brazilian drivers, such as nelson piquet, ayrton senna and emerson fittipaldi, dominated the brazilian racing circuit since the late 1970s and put the country on the map for auto racing.

ayrton senna, having won three formula one championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991, has been titled one of the best formula one drivers in history - bringing devastation to the whole nation, ayrton was killed in an accident in a grand prix event in italy.

nowadays brazilian grand prix events are held at the jose carlos pace (interlagos) track in sao paolo but discussions are taking place to bring the events back to rio de janeiro.

locations for kart racing can be found in barra and north zone of rio de janeiro