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Nelson Piquet Jr.

b. 1985

Brazilian racing driver (born 1985)

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Born 1985. Nelson Piquet Jr. is a Brazilian racing automobile driver and formula One driver.

Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Jr. 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.

Piquet 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, before being dropped midway through the 2009 season. 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.

Early and personal life Piquet born in Heidelberg, West Germany, is the son of Nelson Piquet, one of Brazil's most successful Formula One drivers as a three-time world champion. Piquet's parents separated soon after he was born, and he lived in Monaco with his Dutch mother, Sylvia Tamsma, until he was eight years old. He then moved to live in Brazil with his father. "They kind of swapped me. My mother wanted me to get to know my father, she wanted me to know Brazil and the language, and she realized life in Brazil would be better for a child." Piquet has two sisters, Kelly and Julia, and four half-brothers, Geraldo, Laszlo, Pedro, and Marco. He lived in Brasília and attended the American School of Brasília until he was 16 years old, when he decided to pursue his racing career full-time.

In December 2023, Piquet married Brazilian model and professional equestrian Patsy Zurita.

Early career Piquet's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana. with four races to go. In 2002, he also raced one race of Brazilian Formula Renault.

In 2003, Piquet moved to the United Kingdom where he joined the British Formula 3 Championship and formed the Piquet Sports team. He went on to finish the championship in third place with six wins,

Formula One (2007–2009)

2007 During the 2007 season, Piquet was the official test and reserve driver for the Renault Formula One team.

2008

Piquet scored the first points of his F1 career at the 2008 French Grand Prix. The 2008 season saw Piquet promoted to the Renault Formula One race team to drive alongside returning double World Champion Fernando Alonso. It was reported that he gained preference for the seat over Heikki Kovalainen because Kovalainen was seen as a potential rival to Alonso, and such a challenge to Alonso could damage the team.

The first race of the 2008 season in Australia saw Piquet start 21st and damage his car in a collision on the opening lap, before ultimately retiring on lap 31. This was exactly the same result as his father achieved in his first race at the 1978 German Grand Prix. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, he started from thirteenth on the grid and finished eleventh. He started the Bahrain Grand Prix from fourteenth but retired with a gearbox problem after his second pit stop. Piquet qualified in tenth for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, taking part in the first top-ten qualifying session of his career. However, his race ended on lap seven after colliding with Sébastien Bourdais in an attempt to overtake. The Turkish Grand Prix saw him qualify seventeenth and finish the race fifteenth. His problems were further compounded with a pair of non-finishes, when he crashed out at Monaco after failing to get to grips with the damp conditions, and spun off while chasing teammate Alonso in Canada, before ultimately retiring on lap 42 with brake failure.

Piquet was under increasing pressure from his Renault team over the course of the 2008 season, and there was speculation he would lose his race seat if he did not improve. Renault did nothing to quell the rumours, publicly urging him to improve after the Turkish Grand Prix and suggesting after Monaco that he lacked confidence. Despite the pressure, Piquet scored his first points in F1 with a seventh place finish at the 2008 French Grand Prix passing his twice-World Champion teammate Fernando Alonso in the last few laps. In the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Piquet was at one point lying in fourth place, having passed his teammate who was on old tyres. Piquet aquaplaned and spun out on lap 36 along with several other top runners as the wet conditions reached their worst. A race later, however, at the German Grand Prix, he finished ahead of the Ferrari of Felipe Massa to claim second place to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his first podium finish. He had been the only driver on a one-stop strategy which, with the help of a safety car segment, gained him several positions. In the Japanese Grand Prix, he finished fourth.

2009

Despite rumours that he was on his way out, Renault decided to keep Piquet by signing him to a one-year contract. Alonso continued as his teammate, hoping to elevate Renault into title contention once again.

