Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 1989 INDYCAR SERIES champion Emerson Fittipaldi, is preaching patience. Then Fittipaldi raced in other series for two more years before coming back to the INDYCAR SERIES this season with a full schedule for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Sitting 15th in points after one race, Fittipaldi feels like he’s working his way to that point. Fittipaldi was a hard-charger in the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on March 10, climbing 11 spots, 26th to 15th, in his No. Fittipaldi returned to the cockpit last month for the exhibition event at The Thermal Club, a 17-turn, 3.067-mile road course near Palm Springs, California. Despite knowing only four of the 16 tracks on the schedule, Fittipaldi has competed in too many races to be considered a rookie. So that’s the same approach we’ll be doing for all the race weekends.

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