Nelson Piquet, Jr.

Nelson Piquet, Jr.
Born	July 25, 1985 (1985-07-25) (age 26) Heidelberg, West Germany
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
Truck no., team	No. 8 - Kevin Harvick Incorporated
2011 position	10th
Best finish	10th (2011)
First race	2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 13 0
Statistics current as of November 19, 2011.

Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Brazilian
Active years	2008–2009
Teams	Renault
Races	28
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	19
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last race	2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
2009 position	21st (0 pts)

Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior^[1] (born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, West Germany), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazillian stock car racing driver and former Formula 1 driver. He currently drives the #8 Qualcomm Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.^[2]

Piquet is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, one of Brazil's most successful F1 drivers. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons he raced in the GP2 Series, taking a win in Belgium in 2005 and claiming 2nd place in the series in 2006.^[3]

He was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008,^[4] before being dropped midway through the 2009 season.^[5] After losing his drive, it emerged that he had crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race; the resulting scandal has become one of the most important in the sport's history.

Personal Details

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."^[6] Piquet has two sisters, Kelly and Julia, and four 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.

Before F1

Piquet's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana.^[3] 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^[7] with four races to go. In 2002 he also raced one race of Brazilian Formula Renault.

In 2003, Piquet moved to the UK where he joined the British Formula Three Championship and formed the Piquet Sports team. He went on to finish the championship in 3rd place with six wins,^[7] five podiums and eight pole positions. A test with the Williams Formula One team followed.^[7]

In 2004, Piquet won the British Formula Three Championship. He became the youngest driver to have ever won the championship at 19 years and 2 months.^[3] He also did further running for Williams.

In 2005, Piquet took part in the A1 Grand Prix for A1 Team Brazil, winning both the Sprint and Main races at the first event of the season at Brands Hatch,^[7] as well as scoring a point for the fastest lap. He also drove for the HiTech/Piquet Sports in the GP2 Series, winning his first race at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium, and tested for the BAR-Honda Formula 1 team.^[7]

In 2006, Piquet gained second place in the championship to British driver Lewis Hamilton in his second year of GP2.

Formula One (2007 - 2009)

Piquet driving for Renault at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.

Piquet scored the first points of his F1 career at the 2008 French Grand Prix.

2007: Renault

During the 2007 season he was the official test and reserve driver for the Renault Formula One team.^[8]

2008: Renault

The 2008 season saw Piquet promoted to the Renault Formula One race team to drive alongside returning double World Champion Fernando Alonso.^[9] 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.^[10]

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.^[11] 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 13th on the grid and finished 11th.^[12] He started the Bahrain Grand Prix from 14th but retired with a gearbox problem after his second pit stop. Piquet qualified in 10th for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, taking part in the first top 10 qualifying session of his career.^[13] However, his race ended on lap seven after colliding with Sébastien Bourdais in an attempt to overtake. The Turkish Grand Prix saw him qualify 17th^[14] and finish the race 15th.^[15] 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,^[16] and spun off while chasing team-mate Alonso in Canada, before ultimately retiring on lap 42^[17] with brake failure.^[18]

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.^[19][20][21] Renault did nothing to quell the rumours, publicly urging him to improve after the Turkish Grand Prix^[22] and suggesting after Monaco that he lacked confidence.^[23] Despite the pressure, the young driver responded well. Piquet scored his first points in F1 with a 7th place finish at the 2008 French Grand Prix passing his twice-World Champion team mate Fernando Alonso in the last few laps. In the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Piquet was at one point laying in fourth place, having passed his team mate 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, after — with a stroke of luck — being the only driver on a one-stop strategy which, with the help of the Safety Car segment, gained him several positions. In Japan however he had his best race of the season, finishing a solid fourth. In the closing laps he was even catching up to Räikkönen and Kubica before making an error.

2009: Renault

Piquet at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix

Piquet at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix

Despite rumours that he was on his way out, Renault decided to keep Piquet by signing him to a one year contract.^[24] 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.^[25] He had a better race in Malaysia the following week finishing 13th, two places and only seven seconds behind team-mate 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 16th and last, two laps down, in what team manager Flavio Briatore described as a "very, very bad race".^[26][27] He had a better race at Bahrain on his way to 10th making up one of the most amount of places behind Webber, whom he held off at the end of the race. In Spain he had a quiet race but was still disappointing after finishing 12th.

