The 7 Steps March
1. CONTEXT
Mindmap
anything you
know about thetopic, including
vocabulary. Do
some research
online to help.

Formula One

Listening Questions 1
1. How many Drivers’ titles did Nico Rosberg’s father win? How aboutDamon Hill’s?

2. QUESTIONS.
2. How many races in total did Nico and Lewis Hamilton win in 2016?
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questions tocheck yourunderstanding.
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vocabulary.

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3. In what year did Damon Hill win his Driver’s title?
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4. When was Ayrton Senna born?
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5. How many races did Senna win?
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Listening Questions 2

3. LISTEN
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the questions
using fullsentences. Circle
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1. As of the start of the 2017 season, how many different F1 champions had
there been?
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2. Who has the most Drivers’ titles and how many did he win?
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3. When was the first season of Formula One?
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4. Name the top three constructors in terms of team titles.
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5. When did Suzuka host its first race?
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Discussion Questions
1. What’s important to you when buying a car?
2. How do you feel about motorsports and how much money is
involved in the sport?

4. CHECK ANSWERS

TRANSCRIPT 1
The 2017 Formula One season started without the previous year’s champion Nico Rosberg. Did
you know that Nico Rosberg’s father was also an F1 champion? The only other father-son pairto achieve the same feat was Graham and Damon Hill.

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‘Keke’ Rosberg was born on December 6, 1948 and won his only drivers’ title in 1982 driving for
Williams. That year he won just one race. Compare that to Nico who in 2016 won 9 races, 1less than his main rival and teammate Lewis Hamilton. Shortly after the end of the season Nico
surprised the F1 world by announcing his retirement.

5. CHECK VOCABULARYGraham Hill was a British driver who won a total of 14 races and two drivers’ titles (1962 and1968). In 1996 Damon also became world champion while driving for the Williams Renault
team.
The late Ayrton Senna would have been 57 years old on March 21st, 2017. Senna was an
extraordinarily talented driver who won all three of his titles with McLaren Honda. Japanese
F1 fans probably remember the crashes he was involved in with Alain Prost at Suzuka in 1989
and 1990. Senna won 41 races and qualified on pole position 65 times.

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vocabulary you
find. Look themup and add themto your list.

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6. READ ALOUD

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focusing onintonation andpronunciation.

FeatSeveral(The) late

OpponentExtraordinarily

Accomplishment

Multiple

Dead / passed away

Rival

Exceptionally

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Some of the world’s most famous car companies have competed in F1 including Ferrari,Renault, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Lotus, BMW and Jaguar.

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Throughout its history, Formula One has attracted the greatest racing drivers and teams in theworld. Going into the 2017 season thirty-three different drivers had been crowned champion,ten of them having won three or more titles. Michael Schumacher is at the top of the list with 7titles. Three drivers who participated in the 2016 season had won multiple championships,
Sebastian Vettel (4); Lewis Hamilton (3); and Fernando Alonso (2).

F1’s first season was in 1950 and Silverstone, England hosted the first race. The only team thathas raced in every season is Ferrari. As of the end of the 2016 season, the team fromMaranello had won 225 races and 16 constructors’ titles, the most of any team. In second andthird places were Williams and McLaren with 9 and 8 titles respectively.

55Suzuka is a popular track with drivers and has hosted the Japanese Grand Prix every year since
1987, except for 2007 and 2008 when the race was run at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka. In 2016
there were a total of 21 races and Mercedes won 19 of them.