Piquet had a disappointing start to the 2009 season, failing to make past the first qualifying session in any of the first three races. His first race, in Australia, ended on lap 24 when he retired with brake failure. He had a better race in Malaysia the following week finishing thirteenth, two places and seven seconds behind his teammate Alonso after the race was cut short due to extreme weather. China was another disappointment, however, and after spinning several times and requiring two new nose cones for his car he eventually finished sixteenth and last, two laps down, in what team manager Flavio Briatore described as a "very, very bad race". He had a better race at Bahrain on his way to tenth making up one of the highest number of places behind Webber, whom he held off at the end of the race. In Spain he finished twelfth.

Later, at the 2009 German Grand Prix, Piquet out-qualified his teammate for the first time. However, following the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, he still had not scored any points in the season. On 3 August 2009, Piquet confirmed that he had been dropped by Renault. Renault's test and reserve driver Romain Grosjean replaced Piquet for the rest of the season. Along with several other drivers, Piquet was linked to a drive with Ferrari as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa, after stand-in Luca Badoer finished second-to-last at the European Grand Prix. However, Ferrari instead signed Giancarlo Fisichella who Piquet had replaced at Renault in 2008.

2009 FIA investigation: "Crashgate"

In August 2009, after Piquet left the Renault F1 team, allegations surfaced that Piquet had deliberately crashed his car at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, to benefit his teammate Fernando Alonso, who went on to win the race. At the time, Piquet characterized the crash as a simple mistake. Later, he recanted, making statements to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) that it was deliberate, and that he had been asked by Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds to stage the crash. In return for his evidence, Piquet was granted blanket immunity by the FIA. On 4 September 2009, Renault F1 principals were charged with conspiracy and race rigging, and were called to face the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 21 September 2009.

On 11 September, Renault and Briatore stated they would initiate a criminal case against Piquet for making false allegations and blackmail. However, on 16 September, Renault announced they would not contest the charges, and that both Briatore and Symonds had left the team.

On 21 September, on conclusion of the FIA hearings, Piquet, who was 23 at the time of the 2008 Singapore GP, said "I bitterly regret my actions to follow the orders I was given... My situation at Renault turned into a nightmare. Having dreamed of being a Formula One driver and having worked so hard to get there, I found myself at the mercy of Mr Briatore. His true character, which had previously only been known to those he had treated like this in the past, is now known. Mr Briatore was my manager as well as the team boss, he had my future in his hands but he cared nothing for it. By the time of the Singapore GP he had isolated me and driven me to the lowest point I had ever reached in my life. Now that I am out of that situation I cannot believe that I agreed to the plan, but when it was put to me I felt that I was in no position to refuse." Renault accused Piquet of 'false allegations' and even produced an anonymous "Witness X" who supposedly provided first-hand details of the conspiracy planning, which backed up Pat Symonds' claim that the idea for the crash came from Piquet himself as a way to atone for poor performance and aid in his negotiations for a contract extension with the team.

However, in December 2010, the Piquets won a libel case against Renault. Renault apologised to Piquet for defaming him and paid substantial damages. The Piquets' lawyer said "They were both treated appallingly by Renault F1 when they dared to reveal the scandal to the governing body... F1 has been deprived of the best of Nelsinho and it is to [F1's] detriment that his talent is now being demonstrated elsewhere." Renault issued an apology in response to the High Court decision: "The team accepts that the allegations made by Nelson Piquet Jr. were not false. "It also accepts that Piquet Jr. and his father did not invent these allegations in order to blackmail the team."

On 15 October 2009, Felipe Massa was reported as saying he was "certain" Alonso was involved in the scandal, adding, "Without a doubt he knew it." Six weeks later, it was reported that Alonso turned down Massa's charity kart race invitation.

A few hours after the new Campos Meta team had confirmed Bruno Senna as one of its drivers for 2010, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said in the paddock of the new Yas Marina Circuit that he would like to see the sacked Piquet get another chance in F1 as Senna's teammate. Ecclestone said "It'd be good, wouldn't it, another good name. That's what's being talked about, actually."

