Talk:Nelson Piquet

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Contents 1 Questionable statement 2 Indy 3 overall quality 4 Page move 5 Requested move

[edit] Questionable statement

Whilst in no way wishing to detract from Piquet's (or Schumacher's) abilities and achievements, I think the statement that "A proof of Piquet's unique talent is that he and the seven-time champion Michael Schumacher are the only two drivers between 1980 and 2000 to have won world titles racing for teams other than McLaren and Williams - undoubtedly the two reigning forces in those decades" is a bit much. It would hardly be fair to describe McLaren as "a reigning force" in 1983, 1994 or 1995 (or Williams in 1983 for that matter). In 1983, Piquet was in one of the three best cars (Brabham, Renault, Ferrari) and in 1994, Schumacher was in one of the best two (Williams, Benetton). If Irvine had scored three extra points and taken the title in 1999, would that have put him on a par with Piquet and Schumacher? I think not! DH85868993 02:52, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I've removed it. DH85868993 23:29, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Good call. The Gnome 06:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Pure original research. Royalbroil 18:18, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indy

Why no mention of his huge crash at the Indy 500 ?

It's there: "One of the great characters of 1980s F1, he tried his hand at the Indianapolis 500 in 1992, but crashed during qualifying and was badly injured." DH85868993 23:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, but seeing as this accident ended his career, doesn't it deserve a larger appearance in the article?--Phill ^{talk Edits} _{Review this GA review!} 09:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] overall quality

I tried to clean up some of the clumsy prose, but this article still needs work. versen (talk) 08:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

Why was this page moved from Nelson Piquet? A user searching for "Nelson Piquet" would most likely be looking for the famous F1 racer, not his son or racetrack. If they were looking for his son or racetrack, the "otheruses1" template would suffice at the top of the article to point them to the dab page Nelson Piquet (disambiguation). It seems strange to have an existing article at "Nelson Piquet" then move it to "Nelson Piquet Sr. (racing driver)". ♫ Bitch and Complain Sooner ♫ (talk) 21:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Currently under discussion at WP:F1. DH85868993 (talk) 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move