Early years

Born in São Paulo, Fittipaldi was second in the Brazilian Formula Ford in 1988. After finishing third in the South American Formula 3 in 1989, in 1990 he won the title in the Formula 3 Sudamericana and the fourth place in the British Formula 3.

In 1991, the Brazilian was installed in Europe to compete in the Formula 3000, where he captured two wins and seven podiums in ten races to obtain the championship against Alessandro Zanardi. Later, he was third in the Macau Grand Prix of Formula 3.

Formula One

The jump to Formula 1 gave it with Minardi, one of the most modest of the grid in the 1993 season. That year he managed to score a total of five points in the drivers' championship, but the team decided to do without it when there were two races to dispute. The following season he competed in the Footwork team and earned two fourth places, adding to a total of six points in the championship. At the end of this season Fittipaldi decided to try his luck in the competitions of the United States.

CART

Competing mainly in CART, Fittipaldi was a slow starter, noted for his consistency rather than his outright pace, although by the time he won his first CART event at Road America in 1999, he was a championship contender due to his consistent finishing, among which was a second place in the 1995 Indianapolis 500, which earned him Rookie of the Year honors in the race. However, just as Fittipaldi's American career looked to be taking off, he incurred the first of the two broken legs he suffered while racing in CART at the Surfer's Paradise race in 1997. Although he was able to return both times and win further races, he never regained a consistent form, and never won a CART championship.

NASCAR

With his Champ Car career on hold, Fittipaldi shifted his focus to NASCAR. He made three appearances in the Busch Series during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. Although he wasn't impressive in those races, he was signed to Petty Enterprises near late-2002 and made his Winston Cup debut at Phoenix after he caught the eye of Richard Petty. In 2003, he made his first (and only) Daytona 500 start in a one-race deal with Andy Petree and then made a handful of appearances for Petty in ARCA. In the summer of that year, Fittipaldi became the driver of the illustrious #43 car after John Andretti (cousin of Christian's former CART teammate Michael Andretti) was let go. He struggled and was reassigned shortly after the start of autumn, but remained with the team, driving the #44 car.

Sports cars racing

In parallel to his activity in Formula 1, was winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Spa and 1994 Brazilian 1000 Miles.

Fittipaldi debuted at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2003 with the Bell team, resulting sixth with a Doran-Chevrolet of the class Daytona Prototype. It was one of the pilots that won the 2004 24 Hours of Daytona, in this case with a Doran-Pontiac. Then participated in four other rounds from the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series with Bell, earning seventh in Virginia.

The Brazilian contested the first two races of the 2006 Grand-Am series with Bell, earning a sixth place at Homestead. Then ran six rounds with Riley-Pontiac of The Racer's Group, earning a victory in Phoenix, a second place in the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and third in the 200 Miles at Watkins Glen.

In 2006, Fittipaldi disputed fully the Grand-Am series with the team of Eddie Cheever Jr. Obtained a second place and a sixth, to be located in the 23rd position in the drivers' championship of DP class. That same year, he participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Saleen S7, where he finished in sixth place in the GT1 class, a total of eleven participants.

Continuing with Cheever, Fittipaldi achieved a fourth, seventh and eighth in 2007 and resulting 20th in the overall table of the DP class of the Grand Am series. Also, it came tenth in the GT1 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the wheel of an Aston Martin DB9 of team Modena alongside Antonio Garcia and amateur.

Fittipaldi disputed the first four rounds of the 2008 American Le Mans Series with Andretti Green. Piloting an Acura LMP2 with Bryan Herta, earned a fourth place, a fifth, a sixth and a seventh. Then again disputed the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Aston Martin DB9 of Modena, reaching delayed in the 30th overall position. He then ran in the final five rounds of the Grand-Am series with a Coyote-Pontiac of Cheever's team, earning a second place and a sixth.

The driver was invited to run the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona with a Porsche-Riley of Action Express Racing, resulting third overall with Max Papis and João Barbosa among others. In 2012 he participated again in this race with Action Express, in this case at the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette DP, with which finished fifth.

The Brazilian became in regular driver of Action Express for the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season. He achieved two wins at Mid-Ohio and the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, two seconds places, a fourth and a fifth, mostly with Barbosa. Thus, he was seventh in the drivers' championship in the Daytona Prototypes class.

He won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2014 in the Action Express Corvette DP with João Barbosa and Sébastien Bourdais.