On December 28, 2009, it was reported by Spanish website Motor21.com that Piquet had signed a three-year contract with Campos alongside Senna. However, this was later revealed by Motor21.com to have been a hoax in celebration of the Spanish Día de los Santos Innocentes festival. Piquet hinted that he had had talks with Force India. However, they opted to retain both Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi, so Piquet decided to move to NASCAR for 2010. Several months later, Piquet said that he had had talks with more than one F1 team to race again after the Crashgate controversy.

NASCAR (2010–2014, 2016, 2026)

Piquet told Brazilian Rede Globo that he would test a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series truck for Red Horse Racing from Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina on October 12, 2009. When asked whether the test could lead to a NASCAR drive next season, Piquet said it was not the plan.

However, Piquet announced that he would race in NASCAR in 2010—albeit without specifying which series—during the following January. Piquet drove in the Camping World Truck Series with Red Horse Racing, and made his stock car debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Daytona International Speedway driving the No. 6 Toyota for ARCA powerhouse Eddie Sharp Racing. In his first truck race, Piquet finished sixth, the first Brazilian driver to finish in the top-ten in the series' history. Piquet then announced that he would compete in three races for Billy Ballew Motorsports driving the No. 15 truck. In August, he competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Watkins Glen International road course and finished seventh in his first start in the series.

On December 13, 2010, Kevin Harvick, Inc. announced that Piquet would drive a third truck for the team for the full 2011 Truck series season, the No. 8 Chevrolet with Chris Carrier as crew chief. Piquet finished tenth in points and was a finalist for Most Popular Driver and runner-up to Joey Coulter for Rookie of the Year.

Piquet signed with Turner Motorsports for 2012 after KHI folded. That year he drove the No. 30 Chevrolet for the full season in the Camping World Truck Series, and drove part-time in the Nationwide Series.

Piquet scored his first win in a NASCAR-sanctioned series in March at Bristol Motor Speedway, winning his first-ever K&N Pro Series East start.

Piquet at his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win at Road America in 2012. On June 23, 2012, Piquet scored his first win in NASCAR competition, winning the Nationwide Series Sargento 200 at Road America; he was the first Brazilian driver to win a NASCAR national touring series event.

On August 18, 2012, Piquet won his first race in the Camping World Truck Series at Michigan. On lap 56 of the race he spun out racing Kurt Busch after a restart. The team pitted under the caution and it allowed them to use fuel strategy later in the race to obtain their first win of the season. On September 29, 2012, Piquet won his second career Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after making a last lap pass on Matt Crafton.

In 2013, Piquet moved to full-time competition in the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 30 for Turner Scott Motorsports in a bid for Rookie of the Year. He also drove in selected Truck Series races for the team, and in the Truck Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for NTS Motorsports.

Late in the 2013 season, Piquet was fined $10,000 by NASCAR and placed on probation until the end of the season for remarks described as "homophobic" made over social media.

In 2014, Piquet was hired by Randy Humphrey Racing to race the No. 77 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series' Cheez-It 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, which would be his debut in the series.

Two years later, Piquet returned to the Nationwide Series, now known as the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 98 Ford for Biagi-DenBeste Racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Piquet has returned to racing in NASCAR in 2026, in the 2026 NASCAR Euro Series, driving the no. 48 Ford Mustang entry for Alumitec Racing.

Piquet competing at the RFK Stadium during the 2014 Global RallyCross Championship.

Rallycross Released by Turner Scott Motorsports due to a lack of sponsorship following the 2013 season, in April 2014 it was announced that Piquet would contest the 2014 Global RallyCross Championship with SH Racing, driving the No. 07 Ford Fiesta ST. He collected four podiums in nine races, and finished the season in fourth place in the championship standings.

