It’s one of motor racing’s most familiar photographic clichés: black livery with gold flourishes, distinctive dark helmet with elegant red swirls, driver’s head cocked to one side as he coaxes his car towards the Druids apex. Lotus 72, Emerson Fittipaldi, Brands Hatch.
It’s hard to imagine nowadays, but 50 years ago that title-winning combination appeared four times in the course of a single season at the Kent circuit. Today Fittipaldi is back at Brands Hatch to be reunited with Lotus 72/7, the chassis he used through most of that successful 1972 campaign. He is here with Sky Sports to produce a mini-documentary marking the 50th anniversary of his first world title, which back then made him the sport’s youngest champion,
