Brazilian racecar driver and team owner
Uncle of Christian Fittipaldi
Indianapolis 500 winner, 1989 and 1993. Almost had a back-to-back victory in 1994, lapping everyone in the field including his Penske teammate Al Unser Jr. , who was running in second place. Fittipaldi crashed with 16 laps to go.
Indy World Champion, 1989
Formula One World Champion, 1972 and 1974
Winner of the F1 world championship in 1972 for Lotus and in 1974 for McLaren.
Winner of 14 F1 races. American Grand Prix 1970, Spanish, Belgian, British, Austrian and Italian Grand Prix 1972, Brazilian, Spanish and Argentinian Grand Prix 1973, Brazilian, Belgian and Canadian Grand Prix 1974 and British and Argentinian Grand Prix 1975.
Youngest ever world champion at 25 years old.
Children: Juliana (b. July 17th 1974), Jayson (b. January 2 1976) and Tatiana (b. April 16th 1981), with Maria Helena; Joana and Luca , with Teresa; and Emerson (b. March 6th 2007), with Rossana Fanucchi.
Son of Wilson Fittipaldi and Juzy.
Younger brother of Wilson Fittipaldi.
There are many young talents in Brazil. There is a lot of hope in Felipe Massa. It is very difficult to judge him in his first year, but by the end of the end we are going to have a better position how he does in Formula One. .
