Following his Formula One career, Emerson Fittipaldi moved to the American CART series, achieving successful results.
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Emerson Wojciechowska Fittipaldi is a retired Brazilian automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once. Fittipaldi was born on 12 December 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. In 1967, Fittipaldi won the 6 Hours of Interlagos in a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia at the age of 20. Following his Formula One career, Fittipaldi moved to the American CART series, achieving successful results, including the 1989 CART title and two wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1989 and 1993, the final at an unprecedented 46 years old.
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. In his first full year as Lotus’s lead driver in 1971, Fittipaldi finished sixth in the Drivers’ Championship. Fittipaldi proved dominant in 1972 as he won five of 11 races and claimed the F1 Drivers’ Championship. He enjoyed considerable success with Lotus, winning the World Drivers’ Championship in 1972 at the age of 25. At the time, he was the youngest ever F1 world champion, and he held the record for 33 years.
In early December 2012 Fittipaldi 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. Before marrying Fanucchi he was married to Maria Helena Fittipaldi who was the first Wife Of Motor Racing Driver Emerson Fittipaldi, they had three children. Fittipaldi was married a second time, to Teresa, in the mid-1980s. They have two children.
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The Brazilian racing driver and the economist started dating back in the year 2001. They dated almost 12 years before marrying each other in the year 2012. They have two children together, one son and one daughter. Their elder son Emerson Jr, was born in 2007, and the daughter Vittoria was born in early 2012. Emerson Jr. competed in the 2021 F4 Danish Championship, finishing third overall.
