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  Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Emerson Fittipaldi- Biography
Fittipaldi made his debut at Brands Hatch driving an old Lotus 49 in which he scored an 8th place.
Fittipaldi's 1971 season was interrupted by a road accident on his way home.
More than the threat of his fast teammate Fittipaldi might have surmised that Lotus was entering one of their down periods after the racing life of their superb Lotus 72 had reached its end.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/fitti_bio.htm   (771 words)

  
 Emerson Fittipaldi - MSN Encarta
Emerson Fittipaldi, born in 1946, Brazilian professional automobile racer, winner of the World Grand Prix Formula One championship in 1972 and 1974.
Fittipaldi later became known as one of the greatest and most versatile drivers in automobile racing history when he won the Indianapolis 500, the most prestigious Indy cars race, in 1990 and 1993.
Fittipaldi enjoyed immediate success in the difficult European road races, and in 1972 he became the youngest driver to win the World Grand Prix Formula One championship.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563567/Emerson_Fittipaldi.html   (322 words)

  
  Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi, born December 12, 1946 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was a highly successful open-wheel racer, winning championships in both Formula One and in CART.
Fittipaldi Racing was hardly a world class organization and the double champion regularly struggled, even failing to qualify for 3 races in his time there.
Fittipaldi's nephew, Christian[?] has also raced Formula 1 and CART; he is presently working on a NASCAR career.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/em/Emerson_Fittipaldi.html   (633 words)

  
 F1A&G - Emerson Fittipaldi
But the Copersucar (renamed Fittipaldi in 1980) was never competitive — with a 2nd in the 1978 Belgian GP and a 3rd at Long Beach in 1980 being their best results — and the team was disbanded after the 1982 season.
This photo of Fittipaldi in the JPS Lotus is from the the season-opening 1972 Argentine Grand Prix at Buenos Aires, a race in which he retired with suspension problems after 61 laps.
Faltz HP - Emerson Fittipaldi - "Emmo" by Adilson Faltz
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 f1 statistics - Emerson Fittipaldi : Autocourse Grand Prix Archive
Emerson's talent was obvious and a move up to F3 in a Jim Russell Lotus 59 paid immediate dividends, the Brazilian winning a string of races, which gave him the confidence to move into Formula 2 with Mike Warner in 1970.
Fittipaldi was eased onto the Grand Prix scene with a Lotus 49C, but tragedy soon befell the team with the death of Jochen Rindt at Monza.
Emerson was suddenly thrust into the spotlight upon the team's return at Watkins Glen, and he provided a great morale booster for Chapman by winning the race, albeit only after Rodriguez hit trouble late on.
www.autocoursegpa.com /season_driver~season~1974~driver_id~11739.htm   (1040 words)

  
 Emerson Fittipaldi - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
Emerson Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994.
Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART.
Fittipaldi didn't return to the race track after the injury but in 2003 he made a return to Champcars as a team owner.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php?title=Emerson_Fittipaldi&redirect=no&printable=yes   (673 words)

  
 BMWTeaM - Formula 1 Motorsporları
With this background Emerson (born December 12, 1946, in Sao Paulo) and his older brother Wilson Jr, soon became enthusiastic followers of motorsport, though when they decided to become participants their father was reluctant to finance it.
Emerson's progress the next season was slowed by his involvement in a serious road accident while driving through France with his then wife Maria Helena.
Emerson Fittipaldi spent the last few seasons of his Formula One career driving for his own family team, enjoying only limited success.
www.bmwteam.net /extremem3e46/efsanepilotlar/emersonfittipaldi.asp   (1447 words)

  
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Emerson was a true professional and had the respect of not only the team personnel but sponsors and circuit organizers alike.
Emerson crossed the line half a second in front of Lauda, but that win was probably critical in terms of the way the World Championship evolved at the end of the year.
Emerson managed to finish in 4th place, which gained him sufficient points to take the World Championship title, the first for a driver in a McLaren and the team was absolutely elated because at last we felt that the team had succeeded in achieving the Championship for Bruce.
www.liveupdater.com /mclaren/LiveArticle.asp?ArtID=1526651312   (942 words)

