 He began racing karts in 1999 at age 13, where he won three South Brazilian championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004, besides the State championships of Parana and Santa Catarina in 2001 and 2003 respectively.In 2005 and 2006 he competed in the Brazilian Formula Renault with his own team, Kemba Racing.In 2007, with the extinction of the series he and the team didn't compete anywhere during the season, only returning to the track in 2008 in the South American Formula 3, where he scored regularly in the last three stages of the championship in Santa Cruz do Sul (RS), Curitiba (PR) and Interlagos (SP) and ending the year in ninth place.