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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. Fittipaldi joined McLaren in 1974, and won the championship that season. In 1976, he moved to his brother Wilson's Fittipaldi team, where he stayed until he exited the sport after 1980 without further success.

After retiring from F1, and largely not driving for three years, he received an offer to drive the CART series in the US. He competed in the US for another 12 years.

He is the brother of Wilson Fittipaldi, uncle of Christian Fittipaldi, and grandfather of Pietro Fittipaldi.


Formula One Career[]

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year Entrant Team WDC Pts. WDC Pos. Report
1970 United Kingdom Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Cosworth 12 10th Report
1971 United Kingdom Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Cosworth 16 6th Report
United Kingdom World Wide Racing Lotus-Pratt & Whitney
1972 United Kingdom John Player Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Cosworth 61 1st Report
United Kingdom World Wide Racing
1973 United Kingdom John Player Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Cosworth 55 2nd Report
1974 United Kingdom Marlboro Team Texaco McLaren-Ford Cosworth 55 1st Report
1975 United Kingdom Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren-Ford Cosworth 45 2nd Report
1976 Brazil Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth 3 17th Report
1977 Brazil Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth 11 12th Report
1978 Brazil Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth 17 10th Report
1979 Brazil Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth 1 21st Report
1980 Brazil Skol Fittipaldi Team Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth 5 15th Report
  • Bold indicates world champion.

Career Statistics[]

Entries 149
Starts 144
Pole Positions 6
Sprint Poles 0
Front Row Starts 16
Race Wins 14
Sprint Wins 0
Podiums 35
Sprint Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 6
Sprint Fastest Laps 0
Points 281
Laps Raced 7291
Distance Raced 34,423 km (21,389 mi)
Races Led 18
Laps Led 478
Distance Led 2,235 km (1,389 mi)
Doubles 4

Race Wins[]

Win Number Grand Prix
1 1970 United States Grand Prix
2 1972 Spanish Grand Prix
3 1972 Belgian Grand Prix
4 1972 British Grand Prix
5 1972 Austrian Grand Prix
6 1972 Italian Grand Prix
7 1973 Argentine Grand Prix
8 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix
9 1973 Spanish Grand Prix
10 1974 Brazilian Grand Prix
11 1974 Belgian Grand Prix
12 1974 Canadian Grand Prix
13 1975 Argentine Grand Prix
14 1975 British Grand Prix

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Pos
1970 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of Mexico 12 10th
8th 4th 15th DNS 1st Ret
1971 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Monaco Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 16 6th
Ret Ret 5th 3rd 3rd Ret 2nd 8th 7th NC
1972 Flag of Argentina Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 61 1st
Ret 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st Ret 1st 1st 11th Ret
1973 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of Sweden Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 55 2nd
1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 12th Ret Ret Ret 6th Ret 2nd 2nd 6th
1974 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of Sweden Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 55 1st
10th 1st 7th 3rd 1st 5th 4th 3rd Ret 2nd Ret Ret 2nd 1st 4th
1975 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of Sweden Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of the United States 45 2nd
1st 2nd NC DNS
[1]
2nd 7th 8th Ret 4th 1st Ret 9th
[2]
2nd 2nd
1976 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of the United States Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of Sweden Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of Japan (1870–1999) 3 17th
13th 17th 6th Ret DNQ 6th Ret Ret 6th 13th Ret Ret 15th Ret 9th Ret
1977 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of the United States Flag of Spain 1977 1981 Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of Sweden Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Canada Flag of Japan (1870–1999) 11 12th
4th 4th 10th 5th 14th Ret Ret 18th 11th Ret DNQ 11th 4th DNQ 13th Ret
1978 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of the United States Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of Spain 1977 1981 Flag of Sweden Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Canada 17 10th
9th 2nd Ret 8th 9th Ret Ret 6th Ret Ret 4th 4th 5th 8th 5th Ret
1979 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of the United States Flag of Spain 1977 1981 Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of Sweden Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 1 21st
6th 11th 13th Ret 11th 9th Ret C Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8th 8th 7th
1980 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of the United States Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 5 15th
NC 15th 8th 3rd Ret 6th Ret 12th Ret 11th Ret Ret Ret Ret
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

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Notes[]

