Racer Emerson Fittipaldi has accomplished much in his life. In 1972, at age 25, he won five of 12 races with Lotus to become the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history. He won a second championship, with McLaren in 1974, and went on to win the 1989 CART championship and two Indianapolis 500s, in 1989 and 1993. But that was all using other people’s hardware. One thing Fittipaldi had never done is build and design his own race car. With the help of Italian design firm Pininfarina and German engineering company HWA, that’s about to change.
On March 7, at the Geneva auto show, Fittipaldi Motors will unveil the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo track car, and these two photos are the first teasers of what the concept will look like. Details are few thus far, but Pininfarina has indicated that it will follow a traditional race-car formula with high power, low weight, and a design with a low center of gravity. ?What was important to me in creating the EF7 is that the car not only provides pure passion and adrenaline but will also be forgiving and safe for drivers of all skill levels,? Fittipaldi said in a press release. “Owner-drivers can expect reliability, lower maintenance cost, and minimal mechanic and tech teams, which means more time and elation on the track.”

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