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The ‘Super Sub’ shares passion fuelled stories of his path to Formula 1 and Indycar, a path filled with setbacks and seemingly insurmountable challenges but he never gave up!
An insight into his early life in Brazil and the close friendship he formed with F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet when they were both youngsters.
Heading to the UK to take on the world and not knowing a word of English. Sleeping in cars and cleaning legendary Aussie engineer Ron Tauranac’s workshop to make ends meet.
Plus his domination of Formula Ford, developing a Van Diemen for Ayrton Senna and Roberto’s wins in the Australian Grand Prix at Calder Park against Piquet, Alan Jones, Niki Lauda and more.
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