Racing career Palhares began in
Formula Ford and won the
Formula Ford Festival in 1989. He moved to the
British Formula Three Championship in 1990 competing in six races but not scoring. He moved to
Italian F3 the next year and finished 11th in points. He was second in Italian F3 in 1992 with two race wins. In 1993 he competed in four
Japanese F3 races and finished 12th in points. After taking 1994 off from high-level racing, he competed in the American
Indy Lights series in 1995 for
PacWest Racing for the first four races of the season with a best finish of eighth at
Phoenix International Raceway and finishing 20th in points. That was the end of his professional racing career.
Fake news controversy In 2020, Palhares began working for Brazil's
Supreme Federal Court. In 2024,
Paulo Gonet fired Palhares for allegedly disseminating fake news and messages calling for a
coup d'etat against the government. ==References==