1. Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz was born on 25 June 1996 and is a Brazilian and American racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Pratt Miller Motorsports, and in the European Le Mans Series for Vector Sport; he serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Haas.
Pietro Fittipaldi won his first title at the 2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship.
Pietro Fittipaldi served as a test driver in Formula E for Jaguar from 2017 to 2019.
Pietro Fittipaldi made a further appearance in 2020 at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Outside of open-wheel racing, Pietro Fittipaldi competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in 2019, the European Le Mans Series from 2021 to 2022, and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023.
Pietro Fittipaldi has competed in the LMP2 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2023 for Rick Ware, Inter Europol, and Pratt Miller.
Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz was born on 25 June 1996 in Miami, Florida, US Fittipaldi is the grandson of two-time Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and the older brother of racing driver Enzo.
Pietro Fittipaldi began his racing career in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, winning the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway in 2011.
In 2015 Pietro Fittipaldi competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for Fortec Motorsports.
Pietro Fittipaldi continued racing for Fortec in 2016, this time driving in the Formula V8 3.5 Series alongside fellow rookie Louis Deletraz.
Pietro Fittipaldi won six races, dominating the championship, 44 points ahead of his closest rival Matevos Isaakyan.
In February 2018, Pietro Fittipaldi was named a part-time driver of the No 19 Honda for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series, replacing Zachary Claman DeMelo in six races that year.
Pietro Fittipaldi made his debut at the Phoenix Grand Prix, where he was forced to retire after contact on lap 40.
Pietro Fittipaldi achieved his first top ten finish at Portland and finished 26th in the standings.
Pietro Fittipaldi returned to IndyCar in 2021 exclusively for oval races, splitting the No 51 Dale Coyne Racing with RWR car with Romain Grosjean, who planned to only enter road and street circuit rounds.
Pietro Fittipaldi was the fastest rookie qualifier for the 2021 Indianapolis 500.
On 23 October 2023, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced Pietro Fittipaldi would drive the No 30 Honda for the 2024 IndyCar Series.
In October 2014, Pietro Fittipaldi was one of four drivers to be invited to test for the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Pietro Fittipaldi first tested a Formula One car on 27 November 2018 during the post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit, driving for Haas.
Pietro Fittipaldi started his debut Grand Prix in last and finished the race 17th, the last of the remaining drivers.
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner commented on Fittipaldi's debut "I think Pietro did a great job, considering he drove the car for the last time a year ago".
Pietro Fittipaldi remarked that it is difficult for a driver to make it to Formula One, and he was glad to have finished his first race.
Pietro Fittipaldi again stood in for Grosjean at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
Pietro Fittipaldi was retained in the role for the 2022 season.
Pietro Fittipaldi drove the Haas VF-22 during the first day of 2022 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, substituting for Nikita Mazepin after Mazepin's contract was terminated.
Pietro Fittipaldi was replaced for the remainder of the test by Kevin Magnussen.
Pietro Fittipaldi was actively considered by Haas for Mazepin's seat in the race team but ultimately Magnussen was chosen over him.
Pietro Fittipaldi drove the VF-22 in the free practices of the Mexico City and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix and took part in post-season testing in Abu Dhabi.
Pietro Fittipaldi drove the VF-23 during the young drivers' test.
Pietro Fittipaldi continued in his role as reserve driver for a sixth straight season in 2024, sharing this role with Oliver Bearman.
Pietro Fittipaldi drove the VF-24 alongside Bearman during the Pirelli tyre test at Silverstone following the British Grand Prix.
In May 2018, Pietro Fittipaldi broke both legs in a crash during qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
In January 2023, it was announced that Pietro Fittipaldi would drive full-time in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota Sport alongside David Heinemeier Hansson and Oliver Rasmussen.
Pietro Fittipaldi raced for Audi Sport Team WRT in the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
Pietro Fittipaldi scored a best result of fifth at Misano, and finished in the points six times, scoring 22 and ended up 15th in the drivers' standings.
Pietro Fittipaldi did not win the national championship; he was the individual track champion of Hickory Motor Speedway.