RACING DRIVER

Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior

1943 - 2024

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Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (25 December 1943 – 23 February 2024) was a Brazilian racing driver and Formula One team owner. He participated in 38 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 1 May 1972, scoring a total of three championship points. He ran the Fittipaldi Formula One team between 1974 and 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior has received more than 159,800 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior is the 33rd most popular racing driver (up from 66th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 96th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior ranks 33 out of 1,080Before him are Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, Giacomo Agostini, Alfonso de Portago, Carlos Reutemann, and Carlos Sainz. After him are Fernando Alonso, Roland Ratzenberger, John Surtees, Jody Scheckter, Mika Häkkinen, and Mike Hawthorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior ranks 70Before him are Esma Redžepova, Neale Donald Walsch, Arthur B. McDonald, Mario Botta, Eduard Limonov, and Lucio Dalla. After him are Johann Deisenhofer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Antonio Inoki, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Yohji Yamamoto, and David Soul. Among people deceased in 2024, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior ranks 46Before him are Herbert Kroemer, César Luis Menotti, Seiji Ozawa, Andrew Schally, Leon Cooper, and James Earl Jones. After him are Maurizio Pollini, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Roberto Cavalli, Philip Zimbardo, Marcello Gandini, and David Soul.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior ranks 60 out of 2,236Before him are Caetano Veloso (1942), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Astrud Gilberto (1940), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Roberto Carlos (1941), and Gilberto Gil (1942). After him are Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Machado de Assis (1839), Hebe Camargo (1929), Pepe (1935), and Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Brazil

Among racing drivers born in Brazil, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior ranks 4Before him are Ayrton Senna (1960), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), and Nelson Piquet (1952). After him are Carlos Pace (1944), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Felipe Massa (1981), Roberto Moreno (1959), Chico Landi (1907), Alex Ribeiro (1948), Bruno Senna (1983), and Christian Fittipaldi (1971).