Formula E (2014–2019)

China Racing/NEXTEV (2014–2017) In August 2014, Piquet tested at Donington Park with Formula E team China Racing, and was hired by the team on August 21. In the first five races of the 2014–15 season, Piquet achieved podium finishes in Punta del Este, and Buenos Aires. Piquet achieved his first Formula E victory in Long Beach, and his second in Moscow which, coupled with his consistent results across the season, meant Piquet won the inaugural Formula E Championship by a solitary point from Sébastien Buemi.

Jaguar (2017–2019) In 2017, Piquet joined the Panasonic Jaguar Racing after two frustrating seasons with NextEV.

Piquet was outmatched by his teammate Mitch Evans every ePrix in 2018-19 season, he only scored one point in that season. He left the Jaguar team after Sanya ePrix. He was replaced by Alex Lynn, for the remainder of the season.

Racing record

Career summary Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers. ‡ Ineligible for championship points Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Three Sudamericana results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points 2003 Piquet Sports Dallara F303 Mugen-Honda DON11 DON12 SNE1 SNE2 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 SIL1 SIL2 CAS1 CAS2 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 ROC2 THR1 THR2 SPA1 SPA2 DON21 DON22 BRH1 BRH2 3rd 231 2004 Piquet Sports Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 CAS1 CAS2 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 1st 282

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) GP2 Series results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points 2005 Hitech Piquet Sports IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 8th 46 2006 Piquet Sports VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 2nd 102

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) A1 Grand Prix results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2005–06 Brazil GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 6th 71

24 Hours of Le Mans results 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Russian Age Racing Team Modena Antonio García David Brabham Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 343 9th 4th 2016 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld Nicolas Prost Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1 330 29th 6th 2017 Vaillante Rebellion Mathias Beche David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 DSQ DSQ

Complete Formula One results (key) Formula One World Championship results Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points 2008 ING Renault F1 Team Renault R28 Renault RS27 2.4 V8 AUS MAL BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN CHN BRA 12th 19 2009 ING Renault F1 Team Renault R29 Renault RS27 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU 21st 0

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2014 Randy Humphrey Racing 77 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN26 MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 53rd 18

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2010 Red Horse Racing 1 Toyota DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV 44th 644 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Toyota CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 2011 Kevin Harvick Inc. 8 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM 10th 752 2012 Turner Motorsports 30 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 7th 747 2013 Turner Scott Motorsports DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO 100th 01 NTS Motorsports 9 Chevy HOM 1 Ineligible for Camping World Truck championship points

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2012 X Team Racing 14 Toyota BRI 1* GRE 37th 75 17 RCH17 IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2010 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Toyota DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 50th 450

Complete Global RallyCross results

Supercar Global RallyCross Championship results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points 2013 X Team Racing Mitsubishi Lancer BRA MUN MUN LOU BRI IRW ATL CHA LV 19th 17 2014 SH Rallycross Ford Fiesta ST BAR AUS DC NY CHA DAY LA1 LA2 SEA LV 4th 307 2015 SH Rallycross Ford Fiesta ST FTA DAY1 DAY2 MCAS DET1 DET2DC LA1 LA2 BAR1 BAR2 LV 4th 380 2016 SH Rallycross Ford Fiesta ST PHO1 PHO2 DAL DAY1 DAY2 MCAS1 MCAS2 DC AC SEA LA1 LA2 12th 63

