60 year old Emerson Fittipaldi to test a Ferrari

[Elmo187]

.....for the A1GP Ferrari team.....

Former two-time Formula 1 champion and Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi has announced he will come out of retirement to test the new car being built by Ferrari for the A1 Grand Prix. The 60-year-old Fittipaldi, who is currently the head of A1 Team Brazil, never drove for Ferrari (he won his F1 titles with Lotus and McLaren) but is excited about getting seat time in a single-seater powered by the Prancing Horse. He also has high hopes that bringing Ferrari to the A1 GP will increase people's awareness of the racing series. "The Ferrari name alone is incredible and people are going to give A1GP more respect and we are going to be much bigger," he stated. Fittipaldi admitted that he has no intention of racing the car in the series, and will limit his time behind the wheel to purely testing.

Courtesy of AutoBlog

 

[Alok]

 

[Cryptopygia]

Kudos to him

 

[Spazatao]

Guess racing stays in the blood... soon or late, you'll have to taste it again!

 

[marcos_eirik]

Guess racing stays in the blood... soon or late, you'll have to taste it again!

Yes, like with Nelson Piquet, except he takes it out on the road... :lol:

 

[Spazatao]

Yes, like with Nelson Piquet, except he takes it out on the road... :lol:

And went to 'driving rehab' for, mostly, speeding his M6 through the avenues of Brasilia