham e hohola i kona mau wāwae ma ke kauhale o Mont-Dore ma lalo o nā mauna. Makemake au i ke kuʻi ʻana i nā ʻehiku: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wehe ʻana i nā kāʻei noho ʻehā, a laila kū i ka noho a hoʻokuʻu mālie i kou mau wāwae i loko o ke ala haiki ma lalo o ka huila, me he mea lā e komo ana ʻoe i ka ʻauʻau wela. Ke komo i loko, ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i loko o nā lima o kahi kaʻa (hiki i kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻo ka poʻe ʻili e like me aʻu), he cliche kahiko i ʻoi aku ka pili ma mua o Caterham. KA hehi wāwae pili loa nā paleki a me nā mea wikiwiki i ka mea iaʻu ke kalaiwa nei me ka kāmaʻa ʻole. Ke kau wau i koʻu mau lima ma ka huila hoʻokele liʻiliʻi, pīhoihoi au: no ka manawa mua ʻike wau i kahi huila e uhi paʻa ʻia Alcantara ʻeleʻele i ka hiku, kahi mea liʻiliʻi i loko o kahi maʻalahi loa. ʻO ke kalaiwa ʻana me nā pulu hoʻoilo ma ke anapā maloʻo loa kahi ʻano ʻē, no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi twitch iki o ka hahi mai ka umekaumaha hope. Māmā a hoʻomaha ia i nā kihi mua. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē, hopohopo iki wau me Dean ke hele mākou i Super Bess. ʻAʻohe hau. ʻOiai nā aka. Keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo o ka lani, akā ʻulaʻula ʻōwili ka ʻāina. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi kahi e holo ai ka heihei hau a kū mākou i ka pā. Ma waena o nā kalaka a me nā ipukukui, ʻike mākou i ka mea e like me ka nahesa albino nunui i wili iā ia iho: hana maoli ia ke ala e like me ka rink hau i waenakonu o Dubai.

Nā noʻonoʻo hau e hoʻomālamalama ana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a puni mākou, Dean a nānā wau i kahi palapala alanui o ka wahi a hoʻoholo e hoʻāʻo e kiʻi ʻO Col de la Croix Saint Robert... ʻO ka hōʻailona Farm ma ka wāwae o ka puʻu ke nānā aku hoʻohiki, akā ke hiki mākou i ka puka pā, ʻaʻohe hau i koe. Ke hoʻāʻo nei wau e paʻi i ka ʻulaʻula a me keʻokeʻo, akā kiʻekiʻe ʻo Caterham. A laila ʻike ʻo Dean ʻaʻole paʻa ka pale.

He mea leʻaleʻa ka hoe ʻana i ka puʻu me ʻoe iho, a manaʻo ʻia ua hana ʻia ke alanui no ʻEhiku: haiki loa (he haiki loa no ka nui o nā supercars), me nā māka like ʻole a piʻo leʻaleʻa e like me ka pupule, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke ala. Kupaianaha nā huila o ka hoʻoilo: ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā mākou ka hau, ua pulu ke ala a kokoke ka zero i ka wela, akā ke ʻike wau i kahi ʻāpana lepo o ke ala, ʻaʻole wau e hopohopo no ka lilo o ke kaʻa. . traction a i ʻole irreparable understeer. A no laila ʻoliʻoli wau i ka hoʻokele.

Minamina, ke ʻaʻa mai ka hau e kū mai, kiʻekiʻe loa ia inā e hoʻāʻo wau e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i koʻu ala, e keʻokeʻo ka hei ʻo Caterham i kahi ʻano e ʻike ʻia inā he ala o coke i hana. No laila mākou e hoʻi a hele i ke ala i Mon-Dori lilo i neʻe nui.

Aia mākou ma Clermont-Ferrand i ka manawa o Ecoty 2007 (Ke hoʻokele nei wau i kahi Lotus 2 ʻumikūmākahi ma laila i kēlā manawa) a aia kekahi ala i pili pū me aʻu. ʻO kēia maoli nō mākou no kēia manawa: D996, a laila ʻO Col de la Croix-Moran.

Hoʻomaka ia ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o ke awāwa, mai kahi a nā kuahiwi i uhi ʻia e ka hau e like me ka lōʻihi a hiki ʻole ke kiʻi ʻia e like me nā ao e pili ana iā lākou. I ka mua, ua ʻoki ke ala i loko o nā pōhaku, a laila ka makani ma waena o nā nāhelehele ma mua o ke komo ʻana i loko o kahi ululāʻau paina e hūnā i nā piko o nā kuahiwi a hoʻonui i ke kani o nā kinoea hoʻoluhi. Ke nalo koke nā lāʻau paina, wehe ʻia kahi ʻike kupaianaha: pili ke ala i ka paia kokoke o ka mauna.

