The Brazilian grandsons of two-time Formulation champion, double Indy 500 winner and 1989 IndyCar champion Emerson Fittipaldi shared the observe for the very first time on the 1.7-mile quick course at Sebring Worldwide Raceway on Wednesday.
Enzo, 22, teamed up with DCR as Pietro, 27, had his first outing in an IndyCar for the reason that 2021 Indianapolis 500 after signing a deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing last month.
Enzo Fittipaldi presently sits seventh within the standings with one spherical to go of his second full season in F2, having damaged his duck at Spa.
Talking to Autosport, he mentioned he had “obtained in control in a short time” within the take a look at utilizing up 5 units of tyres and finishing “many lengthy runs”.
“I can say it was successful and I had a very good time,” the Pink Bull junior mentioned. “The velocity was there immediately. So yeah, I used to be very completely satisfied about that.”
One of many extra distinctive variations Enzo discovered was how the IndyCar’s Firestone tyres behaved in comparison with the Pirellis on his F2 challenger.
“The best way you construct the tyre vitality, the warmup procedures are fully completely different,” Enzo mentioned.
“With IndyCar, it is simply flat-out proper out of the field actually. No guidelines in anyway.
Picture by: Pietro Fittipaldi
Pietro Fittipaldi, Enzo Fittipaldi
“In Formulation 2, you’ll be able to simply injury a tyre as quickly as you over slip. It’s a must to be tremendous delicate within the warm-up and principally solely heat up the tyres with the brakes in Formulation 2.
“In IndyCar, it is the alternative. I imply, you do the whole lot in IndyCar that you simply’re not imagined to do in Formulation 2 by way of a tyre process and the whole lot.”
Whereas Enzo felt the ability was “fairly related” to the long-serving F2 automotive that will be replaced by a new machine for 2024, he reported that “the type could be very completely different”.
“Inside the automotive you’ll be able to slide loads and extract the lap time, actually extract it out of the tyres, though sliding round seems to be like a really messy lap, however nonetheless, it is good,” he mentioned.
“In F2, you’ll be able to’t actually slide an excessive amount of. As quickly as you slide with the rears, it is not nice. So yeah, very completely different method, very completely different types.”
Contemplating all of Pietro’s 9 begins in North America’s premier open-wheel championship thus far occurred for Dale Coyne, Enzo shared how the group proprietor in contrast the 2.
“He mentioned I am a bit extra aggressive and wilder in comparison with my brother,” revealed the 2018 Italian F4 champion. “My brother’s a bit smoother; these have been Dale’s phrases.”
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Enzo Fittipaldi, Rodin Carlin
The pair had loved sharing the observe and at one level after lunch discovered themselves on observe buying and selling equivalent fast laps.
“It was very, very aggressive,” Enzo mentioned. “We have been tremendous shut. We’re very aggressive with one another.”
Though it was pure coincidence the take a look at delivered a uncommon alternative for the brothers, it’s one thing that might be ceaselessly treasured.
“There was no different group there, it was simply me and my brother,” Enzo mentioned. “It may be a day I will bear in mind for the remainder of my life.”