Racing Drivers Let's Play

# Let's play

# Let's play

# Let's have an adventure

# Hooray!

# Let's play!

# Who could we be today?

# What could we do?

# I'd like to drive a racing car Or fly to the moon

# I could be a fire-fighter

# A farmer or a vet

# A knight in shining armour

# Or I could be a chef

# Let's play!

# Let's play

# Let's have an adventure today!

# Let's play!

Now, where did I put that book?

Ah! Here it is!

(SIGHS) There really is nothing better

than sitting down in the peace and quiet and reading a good book.

NEEDLE SCRATCHES

DRUMMING

Sid?! Sid!

Oh! Hi, Rebecca. Guess what I'm doing?

-Playing the drums?

-I am, but I'm writing a song. It goes like this.

# I love playing drums

# I play them really fast... and really loud

DRUMMING Like... (LAUGHS)

-What do you think? Do you like it?

-Yes, I love it. But it's a bit, er...loud.

-Hmm.

-It's so loud, I can't read my book.

Oh, well, I'll play quieter. # I like playing drums

# I play then really fast Doesn't quite sound the same. #

-Hold on, Sid! It's time!

-Great!

-It's time to play.

-Who's turn is it today?

-Let it be me!

-Let it be me!

-Me!

-Me!

# Let it be me! # Let it be me!

# Let it be me!

# Let it be me!

# Let it be me!

# Let it be me!

# I really, really, really, really hope that it's me!

-# Let...

-Let...

-Let...

-Let...

# Let it be me!

# Let it be me!

# Let it be me!

# I really, really, really, really hope that it's me!

-# Could it be me?

-# Could it be me?

It's me! # Yes, it's me!

# Yes, it's me!

# I'm really, really, really, really happy

# It's me!

Look! There's the dressing-up room!

# Let's play! #

So what are we going to play?

Let's find out.

So, a hula outfit, a sea captain's hat and animal feet.

Well, that's silly! Let's try again.

Now we've got on a hard helmet,

an all-in-one jumpsuit and matching gloves!

So what do you think we're playing today?

I know.

We're playing racing drivers!

So what do we need to know?

'First of all, Rebecca, racing cars have steering wheels that come off,

'so drivers can get in and out of their cars easily!

'If a racing car gets a flat tyre,

'it has to got a garage called "the pits" for a mechanic to fix it.

'And to win the race, a racing driver must be

'the first to pass a waving chequered flag.'

CHEERING

OK. So that's what we need to remember.

And do we need anything else?

A metal tube thingy?!

I wonder what this is for? Well, I guess it'll come in handy.

OK, we've got everything we need. Let's go.

# Let's play. #

DRUMMING

Sid, guess what we're playing today.

Erm...you're going to be a big, yellow banana?

No! We're playing racing car drivers!

Vroom!

-I'd love to play racing car drivers!

-But you can play your drums all you want whilst I'm gone.

I do love playing the drums!

See you later!

Bye!

# Let's play. #

Come on, let's play racing drivers.

Whoo!

Whoa!

Whoo!

Well, this looks like the right place.

-A race track.

-CHEERING

It sounds like there's a big crowd in.

So all I need now is a racing car!

But where am I going to find one?

-Oh, a racing driver!

-Stop!

-FRENCH ACCENT:

-I am not just any racing driver,

I am Jean-Pierre Petit Pois La France, the world champion!

-Oh! I was just wondering where I could find my racing car.

-What?! Racing car, you say.

Yes. I think I might be in a race today!

HE LAUGHS

Are you now? Well, tell me something, do you like to lose?

-No!

-That is a pity, because that is exactly what you will do.

-How do you know?

-Because I am racing in a car race today and I will win.

Which means you...will lose.

-Oh, but I...

-Goodbye!

Ooo'er! he's a bit full of himself.

Well, let's follow him. I might be able to find my racing car.

# Let's play. #

Where did he go?!

And where are all the racing cars?

ENGINE ROARS

Wow! Did you see that?! A real, proper racing car!

Disaster! This is a disaster!

Well, surely you can find someone somewhere?!

Well, why don't you look up racing driver in the phone book?!

-Are you all right?

-No, I'm not all right!

The big race is about to start and I, Roger Bigshot,

the most famous racing car owner in the world, have the fastest racing car but I have no driver!

