Pietro Fittipaldi

Brazilian racing driver

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2025 Pietro Fittipaldi signed with Vector Sport to compete in the European Le Mans Series, returning to the series after a three-year absence and combining this with his full-time IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign.
2025 Pietro Fittipaldi joined the IMSA SportsCar Championship full-time in the LMP2 class, driving for Pratt Miller Motorsports after making select starts in 2023 and 2024.
2024 Began full-time competition in the IndyCar Series with RLL (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing).
2024 Began competing full-time in the IndyCar Series.
2024 At the opening round of the season (Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg), finished 13th, his best result of the season.
2023 Fittipaldi competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship in LMP2 class with Jota, winning 1 race and securing 2 podium finishes.
2023 Began competing in the LMP2 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Rick Ware, Inter Europol, and Pratt Miller.
2023 Won the LMP2 class at the 6 Hours of Monza in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
October 23 2023 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced Fittipaldi would drive the No. 30 Honda for the 2024 IndyCar Series.
January 2023 Announced as a full-time driver for the FIA World Endurance Championship, joining Jota Sport team alongside David Heinemeier Hansson and Oliver Rasmussen.
2022 Drove the Haas VF-22 during the first day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, substituting for Nikita Mazepin.
2021 Returned to IndyCar exclusively for oval races, splitting the No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing with RWR car with Romain Grosjean.
2021 Began competing in the European Le Mans Series.
2021 Became the fastest rookie qualifier for the Indianapolis 500.
February 2021 Confirmed as Haas test and reserve driver for the 2021 season.
2020 Competed in Formula One with Haas F1 Team, participating in 2 races.
November 30 2020 Announced as a replacement driver for the injured Romain Grosjean at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, becoming the first grandson of a Formula One driver to become a Formula One driver.
2019 Competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM).
April 2019 Fittipaldi participated in the 2019 Bahrain Young Driver Test.
February 2019 Haas announced Fittipaldi would test the car at the first pre-season test in Barcelona.
2018 Made his IndyCar debut at the Phoenix Grand Prix, forced to retire after contact on lap 40.
2018 Achieved his first top ten finish at Portland and finished 26th in the season standings.
November 27 2018 Fittipaldi first tested a Formula One car during the post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit, driving for Haas.
May 2018 Pietro Fittipaldi suffered a severe injury, breaking both legs during qualifying for the World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race.
February 2018 Named a part-time driver of the No. 19 Honda for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series, replacing Zachary Claman DeMelo in six races for the season.
2017 Fittipaldi competed in the World Series with Lotus, winning six races and decisively winning the championship with a 44-point lead over Matevos Isaakyan.
2017 Became a test driver for Jaguar in Formula E and won the World Series Formula V8 3.5 with Charouz Racing System.
2017 Won the World Series Formula V8 3.5 with Charouz Racing System.
2016 Pietro Fittipaldi raced for Fortec in the Formula V8 3.5 Series alongside Louis Delétraz, finishing 10th in the championship standings with only one podium.
2015 Pietro Fittipaldi competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for Fortec Motorsports, achieving a best result of sixth place in two races at Algarve and finishing 16th in the championship standings with 32 points.
2015 Won the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship.
2014 Won the Protyre Formula Renault Championship, his first racing title.
October 2014 Pietro Fittipaldi was one of four drivers invited to test for the Ferrari Driver Academy.
2013 Pietro Fittipaldi moved to Europe to pursue a career in open-wheeled racing, making his debut in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship and Protyre Formula Renault Championship.
2012 Participated in Desafio Internacional das Estrelas, improving to 11th place, and competed in Florida Winter Tour Rotax Junior category, finishing 30th.
2012 Won one race and finished fifth in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship, continuing to build his racing credentials.
2011 Graduated from karting to stock car racing.
2011 Won the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, marking an early success in his racing career.
2011 Competed in Desafio Internacional das Estrelas, finishing 19th.

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