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Emerson Fittipaldi celebrates his 79th birthday, a look back at his first coronation
Emerson Fittipaldi had great confidence in Colin Chapman © DPPI
When, on this cold day in March 1969, Emerson Fittipaldi arrived in London from São Paulo, it would be an understatement to say that he was not expected as the messiah. Brazil simply does not exist on the world motorsport map. No international race is organized there in a country which has never produced a great champion. The rare appearances in F1 by Chico Landi, Gino
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vincent moyet
13/12/2025 at 01:44 a.m.
He was the one who made McLaren take off when he arrived at the team in 74, which had only won a few races, and I think he believed he could do the same with Copersucar, which unfortunately started from much further back and did not have the same resources.
Alain Féguenne (🇱🇺 Luxembourg)
12/12/2025 at 08:53 a.m.
🇧🇷👏🇧🇷👏🇧🇷👏 Happy Birthday… ‼️ Emerson Fittipaldi… An exceptional career… The mistake in his career… was choosing…!! Copersucar… Otherwise, he would have had one or two more titles… But his heart… is Brazilian… 🇧🇷👍 🧢… A great… gentleman… 🍾👏. 🇧🇷🍾🇧🇷🍾🇧🇷🍾. alainkf1@pt.lu 😎👀🍾👀🍾