Massa Predicts Bright Future for Rafael Câmara in F1
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Felipe Massa is a former Formula 1 driver from Brazil. He thinks a young driver named Rafael Câmara has a great future. Câmara is a new racer from Brazil.
Massa said Câmara was the driver who gave the most trouble to another young racer, Antonelli, in F4. F4 is a low level of car racing for new drivers. Many drivers start there before moving to bigger races.
The boss of the Haas team also likes Câmara. Haas is a team in Formula 1. The boss says Câmara has talent that cannot be taught. This means some skills are natural, not learned.
No Brazilian driver has won the São Paulo Grand Prix for a long time. This is called a tabu, or a hard problem to break. People now hope Câmara can change this. He could become the first Brazilian in many years to win this important race in his home country.
Vocabulary6 words
- Formula 1
- a famous, very fast car racing sport
- F4
- a small, early level of car racing for new drivers
- Haas
- the name of a team in Formula 1 racing
- talent
- a special skill someone is born with
- São Paulo Grand Prix
- a big car race held in Brazil
- tabu
- something that has not happened for a very long time
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Answer key
1. It will be very good 2. F4 3. True
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Felipe Massa is a former _____ driver from Brazil.
He thinks a young driver named Rafael Câmara has a great _____.
Massa said Câmara gave the most trouble to Antonelli in _____.
The boss of the _____ team also likes Câmara.
The boss says Câmara has _____ that cannot be taught.
No Brazilian driver has won the São Paulo _____ for a long time.
This is called a _____, or a hard problem to break.
People now hope _____ can change this.
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