| Nelson Piquet Jr. | ||||||||||||
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 Piquet in 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Born | July 25, 1985 Heidelberg, West Germany | |||||||||||
| Formula E career | ||||||||||||
| Debut season | 2014–15 | |||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum | |||||||||||
| Car number | 3 | |||||||||||
| Former teams | NIO Formula E Team, Panasonic Jaguar Racing | |||||||||||
| Starts | 51 | |||||||||||
| Championships | 1 (2014–15) | |||||||||||
| Wins | 2 | |||||||||||
| Podiums | 5 | |||||||||||
| Poles | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 4 | |||||||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2014–15 | |||||||||||
| Finished last season | 22nd | |||||||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazilian | |||||||||||
| Active years | 2008–2009 | |||||||||||
| Teams | Renault | |||||||||||
| Entries | 28 (28 starts) | |||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 | |||||||||||
| Career points | 19 | |||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | |||||||||||
| First entry | 2008 Australian Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Last entry | 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | ||||||||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | ||||||||||||
| 2014 position | 53rd | |||||||||||
| Best finish | 53rd (2014) | |||||||||||
| First race | 2014 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | |||||||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | ||||||||||||
| 38 races run over 4 years | ||||||||||||
| 2016 position | 83rd | |||||||||||
| Best finish | 12th (2013) | |||||||||||
| First race | 2010 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen) | |||||||||||
| Last race | 2016 Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio) | |||||||||||
| First win | 2012 Sargento 200 (Road America) | |||||||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | ||||||||||||
| 54 races run over 4 years | ||||||||||||
| 2013 position | 100th | |||||||||||
| Best finish | 7th (2012) | |||||||||||
| First race | 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | |||||||||||
| Last race | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | |||||||||||
| First win | 2012 VFW 200 (Michigan) | |||||||||||
| Last win | 2012 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas) | |||||||||||
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| Statistics current as of August 13, 2016. | ||||||||||||
| Championship titles | ||||||||||||
| 2014–15 2004 2002 | Formula E British Formula 3 Formula Three Sudamericana | |||||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||||
| 2003 Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver | ||||||||||||
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Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior[1] (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One and Formula E driver where he was champion in the 2014–15 season. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 33 Toyota Corolla E210 for Motul TMG Racing.
He also races a ORECA 07 in the LMP2 Pro/Am class of the European Le Mans Series for Team Virage.
The son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, he was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008,[2] before being dropped midway through the 2009 season.[3] After losing his drive, it emerged that he had, under instruction from senior members of the team, crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race. The resulting scandal became one of the most significant in motor sport history, and ultimately saw a permanent end to Piquet Jr's career in Formula 1. Piquet also finished runner-up in the 2006 GP2 Series, fourth in the 2014 Global RallyCross Championship, and seventh in the 2012 NASCAR Truck Series.
- ^ "Biography for Nelson Piquet Jr". IMDb.
- ^ "ING Renault F1 – Nelson Piquet Jr. profile" (in Dutch). ING. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
- ^ "Piquet confirms Renault have dropped him". Autosport. 2009-08-03.