Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Makwikwi avo emaawa makumi maviri nemana eLe Mans muna 1999 akatanga zvakashata mushure mekunge chikwata chakatambudzwa nekutadza kwemavhiri eMichelin kakawanda, mamiriro ezvinhu ava kuita sezvakaitika muna 1998, apo motokari dzeNo. 1 neNo. 2 dzakanga dzasiya basa. Martin Brundle ari muNhamba 1 Toyota akatambura kubaya pakumhanya kukuru paMulsanne Straight, kusimudzwa kwemotokari kwakakanganiswa zvakanyanya uye akatadza kudzokera kumabhokisi. Motokari yeToyota yeNhamba 2 yaityairwa naThierry Boutsen ndiyo yakatevera kuparadzwa paakawira pasi pomugwagwa weDunlop ari kumhanya zvikuru nemhaka yokuderera kwemari nokukurumidza. Motokari yakaparadzwa uye Boutsen akakuvadzwa kumusana kwake kwakaderera. Pakuvamba kwemambakwedza, BMW No. 15 yakanga yava pedyo nerwendo pamberi peToyota No. 3 iyo yakanga ichitenderera chinyararire ichimhanya zvishoma nezvishoma. Nokukunda uku Ukyo Katayama akaisa tsoka yake muToyota ndokuisa denderedzwa rinokurumidza zvikurusa romutambo. Akaderedza musiyano wacho kusvika pasingasviki miniti imwe kusvikira rimwezve gumbo rabhururuka rikawirazve boka reToyota. Katayama zvisinei akakwanisa kudzokera kumabhokisi nokuda kwamatayi matsva ndokupfuurira. Akakwanisa kupedza ari wechipiri pashure pokunge ashanda nesimba achiva wokutanga mukirasi yeGT-P. Zvisinei, vakakundikana kukunda zvachose paLe Mans, izvo zvaizovaita ivo chete wechipiri mugadziri weJapan kuti awane kukunda kwese (Mazda ari wekutanga muna 1991
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