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52-680: The P160 made its debut at the 1971 South African Grand Prix , but only one was entered for Pedro Rodríguez which retired with overheating. Switzerland's Jo Siffert drove the P153 in South Africa but drove the P160 for the rest of 1971. At Spain the Swiss retired with a broken gearbox and the Mexican finished fourth. The Monaco Grand Prix saw Siffert retire with a broken oil pipe and Rodríguez finished ninth. At Holland

104-400: A Chairman of Motorsport.com. In 2013 he began writing a regular monthly blog column on the official website of McLaren . 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

156-468: A Corvette production car named in his honor. At age 67, he entered the 2014 6 Hours of São Paulo . 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

208-400: 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

260-613: 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 . In September 1997, while recovering from injuries in

312-446: 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. Fittipaldi was the acting team principal for

364-510: 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

416-527: 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. 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

468-585: A second time, to Teresa, in the mid-1980s. They have two children. In early December 2012 he 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

520-518: 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

572-525: 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

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624-526: 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

676-591: The 1974 season before being replaced by the BRM P201 . Beltoise stayed but Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda both left for Ferrari and were replaced by Henri Pescarolo and François Migault . ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 1971 South African Grand Prix The 1971 South African Grand Prix , formally the Fifth AA Grand Prix of South Africa ( Afrikaans : Vyfde AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix ),

728-782: The British Grand Prix Beltoise finished 11th, Gethin's engine failed and Jackie Oliver 's suspension failed. At Germany , the New Zealander finished fourth, the Frenchman ninth and the Swede retired when his engine failed. The Austrian Grand Prix saw Ganley sixth, Beltoise eighth and Gethin 13th. In Italy the Englishman finished sixth, Ganley 11th, and the Swede 12th. The Canadian Grand Prix saw Ganley 10th and Gethin retire with suspension failure. Engine failure caused both to retire in

780-474: The South African Grand Prix , the Frenchman's engine failed, the Englishman and the New Zealander were nine and fourteen laps down respectively and were not classified. The Spanish Grand Prix was a bad race for BRM with all of their drivers retired; Soler-Roig and Sweden's Reine Wisell with accidents, Beltoise with a broken gearbox and Ganley's engine failed. At Monaco , the Frenchman took victory,

832-575: The United States . The BRM P160C specification began the 1973 before being replaced by the BRM P160D and BRM P160E spec versions mid-season. Beltoise was joined by Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda , The 1973 Argentine Grand Prix saw Regazzoni finish seventh, Beltoise retire when his engine failed and Lauda also retire with oil pressure failure. At Brazil , the Swiss finished sixth, the Austrian eighth and

884-584: The 12-cylinder cars would be dominant over the V8 Ford - Cosworths as Ferrari had won four out of the last five Grands Prix in 1970 , and they had a strong line-up consisting of Mario Andretti , Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx . Jackie Stewart took pole in the Tyrrell to join Chris Amon and Regazzoni on the front row. Denny Hulme was suffering with a new suspension that he said was behaving very strangely. At

936-539: 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

988-414: The Austrian retire with an accident and the Swiss also retired when his ignition failed. Peter Gethin replaced Regazzoni for Canada but he retired with a broken oil pump. Lauda also retired with a transmission failure and Beltoise finished fourth. The 1973 United States Grand Prix saw the Swiss eighth, the Frenchman ninth and The Austrian retire with a broken oil pump. The BRM P160E competed in most of

1040-716: 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

1092-505: The Englishman retired when he crashed and the Swede also retired when his engine failed. The Belgian Grand Prix saw Ganley eighth, Beltoise retire with overheating and Gethin also retire with a fuel pump failure. At France , the Frenchman finished 15th, the Swede retired with a broken gearbox and the Austrian also retired with an eye injury after a stone thrown up by Emerson Fittipaldi 's Lotus pierced his helmet visor, permanently blinding him in his left eye and ending his driving career. At

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1144-400: The Englishman win and the New Zealander fifth but it was the closest finish in history between them and Ronnie Peterson 's March , François Cevert 's Tyrrell , and Mike Hailwood 's Surtees . Siffert finished ninth. At Canada Canadian George Eaton joined the team but it was a bad race for BRM. Ganley did not start due to a crash, Siffert was ninth, Gethin 14th and Eaton 15th but the race

1196-578: 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. Fittipaldi left Lotus to sign with the promising McLaren team. Driving

1248-549: 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

1300-434: The Frenchman retired with electrical problems. The South African Grand Prix was a bad race for BRM as all of their drivers retired; Beltoise's clutch failed, Lauda's engine failed and Regazzoni crashed and was hit by Mike Hailwood who went to pull the Swiss driver from his burning car. Hailwood's driving suit caught fire, but after being extinguished by a fire marshall he returned to help rescue Regazzoni, an act for which he

