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Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi in 2020
Born (1946-12-12) 12 December 1946 (age 78)
São Paulo, Brazil
Spouses
Maria Helena ​ ​(m. 1970; div. 1982)​
Teresa Hotte ​ ​(m. 1983; div. 2002)​
Rossana Fanucchi ​(m. 2012)​
Children7, including Emerson Jr.
Relatives
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Active years1970–1980
TeamsLotus, McLaren, Fittipaldi
Entries149 (144 starts)
Championships2 (1972, 1974)
Wins14
Podiums35
Career points281
Pole positions6
Fastest laps6
First entry1970 British Grand Prix
First win1970 United States Grand Prix
Last win1975 British Grand Prix
Last entry1980 United States Grand Prix
Champ Car career
195 races run over 13 years
Best finish1st (1989)
First race1984 Long Beach Grand Prix (Long Beach)
Last race1996 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
First win1985 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
Last win1995 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix (Nazareth)
Wins Podiums Poles
22 65 17
Signature

Emerson Fittipaldi (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛmeʁsõ fitʃiˈpawdʒi]; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Fittipaldi won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1972 and 1974 with Lotus and McLaren, respectively; he won 14 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Fittipaldi won the IndyCar World Series in 1989 with Patrick, and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.

Moving up from Formula Two, Fittipaldi made his race debut for Team Lotus as a third driver at the 1970 British Grand Prix. After Jochen Rindt was killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, the Brazilian became Lotus's lead driver in only his fifth Grand Prix. He enjoyed considerable success with Lotus, winning the World Drivers' Championship in 1972 at the age of 25. At the time, he was the youngest ever F1 world champion, and he held the record for 33 years. He later moved to McLaren for 1974, winning the title once again, and helping McLaren win their first Constructors' Championship. He surprised the paddock by moving to his brother's Fittipaldi Automotive team prior to the 1976 season, being replaced by James Hunt. Success eluded him during his final years in Formula One, with the Fittipaldi cars not competitive enough to fight for victories. Fittipaldi took two more podium finishes, before retiring in 1980.

Following his Formula One career, Fittipaldi moved to the American CART series, achieving numerous successes, including the 1989 CART title and two wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1989 and 1993. Since his retirement from Indy Car racing in 1996, Fittipaldi races only occasionally. In 2008, he became one of only three people in history to have a Corvette production car named in his honor. At age 67, he entered the 2014 6 Hours of São Paulo.

Early life

Emerson Fittipaldi was born on 12 December 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the younger son of prominent Italian-Brazilian motorsports journalist and radio commentator Wilson Fittipaldi Sr and his wife Józefa "Juzy" Wojciechowska, an immigrant from Saint Petersburg of Polish and Russian descent.

He was named after American author and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Both of his parents had raced production cars shortly after World War II, and his father was responsible for the first Mil Milhas race in 1956, in São Paulo, having been inspired by the 1949 Italian Mille Miglia. Emerson, along with his brother Wilson, became motorsports enthusiasts as young children.

Career history

Fittipaldi driving the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School F3 Lotus 59 in the 1969 F3 Guards Trophy at Brands Hatch

At age 14, Fittipaldi was racing motorcycles, and at 16, hydroplanes. While racing one day, his brother Wilson blew over at 70 mph (110 km/h) and landed upside down. Wilson was uninjured in the accident, but it prompted both Fittipaldi brothers to stop competing in boat racing and focus solely on racing land vehicles. In 1967, Fittipaldi won the 6 Hours of Interlagos in a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia at the age of 20, and a year later the 12 Hours of Porto Alegre.

The pair moved to racing Formula Vees, and built up a company with their parents. In his second season in single-seaters, Fittipaldi won the Brazilian Formula Vee title at age 21. He left for Europe in 1969, with the ambition to convince team owners of his talent in three months. After some podiums and his first victories in Formula Ford, Fittipaldi was first trained and then subsequently engaged by the Jim Russell Driving School Formula Three team. He won nine F3 races on the Jim Russell Lotus 59 in the MCD Lombard Championship to become the 1969 champion.

Formula Two

For 1970, Fittipaldi moved up to F2 by joining the Lotus semi-works Team Bardahl campaigning Lotus 59B. With six finishes in the points and four on the podium, he ended the eight-race season in third place behind Clay Regazzoni and Derek Bell. While this result was very impressive for the newcomer to the series, the spotlight was on Fittipaldi that year because of his activities in Formula One instead.

Formula One

Lotus (1970–1973)

Based on the success of the Cosworth DFV engine and Lotus 49/49B cars in 1968, Team Lotus was enjoying the reputation as one of the top F1 teams with the inflow of sponsorship money, and Colin Chapman used the third seat on the team for championship races as the testing ground for younger drivers. This was in contrast to the team's tradition to use non-championship F1 events for the purpose.

The third seat was given to Alex Soler-Roig in early 1970, and then to Fittipaldi starting with the British GP in July, with Jochen Rindt and John Miles as the regular seat holders. Fittipaldi scored a fourth place as the No. 3 driver at the next German GP where the No. 1 Jochen Rindt won, and the No. 2 John Miles retired.

Team Lotus plans for the season drastically changed when Jochen Rindt was killed at Monza in September and became the only driver to win the championship posthumously. John Miles also left the team, and Fittipaldi was promoted to be the Lotus No. 1 driver on his fifth F1 race at the United States GP with Reine Wisell and Pete Lovely as the teammates. Fittipaldi proved up to the task and won this first post-Rindt race for Lotus.

In his first full year as Lotus's lead driver in 1971, Fittipaldi finished sixth in the Drivers' Championship as the team further developed the previous season's Lotus 72. Armed with what was arguably the greatest Formula one design of all time, the Lotus 72D, Fittipaldi proved dominant in 1972 as he won five of 11 races and claimed the F1 Drivers' Championship.

At 25, he was then the youngest champion in F1 history. It appeared he might do it again in 1973. After three wins in four attempts with the 72D, he began to struggle in the new 72E that was unveiled mid-year. It resulted in the reverse of the previous year, with Stewart beating Fittipaldi for the Drivers' Championship.

McLaren (1974–1975)

Fittipaldi left Lotus to sign with the promising McLaren team. Driving the highly efficient McLaren M23, he had three victories in 1974, reached the podium four other times, and beat out Clay Regazzoni in a close battle for his second championship. The following season, he notched two more victories and four other podiums, but was second to a dominant Niki Lauda.

Fittipaldi (1976–1980)

However, at the height of his F1 success, Fittipaldi shocked everyone by leaving McLaren to race for older brother Wilson Fittipaldi's Copersucar-sponsored Fittipaldi Automotive team.

He remained with the team for five seasons but only managed a best finish of second. Fittipaldi decided to retire from racing at the end of 1980. He has since said that his last two years in Formula One were very unhappy: "I was too involved in the problems of trying to make the team work, and I neglected my marriage and my personal life", although at the time he cited the deaths of many of his colleagues as his reason. He was only 33, but had been racing in Formula One for a decade. He had failed to finish seven of the last ten races that year and had several times been outpaced by his Finnish teammate Keke Rosberg (a future champion himself). He moved into the management of the team alongside his brother. The team struggled on for another two years with minimal sponsorship, going into receivership at the end of 1982.

CART

After leaving F1 in 1980, Fittipaldi took time out from major racing for four years. In 1984, the 37-year-old Fittipaldi made his debut in the American CART series. He spent his first season acclimatising to IndyCars, driving for two teams before joining Patrick Racing as a replacement for Chip Ganassi, who had been seriously injured in the 1984 Michigan 500. The 1985 Michigan 500 marked Fittipaldi's first victory in CART. Fittipaldi stayed five years with Patrick Racing, recording six victories and solid finishes in the overall standings.

In 1989 Fittipaldi had five wins, finished in the top five in every race he completed, and was the CART champion. Among his wins was a dominant performance in the 1989 Indianapolis 500 where he led 158 of 200 laps and won by two laps, but only after a dramatic duel with Al Unser Jr. in the closing laps of the race. Unser ran down Fittipaldi after a late-race restart and passed him for the lead on lap 196. Three laps later, Fittipaldi used lapped traffic to his advantage to pull alongside Unser on the backstretch. Neither driver would give way, and the two cars touched wheels as they went through turn three side by side. Unser's car spun out of control to hit the outside wall, while Fittipaldi was able to maintain sufficient control to keep his car moving straight. In spite of the altercation, Unser applauded Fittipaldi from the infield as Fittipaldi passed by on the final lap.

