Nelson Piquet Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jul 25, 1985(1985-07-25)
Age	39
Birthplace	Heidelberg
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Cancer

Nelson Piquet Jr. Biography

Nelson Piquet Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany. Driver of a race car who was named the 2003 Autosport National Racing Drivers of the Year.

His father His father Nelson Piquet was also a very successful professional race car driver. also was a highly successful professional race car driver.

Piquet’s racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana. His father’s wealth enabled him to race for his own team, a practice he continued until he left GP2 Series. He raced in part of the 2001 season there, staying for 2002 winning the championship 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 3rd place with six wins, five podiums and eight pole positions. A test with the Williams Formula One team followed.

He was raised by two sisters and four brothers.

Nelson Piquet Jr. Net Worth

Nelson Piquet Jr. is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nelson Piquet Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a graduate of the American School of Brasilia.

He won the 2002 Formula Three Sudamericana Championship as well as the 2004 British Formula Three Championship.

Nelson Angelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (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, and also races a Rebellion R-One LMP1 in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Nelson Piquet Jr. height 5 ft 9 in Nelson weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Nelson Piquet Jr. Dating?

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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 Junior’s career in Formula 1. Piquet also finished runner-up in the 2007 GP2 Series, fourth in the 2014 Global Rallycross Championship, and seventh in the 2012 NASCAR Truck Series.

Facts & Trivia

Nelson Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Nelson Piquet Jr. celebrates birthday on July 25 of every year.

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 7th-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.

Why did Nelson Piquet leave F1?

The Renault Formula One crash controversy, dubbed Crashgate by some in the media, was a sporting scandal caused when Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashed during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to give a sporting advantage to his Renault teammate, Fernando Alonso.

Did Alonso know about crash gate?

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Where is Nelson Piquet now?

After retiring from Formula One, Piquet tried his hand at the Indianapolis 500 for two years. He also had a go at sports car racing at various points during and after his Formula One career. Piquet is currently retired and runs several businesses in Brazil.

How old is Nelson Piquet?

69 years (August 17, 1952)

Is F1 rigged?

Last year’s F1 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand has been declared to have been “effectively rigged by the stewards” by Labour peer Lord Peter Hain.