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Fittipaldi moved to Marlboro Team Penske in 1990 and won many more races including the 1993 Indy 500. When he finally retired from racing for good after suffering neck injuries in a crash at Michigan Speedway in 1966, and later back injuries in a small airplane crash, Fittipaldi had amassed 22 wins, 17 poles, 2,624 laps led and more than $14.2 million in earnings.
Such was the meteoric talent of Emerson Fittipaldi possessed that having queued for Graham Hill's autograph in the summer of 1969, less than a year later he would become a fellow Lotus driver in F1.
Emerson Fittipaldi (em-AIR-son FEE-tee-PAL-dee; born December 12, 1946, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver who won two Formula One World Drivers' Championships in 1972 and 1974, and was also very successful racing in America, becoming a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and winning the CART series in 1989. Almost instantly promoted to lead driver of the Lotus team in 1970, Fittipaldi won the championship in 1972 with one of F1's best ever cars, the Lotus 72D ...
Emerson Fittipaldi. Emerson Fittipaldi (født 12. december 1946) er en brasiliansk tidligere racerkører. Han var aktiv som professionel kører på topplan fra 1970 - 80 og vandt Formel 1 -mesterskabet i 1972 og 1974. I 1984 genoptog Emerson Fittipaldi karrieren i mindre omfang i klassen Champ Car, hvor han vandt mestersterkabet i 1989.
Feb 23, 2024 · The Brazilian auto racing confederation said Fittipaldi, who was known by fans as “Wilsinho” and was the older brother of two-time F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, died Friday at a hospital in Sao Paulo. “Wilsinho left us calmly and surrounded by all the love he deserved throughout his life,” the confederation said in a statement.
Oct 14, 2022 · That driver is, of course, Emerson Fittipaldi, the young Brazilian racer who joined Lotus and became a legend, cementing his place in F1 history in 1972. Behind the wheel of the now-iconic Lotus Type 72 and winning five of that season’s 11 races, Fittipaldi secured the Drivers’ Championship for himself and the Constructors’ Championship for Team Lotus.
Jan 5, 2024 · Emerson Fittipaldi paved the way for Brazilian motor racing talent to conquer F1 with two championship wins in the 1970s. Fittipaldi made his debut at the 1970 British Grand Prix to begin a career that spanned a decade, although contnued long after F1, eventually retiring from motorsport in 1996.
