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#3 Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi first began racing in Formula One as the third Lotus driver alongside Jochen Rindt and John Miles in 1970. After Jochen’s untimely and tragic death at Monza, Emerson secured the constructor’s trophy for the team by winning the United States Grand Prix.
The race concluded with Jochen being awarded the drivers' title and Emerson making the seat at Lotus his own for the upcoming season.
In 1972, Emerson then emerged as the youngest ever Formula One world champion after he secured victories in five races out of the twelve held that year. While he began the next year by winning at Argentina, Brazil and Spain, his championship hopes unravelled in the latter half of the season.
A move to McLaren in 1974 came at the right time for the Brazilian, who notched up three wins to secure himself another driver’s title. His brother, Wilson Fittipaldi, decided to form his own racing team and Emerson was soon recruited as the driver. The endeavour did not prove as fruitions as initially hoped for by the brothers and Emerson later moved on to CART and Indianapolis 500.
