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Emerson Fittipaldi became the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history when he claimed the first of his two titles. After leaving grand prix racing he went on to enjoy further success in the CART IndyCar season when that series was at its competitive peak.

The Brazilian racer arrived in F1 with Lotus in 1970 and, despite his youth, soon became the team’s leading driver, following the death of Jochen Rindtat Monza that year. Fittipaldi scored the team’s first victory in the wake of Rindt’s death, at Watkins Glen, which was only his fourth start in a world championship race.

By 1972 the team’s 72 chassis had matured into a highly competitive proposition and Fittipaldi claimed six podium finishes in a row, including three wins, to take a strong championship lead at mid-season. With two further victories at the Osterreiching and Monza he put the matter beyond doubt, becoming Brazil’s first world champion. He remained F1’s youngest champion until Fernando Alonso broke his record in 2005.

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Emerson Fittipaldi

The youngest World Champion at the time achieved that distinction through circumstances that threw him in at the deep end while he was still relatively wet behind the ears. But 'Emmo' rose superbly to the challenge, winning his first driving title at 25 and his second two years later. Thereafter, dragged under by a disastrous career move, he sank to the bottom leaving hardly a trace of past glory. Yet his status as a popular champion and spokesman for the sport remains intact and he is also credited with serving as the inspiration for the influx of Brazilian drivers that followed him into Formula 1 racing.

Emerson Fittipaldi was named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American writer admired by his father Wilson Fittipaldi, a prominent Brazilian motorsport journalist and radio commentator. 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. He didn't have to be

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Emerson Fittipaldi

Brazilian racing driver (born 1946)

Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈɛmeʁsõfitʃiˈpawdʒi]; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Fittipaldi was a two-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, in which he won the 1972 and 1974 seasons with Lotus and McLaren, respectively; he scored 14 Grand Prix victories across 11 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Fittipaldi won the IndyCar World Series in 1989 with Patrick, and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.

Moving up from Formula Two, 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. 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. He later moved to McLaren for