Fittipaldi during the 1990 Indianapolis 500

Roger Penske hired Fittipaldi for his racing team in 1990 and he continued to be among the top drivers in CART, winning at least one race with Penske for six straight years. But for bad luck he might have won three consecutive Indianapolis 500s, suffering blistered tires in 1990 and a gearbox failure in 1991, both while leading. In 1993 he added a second Indianapolis 500 victory by taking the lead from reigning Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell on lap 185 and holding it for the remainder.

Fittipaldi navigating the Keyhole section at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1992

The race saw him break Indianapolis victory lane tradition when he drank a celebratory bottle of orange juice before the traditional bottle of milk. He was only the second driver to not drink milk at Indianapolis since the tradition was founded in 1936 (and firmly established in 1956). Fittipaldi owned several orange groves in his native Brazil, and wanted to promote the citrus industry. Fan reaction was negative to the break in tradition despite the fact that Fittipaldi did drink milk shortly after. As a result of drinking the juice, Fittipaldi forfeited $5,000 from the winner's purse and publicly apologized to the American Dairy Association.

Fan reaction to the milk snub was highly negative, and he was booed a week later at Milwaukee, a center of the American dairy industry. In the years that followed, many fans continued to hold the action against him. In interviews since, Fittipaldi explained his action, and apologised for the wave of negativity that followed. Fittipaldi returned to Indianapolis to drive the Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car for the 2008 Indianapolis 500. Despite the passage of 15 years, he was again booed and heckled by some fans during the parade laps.

Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994

In May 1994, Fittipaldi skipped a practice session for the Indianapolis 500 after his close friend Ayrton Senna, also a native of Brazil and a former Formula One champion, died in a crash. Fittipaldi was one of the pallbearers during Senna's funeral, alongside Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost and several other F1 world champions. Fittipaldi nearly won his third 500 but clipped the turn 4 wall with 15 laps to go while he was holding a nearly full lap lead over teammate Unser Jr.

Approaching 50, Fittipaldi was still driving in CART in 1996 when an injury at Michigan International Speedway ended his career. Fittipaldi did not return to the series as a driver after the injury. Fittipaldi finished his CART career with 22 wins. In 2003 he made a return to CART as a team owner.

Later career

Fittipaldi at the 2011 São Paulo Indy 300. He waved the green flag at the start of the race.

Fittipaldi was the acting team principal for the Brazilian A1 GP entry. In 2005 Fittipaldi made a surprise return to competitive racing in the Grand Prix Masters event held at Kyalami in South Africa, finishing second behind fellow F1 driver Nigel Mansell.

In 2008, Emerson and his brother Wilson entered the Brazilian GT3 Championship, driving a Porsche 997 GT3 for the WB Motorsports team. In 2011, he started embracing social media and became a Chairman of Motorsport.com. In 2013 he began writing a regular monthly blog column on the official website of McLaren.

Awards

Personal life

Family

Fittipaldi with Italian fans at Mugello in 1974

Fittipaldi is the younger brother of former Formula One driver and team owner Wilson Fittipaldi. He is the uncle of TUDOR United Sports Car Championship driver Christian Fittipaldi. He was married to Maria Helena from 1970-82. They had three children. He was married a second time, to Teresa, in the mid-1980s. They have two children.

In early December 2012, Fittipaldi married economist Rossana Fanucchi in São Paulo after a partnership of eleven years. They have a son, Emerson Jr., born in 2007, and daughter Vittoria, born in early 2012. Emerson Jr. competed in the 2021 F4 Danish Championship, finishing third overall.

His daughter Tatiana married racing driver Max Papis. They have two children, Marco Papis and Matteo Papis; Emerson's grandsons.

His daughter Juliana had two sons and a daughter with Carlos da Cruz, Pietro, Enzo and Valentina Fittipaldi. Pietro and Enzo are also racing drivers, with Enzo being announced as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in November 2022. Pietro made his Formula 1 debut at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix driving for the Haas F1 Team. For 2024, he signed to run a full IndyCar schedule with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Life

In September 1997, while recovering from injuries in a crash at Michigan International Speedway a year earlier, he was flying his private plane across his orange tree farm in the state of São Paulo. The plane lost power and plunged 90 metres (300 ft) to the ground, leaving him with serious back injuries. Though Fittipaldi had converted to Christianity the year prior, his beliefs were reinforced after the crash. Fittipaldi is a Protestant in the Presbyterian tradition.