ʻO ia paha kahi hoʻonohonoho aʻu i koho ai e hoʻonāukiuki iaʻu ma ke ʻano nui, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua aloha koke wau iā Supersport. ʻAʻole paha ia ʻo Caterham mana nui loa aʻu e holo ai, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana. Imua ona aia ʻaukā kūʻē ʻoi aku ka ʻoi loa o ka honua a me ke ʻano o ka camber maikaʻi ʻole, ma hope o ka pā anti-roll he ʻoʻoleʻa. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o kēlā, akā ʻo ka hopena o kēia framework alchemy 'puka komo kihi kupaianaha a holomua a wānana hoʻi i ka puka hope. Ke komo ʻoe i nā kihi ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a i ʻole nā ​​chicanes ʻākau hema, lawe wale i kou wāwae mai ke kaʻaahi kaʻaahi, lawe i kahi keʻehi me kahi hoʻoholo hou aʻe ma mua o ka maʻamau (e hoʻohuli i ka huila i mau milimita hou aku), a laila wehe hou i ka ʻaila ke lohe ʻoe i ka hope. ... .. Hoʻomaha ia i ke kaumaha. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hiku i ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao: hiki ke mālama ʻia a hiki i kahi kiko, a laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia. Akā ua hauʻoli ʻo Supersport e ʻae iā ia e hana ʻino ʻia, a ʻoiai paʻakikī, ʻaʻole ona manaʻo e kipi. ʻAneʻane like ia e hoʻokele iā Escort Mk2.

ʻAʻole hau ke alanui, akā, ke hiki au i luna a hahai i koʻu mau kapuaʻi e hana hou ia mea, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo, no ka mea, ma ke ʻano o ia ʻano o ka wā a ma ke ala ʻoi a me ka pōhaku, ʻo ke kaʻa kaʻa. kupanaha. E ʻōlelo wau ʻo kēia ʻike he mea kānalua kekahi o kaʻu XNUMX kiʻekiʻe.

Eia naʻe, i kekahi manawa lohe wau i kahi ʻōkō. I ka wā o ka lua o ka uha ma luna, ka hehi wāwae Lālau ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, a ma hope o ʻekolu kekona ua oki ka hana ʻana. He hōʻino. Kū wau, pio ka mīkini, hoʻohiki, a puka i waho. ʻEʻeleʻele a aia mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi mauna anuanu loa me kahi Caterham me kahi paʻa haki. ʻO kahi pilikia nui. No ka manawa mua i ka lā, hauʻoli wau ʻaʻole i ka hau.

Ma hope o ka hapalua hola e hoʻokani ana me ka ʻenekini me hoʻokahi wale nō kukui i ka hōʻike o ke kelepona paʻalima, ua hoʻoholo mākou ua kīkē ʻia ka paʻa. ʻIke wau ʻaʻohe mea hiki iaʻu ke hana (ʻaʻohe oʻu maʻa ke kīkēkē ʻana i nā paʻa) a ʻaʻole kēia ka hewa o Caterham no ka mea he anakahi ia i hoʻolako ʻia e ka mea hoʻolako. ʻO ia wale nō laki maikaʻi ʻole... Hoka ʻole. Ma ka liʻiliʻi he kaʻa kā mākou ...

Ma ke kaomi ʻana iā ia e hoʻomaka a laila pāʻani me ke ʻano, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻihoʻi iā Supersport i ka hōkele, kahi e maikaʻi ai nā mea āpōpō, ma hope o nā pia ʻelua a me ka hiamoe maikaʻi o ka pō.

Ke piʻi aʻe ka lā, maopopo leʻa ua haki ka paʻa a ʻaʻohe hau i koe. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo, no ka mea he nui nā manawa kūpono no ka hoʻokipa ʻana, no laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hāʻawi i kahi mea e pili ana i ka paʻa. Inā he GT-R a i ʻole 458, ʻaʻohe a mākou koho ʻē aʻe e hoʻokele i ka home, akā me ka lawe lima ʻana a ʻaʻohe kamepiula e nahu ma hope o ka huila, he mea kupaianaha ka nui o kāu hiki ke hana.

Ke hoʻomaka nei ka ʻāpana nahenahe: ʻaʻohe paio e pono ai kaomi a huki paha. Akā me ka holo ʻana o ka ʻenekini, maʻalahi e paheʻe i ka mua. Hoʻoikaika ia, me he mea lā ʻaʻole mea i hele, hele i loko o ke kūlike ʻole, a i ka wā i hāʻule ai ke aupuni, akā ʻaʻole nui loa, kū ka lua. Hōʻalo wikiwiki, hele i loko o ka kūlike ʻole, hāʻule wikiwiki, kahi hapakolu. Akā, e piʻi, huli aʻe ʻoe e piʻi me kahi kuʻekuʻe wāwae kuhikuhi, a laila neʻe i kūleʻa a i lalo hoʻi.

