Emerson Fittipaldi
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| First start: | Great Britain Grand Prix 1970 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1980 U.S. Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1970–1973 Lotus • 1974–1975 McLaren • 1976–1980 Copersucar / Fittipaldi | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Champion ( 1972 , 1974 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 281 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 35 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 478 over 2,235 km | ||||||||
Emerson Fittipaldi (* 12. December 1946 in São Paulo ) is a former Brazilian racing driver and two-time Formula 1 - World Champion . In 1972 he became the youngest world champion in history until the record was broken for the first time in 2005 by Fernando Alonso .
Career
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After he 1969 British Formula 3 Championship had won, Emerson Fittipaldi came in 1970 as the third driver alongside Jochen Rindt and John Miles in the Lotus team Formula 1. He helped practically Rindt to the world title posthumously when he completely surprising the Grand Prix USA won at Watkins Glen in 1970 . Until 1973 he drove for Colin Chapman's team and became world champion in 1972. In the following year, Fittipaldi had strong competition in the team with Ronnie Peterson . With two top drivers, the team got bogged down a bit, so that Jackie Stewart drove to his third world title. Fittipaldi was runner-up, Peterson third at the World Championship.
Emerson Fittipaldi probably had the feeling that Colin Chapman was favoring the Swede Peterson and signed with McLaren and team boss Teddy Mayer in time for 1974 . Jackie Stewart's resignation and the new start at Ferrari somewhat favored his renewed world title. Fittipaldi was still an absolute top driver, but the fire that he had from 1970 to 1972 was no longer there. He drove more rationally and prudently. In 1975 he celebrated two Grand Prix victories (Buenos Aires and Silverstone) and the runner-up world championship with his McLaren. But he could hardly stand up to the aspiring Niki Lauda and his Ferrari team.
After that season he signed for 1976 with the Copersucar- supported team of his brother Wilson Fittipaldi . But the career break was there. From 1976 to 1980, when he drove for the Copersucar / Fittipaldi team, he was able to regularly improve slightly until 1978, but not more than a second place (1978 at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Jacarepagua ) did not come out. In 1979 and 1980 the team stagnated more and more and Fittipaldi soon lost interest. On October 5, 1980, he drove his last Grand Prix in the USA.
In 1981 he moved to the management of the Fittipaldi team. The top driver of the team was Keke Rosberg . The Finn did not score a single World Championship point for the team and even failed to qualify in five races. How weak the Fittipaldi car really was became clear a year later. The same Keke Rosberg was world champion in a Williams-Ford .
Between 1984 and 1996 "Emmo" competed in the IndyCar World Series . He won the championship and the Indianapolis 500 race there in 1989 . In 1993 he repeated the victory at the Indianapolis 500.
After a serious fire accident with the Michigan 500 in 1996 and a crash with his private ultralight aircraft the following year, he ended his career as an active racing driver. In 2003, however, he returned to the Champ Car series as the team principal of his own racing team.
He also acted as team manager for the Brazilian national team in the A1GP series.
In 2005 he caused a surprise when, despite his advanced age, he announced his participation in the GP Masters series and in the first race was able to take second place just behind his former Champ Car rival Nigel Mansell .
In 2008, he and his brother Wilson took part in the Brazilian GT3 championship at the wheel of a Porsche 997 GT3 .
He is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy .
In November 2014, Fittipaldi resigned and took part in the 6-hour race in São Paulo, the final of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) , in a Ferrari 458 Italia run by the AF Corse Team .
Private life
Emerson Fittipaldi is a third marriage and has a total of seven children. The children Juliana, Jayson and Tatiana came from his first marriage to Maria Helena from 1970 to 1982. The marriage to Teresa gave birth to the children Joana and Luca. He married his third wife, the economist Rossana Fanucchi, in early December 2012 after living together for eleven years. He already has two children with her, their son Emerson "Emo", born in 2007, and their daughter Vittoria, born in early 2012.
He still lives temporarily near his hometown São Paulo, where he owns an orange plantation. Another of his hobbies is the production of cigars .
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship .
Grand Prix victories
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Single results
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Roger Benoit: Emerson Fittipaldi. Copress-Verlag Munich, 1974.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Formula 1 legend Fittipaldi turns 70. Kicker sports magazine , December 12, 2016, accessed on September 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Preview of the WEC final in Sao Paulo . gt-eins.at. November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ^ Emerson Fittipaldi oficializa união com Rossana Fanucchi em São Paulo , GloboEsporte , December 8, 2012.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fittipaldi, Emerson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo |