Enzo Fittipaldi

He started his season strong at the Red Bull Ring despite qualifying 29th, he charged forward in both races to take his first points with ninth in Race 2.

The third round in Budapest saw Fittipaldi make another Race 2 charge, to finish ninth yet again and claiming points.

A penalty robbed him from another point in the second Silverstone round, but improved his personal best result to eighth in the following Barcelona round.

Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 18 July 2001) is a Brazilian racing driver, who is currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Not much is known about Fittipaldi's karting career, he took a high of sixth place in the 2009 USA Rotax Grand Nationals in the Micro Max category.

By finishing 12th in Race 1, He scored reverse pole for Race 2.

There, he battled with David Schumacher until lap 15, where he collided with him, sending Schumacher out of the race.

Fitttipaldi also won the East Coast Karting Championship in 2014.

In Spa-Francorchamps despite not earning points, Fittipaldi made another Race 2 charge, climbing 14 places from 26th to end 12th.

He scored another ninth place in Monza during Race 1, and another strong result was lost due to a puncture following contact with Lirim Zendeli in Race 2.

He had his best weekend of the season in Mugello season finale, sealing an impressive fifth in qualifying, before being promoted to start fourth.

He managed to secure fifth and fourth places in the races, which tripled his points tally.

Fittipaldi placed 15th in the standings, eight places behind his vastly more experienced teammate Hughes, but eleven positions ahead of fellow rookie Doohan.

In May 2021, it was announced that Fittipaldi would switch to Charouz Racing System in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering Reshad de Gerus and Logan Sargeant.

In 2016, Fittipaldi graduated to car racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship with Douglas Motorsport.

In 2017, Fittipaldi signed with Prema Powerteam for the Italian F4 Championship.

He was massively outperformed by teammate and eventual champion Marcus Armstrong.

Fittipaldi achieved a highest finish of fifth place four times, leading him to finish ninth in the championship.

In the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Fittipaldi competed as a guest driver.

Fittipaldi was the 2018 Italian F4 champion and 2019 Formula Regional European runner-up.

He then spent nearly two seasons in Formula 3 before being promoted to Formula 2 with Charouz Racing System, and drove for Rodin Carlin in 2023.

He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and was also a previous member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

He is grandson of two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi by his daughter Juliana and Carlos Da Cruz, and brother of racing driver Pietro Fittipaldi.

He is also a first cousin once-removed of Christian Fittipaldi, who is Emerson's nephew.

He finished 18th in the championship with a best race finish of eighth, despite missing the final three rounds.

In 2018, Fittipaldi remained with Prema Powerteam for the Italian F4 Championship.

In the first race of the year, he duly went to take his maiden single-seater victory at Adria, later winning again in the third race.

However, he would not win for another two rounds, and lost the championship lead heading into Misano.

There, he would take all available points by winning all three races which saw him regain the championship lead.

Despite not winning for the next two rounds, a double Mugello win saw him seal the title at the final race.

In ADAC Formula 4, in a season which was dominated by eventual champion Lirim Zendeli, Fittipaldi's sole win came at the second Hockenheimring round.

He also picked up eight other podiums throughout the season and finished the year third overall.

In 2019 Fittipaldi competed in the 2019 Formula Regional European Championship for the Prema Powerteam alongside Frederik Vesti and Olli Caldwell.

Fittipaldi's opening to the season was clean, standing on the podium on all races during the opening three rounds.

This included a win in just his second race, although he did not stand on the step of the rostrum due to previous winner Olli Caldwell being disqualified post-race.

Following that however, he could only score five more podiums in the remaining five rounds, one of which was at Imola where he took another win.

Overall, he won two races, scored 11 more podiums and finished runner-up in the championship, only behind Vesti.

He also helped his team win the team championship.

During the 2019 F3 post-season testing, Fittipaldi was invited to drive for Prema Racing during the second day.

At the start of January 2020, Fittipaldi was announced to be driving for HWA Racelab in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering Jake Hughes and Red Bull junior Jack Doohan.