SCHOLARSHIP WINNER MARTINS MEETS LEWIS
Team Brazil Scholarship winner Wallace Martins got to meet Lewis Hamilton on Brazilian TV during the recent Brazilian Grand Prix event in a surprise set up by channel TV Globo.
Martins raced in last month’s Formula Ford Festival with the Swift Cooper team, his prize from winning the inaugural scholarship, and finished 13th in the final.
Martins is nicknamed ‘The Hamilton of Brazil’ so after his Festival appearance TV Globo had the idea to get Hamilton and Martins to meet. Martins thought he was just being picked up to be interviewed by the channel, but when the car arrived Hamilton was in the front seat.
The seven-time Formula 1 World champion also invited Martins to watch the grand prix and Martins also got onto the grid.
Martins said: “For me it was fantastic to be able to meet Hamilton in person. He’s a fantastic guy, we talked a little about the difficulty of getting into motorsport, and what it’s like to be an athlete in Brazil.
“I have no words to describe the emotion it was to be able to talk to him. It was amazing.”