He's in bed with the flu. What am I supposed to do?!

PHONE RINGS ENGINE ROARS

Oh! Oh, dear. Sounds like he's in real trouble.

Hold on!

Roger has a racing car but no driver,

and I'm a racing driver with no car. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Hello? Takeaway?! No, I don't want a takeaway!

-Excuse me.

-Please! I am a very busy man.

A very important race is about to begin and I have no driver.

-So, please, leave me be.

-But I am a racing driver.

Yes, you are. Yes...you are.

You are! Goodbye.

-Great! What's your name?

-Rebecca.

-You're going to drive my racing car!

-Great!

-Come on, this way!

-ENGINE ROARS

# Let's play! #

There we are. You're all set.

Wow! A real, proper racing car!

With wheels and an engine and everything!

That's right. In, you get. We've got a race to win. Make yourself nice and comfy.

Oh, this is so exciting!

I want you to drive really fast down the straights and the corners,

and if you come to a bridge drive really fast. Any questions?

Didn't think so. Good. See you at the winners' podium. Hello. No, I don't want a train driver!

Hold on! Where's the...? I haven't got a...!

The steering wheel! I can't drive a racing car without a steering wheel!

Oh, no! What am I going to do? Hold on. I remember, do you?

Racing cars have steering wheels that come off so racing drivers can get in and out of their cars easily.

That's it, we need to find a steering wheel.

Excuse me, Mr Bigshot, can I have a steering wheel, please?

-Hold on. Eh?

-A steering wheel.

-Hold on.

There you go. Now, drive!

SHE MIMICS ENGINE

Excuse me!

HE CLEARS THROAT

-What?

-You're suppose to turn the engine on!

Oh! Right, yes. Of...of course.

Silly me.

ENGINE REVS

This is fun!

Ready to go. Just need to get to the start line.

Wish me luck.

Good luck, Rebecca.

'So here we are at the race track.

'And they're all driving up for the big race of the day.'

Oh, and I see we have speedy Rebecca here. Give us a wave, Rebecca.

And we also have the world number one, he's as speedy as a greyhound with go-faster stripes,

it's Jean-Pierre Petit Pois La France!

Yes, that is me.

The champion! The best! The number one racing driver!

Ooh! It's him again.

You, other driver, take a look at this.

What the back of your car?

You will see a lot of that during the race as I drive in front of you and win.

-Oh, no, you won't.

-Oh, yes, I will.

-Won't!

-Will!

-You won't!

-Yes, I will!

OK, racing fans, hold on tight.

The race is about to begin.

We have five red shining lights.

And when they go out, it's, go, go, go!

Go!

-We're off!

-Bye!

Oh, he really is fast!

Look at him go!

Jean-Pierre Petit Pois has pulled away into the lead!

-Come on! We need to catch up!

-Go on!

Let's go!

And here comes Rebecca. She is driving really fast now.

-She's starting to move up the field.

-Faster, faster.

-She is really catching up!

-That's it, Rebecca!

-You will not catch me.

She is really moving! She is, she is catching up with the champ.

We've caught up! Let's go!

She is taking the lead!

-Bye, Jean-Pierre!

-Ah, I cannot go fast enough!

Rebecca is faster than Jean-Pierre!

-Come back here!

-Oh, my! Wow!

She is zooming away. What a racing driver she is!

It's great being a racing car driver.

The speed, the noise...

BANG!

..the bang of the tyre. The bang the tyre?

Oh, no! I don't believe it!

-No! Oh, no!

-What's going on?

Speedy Rebecca has a flat tyre.

She needs to get that fixed or she won't win the race.

Ha, ha!

Look at me! I am winning now!

Oh, no! I have got a flat tyre.

It is making me slow down and if I slow down, we won't win the race.

Right, I need to get it mended. But how?

TING!

Oh, hold on! I remember. Do you?

If a racing car gets a flat tyre,

it has to go to the pits to get fixed.

So, as Rebecca makes her way to the pits to get her car fixed,

Jean-Pierre is way in the lead.

Nah-nah-na-nah-nah! Woo hoo!

CAR RUMBLES TO A HALT

MECHANIC WHISTLES

Quick! Quick!

-Eh?

-I need a new tyre, please.

-What did you say?

-My tyre has burst. I need a new one, please.

You need to take off your ear defenders.

