MARTINS IS LATEST BRAZIL SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST
Team Brazil Scholarship has picked teenage Brazilian Formula Vee champion Wallace Martins as its fourth finalist competing for a place in this year’s Formula Ford Festival.
Martins, who is 19 years old, took five victories on his way to winning the Formula Vee Paulista championship in 2020. He then graduated to the Brazilian Formula Delta championship where he got six podiums and one win and finished third in the table.
There will be six finalists in the inaugural scholarship. Its panel, which includes Formula 1 racer and 1980 Festival winner Roberto Moreno, will use race results and interviews to pick one finalist to race in the famous end-of-year Brands Hatch event.
The first Team Brazil Scholarship selection was planned for 2021’s Festival but was pushed back due to Covid and the already picked finalists were moved to this year’s contest. USA and Canadian scholarship teams have been fixtures across recent Festivals.