The Sao Paulo Grand Prix fans don’t have a driver of their own to cheer on this weekend. In fact, there hasn’t been a Brazilian representative on the Formula 1 grid since Felipe Massa retired in 2017. Massa never won a world championship, though he came agonisingly close to snatching the title on home soil in 2008 before Lewis Hamilton’s unforgettable last-corner pass on Timo Glock. He was still a successful driver, racking up 11 Grand Prix victories. He followed legendary drivers like Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet, who won eight world championships between them, in racing…
