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Nelson Piquet
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1991. Piquet won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1981, 1983, and 1987, and won 23 Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
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business · Brazilian racing driver (born 1952) · racing automobile driver · businessperson · Formula One driver · also Nelson Piquet, Nelson Piquet Sr., Piquet
Born 17 August 1952 · Q171346
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,008 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 714, with 0 article edits.
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2022· 1 entry
His use of the racial slur received condemnation from F1 and the community
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2021· 1 entry
During an interview on a Brazilian podcast, Piquet referred to Lewis Hamilton by the Portuguese term "neguinho" when discussing an incident between Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the 2021 British Grand Prix
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2013· 1 entry
On 11 November 2013, Piquet underwent heart surgery from which he made a complete recovery.
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2007· 1 entry
On 31 July 2007 (three weeks before his mother's death), Piquet, after repeated speeding and parking offenses, was stripped of his civilian driving licence and ordered by the Brazilian courts to attend a week of lessons in order to "learn good and safe driving conduct", and to then pass an exam.
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2000· 2 entries
And two racing circuits in Rio de Janeiro (formerly the Jacarepaguá Circuit) and in Brasília have been named "Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet", though the Rio circuit has since been demolished to make way for venue
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Piquet was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000 and two racing circuits in Rio de Janeiro (formerly the Jacarepaguá Circuit) and in Brasília have been named "Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet", though the Rio circuit has since been demolished to make way for venues to be used in the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Rio de Janeiro the host city.
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1996· 1 entry
Piquet competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours driving a McLaren F1 GTR alongside Johnny Cecotto and Danny Sullivan, finishing eighth overall
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1994· 1 entry
Piquet continued to publicly refer to Senna as "gay" as late as 2020
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1992· 1 entry
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1991· 1 entry
– again at the expense of longtime rival Mansell, whose Williams-Renault stalled past the old pits on the last lap while leading
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1989· 1 entry
And that the team would be uncompetitive using the Italian engine
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1988· 3 entries
And his career took a nose dive despite the Camel sponsored Lotus 100T having the same specification Honda V6 turbo that powered the almost totally dominant McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost - the 100T was a very
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Piquet made comments in a magazine about his rival Nigel Mansell, calling him an "uneducated blockhead" and describing his wife as "ugly"
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Losing his number one status to fellow Brazilian Senna, who won eight races and the championship for McLaren (Prost won seven races, while Piquet could only manage three third-place finishes for the season)
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1987· 4 entries
Won Formula One World Drivers' Championship (1987).
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Using political maneuvering and technical skill to gain the upper hand
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Piquet emerged as world champion
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During a heated battle with teammate Nigel Mansell which left the pair's relationship sour
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1986· 3 entries
To Williams saw Piquet becoming the teammate of one of his fiercest rivals, Nigel Mansell
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And Mansell should have won in 1987, and that after 1987 he drove for the money as due to his condition he was no longer able to lead races from the front (each of his six wins following his Imola accident were inherited
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And was a title contender until the final round in Australia
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1985· 1 entry
Piquet won a single race, the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit with summer conditions similar to those experienced in testing suiting the tyres, and the powerful BMW turbo engine propelling the Brabham BT54 (
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1983· 1 entry
Won Formula One World Drivers' Championship (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Was hampered by severe engine unreliability, but he saw a resurgence for 1983 and his second world championship
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1981· 2 entries
Won Formula One World Drivers' Championship (1981).
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1983, and 1987, and won 23 Grands Prix across 14 seasons
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1980· 1 entry
Piquet finished a hard-fought second in Argentina behind Alan Jones; the race was held in very hot conditions on a disintegrating track
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1979· 2 entries
Moved to the Brabham team and finished the runner-up in 1980 before winning the championship in 1981
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Piquet competed in his first full season in Formula One
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1978· 2 entries
Beating Jackie Stewart's all-time record
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Piquet moved to the Brabham team; he qualified in 14th and finished 11th
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1977· 1 entry
Piquet's first marriage lasted one year, during which a son was born in 1977.
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1960· 1 entry
And became Minister for Health in João Goulart's government (1961–1964)
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-08-17.
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