Christian Fittipaldi

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 and .

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.

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.

Early years Fittipaldi was born in São Paulo. He is named after Christian Heins, a Brazilian racing driver who was killed in a wreck during the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans. Fittipaldi was second in the Brazilian Formula Ford in 1988. After finishing third in the South American Formula 3 in 1989, in 1990, he won the title in the Formula 3 Sudamericana and the fourth place in the British Formula 3.

In 1991, Fittipaldi was installed in Europe to compete in the Formula 3000, where he captured two wins and seven podiums in ten races to obtain the championship against Alessandro Zanardi. Later, he was third in the Macau Grand Prix of Formula 3. Fittipaldi is the first Formula One driver to be born in the 1970s. Next year, he managed to score a total of five points in the Drivers' Championship,

CART Competing mainly in CART, Fittipaldi was a slow starter, noted for his consistency rather than his outright pace, although by the time he won his first CART event at Road America in 1999, 1996 nowrap| Newman/Haas Racing

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Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 1995 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 27 2 Walker Racing

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2005–06 Brazil GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 6th 71

Complete Stock Car Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2005 Terra-Avallone Mitsubishi Lancer INT CTB RIO INT CTB LON BSB SCZ TAR ARG RIO INT 23rd 32 2006 Terra-Avallone Mitsubishi Lancer INT CTB CGD INT LON CTB SCZ 27th 9 RC3 Bassani Chevrolet Astra BSB TAR ARG RIO INT 2010 Gramacho Competições Chevrolet Vectra INT CTB VEL RIO RBP SAL INT CGD LON SCZ BSB CTB 34th 1

24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2003 Bell Motorsports Didier Theys Forest Barber Terry Borcheller Doran JE4-Chevrolet DP 67 DNF DNF 2004 Bell Motorsports Andy Pilgrim Forest Barber Terry Borcheller Doran JE4-Pontiac DP 526 1st 1st 2005 Kodak-Bell Motorsports Paul Tracy Terry Borcheller Ralf Kelleners Doran JE4-Pontiac DP 328 DNF DNF 2006 Cheever Racing Eddie Cheever, Jr. Patrick Carpentier Crawford DP03-Lexus DP 669 DNF DNF 2007 Cheever Racing Eddie Cheever, Jr. Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Crawford DP03-Porsche DP 601 24th 14th 2011 Action Express Racing Terry Borcheller J. C. France João Barbosa Max Papis Riley Mk. XI-Porsche DP 721 3rd 3rd 2012 Action Express Racing David Donohue Darren Law Coyote Corvette DP DP 758 5th 5th 2013 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Burt Frisselle Mike Rockenfeller Coyote Corvette DP DP 708 4th 4th 2014 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Sébastien Bourdais Coyote Corvette DP P 6951st1st 2015 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Sébastien Bourdais Coyote Corvette DP P 7402nd2nd 2016 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Scott Pruett Coyote Corvette DP P 731 4th 4th 2017 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Cadillac DPi-V.R P 6592nd2nd 2018 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Cadillac DPi-V.R P 808 1st 1st 2019 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 573 9th 7th

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 ACEMCO Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Terry Borcheller Saleen S7-R GT1 337 12th 7th 2007 Team Modena Antonio García Jos Menten Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 318 17th 10th 2008 Team Modena Terry Borcheller Jos Menten Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 302 30th 8th

Complete American Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2008 Andretti Green Racing LMP2 Acura ARX-01b Acura 3.4L V8 SEB STP LBH UTA LIM MID AME MOS DET PET MON 24th 38

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2002 Petty Enterprises 44 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO41 HOM 81st 40 2003 Andy Petree Racing 33 Chevy DAY35 CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI 44th 857 Petty Enterprises 45 Dodge TEX38 TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC 43 MCH35 SON40 CHI29 NHA37 POC24 INDDNQ MCH33 BRI41 DAR43 RCH43 NHA31 44 DAYDNQ GLN40 DOVDNQ TAL28 KAN CLT34 MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2003 Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 34 35

Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts Ref 2001 SKI Motorsports 30 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM39 141st 56 2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCHDNQ NHA NZH CLTDNQ DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY35 PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN43 CLT MEMQL† ATL CAR PHO HOM 102nd 92 † – Qualified but replaced by Chad Chaffin

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 2003 Petty Enterprises 43 Dodge DAY10 ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC31 NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 101st 255