Fittipaldi to Start Team?

[Yankee Racer]

This is really out of no where, but on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain tonight, Dave asked guest Emerson Fittipaldi if he was considering starting an IRL team. Emmo responded that he was considering it.

There isn't much basis behind it or reason to believe it, because I could say I'd be interested in starting an IRL team myself, but we can only dream...

Who's in for an all-Brazilian pairing of Meira and Junqueira at Emmo's team?

[Jonesi]

This is really out of no where, but on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain tonight, Dave asked guest Emerson Fittipaldi if he was considering starting an IRL team. Emmo responded that he was considering it.

There isn't much basis behind it or reason to believe it, because I could say I'd be interested in starting an IRL team myself, but we can only dream...

Who's in for an all-Brazilian pairing of Meira and Junqueira at Emmo's team?

Not completely out of no where. A few years ago he was considering it and said the financial picture wasn't good then.

[jarrambide]

Not completely out of no where. A few years ago he was considering it and said the financial picture wasn't good then.
A few years ago? how about every year, since the days of CART he would tell any and every reporter willing to listen that he was trying to start a new team, some years he would even say that he was planning to start a CC and/or IRL team, only one time if I remember correctly did his words became true when he put Tiago Monteiro behind a Fittipaldi-Dingman car in 2003, and even then the Fittipaldi in Fittipaldi-Dingman was the minority owner.

[Madmonk]

Emmo says alot of crazy things.

He did have a Champ Car team, Fittipaldi-Dingman, which recieved some technical support from Conquest. In fact Tiago Monteiro and Mario Haberfeld were psuedo teamates that year driving a pair of unloved Reynards.

He also had a Formula One team, Fittipaldi Automotive (initially Copersucar-Fittipaldi), which ran from 75-82 or thereabouts. It was incredibly unsuccesful, but helped launch Keke Rosberg's career.

But in the here and now, I don't see it happening.

[Dr. Krogshöj]

I bet Jos Verstappen will be his driver.

[Jag_Warrior]

Whatever happened to Jamie Dingman anyway? After he and Emmo broke apart, it's like he went into the Witness Protection Program.