Nelson Piquet

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Nelson Piquet
Driver Information
Born	17 August 1952 (1952-08-17) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	BRA
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Retired
World Titles	3
Races	208 (203 starts)
Poles	24
Wins	23
Podiums	60
Fastest Laps	23
Points	485.5
First Race	1978 German Grand Prix
Last Race	1991 Australian Grand Prix
First Win	1980 United States Grand Prix West
Last Win	1991 Canadian Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (Pronounced: PEE-kay; born August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeirio), commonly known as Nelson Piquet is a former Formula One driver, and three-time World Champion, winning the title in 1981, 1983 and 1987. He is one of ten drivers to have won the title at least three times, the others being Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Sebastian Vettel (with four), Alain Prost (four), Juan Manuel Fangio (five), Michael Schumacher (seven), and Lewis Hamilton (seven). He is the only driver to win the championship in a BMW engined car.

He is the father of Nelson Piquet, Jr., who drove for Renault in 2008 and 2009.

He has also competed in the Indianapolis 500 twice (starting once), suffering a practice crash in 1992, and being classified 32nd in 1993 (crashed after 38 laps).

Formula One Career

1981

"Nelson Piquet has taken over from Emerson Fittipaldi in terms of being the best South American driver."

Murray Walker, 1981 United States Grand Prix West, BBC Commentary

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1978	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
	BS Fabrications	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1979	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	3	15th	Report
		Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1980	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	54	2nd	Report
1981	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	50	1st	Report
1982	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham-BMW	20	11th	Report
		Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1983	Fila Sport	Brabham-BMW	59	1st	Report
1984	MRD International	Brabham-BMW	29	5th	Report
1985	Olivetti Racing	Brabham-BMW	21	8th	Report
1986	Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams-Honda	69	3rd	Report
1987	Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams-Honda	73 (76)	1st	Report
1988	Camel Team Lotus Honda	Lotus-Honda	22	6th	Report
1989	Camel Team Lotus	Lotus-Judd	12	8th	Report
1990	Benetton Formula Ltd.	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	43 (44)	3rd	Report
1991	Camel Benetton Ford	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	26.5	6th	Report

Career Statistics

Entries	208
Starts	203
Pole Positions	24
Front Row Starts	44
Race Wins	23
Podiums	60
Fastest Laps	23
Points	485.5
Laps Raced	9870
Distance Raced	45,556 km (28,307 mi)
Races Led	58
Laps Led	1600
Distance Led	7,610 km (4,730 mi)
Doubles	5
Hat-Tricks	3
Grand Chelems	3

Race Wins

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	1980 United States Grand Prix West
2	1980 Dutch Grand Prix
3	1980 Italian Grand Prix
4	1981 Argentine Grand Prix
5	1981 San Marino Grand Prix
6	1981 German Grand Prix
7	1982 Canadian Grand Prix
8	1983 Brazilian Grand Prix
9	1983 Italian Grand Prix
10	1983 European Grand Prix
11	1984 Canadian Grand Prix
12	1984 United States Grand Prix
13	1985 French Grand Prix
14	1986 Brazilian Grand Prix
15	1986 German Grand Prix
16	1986 Hungarian Grand Prix
17	1986 Italian Grand Prix
18	1987 German Grand Prix
19	1987 Hunngarian Grand Prix
20	1987 Italian Grand Prix
21	1990 Japanese Grand Prix
22	1990 Australian Grand Prix
23	1991 Canadian Grand Prix

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos
1978																	0	NC
											Ret	Ret	Ret	9th		11th
1979																	3	15th
	Ret	Ret	7th	8th	Ret	Ret	7th	C	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	Ret
1980																	54	2nd
	2nd	Ret	4th	1st	Ret	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	5th	1st	1st	Ret	Ret
1981																	50	1st
	3rd	12th	1st	1st	Ret	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	1st	3rd	2nd	6th	5th	5th
1982																	20	11th
	Ret	DSQ	Ret		5th	Ret	DNQ	1st	2nd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret
1983																	59	1st
	1st	Ret	2nd	Ret	2nd	4th	4th	Ret	2nd	13th	3rd	Ret	1st	1st	3rd
1984																	29	5th
	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	1st	1st	Ret	7th	Ret	2nd	Ret	Ret	3rd	6th
1985																	21	8th
	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	Ret	6th	1st	4th	Ret	Ret	8th	2nd	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret
1986																	69	3rd
	1st	Ret	2nd	7th	Ret	3rd	Ret	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	Ret	1st	3rd	4th	2nd
1987																	73 (76)	1st
	2nd	DNS	Ret	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	15th	Ret
1988																	22	6th
	3rd	3rd	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	5th	5th	Ret	8th	4th	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	3rd
1989																	12	8th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	4th	8th	4th	5th	6th	DNQ	Ret	Ret	8th	4th	Ret
1990																	43 (44)	3rd
	4th	6th	5th	DSQ	2nd	6th	4th	5th	Ret	3rd	5th	7th	5th	Ret	1st	1st
1991																	26.5	6th
	3rd	5th	Ret	Ret	1st	Ret	8th	5th	Ret	Ret	3rd	6th	5th	11th	7th	4th

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

Quotes

"Confounding his critics, Nelson Piquet in the points at Phoenix and Brazil. Indeed, the three times champion could well return to the victory rostrum this season." - Andrew Marriott. Eurosport. 1990 San Marino Grand Prix Build-Up.

External links

• Wikipedia article
• Nelson Piquet on Manipe F1

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