I need to take off my ear defenders. Cuts out the noise.

That's better. Oh, you know you have a flat tyre, don't you?

Yes. Please, I'm in a hurry.

Can you fix it really fast, please?

Let me see now. I can fit you in Tuesday?

No, I need it fixed now! I'm in a race!

Keep your hair on! Of course, you know what you need

if you want to fix a tyre fast, don't you?

-No, but I've a feeling you'll tell me.

-You need a pneumatic air wrench.

And do you have one?

You are in luck.

Hurrah!

-Thing is...

-Yes?

I need a metal tubey thing if I want to fix your tyre.

OK. And do you have one?

-No, I've lost it.

-Oh, no!

TING!

Hold on, this metal tube thingy, what does it look like exactly?

It is about this long, metal, tubey.

Oh, wait! I think I might have just the thing.

Here, is this it?

That's it!

Perfect.

-Great! Can you fix my tyre straight away, please?

-Will do.

-There! Now, go win that race.

-Thanks, Mr Mechanic.

# Let's play! #

Come on, we can do it.

She is really going fast now.

She is catching up with the other cars. Look at her go!

She is pulling after them. She is overtaking them.

Woo hoo!

I will beat all the others because I am the best driver in the world!

Look out, Jean-Pierre. Rebecca is right behind you.

What? You? Oh, no, you don't!

-Oh, yes I do!

-Don't.

-Do.

-Don't!

Forget that! I'm off!

Oh, she's getting past me!

Come on, let's win this race!

Look at her go! She's really got the bit between her teeth.

Woo hoo! We're doing it!

We're in the lead and we're going to win the race! Let's go!

CAR ENGINE SPLUTTERS

What's that?

Oh, no! There's something else wrong with my car!

What is it, though? It's not my tyres.

Oh, no!

I'm running out of petrol!

John Pierre is catching up with me. Come on, car!

We need just enough petrol to get us to the finish line. We can do it!

But where is the finish line? How can we tell where the finish line is?

And it is getting really, really close now.

They are battling away for the lead.

This is too exciting for words

but I will carry on talking because I am really very excited!

I'm coming up behind you. I will win now!

Oh, no you won't. So where is the finish line?

TING!

Oh, hold on, I remember, do you?

To win the race you have to pass a waving chequered flag.

So where is it?

Oh, there it is!

Have I got enough petrol to get to the finish line and win?

Come on, car. Just a little faster. Just a little more.

They are neck and neck, wheel to wheel!

What a race! Here's the finish line but who is going to come first?

And go!

CROWD CHEERS

We've done it!

She's done it!

I haven't done it.

Yes!

-We won the race!

-We have. We won the race!

Yes!

Phew!

And here she is, Speedy Rebecca, now the new racing car champion.

Congratulations, Rebecca!

CROWD CHEERS

Well done, Rebecca. I was relying on you and you came through for me,

you gutsy little superstar!

Phew, thanks, Mr Bigshot. It was close

but we pulled it off in the end.

But we would never have done it

without remembering everything we needed to know.

Racing cars have steering wheels that come off.

And if they get a flat tyre,

they have to go to the pits for a mechanic to fix.

And to win the race you have to be the first

to pass a waving chequered flag.

I tell you what, Rebecca, if you want to race again give me a call.

Thanks, Mr Bigshot.

# Let's play! #

-I think it's time we went home. Bye, Mr Bigshot.

-Cheerio!

-Bye, everyone!

-Bye-bye, Rebecca.

DRUMS BEAT

Sid, Sid, I had a fantastic time being a racing driver.

-Did you? What happened?

-Well, I had a fantastic race and I won!

-That is brilliant, Rebecca.

-What have you been doing?

Practising my song and drumming, of course. I like playing the drums.

Ah! I see you've decided to make it loud again.

Yes, well, it was not the same tapping them.

Ah. But it's all right because I know how

you can play your drums and I can read my book at the same time.

-Really, how?

-I can use these.

-Now I can read my book without hearing you.

-Brilliant!

Playing racing drivers was great fun. What do you like to play?

# Let's play! #

I like to play artists.

Painting is very messy.

I like to play bees and buzz around my garden.

Buzz! Buzz!

I like to play clowns and pull silly faces like this.

It's fun to play. Start playing today.

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies and click on Let's Play. See you soon!