F1 Returns with Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort
Formula 1 is back. The summer break is over.
Today, there is a big race in the Netherlands. It is called the Dutch Grand Prix.
The race is at a place called Zandvoort. This is the twelfth race of the year.
Two Spanish drivers are racing today. Their names are Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz.
You can watch the race live. It is on a TV channel called DAZN.
The price to watch is now cheaper. It is half the old price.
Vocabulary8 words
- Formula 1
- a big car race sport
- Grand Prix
- a big race in Formula 1
- Zandvoort
- a town in the Netherlands with a race track
- Fernando Alonso
- a famous Spanish race car driver
- Carlos Sainz
- another famous Spanish race car driver
- DAZN
- a TV channel you watch on the internet
- summer break
- a rest time in summer with no races
- live
- watching something happen now, at the same time
Quiz
Answer key
1. Zandvoort 2. Alonso and Sainz 3. No, it is the twelfth race
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Formula 1 is _____. The summer break is over.
Today, there is a big race in the _____.
The race is at a place called _____.
This is the twelfth _____ of the year.
Two Spanish _____ are racing today.
Their names are Fernando Alonso and Carlos _____.
You can watch the race _____.
It is on a TV channel called _____.
The price to watch is now _____.