  
 Emerson Fittipaldi Biography - Chronology, Awards And Accomplishments, Further Information
Fittipaldi was born December 12, 1946 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Fittipaldi was forced to assume Lotus team leadership in his rookie season when former leader Jochen Rindt died in a crash.
Fittipaldi was seriously injured in 1997 when he crashed a small plane near his farm, but regained movement in his legs.
sports.jrank.org /pages/1480/Fittipaldi-Emerson.html   (1208 words)

  
 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Emerson Fittipaldi
At the end of 1975, Emerson dropped a bombshell when he announced that he would quit McLaren to join his elder brother Wilson's fledgeling F1 team, Fittipaldi Automotive, which was sponsored by the Brazilian state-run sugar cartel, Copersucar.
In the middle of the year Fittipaldi had a nasty crash at Michigan International Speedway and fractured a vertebrae.
In the autumn of 1997 Emerson was seriously injured again when he crashed a light aircraft he was piloting near a citrus fruit farm he owns outside the town of Araraquara in Brazil.
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 rpm.espn.com: Fittipaldi leaving CART behind
Heading into Sunday's race in Surfers Paradise in Australia, Fittipaldi is one of 11 drivers with at least a mathematical shot at finishing as the runner-up to his Newman/Haas teammate Cristiano da Matta.
Fittipaldi has signed with Petty Enterprises to drive Dodges in a combination of Busch, Winston Cup and ARCA races next season, with a plan to run full-time in Winston Cup in 2004.
Fittipaldi is well-liked in CART and most of the other drivers have kidded him since it became known he was going to make the move.
espn.go.com /rpm/cart/2002/1024/1450292.html   (756 words)

  
 Legendary Racecar Driver Emerson Fittipaldi Becomes Global
Fittipaldi has been a successful corporate spokesperson and made numerous personal appearances for many prominent companies such as Michelin, SAP, EMC2, Ericsson, Mercedes-Benz, British Airways, and Hugo Boss.
Fittipaldi's notoriety came in 1972 when he won his first Formula One title at age 25, making him the youngest driver to ever win a Formula One championship.
Fittipaldi ended his 30-year racing career in 1996, after 36 career wins and 23 poles in 339 starts.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-129565474.html   (434 words)

  
 Formula 1 complete - all in F1 - Fittipaldi, Emerson
In September 1997, Fittipaldi, while recovering from injuries in a crash at Michigan International Speedway a year earlier, was flying his private plane across his orange tree farm estate in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
It resulted in the reverse of the previous year, Stewart beating Emerson for the Drivers Championship by 16 points; though the combination of the 72D and E's points earnings were enough to gain Team Lotus the 1973 F1 Manufacturers Championship.
Fittipaldi didn't return to the series as a driver after the injury but in 2003 he made a return to Champcars as a team owner.
www.f1complete.com /content/view/389/510   (909 words)

  
 Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi will be the best of the new generation." That had been at the end of the sixties and for a long time the career of the man with the long whiskers and the deep scars in his face ran perfect.
Emerson, who is named after the famous American philosopher and essayist, had got an older brother, Wilson jr.
After the death of Jochen Rindt Emerson Fittipaldi had carried the burden of being the number one at Team Lotus at the age of only 23 years and that with a remarkable sense of responsibility.
www.research-racing.de /fittipaldi.htm   (1049 words)