He was a friend of Beatles guitarist George Harrison and was with him shortly before Harrison died in November 2001.

In 2016, Fittipaldi established Fittipaldi Motors and, along with Pininfarina and HWA AG, created his first sports car project, the Fittipaldi EF7, though the car never entered production.

In August 2022, Fittipaldi announced his candidacy for the Italian Senate, representing the South American overseas constituency, running as a member of the Brothers of Italy political party, being eventually defeated by Italo-Argentine Mario Borghese a month later in the 2022 Italian parliamentary elections.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1969 British Formula Three Jim Russell Racing Driver School 11 7 1 4 9 57 1st
1970 European Formula Two Lotus Components Team Bardahl 6 0 0 0 4 25 3rd
Formula One Gold Leaf Team Lotus 5 1 0 0 1 12 10th
1971 Formula One Gold Leaf Team Lotus 9 0 0 0 3 16 6th
World Wide Racing 1 0 0 0 0
1972 Formula One John Player Team Lotus 11 4 3 0 7 61 1st
World Wide Racing 1 1 0 0 1
1973 Formula One John Player Team Lotus 15 3 1 5 8 55 2nd
1974 Formula One Marlboro Team Texaco 15 3 2 0 7 55 1st
1975 Formula One Marlboro Team McLaren 13 2 0 1 6 45 2nd
1976 Formula One Copersucar-Fittipaldi 15 0 0 0 0 3 17th
1977 Formula One Copersucar-Fittipaldi 14 0 0 0 0 11 12th
1978 Formula One Fittipaldi Automotive 16 0 0 0 1 17 10th
1979 Formula One Fittipaldi Automotive 15 0 0 0 0 1 21st
1980 Formula One Skol Fittipaldi Automotive 14 0 0 0 1 5 15th
1983-84 USAC Championship Car GTS Racing 1 0 0 0 0 5 37th
1984 PPG Indy Car World Series WIT Racing 3 0 0 0 0 30 15th
H&R Racing 2 0 0 0 0
Patrick Racing 4 0 0 0 0
1985 PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 15 1 0 0 4 104 6th
24 Hours of Daytona Ralph Sanchez Racing 0 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
1986 PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 17 1 2 0 5 103 7th
1987 PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 15 2 0 0 3 78 10th
1988 PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 15 2 1 0 5 105 7th
1989 PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 15 5 4 0 8 196 1st
1990 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Penske 16 1 2 0 6 144 5th
1991 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Penske 17 1 2 0 6 140 5th
1992 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Penske 16 4 2 3 7 151 4th
1993 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Penske 16 3 2 3 9 183 2nd
1994 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Penske 16 1 2 4 10 178 2nd
1995 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Penske 16 1 0 2 2 67 11th
1996 PPG Indy Car World Series Hogan Penske 12 0 0 1 0 29 19th
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am AF Corse 1 0 0 0 0 8 23rd
Source:

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Pts.
1970 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49C Ford V8 RSA
 ESP
 MON
 BEL
 NED
 FRA
 GBR
8 		GER
4 		AUT
15 		10th 12
Lotus 72C Ford V8 ITA
DNS 		CAN
 USA
1 		MEX
Ret
1971 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford V8 RSA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		6th 16
Lotus 72D Ford V8 MON
5 		NED
 FRA
3 		GBR
3 		GER
Ret 		AUT
2 		CAN
7 		USA
NC
World Wide Racing Lotus 56B P&W gas turbine ITA
8
1972 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 72D Ford V8 ARG
Ret 		RSA
2 		ESP
1 		MON
3 		BEL
1 		FRA
2 		GBR
1 		GER
Ret 		AUT
1 		CAN
11 		USA
Ret 		1st 61
World Wide Racing Lotus 72D Ford V8 ITA
1
1973 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 72D Ford V8 ARG
1 		BRA
1 		RSA
3 		2nd 55
Lotus 72E Ford V8 ESP
1 		BEL
3 		MON
2 		SWE
12 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		NED
Ret 		GER
6 		AUT
Ret 		ITA
2 		CAN
2 		USA
6
1974 Marlboro Team Texaco McLaren M23 Ford V8 ARG
10 		BRA
1 		RSA
7 		ESP
3 		BEL
1 		MON
5 		SWE
4 		NED
3 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
2 		GER
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		ITA
2 		CAN
1 		USA
4 		1st 55
1975 Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford V8 ARG
1 		BRA
2 		RSA
NC 		ESP
DNS 		MON
2 		BEL
7 		SWE
8 		NED
Ret 		FRA
4 		GBR
1 		GER
Ret 		AUT
9 		ITA
2 		USA
2 		2nd 45
1976 Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 Ford V8 BRA
13 		RSA
17 		USW
6 		ESP
Ret 		BEL
DNQ 		MON
6 		SWE
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
6 		GER
13 		AUT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		ITA
15 		CAN
Ret 		USA
9 		JPN
Ret 		17th 3
1977 Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 Ford V8 ARG
4 		BRA
4 		RSA
10 		USW
5 		ESP
14 		MON
Ret 		SWE
18 		12th 11
Fittipaldi F5 Ford V8 BEL
Ret 		FRA
11 		GBR
Ret 		GER
DNQ 		AUT
11 		NED
4 		ITA
DNQ 		USA
13 		CAN
Ret 		JPN
WD
1978 Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A Ford V8 ARG
9 		BRA
2 		RSA
Ret 		USW
8 		MON
9 		BEL
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		SWE
6 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
4 		AUT
4 		NED
5 		ITA
8 		USA
5 		CAN
Ret 		10th 17
1979 Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A Ford V8 ARG
6 		BRA
11 		USW
Ret 		ESP
11 		BEL
9 		MON
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		21st 1
Fittipaldi F6 Ford V8 RSA
13
Fittipaldi F6A Ford V8 GER
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		ITA
8 		CAN
8 		USA
7
1980 Skol Fittipaldi Team Fittipaldi F7 Ford V8 ARG
NC 		BRA
15 		RSA
8 		USW
3 		BEL
Ret 		MON
6 		FRA
Ret 		15th 5
Fittipaldi F8 Ford V8 GBR
12 		GER
Ret 		AUT
11 		NED
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		USA
Ret
Sources:

Non-championship Formula One results

Fittipaldi at the 1974 Race of Champions

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1971 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72 Ford V8 ARG
Ret 		QUE
Ret 		SPR
7 		RIN OUL VIC
2
Lotus 56B P&W gas turbine ROC
Ret 		INT
Ret
1972 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 72D Ford V8 ROC
1 		BRA
Ret 		INT
1 		OUL
2 		REP
1 		VIC
Ret
1973 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 72 Ford V8 ROC
Ret 		INT
Ret
1974 Marlboro Team Texaco McLaren M23 Ford V8 PRE
1 		ROC
3 		INT
1975 Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford V8 ROC
5 		INT
2 		SUI
Ret
1978 Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A Ford V8 INT
2
1980 Skol Fittipaldi Team Fittipaldi F7 Ford V8 ESP
5
Source:

USAC

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 Rank Points Ref
1983-84 GTS Racing DQSF INDY
32 		37th 5