Stock Car Pro Series Stock Car Brasil results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rank Points 2014 Mobil Super Pioneer Racing Chevrolet Sonic INT1 SCZ1 SCZ2 BRA1 BRA2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 SAL1 SAL2 CUR1 NC† 0† 2015 TMG Racing Chevrolet Sonic GOI1 RBP1 RBP2 VEL1 VEL2 CUR1 CUR2 SCZ1 SCZ2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 BRA1 BRA2 CUR1 CUR2 TAR1 TAR2 INT1 NC† 0† 2016 Shell Racing Chevrolet Sonic CUR1 VEL1 VEL2 GOI1 GOI2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 LON1 LON2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 CDC1 CDC2 INT1 NC† 0† 2018 Full Time Bassani Chevrolet Cruze INT1 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 LON1 LON2 SCZ1 SCZ2 GOI1 MOU1 MOU2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 TAR1 TAR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 15th 65 2019 Full Time Sports Chevrolet Cruze VEL1 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 LON1 LON2 SCZ1 SCZ2 MOU1 MOU2 INT1 VEL1 VEL2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 13th 163 2020 Full Time Bassani Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 LON1 LON2 CAS1 CAS2 CAS3 VCA1 VCA2 CUR1 CUR2 CUR3 GOI1 GOI2 GOI3 INT1 7th 224 2021 MX Piquet Sports Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 VCA1 VCA2 VCA1 VCA2 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 GOI2 VCA1 VCA2 SCZ1 SCZ2 INT1 INT2 30th 24 2022 Motul TMG Racing Toyota Corolla INT1 GOI1 GOI2 RIO1 RIO2 VCA1 VCA2 VEL1 VEL2 VEL1 VEL2 INT1 INT2 VCA1 VCA2 SCZ1 SCZ2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 8th 232 2023 Crown Racing Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 TAR1 TAR2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 INT2 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 VEL1 VEL2 BUE1 BUE2 VCA1 VCA2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 INT2 14th 191 2024 Cavaleiro Sports Chevrolet Cruze GOI1 GOI2 VCA1 VCA2 INT1 INT2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 VCA3 GOI1 GOI2 BLH1 BLH2 VEL1 VEL2 BUE1 BUE2 URU1 URU2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 19th 591 2025 Scuderia Bandeiras Sports Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross INT1 CAS1 CAS2 VEL1 VEL2 VCA1 VCA2 CRS1 CRS2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 VCA1 VCA2 MOU1 MOU2 CUI1 CUI2 BRA1 BRA2 INT1 INT2 6th 713 2026 Scuderia Bandeiras Chevrolet Tracker CRS1 CRS2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 INT2 GOI1 GOI2 CUI1 CUI2 VCA1 VCA2 SCZ1 SCZ2 CRS1 CRS2 BRA1 BRA2 CAS1 CAS2 VEL1 VEL2 INT1 INT2 12th* 377* † Ineligible for championship points. Season still in progress.

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results Blancpain Sprint Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil BMW Z4 GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 37th 4

Complete Formula E results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Formula E results Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points 2014–15 China Racing / NEXTEV TCR Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN LDN 1st 144 2015–16 NEXTEV TCR Spark SRT01-e NEXTEV TCR FormulaE 001 BEI PUT PDE BUE MEX LBH PAR BER LDN LDN 15th 8 2016–17 NEXTEV NIO Spark SRT01-e NEXTEV FormulaE 002 HKG MRK BUE MEX MCO PAR BER BER NYC NYC MTL MTL 11th 33 2017–18 Panasonic Jaguar Racing Spark SRT01-e Jaguar I-Type 2 HKG HKG MRK SCL MEX PDE RME PAR BER ZUR NYC NYC 9th 51 2018–19 Panasonic Jaguar Racing Spark SRT05e Jaguar I-Type 3 ADR MRK SCL MEX HKG SYX RME PAR MCO BER BRN NYC NYC 22nd 1 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2015 Carlin Motorsport STP STP LBH ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY TOR TOR MIL IOW MOH MOH LAG LAG 15th 28

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2016 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 15th 25 2017 Vaillante Rebellion LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 12th 73

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2023 United Autosports USA LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA ALG ALG 8th 40 2024 Team Virage LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 13th 18

Complete TCR World Tour results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2024 Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) VAL1 VAL2 MRK1 MRK2 MOH1 MOH2 SAP1 SAP2 ELP1 ELP2 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 MAC1 MAC2 29th 6

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Brazilian racing driver (born 1985)

When was Nelson Piquet Jr. born?

Nelson Piquet Jr. was born on 25 July 1985 in Heidelberg.

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Nelson Piquet Jr. is a racing automobile driver and formula One driver.

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Nelson Piquet Jr. is Brazilian.

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