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NASCAR driver
Christian Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi in 2006 as a Stock Car Brasil driver
Nationality
Brazilian
Born
(1971-01-18) 18 January 1971 (age 53) São Paulo, Brazil
Related to
Wilson Fittipaldi (father) Emerson Fittipaldi (uncle) Pietro Fittipaldi (first cousin once-removed) Enzo Fittipaldi (first cousin once-removed) Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. (cousin) Max Papis (cousin-in-law)
American Le Mans Rolex Sports Car Series A1 Grand Prix NASCAR Winston Cup Series ARCA Re/Max Series NASCAR Busch Series CART Formula One Formula 3000
Championship titles
1991
Formula 3000
Awards
1995
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
Formula One World Championship career
Teams
Minardi, Footwork
Entries
43 (40 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
12
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1992 South African Grand Prix
Last entry
1994 Australian Grand Prix
Champ Car career
135 races run over 8 years
Years active
1995–2002
Team(s)
Walker Racing Newman/Haas Racing
Best finish
5th (1996, 2002)
First race
1995 Grand Prix of Miami (Bicentennial Park)
Last race
2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante (Mexico City)
First win
1999 Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America (Road America)
Last win
2000 Marlboro 500 (Fontana)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
2
20
1
NASCAR Cup Series career
16 races run over 2 years
Best finish
44th (2003)
First race
2002 Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil (Phoenix)
Last race
2003 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
0
0
0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 2 years
Best finish
102nd (2002)
First race
2002 GNC Live Well 300 (Homestead)
Last race
2002 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
0
0
0
Christian Fittipaldi (born 18 January 1971) is a Brazilian former racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car, and NASCAR. He was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and participated in 43 Formula One Grands Prix for Minardi and Footwork between 1992 and 1994.
Fittipaldi was fifth in the CART series in both 1996 and 2002, earning two wins and a second place in the 1995 Indianapolis 500. He has also had success racing sports prototypes, winning the 24 Hours of Daytona of 2004, 2014 and 2018, the 12 Hours of Sebring of 2015, the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen of 2013, 2016 and 2017, and has captured two IMSA SportsCar Championships with Action Express Racing during the 2014 and 2015 seasons.[1]
A member of the Fittipaldi racing family, he is the son of former Formula One driver and team owner Wilson Fittipaldi, the nephew of two-time Formula One World Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi, and the cousin of racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.. He is also the first cousin once-removed of Pietro and Enzo Fittipaldi, who are the grandsons of Emerson Fittipaldi.
^"2015 TUDOR UNITED SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP Point Standings" (PDF). IMSA United Sportscar Championship. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
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Emerson Fittipaldi (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛmeʁsõ fitʃiˈpawdʒi]; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former automobile racing driver who won both...
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were driven by ChristianFittipaldi, Brian Frissele, Barbosa and Burt Frissele, respectively. The team opted to join Barbosa and Fittipaldi together for...
only managing three 4th-place finishes: Martini twice in 1991 and ChristianFittipaldi in 1993. In the 21 seasons, Minardi entered 37 drivers. Thirteen...
Formula One. Nelson Piquet also won the title three times and Emerson Fittipaldi was a two-time winner. Rubens Barrichello, who used to hold the record...
Derek Warwick and Aguri Suzuki were let go by Footwork in favour of ChristianFittipaldi, 1993 Minardi driver, and Gianni Morbidelli, 1992 Minardi driver...
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released Willy T. Ribbs and Mark Smith and signed Brazilian rookie ChristianFittipaldi to team with Robby Gordon. Dick Simon Racing released Raul Boesel...
winning his first Indy car race here as well. Dario Franchitti, ChristianFittipaldi, Bruno Junqueira, and Alex Tagliani also all scored their first-career...
defending Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. (too slow) and two-time winner Emerson Fittipaldi (bumped) could not get their cars up to speed. A noticeable period of...
the request was rejected and the race was permitted to continue. ChristianFittipaldi, battling for fifth position with Ukyo Katayama's Tyrrell and Damon...
Earnhardt (No. 83), Tony Raines (No. 74), Shane Hmiel (No. 43), ChristianFittipaldi (No. 44) This was Greg Biffle's first career Winston Cup victory...
International Championship was the seventh season of Formula 3000 in Europe. ChristianFittipaldi won the championship after ten rounds. A major technical change for...
Italia, replacing Emanuele Pirro making place at Minardi for debutant ChristianFittipaldi. Aguri Suzuki moved from Larrousse to Footwork, freeing a seat for...
1994 Formula One World Championship. The number 9 seat was taken by ChristianFittipaldi and the number 10 seat was taken by Gianni Morbidelli. The team never...
raced in the San Marino Grand Prix, the M192's best finish was when ChristianFittipaldi drove it to 6th place at the Japanese Grand Prix. This earned Minardi...
1987–1989, and Érik Comas, who moved from Ligier. Minardi retained ChristianFittipaldi and took on Fabrizio Barbazza. As their first pair of drivers, Sauber...
released fourteen races into the season in favor of Brazilian driver ChristianFittipaldi, who struggled and was also released after ten races. Jeff Green...
Roberto Guerrero (1993), Scott Goodyear (1994), Paul Tracy (1995), ChristianFittipaldi (1996–1997), and Richie Hearn (1998–1999). Between 2003 and 2006...
leaving Blundell's Ligier third and Fittipaldi's impressive Minardi in fourth. Prost won from Senna, Blundell, Fittipaldi, Lehto (who was lapped twice in...
Pierluigi Martini and ChristianFittipaldi had approached the chequered flag with Fittipaldi closely following Martini. Fittipaldi's left front wheel made...
promptly overtook him down the outside of Mirabeau on the same lap. ChristianFittipaldi in his Footwork-Ford ran close behind the Ferraris of Berger and...
title at the first attempt (the others being Stefano Modena in 1987, ChristianFittipaldi in 1991 and Jörg Müller in 1996). winning four races en route to...
Global Information
Brazilian
FIA Gold
João Barbosa
Sébastien Bourdais