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Roberto Moreno's fight into F1, life as a super sub, and replacement by Schumacher

Roberto Moreno's fight into F1, life as a super sub, and replacement by Schumacher

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 5 Jahren

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Some drivers seem destined to race in F1. Others have to fight
for it. Roberto Moreno was in the latter camp. He arrived in
Europe from Brazil with no money, yet he managed to climb the
racing ladder on talent alone. An F3000 champion, he got test
roles with Lotus and Ferrari, yet the bulk of his career - for
one reason or another - was spent with teams at the very back of
the grid. In this week’s show he tells us his inspirational
story, from performing heroics to make the cut in Monaco with
Andrea Moda (described by some as F1’s worst team), his dream
debut podium with Benetton in Japan in 1990, his childhood
friendship with Nelson Piquet, and how his frontline F1 career
was abruptly ended by the sudden emergence of one Michael
Schumacher…