Emmo: 40 years as a racing man of faith
Emerson FittipaldiAs I sit down to write my first mclaren.com/formula1 blog column of 2014, I’m reminded that, astonishingly, it’s now 40 years since I won McLaren’s first ever world championship, in...
View ArticleWhy my biggest ever shunt taught me everything I know
Emerson FittipaldiIn my last mclaren.com/formula1 blog I wrote about some of my inner-most feelings, including my religious faith.In this mclaren.com/formula1 blog I’m going to write about racing...
View ArticleEmmo on Ayrton: Imola ’94, 20 years on
Emerson FittipaldiIs it really 20 years ago today? My mind tells me it is – because 2014 minus 1994 equals 20 – but my heart can hardly believe it. It feels like it was only yesterday that I heard the...
View ArticleEmmo on Bruce, Denny, Can-Am and Indy
Emerson FittipaldiAs you read these words, the Formula 1 ‘circus’ is on its way to the single mid-season ‘fly-away’ (ie, non-European) grand prix of the year: the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. I’ll...
View ArticleEmmo on the racing passion of the Brits
Emerson FittipaldiWhenever I am in the UK, I am always struck by the intense racing fervour that grips the country, especially in the summer. Indeed, even in bad weather - which is all too common in...
View ArticleEmmo reveals F1's REAL heroes
Emerson FittipaldiAs you read these words, the Formula 1 teams are all working flat-out in preparation for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the final grand prix of the first half of the 2014 Formula 1...
View ArticleEmmo on Fangio, Clark, Spa & other icons
Emerson FittipaldiSo… the summer shutdown is over, and the teams’ relaxed and tanned drivers, engineers and mechanics are on their way to Spa, for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.I won the Belgian...
View ArticleEmmo: 1974, and what happened next
Emerson FittipaldiIt finally came to me in the bar at Seneca Lodge, on the evening of Sunday October 6th 1974 – around 40 years ago.But, before I tell you what finally came to me that evening, and...
View ArticleEmmo on the boys from Brazil
Emerson FittipaldiYou are now reading the 20th and final iteration in a series of monthly mclaren.com/formula1 blogs that I kicked off on 14th March 2013.I have enjoyed creating them, and I hope you...
View ArticleEmmo: the crafty art of overtaking
Emerson FittipaldiAt the beginning of each season, every Formula 1 team’s drivers and technical staff are focused on the same goal: to test and develop their cars as intelligently and as effectively...
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