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I left Brazil. My mother said to me, Roberto, I'm going to leave you room the way it is.

If things don't work out, you just come back home. That was my drive.

Welcome to Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson. This week we're going back a few decades

to speak to a driver some of you may have heard of and some of you may not, but whose F1 story

is both inspiring and humbling and at times incredibly frustrating. His day of days came

at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. He finished second in that race behind his friend, mentor

and Benetton teammate Nelson P.K. The man I'm talking about is Brazilian Super sub, Roberto

Marano. Suzuki 90 was Roberto's first race for Benetton and the only podium of his Formula

One career. He'd been drafted into replace the injured Alessandro Naneini, hence the nickname

Super sub. He would race for the team for most of 1991 as well, until that is one Michael

Schumacher arrived on the scene and replaced him from the Italian Grand Prix onwards.

But Roberto's untimely exit from Benetton shouldn't detract from what he achieved in

his racing career because it was a career that happened against all odds. He arrived in

Europe from Brazil with no money, not a cent, and yet he managed to climb the racing ladder

on talent alone. He was Formula 3000 champion and got test roles with Colin Chapman's Lotus

and with Ferrari, the latter as they were developing their iconic semi-automatic gearbox

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