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RECOVERING. EMERSON FITTIPALDI, 49, two-time Indy 500 winner, after surgery to correct a broken bone in his neck suffered when he crashed into a wall at the Marlboro 500 in Michigan. Doctors say he can resume racing, but Fittipaldi thinks otherwise: "I had a message from the Lord...It looks like I'm not going to race again...
Brazil, home of Soccer Star Edson Arantes do Nascimento ("Pelé") and Champion Race Car Driver Emerson Fittipaldi, has a new game that combines the most violent aspects of both sports. Autobol, as it is called, is played roughly-very roughly-according to soccer rules except that the players drive stripped-down Renault Dauphines and bump the ball instead of kicking it. The result is a kind of motorized madness that seems perfectly in tune with a country that has one of the world's highest auto fatality rates...
...Austrian Grand Prix last month, Fittipaldi, the No. 1 contract driver for the Lotus-Ford team, passed up the group's top car (which had been having steering and transmission problems) for the older back-up model. Though his choice had a balky engine, Fittipaldi won the 198-mile race by 1.18 seconds over Former World Champion Denis Hulme of New Zealand. The Italian triumph was Fittipaldi's fifth Formula 1 Grand Prix victory in ten races this season-a remarkable record for a driver only in his second full Grand Prix season. At that torrid pace...
...Fittipaldi's greatest assets are the fluid control he displays in taking a car through a curve, his ability to spot passing points that other drivers miss and an invincibly steady hand. Referring to the Austrian race, Hulme said: "The only way I could get past was if Emerson made a mistake, and Emerson doesn't make mistakes...
...winner is determined by the total points collected in twelve Grand Prix races. Although two of these races (the Canadian and American) have not yet been held, Fittipaldi already has enough points (61) to clinch the title...