This was one of the competitors in the Grand Prix Masters
F1 Cars 1966-1985 race at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.
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It's the1978 Fittipaldi F5A of
Richard Barber, sometimes called the Copersucar after its first major sponsor,
and has a 2,993cc V8 Cosworth DFV engine. Fittipaldi Automotive was formed in
1974 by Brazilian Wilson Fittipaldi and his younger brother Emerson, winner of
the 1972 World Drivers' Championship. The F5A is a modification of the 1977 F5
and is the car that was driven by Emerson Fittipaldi in 1978, sharing ninth
place in the World Drivers’ Championship with Gilles Villeneuve, his best
result being second place in the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Fittipaldi team
finished in seventh place in the World Constructors’ Championship.
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