Emerson "Emmo" Fittipaldi Jr. (born 7 March 2007) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with AIX Racing.
Fittipaldi previously raced in the Italian F4 Championship and is a former member of the Sauber Academy. He has raced in Eurocup-3 with MP Motorsport in 2024 and 2025, finishing fifth in the former.
Fittipaldi is the son of two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi and nephew of Formula One driver Wilson Fittipaldi. His nephews, Pietro and Enzo Fittipaldi, are racing drivers.
Career Formula 4 2021 Fittipaldi began his single-seater career in 2021, competing in the F4 Danish Championship with FSP Racing. His season started out with a podium at the season opener, before he scored his maiden pole position at the following round. Having fought for the win, Fittipaldi was involved in a late-race collision with Juju Noda, which forced Fittipaldi to retire from the race. After scoring a podium in Race 3, Fittipaldi took his first victory in car racing at Jyllandsringen in the third event. Another win followed at Padborg Park, before Fittipaldi took two further podiums in Djursland. He finished the season in third place, having amassed eight podiums.
2022 The following year, Fittipaldi progressed into the Italian F4 Championship, where he completed a full season for Van Amersfoort Racing, whilst also taking part in two rounds of the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. He took four points and ended up 23rd in the drivers' standings.
FIA Formula 3 In September 2022, Fittipaldi took part in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test, driving for Charouz Racing System on the first day.
Formula Regional
2023 Fittipaldi stepped up to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2023 with Saintéloc Racing.
On 1 July 2023, at a FRECA race at Spa-Francorchamps, Fittipaldi was involved in a multi-car crash at Kemmel-Radillon initiated by Tim Tramnitz. One of the racers that crashed Dilano van 't Hoff, was killed in the incident.
2024 Fittipaldi would contest in the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with MP Motorsport.
Eurocup-3 2023 Fittipaldi joined the GRS Team during the 2023 Eurocup-3 season ahead of the sixth round in Estoril. He would join Palou Motorsport for the final round in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where he scored a point with tenth place during the first race.
2024 Fittipaldi would then race a full season in Eurocup-3 for 2024, teaming up with MP Motorsport.
2025
Fittipaldi continued in Eurocup-3 for the 2025 season, remaining with MP Motorsport.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
In 2026, Fittipaldi made the step up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with AIX Racing, becoming the third driver to step up to Formula 2 from Formula Regional after Invicta F2 driver Joshua Dürksen and Mercedes F1 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Formula One From 2020 to 2021, Fittipaldi was a member of the Sauber Academy.
In October 2022, Fittipaldi was a finalist in the Ferrari Driver Academy’s Scouting World Final.
Personal life Fittipaldi's father Emerson Fittipaldi is a two-time Formula One world champion, his uncle Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior and his cousin Christian Fittipaldi were Formula One drivers as well. His grandfather Wilson Fittipaldi Sr. was a motorsport journalist and radio commentator.. He is the uncle of both Pietro Fittipaldi and Enzo Fittipaldi, despite both of them being older than him.
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2021F4 Danish ChampionshipFSP Racing 18 2 1 2 8 2313rd2022 Italian F4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 20 0 0 0 0 4 23rd ADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2023 Formula Regional European Championship Saintéloc Racing 20 0 0 0 0 4 24th Eurocup-3 GRS Team 2 0 0 0 0119th Palou Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship MP Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 5 20th Eurocup-3 16 0 1 1 4 142 5th 2025 Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship MP Motorsport 8 0 0 0 2 54 6th Eurocup-3 18 0 1 0 1 65 11th 2026 FIA Formula 2 Championship AIX Racing 22 0 0 0 1 28 17th* † As Fittipaldi was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Danish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2021 FSP RacingPAD11PAD12PAD13PAD21PAD22PAD23JYL11JYL12JYL13PAD31PAD32PAD33DJU1DJU2DJU3JYL21JYL22JYL23 3rd 231
Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pos Points 2022 Van Amersfoort RacingIMO1IMO2IMO3MIS1MIS2MIS3SPA1SPA2SPA3VLL1VLL2VLL3RBR1RBR2RBR3RBR4MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3MUG1MUG2MUG3 23rd 4
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2023 Saintéloc Racing IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 24th 4
Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points2023GRS TeamSPA1SPA2ARA1ARA2MNZ1MNZ2ZAN1ZAN2JER1JER2EST1EST2CRT1CRT2 19th 1Palou MotorsportCAT1CAT2 2024 MP MotorsportSPA1SPA2RBR1RBR2POR1POR2POR3LEC1LEC2ZAN1ZAN2ARA1ARA2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 5th 142 2025 MP MotorsportRBR1RBR2POR1PORSRPOR2LEC1LECSR LEC2MNZ1MNZ2ASS1ASS2SPA1SPA2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 11th 65
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship 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 DC Points 2024 MP Motorsport YMC11 YMC12 YMC3 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB11 DUB12 DUB13 YMC31 YMC32 YMC33 DUB21 DUB22 DUB23 20th 5
Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Points2025MP MotorsportJER1JER2JER3POR1POR2POR3ARA1ARA2 6th 54
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship 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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 DC Points AIX Racing MELSPR MELFEA MIASPR MIAFEA MTLSPR MTLFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA MADSPR MADFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA1 BAKFEA2 LSLSPR LSLFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 18th* 28* Season still in progress.
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