Ex: 4;5 Taking the Racing World By Storm
Jackie Stewart, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel … these are some of the
most famous names in Formula 1. Soon Lyubov Andreyeva, a young woman from Almaty,
Kazakhstan, may be one of them.
Lyubov was nine years old when she got into a racing Championship. It was a special competition for Lyubov
kart for the first time. By the age of 11, she was ready to because the final race took place during the same week
compete, and she won second place in her very first as her 18th birthday, on a real Formula 1 circuit: Sochi in
race! It was an amazing achievement for a first-time Russia. It was incredible for her to drive around the track
racer, and it was clear from the start that Lyubov was where her heroes had driven only a month before.
special!
Lyubov's goal is to win the Formula 1 World
From then on, Lyubov practised whenever she could, and Championship one day and put Kazakhstan in the
she went on to win the Kazakhstan Karting Championship spotlight. This is a huge ambition, considering no woman
four times. Due to her talent, she was invited to has ever won the World Championship, or ever a Formula
participate in the Russian Masters Championship, a 1 race, but that doesn't bother Lyubov. She believes
competition for 15- to 19-year-olds that helps their people should do what they love and follow their dreams.
transition from karting to formula racing. Lyubov was not She says that anything is possible when you believe in
only the first Kazakh girl, but the first person in the history yourself. She also hopes that one day she will inspire
of Kazakhstan to take part in this event.
other young dreamers, just as her racing heroes have
The following year, she raced in the Formula 3 inspired her. ​

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