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Daily Inspiration Quote by Emerson Fittipaldi

"I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races"

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There is something quietly disarming about how unglamorous this sounds coming from Emerson Fittipaldi, a man whose name is basically stitched into modern racing history. No grand pronouncements about speed, destiny, or the purity of competition. Just the cadence of a devoted fan: every year, every race on TV, a handful in person. The intent is almost certainly practical - he is describing his routine - but the subtext is reputational. He is positioning himself less as a retired legend and more as a working witness, someone still inside the culture rather than embalmed by it.

The detail matters. “For sure” is conversational, not ceremonial. It flattens the hierarchy between icon and audience: he watches the way everyone else watches, through a screen, week after week. That’s a savvy kind of humility, especially in a sport where celebrity can calcify into brand management. He’s also drawing a bridge between CART and Formula One, which reads like an argument disguised as a schedule. In the era when F1 carried the global prestige and CART held a distinctly American identity, listing both on equal terms signals pluralism - an insider insisting the racing world is bigger than one gilded paddock.

Contextually, it’s a veteran’s claim to relevance. Attendance is credibility in motorsport, a proof of continued appetite and authority. Fittipaldi isn’t selling nostalgia; he’s signaling that he still keeps up, still cares, still belongs.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fittipaldi, Emerson. (2026, January 17). I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-go-to-see-grand-prix-every-year-and-i-watch-68165/

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Fittipaldi, Emerson. "I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-go-to-see-grand-prix-every-year-and-i-watch-68165/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-go-to-see-grand-prix-every-year-and-i-watch-68165/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946) is a Celebrity from Brazil.

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