Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazilian racing driver (born 1946)
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The youngest Formula One world champion of his era — 25 when he took the 1972 title — and the driver who walked away from McLaren to race for his brother's struggling team instead.
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Emerson Fittipaldi stepped into Team Lotus in 1970 as a third driver and became its lead by his fifth Grand Prix after Jochen Rindt's death at Monza. Two years later he won the World Drivers' Championship with Lotus, then moved to McLaren and won again in 1974, delivering the team's first Constructors' title in the process. He stunned the paddock by leaving for Fittipaldi Automotive in 1976 — his brother's outfit, where James Hunt took his McLaren seat — but the cars never had the pace; he scraped two more podiums before retiring in 1980. He turned to American open-wheel racing and found speed…
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- Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
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