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Nelson Piquet
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Brazilian racing driver (born 1952)
Nelson Piquet is a Brazilian racing driver born in 1952 who became one of the most successful competitors in motorsport history. He is significant because his achievements helped establish Brazil as a major force in international racing and inspired future generations of drivers from his country.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born 17 August 1952) is a Brazilian retired racing driver and businessman who won the World Drivers' Championship three times in the years 1981, 1983 and 1987. Piquet had a brief career in tennis before losing interest in the sport and subsequently took up karting and hid his identity to prevent his father discovering his hobby. He became the Brazilian national karting…
Known for
- Senna by Ayrton — Self (archive footage)2024
- Race to Perfection — Self2020
- Williams — Self2017
- Ayrton: Retratos e Memórias — Self (archive)2015
- Ayrton Senna do Brasil — Self2014
- Ayrton Senna do Brasil — Self (archive footage)2014
- 3 Champions — Self2011
- Senna — Self (archive footage)2010
- Not In A Hurry: The Official Review Of The 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship2009
- Double First - Williams & Jones: Formula One 1980 - A Review Of The 1980 Grand Prix Season2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nelson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Educated at
- University of Brasília
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Field of work
- Formula One car
- Sport
- auto racing
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 67
- Image
- Cerimonia de entrega da medalha Brasília 60 anos - 16.jpg
- Height
- 174
- Political ideology
- Bolsonarism
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- Nelson Piquet
- date of birth
- 1952-08-17
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- Nelson Piquet
- number of wins
- 23
- points for
- 485.5
- supported sports team
- CR Vasco da Gama
- pole positions
- 24
- podium finishes
- 60
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 208
- relative
- Daniel Suárez
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Encyclopedic overview
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior ( Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɛwsõ piˈke], born 17 August 1952) 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.
Piquet had a brief career in tennis before losing interest in the sport and subsequently took up karting and hid his identity to prevent his father discovering his hobby. He became the Brazilian national karting champion in 1971–72 and won the Formula Vee Brazil championship in 1976. With advice from Emerson Fittipaldi, Piquet went to Europe to further success by taking the record number of wins in Formula Three in 1978, beating Jackie Stewart's all-time record.
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