Emerson Fittipaldi

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1970–1980
Teams	Lotus, McLaren, Fittipaldi Automotive
Races	149 (144 starts)
Championships	2 (1972, 1974)
Wins	14
Podiums	35
Career points	281
Pole positions	6
Fastest laps	6
First race	1970 British Grand Prix
First win	1970 United States Grand Prix
Last win	1975 British Grand Prix
Last race	1980 United States Grand Prix

Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver.^[1]^[2] He has won championships in both Formula One, and CART. Fittipaldi won the Indianapolis 500 twice.

Early life

Emerson Fittipaldi was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the younger son of prominent Italian-Brazilian motorsports journalist and radio commentator Wilson Fittipaldi Sr^[3] and his wife Józefa "Juzy" Wojciechowska, an immigrant from Saint Petersburg, Russia and of Polish and Russian descent.

Emerson Fittipaldi Media

Fittipaldi driving the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School F3 Lotus 59 in the 1969 F3 Guards Trophy at Brands Hatch
Emerson Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994
Fittipaldi at the 2011 São Paulo Indy 300. He waved the green flag at the start of the race.
Fittipaldi at the 1974 Race of Champions
Twin-engine racing Beetle developed by Wilson and Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi with Italian fans at Mugello in 1974
Fittipaldi driving the Lotus 72 at the Nürburgring in 1971
Fittipaldi at the wheel of the Lotus 72D at the 1972 Austrian Grand Prix
Fittipaldi at Silverstone in 1974
Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23 in the 1974 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch