# Emerson Fittipaldi

Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazilian Portuguese:; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Fittipaldi was a two-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, in which he won the 1972 and 1974 seasons with Lotus and McLaren, respectively; he scored 14 Grand Prix victories across 11 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Fittipaldi won the IndyCar World Series in 1989 with Patrick, and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.
Moving up from Formula Two, Fittipaldi made his race debut for Team Lotus as a third driver at the 1970 British Grand Prix. After Jochen Rindt was killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, the Brazilian became Lotus's lead driver in only his fifth Grand Prix. He enjoyed considerable success with Lotus, winning the World Drivers' Championship in 1972 at the age of 25. At the time, he was the youngest ever F1 world champion, and he held the record for 33 years. He later moved to McLaren for 1974, winning the title once again, and helping McLaren win their first Constructors' Championship. He surprised the paddock by moving to his brother's Fittipaldi Automotive team prior to the 1976 season, being replaced by James Hunt. Success eluded him during his final years in Formula One, with the Fittipaldi cars not competitive enough to fight for victories. Fittipaldi took two more podium finishes, before retiring in 1980.
Following his Formula One career, Fittipaldi moved to the American CART series, achieving numerous successes, including the 1989 CART title and two wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1989 and 1993. Since his retirement from Indy Car racing in 1996, Fittipaldi races only occasionally. In 2008, he became one of only three people in history to have a Corvette production car named in his honor. At age 67, he entered the 2014 6 Hours of São Paulo.

## Early life

Emerson Fittipaldi was born on 12 December 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the younger son of Italian-Brazilian motorsports journalist and radio commentator Wilson Fittipaldi Sr and his wife Józefa "Juzy" Wojciechowska, an immigrant from Saint Petersburg, Russia, of Polish and Russian descent.
He was named after American author and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Both of his parents had raced production cars shortly after World War II, and his father was responsible for the first Mil Milhas race in 1956, in São Paulo, having been inspired by the 1949 Italian Mille Miglia. Emerson, along with his brother Wilson, became motorsports enthusiasts as young children.

## Career history

At age 14, Fittipaldi was racing motorcycles, and at 16, hydroplanes. While racing one day, his brother Wilson blew over at 70 mph (110 km/h) and landed upside down. Wilson was uninjured in the accident, but it prompted both Fittipaldi brothers to stop competing in boat racing and focus solely on racing land vehicles. In 1967, Fittipaldi won the 6 Hours of Interlagos in a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia at the age of 20, and a year later the 12 Hours of Porto Alegre.
The pair moved to racing Formula Vees, and built up a company with their parents. In his second season in single-seaters, Fittipaldi won the Brazilian Formula Vee title at age 21. He left for Europe in 1969, with the ambition to convince team owners of his talent in three months. After some podiums and his first victories in Formula Ford, Fittipaldi was first trained and then subsequently engaged by the Jim Russell Driving School Formula Three team. He won nine F3 races on the Jim Russell Lotus 59 in the MCD Lombard Championship to become the 1969 champion.

### Formula Two

For 1970, Fittipaldi moved up to F2 by joining the Lotus semi-works Team Bardahl campaigning Lotus 59B. With six finishes in the points and four on the podium, he ended the eight-race season in third place behind Clay Regazzoni and Derek Bell. While this result was very impressive for the newcomer to the series, the spotlight was on Fittipaldi that year because of his activities in Formula One instead.

### Formula One
#### Lotus (1970–1973)

Based on the success of the Cosworth DFV engine and Lotus 49/49B cars in 1968, Team Lotus was enjoying the reputation as one of the top F1 teams with the inflow of sponsorship money, and Colin Chapman used the third seat on the team for championship races as the testing ground for younger drivers. This was in contrast to the team's tradition to use non-championship F1 events for the purpose.
The third seat was given to Alex Soler-Roig in early 1970, and then to Fittipaldi starting with the British GP in July, with Jochen Rindt and John Miles as the regular seat holders. Fittipaldi scored a fourth place as the No. 3 driver at the next German GP where the No. 1 Jochen Rindt won, and the No. 2 John Miles retired.
Team Lotus plans for the season drastically changed when Jochen Rindt was killed at Monza in September and became the only driver to win the championship posthumously. John Miles also left the team, and Fittipaldi was promoted to be the Lotus No. 1 driver on his fifth F1 race at the United States GP with Reine Wisell and Pete Lovely as the teammates. Fittipaldi proved up to the task and won this first post-Rindt race for Lotus.
In his first full year as Lotus's lead driver in 1971, Fittipaldi finished sixth in the Drivers' Championship as the team further developed the previous season's Lotus 72. Armed with what was arguably the greatest Formula one design of all time, the Lotus 72D, Fittipaldi proved dominant in 1972 as he won five of 11 races and claimed the F1 Drivers' Championship.
At 25, he was then the youngest champion in F1 history. It appeared he might do it again in 1973. After three wins in four attempts with the 72D, he began to struggle in the new 72E that was unveiled mid-year. It resulted in the reverse of the previous year, with Stewart beating Fittipaldi for the Drivers' Championship.

#### McLaren (1974–1975)

Fittipaldi left Lotus to sign with the promising McLaren team. Driving the highly efficient McLaren M23, he had three victories in 1974, reached the podium four other times, and beat out Clay Regazzoni in a close battle for his second championship. The following season, he notched two more victories and four other podiums, but was second to a dominant Niki Lauda.

#### Fittipaldi (1976–1980)

However, at the height of his F1 success, Fittipaldi shocked everyone by leaving McLaren to race for older brother Wilson Fittipaldi's Copersucar-sponsored Fittipaldi Automotive team.
He remained with the team for five seasons but only managed a best finish of second. Fittipaldi decided to retire from racing at the end of 1980. He has since said that his last two years in Formula One were very unhappy: "I was too involved in the problems of trying to make the team work, and I neglected my marriage and my personal life", although at the time he cited the deaths of many of his colleagues as his reason. He was only 33, but had been racing in Formula One for a decade. He had failed to finish seven of the last ten races that year and had several times been outpaced by his Finnish teammate Keke Rosberg (a future champion himself). He moved into the management of the team alongside his brother. The team struggled on for another two years with minimal sponsorship, going into receivership at the end of 1982.
* Fittipaldi driving the Lotus 72 at the Nürburgring in 1971
* Fittipaldi at the wheel of the Lotus 72D at the 1972 Austrian Grand Prix
* Fittipaldi at Silverstone in 1974
* Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23 in the 1974 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch
* Fittipaldi driving for his brother's eponymous team at the 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix at his home circuit, Interlagos
* Fittipaldi Copersucar, Jacarepaguá, 1978

### CART

After leaving F1 in 1980, Fittipaldi took time out from major racing for four years. In 1984, the 37-year-old Fittipaldi made his debut in the American CART series. He spent his first season acclimatising to IndyCars, driving for two teams before joining Patrick Racing as a replacement for Chip Ganassi, who had been seriously injured in the 1984 Michigan 500. The 1985 Michigan 500 marked Fittipaldi's first victory in CART. Fittipaldi stayed five years with Patrick Racing, recording six victories and solid finishes in the overall standings.
In 1989 Fittipaldi had five wins, finished in the top five in every race he completed, and was the CART champion. Among his wins was a dominant performance in the 1989 Indianapolis 500 where he led 158 of 200 laps and won by two laps, but only after a dramatic duel with Al Unser Jr. in the closing laps of the race. Unser ran down Fittipaldi after a late-race restart and passed him for the lead on lap 196. Three laps later, Fittipaldi used lapped traffic to his advantage to pull alongside Unser on the backstretch. Neither driver would give way, and the two cars touched wheels as they went through turn three side by side. Unser's car spun out of control to hit the outside wall, while Fittipaldi was able to maintain sufficient control to keep his car moving straight. In spite of the altercation, Unser applauded Fittipaldi from the infield as Fittipaldi passed by on the final lap.
Roger Penske hired Fittipaldi for his racing team in 1990 and he continued to be among the top drivers in CART, winning at least one race with Penske for six straight years. But for bad luck he might have won three consecutive Indianapolis 500s, suffering blistered tires in 1990 and a gearbox failure in 1991, both while leading. In 1993 he added a second Indianapolis 500 victory by taking the lead from reigning Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell on lap 185 and holding it for the remainder.
The race saw him break Indianapolis victory lane tradition when he drank a celebratory bottle of orange juice before the traditional bottle of milk. He was only the second driver to not drink milk at Indianapolis since the tradition was founded in 1936 (and firmly established in 1956). Fittipaldi owned several orange groves in his native Brazil, and wanted to promote the citrus industry. Fan reaction was negative to the break in tradition despite the fact that Fittipaldi did drink milk shortly after. As a result of drinking the juice, Fittipaldi forfeited $5,000 from the winner's purse and publicly apologized to the American Dairy Association.
Fan reaction to the milk snub was highly negative, and he was booed a week later at Milwaukee, a center of the American dairy industry. In the years that followed, many fans continued to hold the action against him. In interviews since, Fittipaldi explained his action, and apologised for the wave of negativity that followed. Fittipaldi returned to Indianapolis to drive the Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car for the 2008 Indianapolis 500. Despite the passage of 15 years, he was again booed and heckled by some fans during the parade laps.
In May 1994, Fittipaldi skipped a practice session for the Indianapolis 500 after his close friend Ayrton Senna, also a native of Brazil and a former Formula One champion, died in a crash. Fittipaldi was one of the pallbearers during Senna's funeral, alongside Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost and several other F1 world champions. Fittipaldi nearly won his third 500 but clipped the turn 4 wall with 15 laps to go while he was holding a nearly full lap lead over teammate Unser Jr.
Approaching 50, Fittipaldi was still driving in CART in 1996 when an injury at Michigan International Speedway ended his career. Fittipaldi did not return to the series as a driver after the injury. Fittipaldi finished his CART career with 22 wins. In 2003 he made a return to CART as a team owner.

