Ekupheleni kukaSeptemba, iphephandaba i-Financial Times labanga ukuba u-Apple wayecinga ngokufumana ngokupheleleyo uMcLaren okanye utyalo-mali olucwangcisiweyo kumenzi wezithuthi weFomula 1. INew York Times neBloomberg uxele ngokwahlukeneyo ukuba iintetho ziyaqhubeka, ephawula ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba i-Apple ekugqibeleni ikhethe ukwenza utyalomali olubalulekileyo kwinkampani kunokuba iyifumane. Kwakufika nje ukupapashwa kweendaba, inkampani yemoto yase-Bhritane yakuphika ukuba zombini ezi nkampani zazihleli etafileni enye ukuze kufikelelwe kwisivumelwano esiza kunceda amaqela omabini.
Kodwa emva kweenyanga ezimbini, kwenzeka ukuba ezo ngxelo zichanekile. Kudliwanondlebe olunikwe iReuters yintloko kaMcLaren Automotive, uMike Flewitt, yena Ubanga ukuba uMcLaren abe neengxoxo noApple, kodwa wathi ezi ntetho azihambanga kakuhle. Ukongeza, ikwalawule ukuthengwa okunokwenzeka yi-Apple.
Kwakungekho mzamo wokuthenga ngu-Apple. Basindwendwele, sathetha, bathetha ngezinto abazenzileyo, sathetha ngezinto esizenzileyo. Asizange sikwazi ukufikelela kwisivumelwano esinokuphumelela.
Xa iqela lase-Bhritane liphuma liza kukhanyela ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kuthengwe amarhe, babanga ukuba bebengekho kuthethathethwano neApple ukwenza utyalomali olubalulekileyo kwinkampani, kodwa khange aphike nangaliphi na ixesha ukuba ezi nkampani zimbini bezikho kuthethathethwano.
Njengoko sikuxelele iinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, Umdla ka-Apple ekusunguleni isithuthi sakhe urhoxisiwe, ubuncinci okomzuzwana, ukurhoxiswa okufike kungekudala emva kokupapashwa kwale ngxelo, engabonisa ukuba iqhinga lokugqibela u-Apple afuna ukulidlala kukuzibandakanya neqela elidumileyo ukwenza iprojekthi yebhongo yokwazisa isithuthi phantsi kweempawu zayo .