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Wilson Fittipaldi died at the age of 80. The former owner of the Formula 1 team choked on a piece of meat and suffered cardiac arrest
Wilson Fittipaldi / Photo: © Evening Standard / Stringer / Hulton Archive / Gettyimages.ru
Wilson Fittipaldi, a former racing driver and owner of the Formula 1 team, has died at the age of 80, reports The Mirror.
Fittipaldi has been in hospital in Brazil since Christmas. An elderly man suffered cardiac arrest after choking on a piece of meat during a family dinner on holiday eve.
Fittipaldi competed in Formula 1 racing from 1972 to 1975. He competed in 38 races in total and is the brother of former two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi. His son Christian Fittipaldi was also a racing driver who competed in Formula 1 and NASCAR.
Together with his younger brother, Fittipaldi founded Fittipaldi-Copersucar: the only Brazilian Formula 1 team in history, which existed from 1975 to 1982.
Source: Sportbox
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