### Later career

Fittipaldi was the acting team principal for the Brazilian A1 GP entry. In 2005 Fittipaldi made a surprise return to competitive racing in the Grand Prix Masters event held at Kyalami in South Africa, finishing second behind fellow F1 driver Nigel Mansell.
In 2008, Emerson and his brother Wilson entered the Brazilian GT3 Championship, driving a Porsche 997 GT3 for the WB Motorsports team. In 2011, he started embracing social media and became a Chairman of Motorsport.com. In 2013 he began writing a regular monthly blog column on the official website of McLaren.

### Awards

* He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2001.
* Fittipaldi was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2004.

## Personal life
### Family

Fittipaldi is the younger brother of former Formula One driver and team owner Wilson Fittipaldi. He is the uncle of TUDOR United Sports Car Championship driver Christian Fittipaldi. He was married to Maria Helena from 1970-82. They had three children. He was married a second time, to Teresa, in the mid-1980s. They have two children.
In early December 2012, Fittipaldi married economist Rossana Fanucchi in São Paulo after a partnership of eleven years. They have a son, Emerson Jr., born in 2007, and daughter Vittoria, born in early 2012. Emerson Jr. competed in the 2021 F4 Danish Championship, finishing third overall.
His daughter Tatiana married racing driver Max Papis. They have two children, Marco Papis and Matteo Papis; Emerson's grandsons.
His daughter Juliana had two sons and a daughter with Carlos da Cruz, Pietro, Enzo and Valentina Fittipaldi. Pietro and Enzo are also racing drivers, with Enzo being announced as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in November 2022. Pietro made his Formula 1 debut at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix driving for the Haas F1 Team. For 2024, he signed to run a full IndyCar schedule with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

### Life

In September 1997, while recovering from injuries in a crash at Michigan International Speedway a year earlier, he was flying his private plane across his orange tree farm in the state of São Paulo. The plane lost power and plunged 90 metres (300 ft) to the ground, leaving him with serious back injuries. Though Fittipaldi had converted to Christianity the year prior, his beliefs were reinforced after the crash. Fittipaldi is a Protestant in the Presbyterian tradition.
He was a friend of Beatles guitarist George Harrison and was with him shortly before Harrison died in November 2001.
In 2016, Fittipaldi established Fittipaldi Motors and, along with Pininfarina and HWA AG, created his first sports car project, the Fittipaldi EF7, though the car never entered production.
In August 2022, Fittipaldi announced his candidacy for the Italian Senate, representing the South American overseas constituency, running as a member of the Brothers of Italy political party, being eventually defeated by Italo-Argentine Mario Borghese a month later in the 2022 Italian parliamentary elections.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 1969 | British Formula Three | Jim Russell Racing Driver School | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 1st |
| 1970 | European Formula Two | Lotus Components Team Bardahl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 3rd |
| 1970 | Formula One | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10th |
| 1971 | Formula One | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6th |
| 1971 | Formula One | World Wide Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6th |
| 1972 | Formula One | John Player Team Lotus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 1st |
| 1972 | Formula One | World Wide Racing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 1st |
| 1973 | Formula One | John Player Team Lotus | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 2nd |
| 1974 | Formula One | Marlboro Team Texaco | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 1st |
| 1975 | Formula One | Marlboro Team McLaren | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 2nd |
| 1976 | Formula One | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th |
| 1977 | Formula One | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12th |
| 1978 | Formula One | Fittipaldi Automotive | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10th |
| 1979 | Formula One | Fittipaldi Automotive | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st |
| 1980 | Formula One | Skol Fittipaldi Automotive | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15th |
| 1983-84 | USAC Championship Car | GTS Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37th |
| 1984 | PPG Indy Car World Series | WIT Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15th |
| 1984 | PPG Indy Car World Series | H&R Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15th |
| 1984 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Patrick Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15th |
| 1985 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Patrick Racing | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 6th |
| 1985 | 24 Hours of Daytona | Ralph Sanchez Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 1986 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Patrick Racing | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 7th |
| 1987 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Patrick Racing | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 10th |
| 1988 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Patrick Racing | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 7th |
| 1989 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Patrick Racing | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 196 | 1st |
| 1990 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Team Penske | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 144 | 5th |
| 1991 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Team Penske | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 5th |
| 1992 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Team Penske | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 151 | 4th |
| 1993 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Team Penske | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 183 | 2nd |
| 1994 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Team Penske | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 178 | 2nd |
| 1995 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Team Penske | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 11th |
| 1996 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Hogan Penske | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 19th |
| 2014 | FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23rd |
| Source: ||||||||||

