Nelson Piquet

:"Piquet" redirects here. For other uses, see Piquet (disambiguation).
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (Pronounced: ; 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 , and . 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 and .
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).
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==Formula One Career==
=== 1981 ===
==Formula One Record==
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Team Tissot Ensign 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	BS Fabrications 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	3 	15th 	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	3 	15th 	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	54 	align=center	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	50 	align=center	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	20 	11th 	Report
 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	20 	11th 	Report
 	Fila Sport 	 	59 	align=center	Report
 	MRD International 	 	29 	5th 	Report
 	Olivetti Racing 	 	21 	8th 	Report
 	Canon Williams Honda Team	 	69 	align=center	Report
 	Canon Williams Honda Team	 	73 (76) 	align=center	Report
 	Camel Team Lotus Honda 	 	22 	6th 	Report
 	Camel Team Lotus 	 	12 	8th 	Report
 	Benetton Formula Ltd. 	 	43 (44) 	align=center	Report
 	Camel Benetton Ford 	 	26.5 	6th 	Report
==Career Statistics==
==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==
==Notes==
== 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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