Nelson Piquet Jr.

Nelson Piquet Jr.
Piquet in 2015
Born (1985-07-25) July 25, 1985 (age 39)
Heidelberg, West Germany
Formula E career
Debut season2014–15
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number3
Former teamsNIO Formula E Team, Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Starts51
Championships1 (2014–15)
Wins2
Podiums5
Poles1
Fastest laps4
Best finish1st in 2014–15
Finished last season22nd
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Active years20082009
TeamsRenault
Entries28 (28 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points19
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2014 position53rd
Best finish53rd (2014)
First race2014 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
38 races run over 4 years
2016 position83rd
Best finish12th (2013)
First race2010 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last race2016 Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio)
First win2012 Sargento 200 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 7 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
54 races run over 4 years
2013 position100th
Best finish7th (2012)
First race2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win2012 VFW 200 (Michigan)
Last win2012 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 28 4
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
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Summer X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Austin RallyCross

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.

  1. ^ "Biography for Nelson Piquet Jr". IMDb.
  2. ^ "ING Renault F1 – Nelson Piquet Jr. profile" (in Dutch). ING. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  3. ^ "Piquet confirms Renault have dropped him". Autosport. 2009-08-03.