### Complete Formula One World Championship 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 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Pts. |
| 1970 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 49C | Ford V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR 8 | GER 4 | AUT 15 | | | | | | | | | 10th | 12 |
| 1970 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | Ford V8 | | | | | | | | | | ITA DNS | CAN | USA 1 | MEX Ret | | | | | 10th | 12 |
| 1971 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | Ford V8 | RSA Ret | ESP Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 16 |
| 1971 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72D | Ford V8 | | | MON 5 | NED | FRA 3 | GBR 3 | GER Ret | AUT 2 | | CAN 7 | USA NC | | | | | | | 6th | 16 |
| 1971 | World Wide Racing | Lotus 56B | P&W gas turbine | | | | | | | | | ITA 8 | | | | | | | | | 6th | 16 |
| 1972 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72D | Ford V8 | ARG Ret | RSA 2 | ESP 1 | MON 3 | BEL 1 | FRA 2 | GBR 1 | GER Ret | AUT 1 | | CAN 11 | USA Ret | | | | | | 1st | 61 |
| 1972 | World Wide Racing | Lotus 72D | Ford V8 | | | | | | | | | | ITA 1 | | | | | | | | 1st | 61 |
| 1973 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72D | Ford V8 | ARG 1 | BRA 1 | RSA 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 55 |
| 1973 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72E | Ford V8 | | | | ESP 1 | BEL 3 | MON 2 | SWE 12 | FRA Ret | GBR Ret | NED Ret | GER 6 | AUT Ret | ITA 2 | CAN 2 | USA 6 | | | 2nd | 55 |
| 1974 | Marlboro Team Texaco | McLaren M23 | Ford V8 | ARG 10 | BRA 1 | RSA 7 | ESP 3 | BEL 1 | MON 5 | SWE 4 | NED 3 | FRA Ret | GBR 2 | GER Ret | AUT Ret | ITA 2 | CAN 1 | USA 4 | | | 1st | 55 |
| 1975 | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 | Ford V8 | ARG 1 | BRA 2 | RSA NC | ESP DNS | MON 2 | BEL 7 | SWE 8 | NED Ret | FRA 4 | GBR 1 | GER Ret | AUT 9 | ITA 2 | USA 2 | | | | 2nd | 45 |
| 1976 | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 | Ford V8 | BRA 13 | RSA 17 | USW 6 | ESP Ret | BEL DNQ | MON 6 | SWE Ret | FRA Ret | GBR 6 | GER 13 | AUT Ret | NED Ret | ITA 15 | CAN Ret | USA 9 | JPN Ret | | 17th | 3 |
| 1977 | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 | Ford V8 | ARG 4 | BRA 4 | RSA 10 | USW 5 | ESP 14 | MON Ret | | SWE 18 | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 11 |
| 1977 | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F5 | Ford V8 | | | | | | | BEL Ret | | FRA 11 | GBR Ret | GER DNQ | AUT 11 | NED 4 | ITA DNQ | USA 13 | CAN Ret | JPN WD | 12th | 11 |
| 1978 | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford V8 | ARG 9 | BRA 2 | RSA Ret | USW 8 | MON 9 | BEL Ret | ESP Ret | SWE 6 | FRA Ret | GBR Ret | GER 4 | AUT 4 | NED 5 | ITA 8 | USA 5 | CAN Ret | | 10th | 17 |
| 1979 | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford V8 | ARG 6 | BRA 11 | | USW Ret | ESP 11 | BEL 9 | MON Ret | FRA Ret | GBR Ret | | | | | | | | | 21st | 1 |
| 1979 | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F6 | Ford V8 | | | RSA 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 1 |
| 1979 | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F6A | Ford V8 | | | | | | | | | | GER Ret | AUT Ret | NED Ret | ITA 8 | CAN 8 | USA 7 | | | 21st | 1 |
| 1980 | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F7 | Ford V8 | ARG NC | BRA 15 | RSA 8 | USW 3 | BEL Ret | MON 6 | FRA Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 5 |
| 1980 | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F8 | Ford V8 | | | | | | | | GBR 12 | GER Ret | AUT 11 | NED Ret | ITA Ret | CAN Ret | USA Ret | | | | 15th | 5 |
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### Non-championship Formula One 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 |
| 1971 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72 | Ford V8 | ARG Ret | | QUE Ret | SPR 7 | | RIN | OUL | VIC 2 |
| 1971 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 56B | P&W gas turbine | | ROC Ret | | | INT Ret | | | |
| 1972 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72D | Ford V8 | ROC 1 | BRA Ret | INT 1 | OUL 2 | REP 1 | VIC Ret | | |
| 1973 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72 | Ford V8 | ROC Ret | INT Ret | | | | | | |
| 1974 | Marlboro Team Texaco | McLaren M23 | Ford V8 | PRE 1 | ROC 3 | INT | | | | | |
| 1975 | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 | Ford V8 | ROC 5 | INT 2 | SUI Ret | | | | | |
| 1978 | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford V8 | INT 2 | | | | | | | |
| 1980 | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F7 | Ford V8 | ESP 5 | | | | | | | |
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### USAC