1352-617: 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

1404-561: The P160B specification version for 1972 before it was replaced by the P160C version mid-season. The 1972 Argentine Grand Prix saw Soler-Roig retire with an accident. Gethin also retired with an oil leak and Ganley finished ninth. Jean-Pierre Beltoise missed Argentina because of legal problems following an accident at the track that claimed the life of Ignazio Giunti in a sportscar race in January 1971. At

1456-518: 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

1508-535: The Swiss finished sixth and the Mexican second. The French Grand Prix saw Siffert finish fourth and Rodríguez retire with an ignition failure. On 11 July 1971, Rodríguez was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg , Germany. BRM only entered Siffert for Britain who finished ninth. He was joined by Englishman Vic Elford for the German Grand Prix . The Swiss was disqualified for taking

1560-436: The Swiss ninth, The Austrian thirteenth and the Frenchman retire with engine failure. At France , Lauda finished ninth, Beltoise 11th and Reggazoni 12th. The British Grand Prix saw the Swiss seventh, the Austrian 12th and the Frenchman retired because he was involved in a first lap crash and did not restart. In Holland , Beltoise finished fifth, Reggazoni eighth and Lauda retired with a fuel pump failure. The German Grand Prix

1612-502: 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

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1664-546: 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

1716-512: 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 . 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

1768-410: The infield as Fittipaldi passed by on the final lap. 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

1820-447: 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

1872-417: 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

1924-447: The short chute into the pits, after his right-hand lower front wishbone began to detach itself from the chassis and his ignition coil started to malfunction. Elford finished 11th. At Austria New Zealand's Howden Ganley switched from the P153 to the P160 and Englishman Peter Gethin joined for the remainder of the year. Siffert took the victory, Gethin finished 10th and Ganley retired with an ignition failure. The Italian Grand Prix saw

1976-575: The start, Regazzoni led the field away at the start – both Stewart and Amon suffering slow starts. Emerson Fittipaldi managed to hold off Hulme until lap three when he dived through to chase the Ferraris. On lap 17, he squeezed through under braking and the orange McLaren once again led a race. Pedro Rodríguez was forced to retire from fourth place when his bodywork started to melt and the hot air began burning his feet. The heat also took its toll on Jo Siffert , whose engine overheated and Howden Ganley who

2028-411: 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

2080-480: 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

2132-509: 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

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2184-506: 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. In May 1994, Fittipaldi skipped

2236-452: Was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on 6 March 1971. It was race 1 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers . The race was won by Mario Andretti who was driving for the Ferrari team in what was his first Formula One victory, but would not win another Formula One race until 1976 . It was expected

2288-453: Was a bad race for BRM with all of their drivers retired, The Frenchman's gearbox broke, The Swiss's engine failed and the Austrian's suspension failed, causing an accident from which he escaped with a broken wrist. The accident forced Lauda to miss his home race in Austria but on Lauda's home track Beltoise finished fifth and Regazzoni sixth. The Italian Grand Prix , saw the Frenchman finish 13th,

2340-518: Was awarded the George Medal . In Spain , the Frenchman finished fifth, the Swiss ninth and the Austrian retired with tyre problems. The Belgian Grand Prix saw Lauda fifth, Regazzoni 10th after an accident and Beltoise was fourteen laps down and was not classified. The 1973 Monaco Grand Prix was a bad race for BRM with all of their drivers retired, Beltoise had an accident, Lauda's gearbox broke and Regazzoni's brakes failed. The Swedish Grand Prix saw

2392-698: 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. 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

2444-473: Was named after American author and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson . Both his parents had raced production cars shortly after the Second World War and Wilson Sr was also 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. At age 14, Fittipaldi

2496-503: 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. After leaving F1 in 1980, Fittipaldi took time out from major racing for four years. In 1984,

2548-417: 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

2600-671: Was stopped after 64 laps due to the weather. The United States Grand Prix saw Austrian Helmut Marko join and Siffert finish second, Ganley fourth, Gethin ninth with Marko 13th. Siffert died in the World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch . When approaching Hawthorn Bend at high speed on lap 15, Siffert's BRM suffered a mechanical failure which pitched it across the track into an earth bank. The car rolled over and caught fire, trapping Siffert underneath. BRM kept New Zealand's Howden Ganley and Englishman Peter Gethin who were joined by Spaniard Alex Soler-Roig , using

2652-466: Was taken ill with heat exhaustion. On lap 37, John Surtees who had steadily been moving up the field, managed to pass Regazzoni. Surtees however, suffered a gearbox failure on lap 57. Andretti took his first career victory, driving a Ferrari ; his teammate Regazzoni finished in third place behind Stewart. Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛmeʁsõ fitʃiˈpawdʒi] ; born 12 December 1946)

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2704-518: Was very impressive for the newcomer to the series, the spotlight was on Fittipaldi that year because of his activities in Formula One instead. 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

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