Ahead of us is the traditional race for GP of Brazil, which takes place on the racetrack Jose Carlos Pace Autodrome v Sao Paulo, urban area Interlagos. Let's look at history and answer the question first how much racers from Brazil really comes from Sao Paulo, secondly, how did z Brazilian racers even started. Something is certainly a real myth: Emerson Fittipaldi was the trigger of all Brazilian talent Formula 1. He was not a two-time world champion not the first racer Formula 1 from Brazil, neither the first racer from Sao Paulo. However, he was a racer who is in his homeland a young racer showed that if someone wants to to take root in Europe, this must v Great Britain.
Let's take a look at Brazilian Formula 1 racers, their places of birth and the years in which they were active:
Chico Landi (1951–1953 and 1956): São Paulo
Gino Bianco (1952): Milan
Nano da Silva Ramos (1955/1956): Paris
Fritz d'Orey (1959): São Paulo
Emerson Fittipaldi (1970–1980): São Paulo
Wilson Fittipaldi (1972/1973 and 1975): São Paulo
José Carlos Pace (1972–1977): São Paulo
Luiz Pereira Bueno (1973): São Paulo
Ingo Hoffmann (1976/1977): São Paulo
Alex Dias Ribeiro (1976/1977 and 1979): Belo Horizonte
Nelson Piquet (1978–1991): Rio de Janeiro
Chico Serra (1981–1983): São Paulo
Raul Boesel (1982/1983): Curitiba
Roberto Moreno (1982, 1987, 1989–1992 and 1995): Rio de Janeiro
Ayrton Senna (1984–1994): São Paulo
Mauricio Gugelmin (1988–1992): Joinville
Christian Fittipaldi (1988–1992): São Paulo
Rubens Barrichello (1993-2011): São Paulo
Pedro Paulo Diniz (1995–2000): São Paulo
Ricardo Rosset (1996–1998). São Paulo
Tarso Marques (1996/1997 and 2001): Curitiba
Ricardo Zonta (1999–2001 and 2004/2005): Curitiba
Luciano Burti (2000/2001): São Paulo
Enrique Bernoldi (2001/2002): Curitiba
Felipe Massa (2002 and 2004–2017): São Paulo
Cristiano da Matta (2003/2004): Belo Horizonte
Antonio Pizzonia (2003-2005): Manaus
Nelsinho Piquet (2008/2009): Heidelberg
Bruno Senna (2010-2012): São Paulo
Lucas di Grassi (2010): São Paulo
Felipe Nasr (2015/2016): Brasilia
We can see that out of 31 racers it came 17 from Sao Paulo, which is more than all the other places where other Brazilian racers came from.
But a true pioneer of the Brazilians Grand Prix the racers called himself Francisco Sacco Landi, Briefly Chico, son of an Italian emigrant. He came from a humble family, his supporter in racing was Manuel de Teffé, a rich son of a diplomat. De Teffé was one of the first racers from Brazil, but began his career in Italy and which is why many Brazilians did not accept it as Landia.
Landi he worked in the garage as a mechanic as a child, and soon attended as well illegal street racing. Years 1934 stood at the start of the second Grand Prix race in Rio and sensationally led, but unfortunately he was betrayed by the engine eight laps before the end. He won Irineu Correa. After he did Chico Landi in the mid-30s established an angle the best racer in Brazil, traveled abroad. V Bern leta 1938 was eighth. Years 1941 won the race in Rio and after the war another race in Bari (Italy), which was marked as a Grand Prix race but was driven according to the rules Formula 2.
Landi is his first race modern Formula 1 drove away for years 1951 in Monza (in his own Ferrari 375/50), between the years 1952 in 1956 has competed in Formula 1 occasionally with Maserati, as a factory racer of the Italian manufacturer, was in 1956 fourth in the race v Argentina. Landi raced all the way up 60s, but died thirty years ago in his hometown Sao Paulo.