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 1983-84 | GTS Racing | DQSF | INDY 32 | 37th | 5 | |

### CART

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
| 1984 | WIT Racing | March 83C | Cosworth DFX V8 t | LBH 5 | PHX 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 30 |
| 1984 | WIT Racing | March 84C | Cosworth DFX V8 t | | | INDY 32 | MIL | POR | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 30 |
| 1984 | H&R Racing | March 84C | Cosworth DFX V8 t | | | | | | MEA 7 | CLE 20 | MCH | ROA | POC | | | | | | | | 15th | 30 |
| 1984 | Patrick Racing | March 84C | Cosworth DFX V8 t | | | | | | | | | | | MDO 4 | SAN 18 | MCH 12 | PHX | LAG | CPL 13 | | 15th | 30 |
| 1985 | Patrick Racing | March 85C | Cosworth DFX V8 t | LBH 2 | INDY 13 | MIL 8 | POR 3 | MEA 2 | CLE 8 | MCH 1 | ROA 5 | POC 6 | MDO 8 | SAN 25 | MCH 13 | LAG 24 | PHX 8 | MIA 26 | | | 6th | 104 |
| 1986 | Patrick Racing | March 86C | Cosworth DFX V8 t | PHX 3 | LBH 16 | INDY 7 | MIL 24 | POR 12 | MEA 2 | CLE 13 | TOR 17 | MCH 20 | POC 19 | MDO 21 | SAN 3 | MCH 3 | ROA 1 | LAG 7 | PHX 5 | MIA 20 | 7th | 103 |
| 1987 | Patrick Racing | March 87C | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | LBH 19 | PHX 18 | INDY 16 | MIL 7 | POR 14 | MEA 3 | CLE 1 | TOR 1* | MCH 7 | POC 18 | ROA 18 | MDO 6 | NAZ 21 | LAG 20 | MIA 10 | | | 10th | 78 |
| 1988 | Patrick Racing | March 88C | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | PHX 21 | LBH 16 | INDY 2 | MIL 3 | POR 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 105 |
| 1988 | Patrick Racing | Lola T88/00 | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | | | | | | CLE 19 | TOR 4 | | MCH 19 | | | | | | | | | 7th | 105 |
| 1988 | Patrick Racing | Lola T87/00 | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | | | | | | | | MEA 14* | | POC 21 | MDO 1* | ROA 1* | NAZ 8 | LAG 16 | MIA 20 | | | 7th | 105 |
| 1989 | Patrick Racing | Penske PC-17 | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | PHX 5 | LBH 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 196 |
| 1989 | Patrick Racing | Penske PC-18 | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | | | INDY 1* | MIL 16 | DET 1 | POR 1* | CLE 1* | MEA 2 | TOR 2 | MCH 14 | POC 19 | MDO 4 | ROA 5 | NAZ 1* | LAG 5 | | | 1st | 196 |
| 1990 | Team Penske | Penske PC-19 | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | PHX 5 | LBH 2 | INDY 3* | MIL 3 | DET 7 | POR 9 | CLE 3 | MEA 6 | TOR 20 | MCH 17* | DEN 18 | VAN 6 | MDO 12 | ROA 2 | NAZ 1* | LAG 6 | | 5th | 144 |
| 1991 | Team Penske | Penske PC-20 | Chevrolet 265A V8 t | SRF 19 | LBH 17 | PHX 3 | INDY 11 | MIL 8 | DET 1* | POR 2 | CLE 2* | MEA 7 | TOR 21 | MCH 20 | DEN 2 | VAN 17 | MDO 2 | ROA 6 | NAZ 8 | LAG 4 | 5th | 140 |
| 1992 | Team Penske | Penske PC-21 | Chevrolet 265B V8 t | SRF 1 | PHX 3 | LBH 3 | INDY 24 | DET 8 | POR 2 | MIL 4 | NHA 21 | TOR 19 | MCH 13 | CLE 1* | ROA 1* | VAN 19 | MDO 1 | NAZ 7 | LAG 19 | | 4th | 151 |
| 1993 | Team Penske | Penske PC-22 | Chevrolet 265C V8 t | SRF 2* | PHX 14 | LBH 13 | INDY 1 | MIL 3 | DET 23 | POR 1* | CLE 2 | TOR 2 | MCH 13 | NHA 3 | ROA 5 | VAN 7 | MDO 1* | NAZ 5 | LAG 2 | | 2nd | 183 |
| 1994 | Team Penske | Penske PC-23 | Ilmor 265D V8 t | SRF 2 | PHX 1* | LBH 21 | | MIL 2 | DET 2 | POR 2 | CLE 20 | TOR 3 | MCH 10 | MDO 3 | NHA 3* | VAN 9 | ROA 3 | NAZ 3 | LAG 4 | | 2nd | 178 |
| 1994 | Team Penske | Penske PC-23 | Mercedes-Benz 500I V8 t | | | | INDY 17* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 178 |
| 1995 | Team Penske | Penske PC-24 | Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8 t | MIA 24 | SRF 18 | PHX 3* | LBH 20 | NAZ 1 | INDY DNQ | MIL 23 | DET 10 | POR 21 | ROA 15 | TOR 10 | CLE 25 | MCH 5 | MDO 21 | NHA 5 | VAN 7 | LAG 16 | 11th | 67 |
| 1996 | Hogan Penske | Penske PC-25 | Mercedes-Benz IC108C V8 t | MIA 13 | RIO 11 | SRF 25 | LBH 20 | NAZ 4 | 500 10 | MIL 4 | DET 25 | POR 20 | CLE 22 | TOR 14 | MCH 25 | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | | 19th | 29 |

### Indianapolis 500 results

| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
| 1984 | March | Cosworth | 23rd | 32nd | WIT |
| 1985 | March | Cosworth | 5th | 13th | Patrick |
| 1986 | March | Cosworth | 11th | 7th | Patrick |
| 1987 | March | Chevrolet | 33rd | 16th | Patrick |
| 1988 | March | Chevrolet | 8th | 2nd | Patrick |
| 1989 | Penske | Chevrolet | 3rd | 1st | Patrick |
| 1990 | Penske | Chevrolet | 1st | 3rd | Penske |
| 1991 | Penske | Chevrolet | 15th | 11th | Penske |
| 1992 | Penske | Chevrolet | 11th | 24th | Penske |
| 1993 | Penske | Chevrolet | 9th | 1st | Penske |
| 1994 | Penske | Ilmor-Mercedes | 3rd | 17th | Penske |
| 1995 | Lola | Ilmor-Mercedes | Failed to Qualify | Failed to Qualify | Penske |

### Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | Ref |
| 1985 | Ralph Sanchez Racing | Tony Garcia Mauricio DeNarvaez | March 85G-Buick | GTP | - | DNS | DNS | |

### Complete Grand Prix Masters results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap.
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | Team LG | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | RSA 2 | | | | |
| 2006 | Team LG | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | QAT 12 | ITA C | GBR 8 | MAL C | RSA C |
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### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO 6 | 23rd | 8 |
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