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Emerson Fittipaldi 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…
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sports · Brazilian racing driver (born 1946) · Formula One driver · Champ Car driver · racing automobile driver · also Emerson Fittipaldi, Emerson Wojciechowska Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi
Born 12 December 1946 · Q172849
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We are missing their personalities, because of the system and it has to change. They have to have more freedom, to express their own opinion, not just what the team or sponsors want them to say. “They have to express their feelings more, that’s what people want to know. Racing fans love that, they like controversy. Motor sport is all about pressure and adrenaline and sometimes the drivers want to express that but cannot.
His driving, his achievements show the talent that is there and the talent will deliver the result. He absolutely has more world championships in him.
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“We are missing their personalities, because of the system and it has to change. They have to have more freedom, to express their own opinion, not just what the team or sponsors want them to say. “They have to express their feelings more, that’s what people want to know. Racing fans love that, they like controversy. Motor sport is all about pressure and adrenaline and sometimes the drivers want to express that but cannot.”
“His driving, his achievements show the talent that is there and the talent will deliver the result. He absolutely has more world championships in him.”
SPEEDWEEK.com: Emerson Fittipaldi: World Championship duel between the Mercedes stars is far from over
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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
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Began writing a regular monthly blog column on the official website of McLaren
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Started embracing social media and became a Chairman of Motorsport
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Became one of only three people in history to have a Corvette production car named in his honor
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Emerson and his brother Wilson entered the Brazilian GT3 Championship, driving a Porsche 997 GT3 for the WB Motorsports team
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And daughter Vittoria, born in late 2010
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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
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Made a return to CART as a team owner
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Fittipaldi races only occasionally
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When an injury at Michigan International Speedway ended his career
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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
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And he continued to be among the top drivers in CART, winning at least one race with Penske for six straight years
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And a gearbox failure in 1991, both while leading
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With Patrick, and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500
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Fittipaldi had five wins, finished in the top five in every race he completed, and was the CART champion
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The 37-year-old Fittipaldi made his debut in the American CART series
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Fittipaldi took time out from major racing for four years
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1974).
Reached the podium four other times, and beat out Clay Regazzoni in a close battle for his second championship
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1972).
And 1974 with Lotus and McLaren, respectively; he won 14 Grands Prix across 11 seasons
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As he won five of 11 races and claimed the F1 Drivers' Championship
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Fittipaldi finished sixth in the Drivers' Championship as the team further developed the previous season's Lotus 72
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With the ambition to convince team owners of his talent in three months
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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
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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
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In São Paulo, having been inspired by the 1949 Italian Mille Miglia
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Born 1946-12-12.
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