Racing career

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
1991	Pacific Racing	Reynard 91D	Mugen Honda	VAL	PAU	JER	MUG	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG	1st	47

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1992	Minardi Team	Minardi M191	Lamborghini 3.5 L V12	RSA	MEX	BRA	ESP													17th	1
		Minardi M192	Lamborghini 3.5 L V12					SMR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS
1993	Minardi Team	Minardi M193	Ford HB 3.5 L V8	RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS	13th	5
1994	Footwork Ford	Footwork FA15	Ford HB 3.5 L V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS	15th	6

American Open-Wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
1995	Walker	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	LS					15th	54
1996	Newman/Haas	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH	NZR	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS						5th	110
1997	Newman/Haas	MIA	SRF	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	FON					15th	42
1998	Newman/Haas	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON			14th	56
1999	Newman/Haas	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON		7th	121
2000	Newman/Haas	MIA	LBH	RIO	MOT	NZR	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	STL	HOU	SRF	FON		12th	96
2001	Newman/Haas	MTY	LBH	TXS	NZR	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LS	SRF	FON	15th	70
2002	Newman/Haas	MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LS	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SRF	FON	MXC			5th	122

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	DC	Points
2005-06	Brazil	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR	GER FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	UAE SPR	UAE FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	6th	71

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2005	Terra Avallone	Mitsubishi Lancer	INT	CTB	RIO	INT	CTB	LON	BSB	SCZ	TAR	ARG	RIO	INT	23rd	32
2006	Terra Avallone	Mitsubishi Lancer	INT	CTB	CGD	INT	LON	CTB	SCZ						27th	9
	RC3 Bassani	Chevrolet Astra								BSB	TAR	ARG	RIO	INT
2010	Gramacho Costa	Chevrolet Vectra	INT	CTB	VEL	RIO	RBP	SAL	INT	CGD	LON	SCZ	BSB	CTB	34th	1

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	Bell Motorsports	Didier Theys Forest Barber Terry Borcheller	Doran JE4-Chevrolet	DP	67	39th DNF	6th DNF
2004	Bell Motorsports	Andy Pilgrim Forest Barber Terry Borcheller	Doran JE4-Pontiac	DP	526	1st	1st
2005	Kodak-Bell Motorsports	Paul Tracy Terry Borcheller Ralf Kelleners	Doran JE4-Pontiac	DP	328	49th DNF	23rd DNF
2006	Cheever Racing	Eddie Cheever, Jr. Patrick Carpentier	Crawford DP03-Lexus	DP	669	17th DNF	11th DNF
2007	Cheever Racing	Eddie Cheever, Jr. Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen	Crawford DP03-Porsche	DP	601	24th	14th
2011	Action Express Racing	Terry Borcheller J.C. France João Barbosa Max Papis	Riley Mk. XI-Porsche	DP	721	3rd	3rd
2012	Action Express Racing	David Donohue Darren Law	Coyote Corvette DP	DP	758	5th	5th
2013	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Burt Frisselle Mike Rockenfeller	Coyote Corvette DP	DP	708	4th	4th
2014	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Sébastien Bourdais	Coyote Corvette DP	P	695	1st	1st
2015	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Sébastien Bourdais	Coyote Corvette DP	P	740	2nd	2nd
2016	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Scott Pruett	Coyote Corvette DP	P	731	4th	4th

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	ACEMCO Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Terry Borcheller	Saleen S7-R	GT1	337	12th	7th
2007	Team Modena	Antonio García Jos Menten	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	318	17th	10th
2008	Team Modena	Terry Borcheller Jos Menten	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	302	30th	8th

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2008	Andretti Green Racing	LMP2	Acura ARX-01b	Acura 3.4L V8	M	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	DET	PET	MON	24th	38

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	P	DAY	SIR	LBH	LS	DET	S6H	MSP	IMS	ELK	COA	PET	1st	349
2015	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	P	DAY	SIR	LBH	LS	DET	S6H	MSP	ELK	COA	PET		1st	309
2016	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	P	DAY	SIR	LBH	LS	DET	S6H	MSP	ELK	COA	PET		3rd	60

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * - Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NWCC	Pts
2002	Petty Enterprises	44	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	81st	40
2003	Andy Petree Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI																															44th	857
	Petty Enterprises	45	Dodge							TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC
		43																MCH	SON		CHI	NHA	POC	IND		MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA
		44																		DAY					GLN						DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2003	Andy Petree Racing	Chevrolet	34	35

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	30	31	32	33	34	NBSC	Pts
2001	SKI Motorsports	30	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM		141st	56
2002				DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	102nd	92

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