Pietro Fittipaldi
Pietro Fittipaldi was born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on June 25th, 1996 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 27, Pietro Fittipaldi biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz, born 25 June 1996, is a Brazilian racing driver. Emerson Fittipaldi and his brother Enzo Fittipaldi are two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi and his grandson were both born in Brazil. Fittipaldi started his racing career in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2011, winning the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway in 2011 before heading to Europe to pursue a career in open-wheeled racing in 2013.
Fittipaldi was one of four drivers to be invited to join the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2014, winning the Prognosyre Formula Renault Championship for the fourth time in 2014.
Fittipaldi first tested a Formula One car on the 27th of November 2018, during a post-season inspection at the Yas Marina Circuit, driving for Haas. In May 2018, Fittipaldi fractured both legs in a crash during qualifying for the World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race, 19 Honda for Dale Coyne Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series.
Fittipaldi would be tested at Barcelona in February 2019 during the first pre-season test.
Career
Fittipaldi began racing in the NASC Whelen All-American Series in 2011, winning the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway in 2011. He won one race and finished fifth in the championship in 2012.
In 2013, the Brazilian moved to Europe to work in open-wheeled racing, making his debut in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship and Prosyre Formula Renault Championship, clinching the title with only one race remaining.
Fittipaldi participated in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for Fortec Motorsports in 2015. Fittipaldi finished 16th in the championship standings at Algarve, with a best result of sixth at two of the races.
Fittipaldi returned to Fortec in 2016, this time alongside fellow rookie Louis Delétraz in the Formula V8 3.5 Series. However, he only won one podium and ended up 10th in the standings, eight positions behind his colleague.
Despite this, he continued to compete in the World Series, this time with Lotus. He won six races, dominating the championship by 44 points over his nearest rival, Matevos Isaakyan.
Fittipaldi was designated as a part-time driver of the No. 301 in February 2018. In the IndyCar Series, 19 Honda has been in six races this year, replacing Zachary Claman DeMelo. He made his debut at the Phoenix Grand Prix, where he was forced to abandon after contact on lap 40. He finished 26th in the standings at his first top-ten finish at Portland and his first top ten finish at the end of the season.
Fittipaldi will return to IndyCar in 2021 solely for oval events, replacing Romain Grosjean, who will only be eligible for road and street circuit rounds.
In May 2018, Fittipaldi sustained both legs in a crash during qualifying for the World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race.
In the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Fittipaldi competed for Audi Sport Team WRT. He had a best result at fifth at Misano and was in the points six times, scoring 22 and ending up 15th in the drivers' standings.
Fittipaldi was one of four drivers invited to join the Ferrari Driver Academy in October 2014. During the post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit, driving for Haas, he first tested a Formula One car on November 27, 2018.
Pietro Fittipaldi was named as the Haas F1 team's official 2019 test pilot in November 2018. At the first pre-season test in Barcelona in February 2019, Haas announced that the Brazilian will put the car to the test. Fittipaldi took part in the 2019 Bahrain Young Driver Test in April 2019 before appearing in Catalunya later this season.
Fittipaldi would race for Haas in the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, replacing the injured Romain Grosjean, who was hospitalized after an accident in which he sustained burns to his hands and ankles. This made him the first grandson of a Formula One racer to become a Formula One racer himself. Fittipaldi entered his debut Grand Prix in the last week and ended the race 17th, the last of the remaining drivers. "I think Pietro did a great job on his first day as a child," Haas team principal Guenther Steiner said on Fittipaldi's debut. Fittipaldi said that it is impossible for a driver to make it to Formula One, and he was happy to have finished his first round.
At the season finale in Abu Dhabi, he was back for Grosjean once more. Fittipaldi qualified 19th and was promoted to 17th place on the grid by other drivers' penalties. He had a slow pit stop and finished last of the 19th generation of the running drivers. Fittipaldi said he would "like to still have a foot in Formula One" as a reserve driver in 2021 after the series. In February 2021, it was announced that he would continue to play as a Haas test and reserve driver for the 2021 season.
He was retained in the role for the 2022 season. During the first day of 2022 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, he drove the Haas VF-22, substituting for Nikita Mazepin after Mazepin's contract was terminated. Kevin Magnussen substituted Fittipaldi for the remainder of the test. Fittipaldi had been seriously considered by Haas for Mazepin's role in the race team, but Magnussen was ultimately chosen over him.
In the free sessions of the Mexico City and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Fittipaldi is scheduled to pilot the Haas VF-22.