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Kalau Anda berminat menerima artikel belajar bahasa Inggris ini secara teratur, isilah FORMULIR BERLANGGANAN. Formula 1: Man and Machine
In
a way, Formula One is a race between teams of engineers.
The different teams try to make their car the fastest and the best. Ferrari’s
Formula One car is a wonderful machine. Jean Todt is the Sporting Director
of the
Ferrari team. The first Grand
Prix race
of the season was on 4 March in Melbourne, Australia. Before this race Todt said
that this year’s car was fast enough to win the pole
position.
And then win the race. He thinks that this is Ferrari’s fastest car in the
last few years. The car is ready – what about the driver? Michael
Schumacher has had a big problem this year. He had to pay £1.3 million to a
company for breaking an agreement to wear their helmets.
This wasn’t Schumacher’s first problem in the sport. He has been in trouble
with race
officials
after crashes in races. The first was with Damon Hill in 1994 at the Australian
Grand Prix. Schumacher still won the race. Then in 1997 he crashed with Jacques
Villeneuve. After that accident, Grand Prix officials didn’t let Schumacher
drive in the next race. In 1999 he crashed again, this time during the British
Grand Prix, and broke his leg. But many people still think that Schumacher is
the best driver in the world. Todt
was right about his car for the first race of the season – Schumacher’s
Ferrari started the Australian Grand Prix in pole position. There was one
problem. Schumacher put his hand up during the race. At first the team was
worried that the car had a serious problem. In fact, Schumacher was having more
helmet problems! But the race still went well for the team. Schumacher was far
in front of the other cars, so he didn’t drive hard in the later laps.
He still won the race by over 1.5 seconds. But there was sadness on the day
because an official was killed in an accident during the race. Schumacher won
the second race of the season too. The Malaysian Grand Prix on the 18 March. So
the perfect man and machine made a great start to the season. But will
Schumacher and Ferrari celebrate
at the
end of the season? Todt is sure that there are no problems with the car. The
question is Schumacher. Can he stay out of trouble and drive Ferrari to success
again? He thinks that he can. Now every other Formula One driver wants to prove
that he is wrong. formula
one:
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