Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldiis a semi-retired Brazilian automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth12 December 1946
CitySao Paulo, Brazil
CountryBrazil
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He was the computer. I would have a dinner with him, if the car wasn't handling well on the Friday, and would explain to him what it was doing at different parts of the track. He would go back to the garage, and call the mechanics. And by Saturday morning the car would be fantastic. Only Colin Chapman could do that. Of all the engineers I worked with, all the team managers, Colin was a genius who had the intuition to do it.
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I have a lot of admiration for Fernando Alonso, our careers are fairly similar because he also came very quickly into Formula One,
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You have to visualize a second or two ahead of your car what line you are taking, what you are going to do, before you get there because it comes too fast
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A racing driver has to be a good driver.
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You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means your brain is receiving information from your body what your car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance.
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Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.
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Everything happened very quickly in my career. It was a very great honor for me to break Jim Clarks record (as youngest champion),
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I was extremely lucky. I had some huge crashes and yet I am still here, thanks to God.
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I am very happy because motor racing is very important outside the states, very big all over the world.
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I know if someone is coming from my right side. I could feel it.
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I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world.
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I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.
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We had a great reception in Brazil after Brands Hatch. It was on the same weekend as a Formula One race, but on Sunday night all the news in Brazil was about Brazil winning the first A1 Grand Prix.
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You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance.