Wallace Martins, the 'Hamilton of the favela' with racing in his blood
- hace 3 años
São Paulo, Nov 28 (EFE).- At just 17, Wallace Martins is already an emerging figure on the racing circuits of Brazil, a calling he strives to finance in any which way he can given his humble background. He has already been dubbed the ‘Hamilton of the favela.’
One of his living room walls is stacked with trophies, on the other, there is a racing kart.
The young racer from the northern outskirts of Sao Paulo is set on overcoming the chronic inequality in Brazil, a country that has produced Formula One giants like Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, one of Wallace’s idols along with British driver Lewis Hamilton.
(Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
One of his living room walls is stacked with trophies, on the other, there is a racing kart.
The young racer from the northern outskirts of Sao Paulo is set on overcoming the chronic inequality in Brazil, a country that has produced Formula One giants like Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, one of Wallace’s idols along with British driver Lewis Hamilton.
(Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)