Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as Emerson Fittipaldi And Clay Regazzoni. Even in 1974, in fact, the World Championship was assigned to the last race with the contenders who presented themselves perfectly paired in the drivers’ standings. At Watkins Glen, in the United States, Ferrari and McLaren played it all in the final act and the Brazilian driver and the Woking team celebrated. For Fittipaldi it was the second world title, after the one he won at the wheel of the Lotus in 1972 at Monza. McLaren, on the other hand, celebrated its first Constructors’ title in its history. “The night before the race I slept only three hours, the tension was eating me up – said ‘Emmo’ reached by The Gazzetta dello Sport – the Qualifying had certainly not helped to be more serene as I was eighth and Clay was ninth. The Ferrari was very fast on the forehand, and showed up with fewer wings. Clay sprinted alongside me on the grid, and at the start he nearly threw me on the grass as I swerved into his car. Then on the straight he went away, before suffering several failures “.
Emerson Fittipaldi crossed the line in fourth position, while Regazzoni was eleventh, and so was McLaren’s celebration. In Abu Dhabi Hamilton and Verstappen will have their final. According to the verdeoro driver, the rivalry between the Dutchman and the seven-time world champion is not comparable to that between him and Regazzoni: “Clay and I didn’t have all this rivalry. We respected each other, but I remember that even before that race we looked at each other, the same our mechanics. Psychologically it was as if the battle was just between the two of us ”. The progenitor of a family of drivers has also promoted the Jeddah circuit, unlike the numerous criticisms received by this track from some protagonists including George Russell: “Well built circuit, narrow as Monte Carlo, with banking and walls close by. It reminds me of the IndyCar tracks ”.
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