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The Winning Formula

Racing Hearts, Book 1

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The Winning Formula

By: Cara Veloce
Narrated by: Maddy MacRae, Ryan Corr, Aaron Jeffery, Tai Hara, Alison McGirr, Annie Maynard, Lucy Bell, Tom Conroy, Julian Garner, Vince Colosimo
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An engineer looking to prove herself. A driver in need of a comeback. One race season to win it all…

Sienna Skye is a race engineer at GreenSkye Racing, one of the top F1 teams, crunching the critical data so their drivers perform their best on the racetrack. As one of the few female engineers in the sport, she’s determined to show everyone she’s capable of winning a championship for her team.

Finn Di Santis is a driver whose steely determination and killer instincts used to win him Grand Prixes and racing contracts. Now, he’s scraping by at the bottom of the leaderboard with only his charm keeping the sponsors happy. All Finn has ever wanted is to race, but his dream might come to an end if he doesn’t start winning.

When an opportunity arises for them to compete together this season, it could be Sienna’s biggest career moment and Finn’s chance at the comeback of his life. With the cameras and pressure on them, the race is on for Sienna and Finn to fall into sync and bring home victory. As their reluctant partnership turns into something more complicated, Sienna and Finn begin to wonder if there’s more at stake here than their careers. If they can learn to trust each other, they could be the perfect equation to winning it all. But can they make it through the season with their hearts intact?

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Editorial Review

Feed your need for speed
Move over hockey, there’s a hot new sport taking over romance libraries. Formula One romances are booming right now. Maybe it’s the fact that F1 drivers are super hot, the thrill of cars racing at dangerous speeds or the exotic race locations. Whatever it is, in the new Audible Original romance The Winning Formula, you get all three. Australian author Cara Veloce’s debut is a pulse-pounding love story between F1 engineer Sienna Skye and driver Finn Di Santis. Their reluctant working relationship turns into something more as they travel the world and fall in love while trying to win a Grand Prix. The immersive audio experience is anchored by a full cast that’s a who’s who of Aussie talent, led by podcast host Maddy MacRae and actor Ryan Corr. You’ll hear the cars whizzing around the track, the sound of the crowds cheering and the crackle of radio comms as Sienna and Finn banter back and forth. To find out more about The Winning Formula, read my interview with Cara Veloce. —Margaret H., Audible Editor

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Wow! what an incredible, immersive experience, so unexpected and genuinely swoon-worthy. Incredibly emotional and moving as well, I wasn't expecting to cry as much as I did. The narrators are on point, the story is electrifying and that final race scene! Wow! Everything I needed while waiting for the 2025 season to start!

Fantastic!

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Hands down the best Original I’ve listened to. I don’t know much about F1, but that didn’t seem to matter. This had me HOOKED. What a cast… !!! I felt like they were in my head. So fun with the sound effects too. Can we have a sequel?!?! Goosebumps and all the feels

Wow! I don’t know much about F1 but… LOVE THIS

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Immersive story, sound effects and performances! Loved it, I want to continue to hear more Australian voices on here! However the voice actors were the absolute hero of this audiobook. You could really hear the emotion in their voices -wasn’t boring at all. Please bring us another similar story!

Love to hear Aussie actors!

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Great storyline, smart female protagonist, endearing and cheeky male love interest! Go women in STEM!

Great to hear Aussie narrators!

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I love the focus on women in Stem.
I loved the emotion Finn expressed, especially over losing Lars.
This was a good listen.

Feminist and romantic.

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Really enjoyed this specially as incidentally was watching Netflix’s formula 1 show. The story is fun and like a rom com, goes where you want it to go. No twists here - just some nice romance.
Narrators were amazing. Only thing I think would have been made better would be if the narrators were in duet all the time and not only some chapters. Some key chapters to the romance could have used the two voices in my opinion. Voice actors did great but strange choice from production.

Fun Formula 1 story

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Overall, I really enjoyed this listen.
I just wish it had been read as a duet, especially since there are two narrators. I don’t usually like any production in my audiobooks, but the sounds of the helmet comms and cars were a gripping delight.
The story wasn’t revolutionary, but it was fun and enjoyable. There were some well-handled darker moments, but overall, it was an easy listen.

A well-placed win.

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Terrific little story especially for those that love F1 and an easy to listen to love story.

Worth the listen

Great quick book (pardon the pun)

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I felt so immersed in the story. Very much enjoyed it. Don’t know much about f1 but I didn’t feel lost at all

So much fun

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I hesitated to listen to this one but ended up loving it. Along the way I thought it had so much potential as a duet or for some of the scenes and parts of the story to have a bit more depth but it’s was a really sweet refreshing easy listen. The production was also great! Got so nervous listening to the races!

So glad I listened

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