This was a great result for the Cheever Racing team. I'm happy about the second place finish, and also happy about the championship points. It was a very good weekend for the entire team, and during each session we seemed to improve. Now, I'm looking forward to our next race in Long Beach.
"Christian Fittipaldi"/São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car and NASCAR. Named after the less known Brazilian driver Christian "Bino" Heinz (killed at Circuit de la Sarthe/Le Mans in 1963), he was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and participated in 43 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi and Footwork Arrows/Footwork between 1992 Formula One season/1992 and 1994 Formula One season/1994.
Fittipaldi was fifth in the Championship Auto Racing Teams/CART series in 1996 and 2002, earning two wins and a second place in the 1995 Indianapolis 500. He has also had success racing sports prototypes, winning the 24 Hours of Daytona of 2004 and 2014 24 Hours of Daytona/2014, the 2013 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, and a seventh place in the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season.
He is the son of former Grand Prix driver and team owner Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior/Wilson Fittipaldi, and the nephew of two-time List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions/Formula One Champion and Indianapolis 500 List of Indianapolis 500 winners/winner Emerson Fittipaldi.
More Christian Fittipaldi on Wikipedia.Everyone was trying to win the race on the restarts. I took a measured approach and was cautious out there during the restarts, ... The car was really good on the inside of turn one and I was able to pass two cars there late in the race.
It's important to start up front, but it's not the most important thing.
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