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Fittipaldi
The Fittipaldi FD was a series of Formula One chassis used by Fittipaldi Automotive in the, and  seasons. The initial chassis was designated Fittipladi FD01 and there were three minor developments designated, Fittipaldi FD02, Fittipaldi FD03 and Fittipaldi FD04 respectively. FD series cars competed in 37 races making 43 individual entries in total. The chasis achieved a best finish of fourth place at both the 1977 Argentine and Brazilian Grands Prix driven on each occasion by former World Champion and joint team-owner Emerson Fittipaldi. It scored a total of 11 World Championship points.

Development
Copersucar-Fittipaldi had a bad year in 1975 and Wilson Fittipaldi stepped down from driving to look after the management of the team and was replaced by his brother Emerson. The car had longer side pods and a bigger airbox before tall airboxes were banned partway through the season.

1976
The FD04's first race was the 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix. Driven by Emerson Fittipaldi, it finished 13th. Teammate Ingo Hoffmann, also from Brazil, finished 11th in the FD03. The team only entered Emerson Fittipaldi for South Africa where he finished seventeenth despite an engine failure. Hoffmann returned for the United States Grand Prix West but failed to qualify and Fittipaldi finished sixth. Hoffmann failed to qualify for Spain and Fittipaldi retired with transmission failure. Fittipaldi failed to qualify for Belgian, finished sixth in Monaco and retired in Sweden due to handling issues on the FD04. Hoffmann returned for the French Grand Prix but failed to qualify and Fittipaldi retired with oil pressure problems. The Brazilian finished sixth in Britain and 13th in Germany. Fittipaldi retired at the Austrian Grand Prix due to an accident. An electrical fault put the Brazilian out of the Dutch Grand Prix. Fittipaldi finished 15th in Italy. Fittipaldi retired at the Canadian Grand Prix due to a broken exhaust. Fittipaldi finished ninth in the United States Grand Prix East and withdrew from Japan after he, Niki Lauda (Ferrari), and the Brabham drivers, Larry Perkins and Carlos Pace, considered the weather conditions made the track too dangerous.

1977
The FD04 was used until the Fittipaldi F5 was ready. The season started at the 1977 Argentine Grand Prix. Fittipaldi finished fourth and Hoffmann retired with engine failure, At Brazil, Fittipaldi finished fourth and Hoffmann seventh. Fittipaldi finished tenth at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, fifth at United States West and 14th at the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix. Fittipaldi retired with engine failure at Monaco then used the F5 in Belgian The FD04 was raced once more, by Fittipaldi at the Swedish Grand Prix where he finished 18th. The FD04 was replaced by the Fittipaldi F5 from the French Grand Prix onwards.

Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)(results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)

‡ 3 points scored using the Fittipaldi F5.