Graded Readers in English
CEFR: B1
0:00 Into
0:35 Chapter 1. The greatest race
4:26 Chapter 2. What is Formula One?
10:06 Chapter 3. Inside a racing team
15:46 Chapter 4. Race weekend
24:49 Chapter 5. How it all began
32:03 Chapter 6. Racing cars, then and now
38:20 Chapter 7. Making the sport safer
45:16 Chapter 8. Becoming a driver
52:07 Chapter 9. Great drivers
1:05:10 Chapter 10. The circuits
1:13:00 Chapter 11. The racing business
1:19:46 Chapter 12. Into the future
1:28:06 Chapter 13. Fast, dangerous – and exciting
You bring your car to a stop on the starting grid. Thousands of people are by the side of the track, and millions of others are watching on TV. Hundreds of people have worked on your car – designing it, testing it, moving it from track to track. Your team has spent millions to give you the best and fastest car; even the wheel in your hands cost thousands of dollars.
You think about the long story of Formula One, from the forty-eight hour race of 1895 to the ninety minute races of today. You remember the great names of the past, and the champions of today. You think about the other drivers – who will be the bravest today, or the cleverest, or the fastest? A few seconds pass.
And then the red lights go out, and there is only one thing to think about – winning the race…
CEFR B1
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