Ua paʻakikī iki nā hola ʻelua, akā ma hope o kekahi manawa ua lawe ʻia wau, a ua leʻaleʻa nō hoʻi. Ua mālama wau i ka wikiwiki like me Caterham me ka paʻa i kahi. A hele pū i Huakaʻi. ʻO ka mea paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi lumi e hoʻololi ai me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaha ʻana, a laila i ka wā e kū pono ai, e hoʻomaopopo pono e hana i ke ala e iho ai ka ihu i lalo. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono e paleʻia nā kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, ʻo ka holo kakahiaka me ka ʻole o ka paʻa ʻana he kūleʻa maoli: ʻo ka drawback wale nō, e hoʻoholo ana i ke aniau a me ke alanui, hiki ke lilo i lā wela wela, a no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kau i ka hoʻoilo. nā kaʻa. hoao. A laila, ke kū mākou no ka ʻaina awakea ma ka hale hoʻokahi ma luna o ka noho lio, ʻākoakoa nā ao hina nui ma ke kuahiwi. Hāʻule mālie ka hau, a laila nui aʻe. Ke ʻai nei mākou i ka pai ʻuala a me ka cheese, nānā mākou i ka hau e hoʻokeʻokeʻo ana i ka lau nahele, nā pōhaku, a me ke alanui.

ʻO Hooray, kahi kahua pāʻani i ʻike hope loa ʻia.

ʻO ka poʻe i nānā mai iā mākou no nā lā ʻelua me ka pīhoihoi i kēia manawa ke holo wikiwiki nei au ma mua o ka hale hoʻomalu me ka wehe ʻana o ka Caterham a ʻo kekahi poʻe e haʻalele wikiwiki i ka ʻaina awakea e hele e kau i nā kaulahao. Akā, ʻakaʻaka nā mea a pau, no ka mea liʻiliʻi loa ka ʻEhiku no ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana, ʻoiai ma ka ʻalani. ʻO nā kaila Ice Touring kahi hui maʻalahi o ke alo a me ka nele o ka paʻa. Akā ma luna o nā mea a pau, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hilinaʻi inā ʻoe e lohi, e kū maoli ʻoe, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo i kou manaʻo.

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka neʻe ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao ma mua o ka manawa, e kahe wale i ka throttle i ka hope oversteer... Akā, e like me ka mea o kahi kaʻa maloʻo, nui mau nā loiloi, a ke kaohi mau nei ʻoe i ke kūlana, ʻaʻole ʻoe e like me kahi kaʻahele i ke aloha o ka mea e hana nei. I ke kaʻina o nā huli i ka piko o ka pass, hiki iā ʻoe ke kalaiwa i ke kaʻa, a laila hāpai i kou wāwae, wehe hou i ka throttle a kau iā ia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao.

He mea maikaʻi ke ʻike ʻaʻole mākou wale nō e leʻaleʻa nei i ka hau hou: ʻo ka M3 E30, me he mea lā ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka hanana, hala mua iā mākou. I loko o laila he mau minoʻaka ʻelua i loko o kā lākou kanalima, a ʻaneʻane hiki iaʻu ke lohe i kā lākou kelepona ʻana he ʻumi mau minuke i hala aku nei: "Allez, Pierre, e kiʻi i ka BMW i waho."

ʻAʻole kūlike ka XNUMX, ʻoi aku ia i nā mea āpau i mua ona, a lele wikiwiki i ka ʻaoʻao a me nā ʻāpana i hoʻonui ʻia ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻakaʻaka me ka ʻakaʻaka. He mea hoʻomākeʻaka koʻu mālama ʻana i ka hoʻokele a kiʻi ʻo Dean i nā kiʻi ke piʻi aʻe ka hau a keʻokeʻo koʻu lauoho: kū wale mākou i ka wā pō.

ʻAʻohe o mākou manawa e hoʻi ai i Super Besse (nui loa nā kūlanakauhale e hele ai me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana) e ʻike iā Alain Prost i lanakila i ka hoʻokūkū ʻo Dacia Lodgy, akā ʻaʻole paha ʻo ia i hauʻoli nui i nā huila e like me mākou i kēia lā. hana, me Supersport. mai ka hau a me ke alanui mauna me ka huli a me ka piʻi a me ka iho. Ua manaʻo wau ʻo ka ski ka mea maikaʻi loa e hana ai ma nā mauna i ka hoʻoilo, akā ua hewa wau.