  1. Race stopped after 29/75 Laps. Half points awarded
  2. Race stopped after 29/54 Laps. Half points awarded
V T E List of World Drivers' Champions
1950: Giuseppe Farina
1951: Juan Manuel Fangio
1952: Alberto Ascari
1953: Alberto Ascari
1954: Juan Manuel Fangio
1955: Juan Manuel Fangio
1956: Juan Manuel Fangio
1957: Juan Manuel Fangio
1958: Mike Hawthorn
1959: Jack Brabham
1960: Jack Brabham
1961: Phil Hill
1962: Graham Hill
1963: Jim Clark
1964: John Surtees
1965: Jim Clark
1966: Jack Brabham
1967: Denny Hulme
1968: Graham Hill
1969: Jackie Stewart
1970: Jochen Rindt
1971: Jackie Stewart
1972: Emerson Fittipaldi
1973: Jackie Stewart
1974: Emerson Fittipaldi
1975: Niki Lauda
1976: James Hunt
1977: Niki Lauda
1978: Mario Andretti
1979: Jody Scheckter
1980: Alan Jones
1981: Nelson Piquet
1982: Keke Rosberg
1983: Nelson Piquet
1984: Niki Lauda
1985: Alain Prost
1986: Alain Prost
1987: Nelson Piquet
1988: Ayrton Senna
1989: Alain Prost
1990: Ayrton Senna
1991: Ayrton Senna
1992: Nigel Mansell
1993: Alain Prost
1994: Michael Schumacher
1995: Michael Schumacher
1996: Damon Hill
1997: Jacques Villeneuve
1998: Mika Häkkinen
1999: Mika Häkkinen
2000: Michael Schumacher
2001: Michael Schumacher
2002: Michael Schumacher
2003: Michael Schumacher
2004: Michael Schumacher
2005: Fernando Alonso
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Kimi Räikkönen
2008: Lewis Hamilton
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Sebastian Vettel
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Sebastian Vettel
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Lewis Hamilton
2015: Lewis Hamilton
2016: Nico Rosberg
2017: Lewis Hamilton
2018: Lewis Hamilton
2019: Lewis Hamilton
2020: Lewis Hamilton
2021: Max Verstappen
2022: Max Verstappen
2023: Max Verstappen
V T E List of World Drivers' Championship runners-up
1950: Juan Manuel Fangio
1951: Alberto Ascari
1952: Giuseppe Farina
1953: Juan Manuel Fangio
1954: José Froilán González
1955: Stirling Moss
1956: Stirling Moss
1957: Stirling Moss
1958: Stirling Moss
1959: Tony Brooks
1960: Bruce McLaren
1961: Wolfgang von Trips
1962: Jim Clark
1963: Graham Hill
1964: Graham Hill
1965: Graham Hill
1966: John Surtees
1967: Jack Brabham
1968: Jackie Stewart
1969: Jacky Ickx
1970: Jacky Ickx
1971: Ronnie Peterson
1972: Jackie Stewart
1973: Emerson Fittipaldi
1974: Clay Regazzoni
1975: Emerson Fittipaldi
1976: Niki Lauda
1977: Jody Scheckter
1978: Ronnie Peterson
1979: Gilles Villeneuve
1980: Nelson Piquet
1981: Carlos Reutemann
1982: Didier Pironi
1983: Alain Prost
1984: Alain Prost
1985: Michele Alboreto
1986: Nigel Mansell
1987: Nigel Mansell
1988: Alain Prost
1989: Ayrton Senna
1990: Alain Prost
1991: Nigel Mansell
1992: Riccardo Patrese
1993: Ayrton Senna
1994: Damon Hill
1995: Damon Hill
1996: Jacques Villeneuve
1997: Heinz-Harald Frentzen*
1998: Michael Schumacher
1999: Eddie Irvine
2000: Mika Häkkinen
2001: David Coulthard
2002: Rubens Barrichello
2003: Kimi Räikkönen
2004: Rubens Barrichello
2005: Kimi Räikkönen
2006: Michael Schumacher
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Felipe Massa
2009: Sebastian Vettel
2010: Fernando Alonso
2011: Jenson Button
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Fernando Alonso
2014: Nico Rosberg
2015: Nico Rosberg
2016: Lewis Hamilton
2017: Sebastian Vettel
2018: Sebastian Vettel
2019: Valtteri Bottas
2020: Valtteri Bottas
2021: Lewis Hamilton
2022: Charles Leclerc
2023: Sergio Pérez
* Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 championship.
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