  
 -:: Crónicas de la F1 ::- Senna, Prost, Lauda, Shumacher, Hill, Häkkinen, Mansell, Villeneuve...
Emerson Fittipaldi se codeó con ese mundo desde pequeño, ya que su padre, Wilson, fue un gran periodista del deporte motor y en numerosas ocasiones acompañó a su hijo en las carreras.
Emerson Fittipaldi iba a ubicarse ese año en la tercera posición en la categoría antesala de la Fórmula 1 y décimo, con 12 unidades, en la máxima.
Fittipaldi se recuperó y quiso volver a correr, pero nuevamente un accidente, esta vez con un ultraliviano, le dejó serias heridas en la espalda, que lo alejaron definitivamente de la actividad automovilística.
www.cronicasf1.com /Contenido/pilotos/emmerson_fitipaldi.htm   (1119 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Fittipaldi continued to win, drawing the attention of Colin Chapman, who was looking for a driver to support the Austrian Jochen Rindt in the 1970 Formula One season.
Emerson Fittipaldi decided to retire from racing at the end of 1980.
Fittipaldi did not return to the series as a driver after the injury but in 2003 he made a return to Champcars as a team owner.
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 Emerson Fittipaldi Biography
Emerson Fittipaldi (b December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) was a highly successful open-wheel racer, winning championships in both Formula One and CART.
In his first full year as Lotus' main man in 1971, Fittipaldi finished sixth in the drivers' championship as the team experimented with a new chassis, the Lotus 72D.
The equipment proved unstoppable in 1972 as Emerson won five of 11 races and won the drivers' championship from Jackie Stewart by 16 points.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Fittipaldi_Emerson.html   (585 words)

  
 The Spokesman-Review.com - Even now, no hard feelings
No other driver was within six laps of Unser and Fittipaldi as they battled for the lead in the closing miles.
Fittipaldi was on the inside pushing to pass.
Fittipaldi said his first thought after touching was about Unser's condition.
www.spokesmanreview.com /pf.asp?date=052704&ID=s1522990   (587 words)

  
 Emerson Fittipaldi - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Emerson Fittipaldi - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Fittipaldi, Emerson, born in 1946, Brazilian professional automobile racer, winner of the World Grand Prix Formula One championship in 1972 and...
Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART...
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 Emerson Fittipaldi: Emmo wins by a whisker: over the years, Emerson Fittipaldi managed to combine the finest qualities ...
Emerson Fittipaldi: Emmo wins by a whisker: over the years, Emerson Fittipaldi managed to combine the finest qualities of a racing driver.
Emerson Fittipaldi was born on December 12, 1946, in the sprawling Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo.
The son of a famous motoring journalist, Fittipaldi spent his early years between pit and paddock, immersed in racing lore.
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 Emerson Fittipaldi: Emmo wins by a whisker: over the years, Emerson Fittipaldi managed to combine the finest qualities ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Emerson Fittipaldi: Emmo wins by a whisker: over the years, Emerson Fittipaldi managed to combine the finest qualities of a racing driver.
Emerson Fittipaldi was born on December 12, 1946, in the sprawling Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo.
The son of a famous motoring journalist, Fittipaldi spent his early years between pit and paddock, immersed in racing lore.
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 emerson fittipaldi
annem ne zaman bir viraja hýzlý girse "fiyuv, emerson fittipaldi" derdi.
1976 - fittipaldi (copersucar-fittipaldi) - puan:3 - pilotlar sýralamasý:16
1977 - fittipaldi (copersucar-fittipaldi) - puan:11 - pilotlar sýralamasý:12
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 Emerson Fittipaldi - susning.nu   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Emerson Fittipaldi, racerförare, född 12 december 1946 i Säo Paulo, Brasilien.
Fittipaldi kom till Europa för att köra Formel Ford år 1969, men tog över Jochen Rindts körning i Lotus, efter att denna omkommit efter Italiens GP år 1970.
När Fittipaldi slutade köra Formel 1, var han dubbel världsmästare (Lotus 1972, McLaren 1974), och hade deltagit i 144 Grand Prix, varav han vann 14.
www.susning.nu /Emerson_Fittipaldi   (277 words)

  
 Emerson Fittipaldi: Three Days In America :: IndyCar® Series
It was one of the greatest careers in motor racing history, Emerson Fittipaldi’s, for this was a man who won championships in two very different disciplines: Formula One and Indy-style racing.
For young Fittipaldi, not yet 24 years old and on the cusp of his F1 career, this was a massive blow.
After making a bad start, Fittipaldi was only eighth at the end of the opening lap, but gradually he began to pick up places, and by half-distance was up to fourth, behind Stewart, Ickx and the BRM of Pedro Rodriguez.
www.indycar.com /news/story.php?story_id=554   (2222 words)

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