| Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz | ||
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| File:Enzo Fittipaldi.png | ||
| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  Brazilian
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| Date of Birth | 18 July 2001 | |
| Experience | FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA Formula 3 Championship | |
| Formula E Career | ||
| Tests | 1 | |
| Début |  2024 Rookie Test
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| Teams |  Jaguar TCS Racing
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Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 18 July 2001 in Miami, Florida, United States) is a Brazilian racing driver who worked as a test driver during the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship for Jaguar Racing.[1] The brother of fellow FE tester Pietro Fittipaldi and a race winner at FIA Formula 2 Championship level, Fittipaldi would make his FE bow at the 2024 Rookie Test for the British marque, setting the sixth fastest time of the day.[2]
Background[]
Following the path of elder brother Pietro, Fittipaldi began his career in karting, competing in various Florida based series in the United States, before moving to Europe in 2016 to begin his car racing career.[3] Taking a seat in the Ginetta Junior Championship, Fittipaldi would finish down in eighteenth, although he would secure the backing of the Ferrari Driver Academy at the end of the season.[4][3] The winter saw Fittipaldi make his single-seater debut in the North American F4 Championship, before the Brazilian ran to ninth in the Italian F4 Championship.[3]
Family Footsteps: 2018 - 2021[]
Fittipaldi remained in Italian F4 for 2018, and duly won the series at his second attempt with seven victories, paired with a run to third in the ADAC F4 Championship.[3] For 2019 Fittipaldi secured a drive in the Formula Regional European Championship, finishing as runner-up to Frederik Vesti, while also making his debut at the Macau Grand Prix.[3] Those exploits earned Fittipaldi a move into the FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2020, with the Brazilian youth claiming fifteenth in his rookie campaign.[3]
The start of the 2021 season saw Fittipaldi part with the Ferrari Driver Academy, after the Brazilian racer revealed that he would focus on the Indy Pro 2000 Championship for the season.[5][3] However, after attending the opening round, Fittipaldi would opt to return to the European scene with a full season seat in FIA Formula 3 once again, moving to the Charouz Racing System squad.[3] However, fate would decide that Fittipaldi would only complete half of the F3 season, with the Brazilian racer earning a mid-season promotion that left him with 25 points and seventeenth in the F3 title hunt.[3]
F2 Feature: 2022 - Present[]
Fittipaldi would end the 2021 season with a run in the FIA Formula 2 Championship after his mid-season promotion, claiming a handful of points and enough support to earn a full campaign with Charouz in 2022, where the Brazilian youth would collect six podium finishes. and eighth in the Championship.[3] A change of teams for 2023 saw Fittipaldi secure his maiden F2 victory, although while he was able to double his podium tally, Fittipaldi would fail to mount a serious title bid in his sophomore campaign.[3] A third full season of F2 would follow for Fittipaldi in 2024, although after just one further victory amid an otherwise difficult campaign, Fittipaldi would leave before the end of the season to focus on a role as a development driver for McLaren's IndyCar Series team.[3]
Formula E History[]
Fittipaldi would be handed his first taste of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship during the 2023/24 season, when Jaguar Racing offered him a seat at the 2024 Rookie Test at the Tempelhofring midway through the season.[1] Partnering Sheldon van der Linde for the day, Fittipaldi would end the session just half a tenth off his teammate and sixth fastest overall on outright pace, and would complete almost 100 laps of the Berlin based circuit.[2]
Full Formula E Record[]
Shown below are a series of tables outlining Enzo Fittipaldi's career in Formula E in statistical form:
| Enzo Fittipaldi's Formula E Test Record | ||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Role |
| 2023/24 | Jaguar TCS Racing[1]
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9 | Jaguar I-Type 6 | Test Driver |
See Also[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Fittipaldi and Van der Linde get Jaguar Berlin Rookie Test opportunity', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 06/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/497261, (Accessed 21/09/2024)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Shwartzman heads the way in morning session of Berlin Rookie Test', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 13/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/498534, (Accessed 13/05/2024)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 'Enzo Fittipaldi', driverdb.com, (DriverDB AB, 2022), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/enzo-fittipaldi-da-cruz/, (Accessed 27/03/2022)
- ↑ 'Two new drivers at the FDA', fda.ferrari.com, (Ferrari S.p.A., 23/12/2016), https://fda.ferrari.com/en/two-new-drivers-at-the-fda/, (Accessed 04/03/2020)
- ↑ Ida Wood, 'Enzo Fittipaldi leaves Ferrari Driver Academy for Indy Pro 2000 move', formulascout.com, (Formula Scout, 08/02/2021), https://formulascout.com/enzo-fittipaldi-leaves-ferrari-driver-academy-for-indy-pro-2000-move/74987, (Accessed 27/03/2022)