Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Motsawa daga Formula Two, Fittipaldi ya fara tseren tserensa na Team Lotus a matsayin direba na uku a 1970 British Grand Prix. Bayan da aka kashe Jochen Rindt a gasar Grand Prix ta Italiya ta 1970
, Brazilian ya zama jagorancin Lotus a cikin Grand Prix na biyar kawai. Ya sami gagarumar nasara tare da Lotus, ya lashe Gasar Dakarun Duniya a 1972 yana da shekaru 25, rikodin mafi ƙanƙanta na duniya na F1 wanda ya riƙe shekaru 33. Daga baya ya koma McLaren a shekarar 1974, inda ya sake lashe gasar. Ya ba da mamaki ga paddock ta hanyar komawa ƙungiyar ɗan'uwansa Fittipaldi Automotive kafin kakar 1976, wanda James Hunt ya maye gurbinsa. Nasarar ta ɓace masa a cikin shekarun da ya gabata a cikin Formula One, tare da motocin Fittipaldi ba su da isasshen gasa don yin gwagwarmaya don cin nasara. Fittipaldi ya ɗauki ƙarin podium biyu, kafin ya yi ritaya a 1980.