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  "id": 11955720,
  "title": "Emerson Fittipaldi on Jochen Rindt’s death and how he became Team Lotus’ F1 leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/emerson-fittipaldi-on-jochen-rindts-death-and-how-he-became-team",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T16:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
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    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/emerson-fittipaldi-jochen-rindt-death-team-lotus-leader/10861073/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Back in 1970, Brazil had never had a successful Formula 1 driver, but a 23-year-old named Emerson Fittipaldi was starting to make waves. After winning the Formula Vee title in his country, then moving to Europe to become a race winner in Formula Ford and a champion in Formula 3, Fittipaldi was having success in Formula 2 with Lotus. The youngster was handed his F1 debut by team boss Colin ...…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}