At the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix, Piquet was running 10th in a long train of cars being held up by Sebastian Vettel. Piquet's strategy was such that he could have gained many places when those on earlier stops came in, as he was not due to stop until lap 36. He criticised Sébastien Buemi, after the Toro Rosso driver ran into the back of Piquet's Renault, taking them both out of the race. Piquet said, "I'm very angry because Monaco's a long race and that's why these young drivers need to be careful with what they're doing. I don't know what he was thinking there — we planned a long first stint and, if it wasn't for that fool, I could have ended up in seventh."

Later, at the 2009 German Grand Prix, Piquet out-qualified his team-mate for the first time. However, following the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, he still had not scored any points in the 2009 season. On 3 August 2009 Piquet confirmed that he had been dropped by Renault.^[28] He hit out hard at his former manager and team boss Flavio Briatore calling him his 'executioner' and questioning Briatore's general Formula One knowledge. Piquet also said the Renault boss favoured teammate Fernando Alonso.^[29] Renault's test and reserve driver Romain Grosjean replaced Piquet for the rest of the season.^[30] Along with several other drivers, Piquet was linked to a drive with Ferrari as a replacement for injured Felipe Massa, after stand-in Luca Badoer finished second-to-last at the European Grand Prix.^[31] However, Ferrari instead signed Giancarlo Fisichella.

2009 FIA investigation

Main article: Renault Formula One crash controversy

In August 2009 after Piquet Jr. left the Renault F1 team, allegations surfaced that Piquet Jr. had deliberately crashed his car at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, in order to benefit team-mate Fernando Alonso who went on to win the race.^[32][33] At the time, Piquet, Jr. had characterised the crash as a simple mistake. Piquet made statements to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) that it had been deliberate, and he had been asked by Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds to stage the crash. In return for his evidence, Piquet Jr. was given immunity by the FIA,^[34] and on 4 September 2009 Renault F1 were charged with conspiracy and race fixing, and were due 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 Jr. for making false allegations and blackmail. However, on 16 September, Renault announced they would not contest the charges, and that Briatore and team engineer Pat Symonds had left the team.^[35][36]

On 21 September, on conclusion of the FIA hearings, Piquet Jr, who was 22 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."^[37] Renault accused Piquet of 'false allegations' and even produced an annonymous "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 Jr. himself as a way to atone for poor performance and aid in his negotiations for a contract extension with the team.^[38]

However, in December 2010 the Piquets won a libel case in the High Court against Renault. Renault apologised to Piquet for defaming him and paid substantial damages. The Piquet's 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."^[39]

On 15 October 2009 Massa was reported as saying he was "certain" Alonso was involved in the scandal, adding, "Without a doubt he knew it."^[40] Six weeks later it was reported that Alonso turned down Massa's charity kart race invitation.^[41]

A few hours after Campos confirmed one of its drivers for 2010, website Planet F1 reported that F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone hinted at the identity of Bruno Senna's teammate. Ecclestone said in the paddock of the new Yas Marina Circuit that he would like to see the sacked Piquet Jr. get another chance in the wake of the Crashgate affair.^[42] "It'd be good wouldn't it, another good name," Ecclestone was quoted by the British Daily Telegraph newspaper as saying, "that's what's being talked about actually."^[43]

On December 28, 2009, it was reported by Spanish website Motor21.com that Nelson Piquet Jr. had signed a three year contract with the new Campos Meta team alongside Senna.^[44] However, this was later revealed by Motor21.com to have been a hoax in celebration of the Spanish Día de los Santos Innocentes festival.^[45] Piquet himself hinted that he had talks with Force India.^[46] However, they have since opted to retain both Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi so Piquet decided to sign for NASCAR for 2010.^[47]

NASCAR (2010-present)

