On the 50th anniversary of Emerson Fittipaldi's first win for McLaren, the racing community reflected on his historic victory at the Interlagos track from pole position in the stunning M23, which set the stage for McLaren's first Formula 1 world championship. The win also marked Fittipaldi's second personal championship. Additionally, his performance in Argentina in 1973 was commemorated, where he began his title defense with a win against the Tyrrells of François Cevert and Jackie Stewart, also securing the fastest lap in the Lotus 72D.
The moment we secured our🥇race WIN Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber 1-2 🔙 in 2009 🇨🇳 with the RB5... simply iconic https://t.co/LHsWfQvLTC
Emerson Fittipaldi scaled the heights of #F1 and #IndyCar during a remarkable career. He looks back on this with @gpracingonline, including becoming Lotus' new number one in very difficult circumstances: https://t.co/m1RBUekhRV
#OnThisDay in ’73, in Argentina, world champion Emerson Fittipaldi kicked off the new #F1 season with a fine start to his title defence, beating the Tyrrells of François Cevert & Jackie Stewart & taking fastest lap en route. Pic: Emmo, Lotus 72D, dolloppo: what’s not to like? https://t.co/HsPPgAkunk
50 years ago today... 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi took victory at his home race in Brazil, setting up the title charge to McLaren's first #F1 championship! 🏆 https://t.co/HmdKYj60FZ
#OnThisDay 44 years ago René Arnoux (Renault) won the #BrazilGP. At the start Gilles Villeneuve hurled his Ferrari between front-row men Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Renault), in pole position, & Didier Pironi (Ligier) to create a multi-coloured tableau of early-’80s #F1 mega-ness. https://t.co/jGSmHodYNG
Brilliant home victory #OnThisDay 50 years ago by Emerson Fittipaldi, at Interlagos, from pole position, his first win for McLaren in what would end up being the team’s first (& Emmo’s 2nd) #F1 world championship year. Oh & what a stunning car the M23 was! https://t.co/bmwVaT5kHG