When it comes to racecar drivers, Brasil’s Helio Castroneves & Tony Kanaan are THE speed racers to know. Check out their stat cards below so that, when the Indy500 revs up on May 25^th, you can be in the know:   

Raphael Viana is a Brasilian novella star on Globo TV. Born in 1983 in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro, he made his television debut in 2007 acting on GNT’s Irene’s Dilemma and has since gone on to appear in Araguaia and Morde e Assopra. In his current role as Joshua in Amor, Eterno Amor (Love, Eternal Love) he plays a cowboy who becomes a successful model. Here, he shares what it’s like to be a very popular (and handsome!) TV star in Brasil for a day: