Fittipaldi wants to race in NASCAR

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Not Christian...


Hell, not Emmo...


...but grandson Pietro. Winner of the Late Model Series


At the moment Pietro is saying that he wants to follow a path to NASCAR, but if he’s got real ability it may be that his grandfather – not to mention his uncle, Max Papis – will steer him towards open wheel cars and F1,

“I follow Formula One but found NASCAR to be more competitive,” Pietro told motorsport.com’s Nancy Knapp Schilke in July. “In F1 the ratio is 80/20 with 80% being the team and only 20% is the driver and there are only two to three top teams in F1 so it really depends on the team. But in NASCAR it is a 50/50 ratio for the team and the driver and most of the teams are very competitive.”

Here comes a new Fittipaldi - James Allen on F1 (http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2011/09/here-comes-a-new-fittipaldi/)

[Lee Roy]

NASCAR may not be as big (that is, ranking on the food chain) as F1, but there is certainly much more opportunity in NASCAR. Understand that Pietro is doing well at Hickory Speedway. He's certainly going about it the right way. Looking forward to seeing him climb the ladder. If he's anything like his grandfather . . . . . .

F1 (the owners anyway) shoots itself in the foot a bit by keeping old fossils like Barrichello and Schumacher around way beyond their "sell-by date".