CART

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1984 WIT Racing March 83C Cosworth DFX V8 t LBH
5 		PHX
12 		15th 30
March 84C INDY
32 		MIL POR
H&R Racing MEA
7 		CLE
20 		MCH ROA POC
Patrick Racing MDO
4 		SAN
18 		MCH
12 		PHX LAG CPL
13
1985 Patrick Racing March 85C Cosworth DFX V8 t LBH
2 		INDY
13 		MIL
8 		POR
3 		MEA
2 		CLE
8 		MCH
1 		ROA
5 		POC
6 		MDO
8 		SAN
25 		MCH
13 		LAG
24 		PHX
8 		MIA
26 		6th 104
1986 Patrick Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX
3 		LBH
16 		INDY
7 		MIL
24 		POR
12 		MEA
2 		CLE
13 		TOR
17 		MCH
20 		POC
19 		MDO
21 		SAN
3 		MCH
3 		ROA
1 		LAG
7 		PHX
5 		MIA
20 		7th 103
1987 Patrick Racing March 87C Chevrolet 265A V8 t LBH
19 		PHX
18 		INDY
16 		MIL
7 		POR
14 		MEA
3 		CLE
1 		TOR
1* 		MCH
7 		POC
18 		ROA
18 		MDO
6 		NAZ
21 		LAG
20 		MIA
10 		10th 78
1988 Patrick Racing March 88C Chevrolet 265A V8 t PHX
21 		LBH
16 		INDY
2 		MIL
3 		POR
3 		7th 105
Lola T88/00 CLE
19 		TOR
4 		MCH
19
Lola T87/00 MEA
14* 		POC
21 		MDO
1* 		ROA
1* 		NAZ
8 		LAG
16 		MIA
20
1989 Patrick Racing Penske PC-17 Chevrolet 265A V8 t PHX
5 		LBH
3 		1st 196
Penske PC-18 INDY
1* 		MIL
16 		DET
1 		POR
1* 		CLE
1* 		MEA
2 		TOR
2 		MCH
14 		POC
19 		MDO
4 		ROA
5 		NAZ
1* 		LAG
5
1990 Team Penske Penske PC-19 Chevrolet 265A V8 t PHX
5 		LBH
2 		INDY
3* 		MIL
3 		DET
7 		POR
9 		CLE
3 		MEA
6 		TOR
20 		MCH
17* 		DEN
18 		VAN
6 		MDO
12 		ROA
2 		NAZ
1* 		LAG
6 		5th 144
1991 Team Penske Penske PC-20 Chevrolet 265A V8 t SRF
19 		LBH
17 		PHX
3 		INDY
11 		MIL
8 		DET
1* 		POR
2 		CLE
2* 		MEA
7 		TOR
21 		MCH
20 		DEN
2 		VAN
17 		MDO
2 		ROA
6 		NAZ
8 		LAG
4 		5th 140
1992 Team Penske Penske PC-21 Chevrolet 265B V8 t SRF
1 		PHX
3 		LBH
3 		INDY
24 		DET
8 		POR
2 		MIL
4 		NHA
21 		TOR
19 		MCH
13 		CLE
1* 		ROA
1* 		VAN
19 		MDO
1 		NAZ
7 		LAG
19 		4th 151
1993 Team Penske Penske PC-22 Chevrolet 265C V8 t SRF
2* 		PHX
14 		LBH
13 		INDY
1 		MIL
3 		DET
23 		POR
1* 		CLE
2 		TOR
2 		MCH
13 		NHA
3 		ROA
5 		VAN
7 		MDO
1* 		NAZ
5 		LAG
2 		2nd 183
1994 Team Penske Penske PC-23 Ilmor 265D V8 t SRF
2 		PHX
1* 		LBH
21 		MIL
2 		DET
2 		POR
2 		CLE
20 		TOR
3 		MCH
10 		MDO
3 		NHA
3* 		VAN
9 		ROA
3 		NAZ
3 		LAG
4 		2nd 178
Mercedes-Benz 500I V8 t INDY
17*
1995 Team Penske Penske PC-24 Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8 t MIA
24 		SRF
18 		PHX
3* 		LBH
20 		NAZ
1 		INDY
DNQ 		MIL
23 		DET
10 		POR
21 		ROA
15 		TOR
10 		CLE
25 		MCH
5 		MDO
21 		NHA
5 		VAN
7 		LAG
16 		11th 67
1996 Hogan Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz IC108C V8 t MIA
13 		RIO
11 		SRF
25 		LBH
20 		NAZ
4 		500
10 		MIL
4 		DET
25 		POR
20 		CLE
22 		TOR
14 		MCH
25 		MDO ROA VAN LAG 19th 29

Indianapolis 500 results

Twin-engine racing Beetle developed by Wilson and Emerson Fittipaldi
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1984 March Cosworth 23rd 32nd WIT
1985 March Cosworth 5th 13th Patrick
1986 March Cosworth 11th 7th Patrick
1987 March Chevrolet 33rd 16th Patrick
1988 March Chevrolet 8th 2nd Patrick
1989 Penske Chevrolet 3rd 1st Patrick
1990 Penske Chevrolet 1st 3rd Penske
1991 Penske Chevrolet 15th 11th Penske
1992 Penske Chevrolet 11th 24th Penske
1993 Penske Chevrolet 9th 1st Penske
1994 Penske Ilmor-Mercedes 3rd 17th Penske
1995 Lola Ilmor-Mercedes Failed to Qualify Penske

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos. 		Ref
1985 United States Ralph Sanchez Racing United States Tony Garcia
Colombia Mauricio DeNarvaez 		March 85G-Buick GTP - DNS DNS

Complete Grand Prix Masters results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap.

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5
2005 Team LG Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 RSA
2
2006 Team LG Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 QAT
12 		ITA
C 		GBR
8 		MAL
C 		RSA
C
Source:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2014 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO
6 		23rd 8
Source:

See also

References

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Books
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Emerson Fittipaldi achievements
Sporting positions
Preceded byTim Schenken British Formula 3 Championship
BRSCC Series Champion
1969 		Succeeded byDave Walker
1970 BRSCC Lombank Series
Succeeded byTony Trimmer
1970 BRSCC Motorsport/Shell Series
Preceded byGraham Hill BRDC International Trophy
Winner
1972 		Succeeded byJackie Stewart
Preceded byJackie Stewart Formula One World Champion
1972 		Succeeded byJackie Stewart
Preceded byClay Regazzoni Brands Hatch Race of Champions
Winner
1972 		Succeeded byPeter Gethin
Preceded byJackie Stewart Formula One World Champion
1974 		Succeeded byNiki Lauda
Preceded byRick Mears Indianapolis 500 Winner
1989 		Succeeded byArie Luyendyk
Preceded byDanny Sullivan CART Series
Champion
1989 		Succeeded byAl Unser Jr.
Preceded byAl Unser Jr. Indianapolis 500 Winner
1993 		Succeeded byAl Unser Jr.
Records
Preceded byJim Clark
27 years, 188 days
(1963 season) 		Youngest Formula One
World Drivers' Champion
25 years, 273 days
(1972 season) 		Succeeded byFernando Alonso
24 years, 58 days
(2005 season)
Formula One World Drivers' Champions
   

1950  G. Farina
1951  J. M. Fangio
1952  A. Ascari
1953  A. Ascari
1954  J. M. Fangio
1955  J. M. Fangio
1956  J. M. Fangio
1957  J. M. Fangio
1958  M. Hawthorn
1959  J. Brabham

1960  J. Brabham
1961  P. Hill
1962  G. Hill
1963  J. Clark
1964  J. Surtees
1965  J. Clark
1966  J. Brabham
1967  D. Hulme
1968  G. Hill
1969  J. Stewart

1970  J. Rindt
1971  J. Stewart
1972  E. Fittipaldi
1973  J. Stewart
1974  E. Fittipaldi
1975  N. Lauda
1976  J. Hunt
1977  N. Lauda
1978  M. Andretti
1979  J. Scheckter

1980  A. Jones
1981  N. Piquet
1982  K. Rosberg
1983  N. Piquet
1984  N. Lauda
1985  A. Prost
1986  A. Prost
1987  N. Piquet
1988  A. Senna
1989  A. Prost

1990  A. Senna
1991  A. Senna
1992  N. Mansell
1993  A. Prost
1994  M. Schumacher
1995  M. Schumacher
1996  D. Hill
1997  J. Villeneuve
1998  M. Häkkinen
1999  M. Häkkinen

2000  M. Schumacher
2001  M. Schumacher
2002  M. Schumacher
2003  M. Schumacher
2004  M. Schumacher
2005  F. Alonso
2006  F. Alonso
2007  K. Räikkönen
2008  L. Hamilton
2009  J. Button

2010  S. Vettel
2011  S. Vettel
2012  S. Vettel
2013  S. Vettel
2014  L. Hamilton
2015  L. Hamilton
2016  N. Rosberg
2017  L. Hamilton
2018  L. Hamilton
2019  L. Hamilton

2020  L. Hamilton
2021  M. Verstappen
2022  M. Verstappen
2023  M. Verstappen
2024  M. Verstappen

Formula One drivers from Brazil
CART / Champ Car Drivers' Champions (1979–2007)
   

1979  R. Mears
1980  J. Rutherford
1981  R. Mears
1982  R. Mears
1983  A. Unser
1984  Ma. Andretti
1985  A. Unser
1986  B. Rahal

1987  B. Rahal
1988  D. Sullivan
1989  E. Fittipaldi
1990  A. Unser Jr.
1991  Mi. Andretti
1992  B. Rahal
1993  N. Mansell

1994  A. Unser Jr.
1995  J. Villeneuve
1996  J. Vasser
1997  A. Zanardi
1998  A. Zanardi
1999  J. Montoya
2000  G. de Ferran

2001  G. de Ferran
2002  C. da Matta
2003  P. Tracy
2004  S. Bourdais
2005  S. Bourdais
2006  S. Bourdais
2007  S. Bourdais

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