Fifty years after Emerson Fittipaldi raced the Lotus 72 to a drivers’ and constructors’ championship double, he and every example of the legendary car have returned to Hethel.
Guests, including former Team Lotus members, watched seven of the suviving eight cars running on the test track where they were developed. Fittipaldi was back in Chassis 72/5 that he drove to his maiden F1 victory at Watkins Glen.