Piquet told Brazilian Rede Globo that he would test a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Red Horse Racing from Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina on October 12, 2009. When asked whether the test could take him down the NASCAR route next season, Piquet said it is not the plan.^[48] However, he announced that he will race in NASCAR in 2010—albeit without specifying which series—during the following January.^[49] Piquet drives in the Camping World Truck Series with Red Horse Racing,^[50] and made his stock car debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Daytona International Speedway driving the #6 Toyota for ARCA powerhouse Eddie Sharp Racing. In his first truck race, Piquet was managed to score a 6th place effort, the first Brazilian driver to finish in the top ten in the series history. Piquet then announced that he would be competing in three races for Billy Ballew Motorsports driving the #15 truck. The three race deal will start on May 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway his first race for the team. He will then compete at Texas Motor Speedway and Michigan International Speedway, with the possibility of getting more races.^[51] 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.^[52] 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 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team he will drive for is the # 8 Qualcomm Chevrolet with Chris Carrier as crew chief .^[2] He ran very well at Nashville in 2011. He finished 2nd to Kyle Busch.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2001	Formula Three Sudamericana	Piquet Sports	7	1	1	77	5th
2002	Formula Three Sudamericana	Piquet Sports	17	16	13	296	1st
2003	British Formula Three	Piquet Sports	23	8	6	231	3rd
	Macau Grand Prix	?	1	0	0	N/A	8th
	Masters of Formula Three	Piquet Sports	1	1	0	N/A	2nd
	F3 Korea Super Prix	Hitech Racing	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
2004	British Formula Three	Piquet Sports	24	5	6	282	1st
	European Formula Three Cup	Piquet Sports	1	1	0	N/A	4th
	Macau Grand Prix	Piquet Sports	1	0	0	N/A	10th
	Masters of Formula Three	Piquet Sports	1	0	0	N/A	8th
	Bahrain F3 Superprix	Piquet Sports	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Porsche Supercup	Porsche AG VIP Team	1	0	0	0	NC
2005	GP2 Series	Hitech-Piquet Sports	22	0	1	46	8th
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix	Brazil	14	2	2	71†	6th†
2006	GP2 Series	Piquet Sports	21	6	4	102	2nd
	Le Mans 24 Hours	Russian Age Racing (GT1)	1	0	0	N/A	4th
	Mil Milhas Brasil	Cirtek Motorsport (GTP1)	1	0	1	N/A	1st
2007	Formula One	ING Renault F1 Team	Test driver
2008	Formula One	ING Renault F1 Team	18	0	0	19	12th
2009	Formula One	ING Renault F1 Team	10	0	0	0	21st
2010	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Baker Curb Racing	1	0	0	146	102nd
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Red Horse Racing/Billy Ballew Motorsports	5	0	0	644	44th
	ARCA Racing Series	Eddie Sharp Racing	3	0	0	450	50th
2011	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Kevin Harvick Incorporated	25	0	0	752	10th
	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Turner Motorsports	1	0	0	N/A	NC

^† Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 Racing	SMR FEA 14	SMR SPR 6	ESP FEA 5	ESP SPR 2	MON FEA 11	EUR FEA 5	EUR SPR 3	FRA FEA Ret	FRA SPR DSQ	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 3	GER SPR 8	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 10	TUR FEA 4	TUR SPR 6	ITA FEA 3	ITA SPR Ret	BEL FEA 1	BEL SPR 14	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 15	8th	46
2006	Piquet Sports	VAL FEA 1	VAL SPR 4	SMR FEA 5	SMR SPR 2	EUR FEA Ret	EUR SPR 19	ESP FEA 4	ESP SPR 2	MON FEA Ret	GBR FEA 4	GBR SPR 5	FRA FEA 4	FRA SPR 2	GER FEA 13	GER SPR DNS	HUN FEA 1	HUN SPR 1	TUR FEA 1	TUR SPR 5	ITA FEA 2	ITA SPR 6			2nd	102

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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	GBR SPR 1	GBR FEA 1	GER SPR 3	GER FEA Ret	POR SPR 2	POR FEA 8	AUS SPR 3	AUS FEA 9	MYS SPR 4	MYS FEA 10	UAE SPR Ret	UAE FEA Ret	RSA SPR Ret	RSA FEA 9	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	6th	71

Complete Formula One 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	WDC	Points
2008	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault R28	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 11	BHR Ret	ESP Ret	TUR 15	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 7	GBR Ret	GER 2	HUN 6	EUR 11	BEL Ret	ITA 10	SIN Ret	JPN 4	CHN 8	BRA Ret	12th	19
2009	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault R29	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 13	CHN 16	BHR 10	ESP 12	MON Ret	TUR 16	GBR 12	GER 13	HUN 12	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	BRA	ABU		21st	0

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External links

• Nelson Piquet Jr. official website
• @NelsonPiquet on Twitter
• Career statistics

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Robbie Kerr	Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 2003	Succeeded by James Thompson
Sporting positions
Preceded by Juliano Moro	Formula Three Sudamericana Champion 2002	Succeeded by Danilo Dirani
Preceded by Alan van der Merwe	British Formula Three Champion 2004	Succeeded by Álvaro Parente

Persondata
Name	Piquet, Nelson Angelo
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1985-07-25
Place of birth	Heidelberg, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death