FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - November 17, 2019 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium with the third place trophy REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A young Black driver on Brazil's motor racing circuits has won the moniker 'Hamilton of the favelas' and the popular prospect says he is inspired by seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton to travel the same path on and off the track.
Wallace Martins, who currently drives in the Formula Delta category, got the nickname from other drivers because of his similarities – in looks and driving style - to Hamilton.
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