Nelson Piquet Jr.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Tamsana and the second or paternal family name is Piquet Souto Maior.
Nelson Piquet Jr.

Piquet at Pocono Raceway in 2011
Born July 25, 1985
Heidelberg, West Germany
FIA Formula E Championship career
Debut season 2014–15
Current team China Racing
Car no. 99
Starts 6
Championships 0
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Brazil 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
Awards 2003 Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2014 position 53rd
Best finish 53rd (2014)
First race 2014 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
37 races run over 4 years
2013 position 12th
Best finish 12th (2013)
First race 2010 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win 2012 Sargento 200 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 7 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
54 races run over 4 years
2013 position 100th
Best finish 7th (2012)
First race 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win 2012 VFW 200 (Michigan)
Last win 2012 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 28 4
Statistics current as of September 13, 2014.
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Summer X Games
Bronze 2014 Austin RallyCross
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.
Piquet at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix
Piquet at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix

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 Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One driver. He currently competes in Global Rallycross for SH Racing.

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 the sport's history.

Personal details

Piquet is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, one of Brazil's most successful F1 drivers. 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."[4] Piquet has two full-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.

Before Formula One

Piquet's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana.[5] 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[6] 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,[6] five podiums and eight pole positions. A test with the Williams Formula One team followed.[6]

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.[5] 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,[6] 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 One team.[6]

In 2006, Piquet gained second place in the championship to British driver Lewis Hamilton in his second year of GP2.[5]

Formula One (2007–2009)

2007

During the 2007 season he was the official test and reserve driver for the Renault Formula One team.[7]

2008

The 2008 season saw Piquet promoted to the Renault Formula One race team to drive alongside returning double World Champion Fernando Alonso.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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[13] and finish the race 15th.[14] 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,[15] and spun off while chasing team-mate Alonso in Canada, before ultimately retiring on lap 42[16] with brake failure.[17]

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.[18][19][20] Renault did nothing to quell the rumours, publicly urging him to improve after the Turkish Grand Prix[21] and suggesting after Monaco that he lacked confidence.[22] 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 lying 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

Despite rumours that he was on his way out, Renault decided to keep Piquet by signing him to a one-year contract.[23] 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.[24] 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".[25][26] 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.[27] 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.[28] Renault's test and reserve driver Romain Grosjean replaced Piquet for the rest of the season.[29] 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.[30] However, Ferrari instead signed Giancarlo Fisichella.

2009 FIA investigation

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.[31][32] 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,[33] 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 both Briatore and Symonds had left the team.[34][35]

On 21 September, on conclusion of the FIA hearings, Piquet Jr, 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."[36] 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 Jr. himself as a way to atone for poor performance and aid in his negotiations for a contract extension with the team.[37]

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 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."[38]

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."[39] Six weeks later, it was reported that Alonso turned down Massa's charity kart race invitation.[40]

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.[41] "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."<ref name=Ayrton Senna's nephew Bruno to drive for Formula One newcomers Campos Meta>"Ayrton Senna's nephew Bruno to drive for Formula One newcomers Campos Meta". London: planet-f1.com. 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2009-10-31.</ref>

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.[42] However, this was later revealed by Motor21.com to have been a hoax in celebration of the Spanish Día de los Santos Innocentes festival.[43] Piquet himself hinted that he had talks with Force India.[44] However, they opted to retain both Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi, so Piquet decided to move to NASCAR for 2010.[45] Several months later, Piquet admitted he had had talks with more than one F1 team to race again after the crash-gate controversy.[46]

NASCAR (2010–2014)

Piquet at Road America in 2012
Piquet at his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win at Road America in 2012.

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 take him down the NASCAR route next season, Piquet said it is not the plan.[47] However, he announced that he will race in NASCAR in 2010—albeit without specifying which series—during the following January.[48] Piquet drives in the Camping World Truck Series with Red Horse Racing,[49] 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.[50] 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.[51] 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 #8 Chevrolet with Chris Carrier as crew chief.[52] Piquet ran well during his first season, especially on 1.5 mile tracks, finishing 10th in points as well as being 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. He drove the full season in Trucks and part-time in the Nationwide Series in 2012. He will drive the No. 30 Chevrolet in the Camping World Truck Series.[53]

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.[54]

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.[55]

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.[56] On September 29, 2012, Piquet won his second career Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[57]

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.[58] He also drove in selected Truck Series races for the team, and in the Truck Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for NTS Motorsports.[59]

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.[60]

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.[61]

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.[62] He collected four podiums in nine races, and finished the season in fourth place in the championship standings.[63]

Formula E (2014–present)

Piquet racing in the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix

In August 2014, Piquet tested at Donington Park with Formula E team China Racing, and was hired by the team on August 21.[64] In the first five races of the 2014–15 season, Piquet achieved podium finishes in Punta del Este,[65] and Buenos Aires.[66] Piquet achieved his first Formula E victory in Long Beach,[67] and is currently second in the championship standings.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Poles Wins Points Position
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
Masters of Formula Three 1 1 0 N/A 2nd
Macau Grand Prix Hitech Racing 1 0 0 N/A 8th
F3 Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 N/A 3rd
2004 British Formula Three Piquet Sports 24 5 6 282 1st
European Formula Three Cup 1 1 0 N/A 4th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 N/A 10th
Masters of Formula Three 1 0 0 N/A 8th
Bahrain F3 Superprix 1 0 0 N/A NC
Porsche Supercup Porsche AG 1 0 0 0 NC
2005 GP2 Series Hitech-Piquet Sports 22 0 1 46 8th
2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team 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 1 0 0 644 44th
Billy Ballew Motorsports 3 0 0
ARCA Racing Series Eddie Sharp Racing 3 1 0 450 50th
Copa Chevrolet Montana M4T Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A NC
2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kevin Harvick Incorporated 25 0 0 752 10th
NASCAR Nationwide Series Turner Motorsports 1 0 0 N/A 124th
2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Turner Motorsports 22 3 2 747 7th
NASCAR Nationwide Series 2 1 1 N/A 104th
2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Turner Scott Motorsports 33 0 0 861 12th
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NTS Motorsports 2 0 0 0** 100th
Turner Scott Motorsports
Global RallyCross Championship X Team Racing 4 0 0 17 19th
2014 Stock Car Brasil Mobil Super Racing 1 0 0 0** NC
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Randy Humphrey Racing 1 0 0 18 53rd
Blancpain Sprint Series BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil 8 0 0 4 37th
Global RallyCross Championship SH Racing 10 0 0 307 4th
2014–15 Formula E China Racing 6 0 1 74* 2nd*
2015 Stock Car Brasil AMG Motorsport 1 1 0 0** NC
Global RallyCross Championship SH Racing Rallycross 0 0 0 0 -*

† Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers.
** Ineligible for championship points
* Season in progress

GP2 Series

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

A1 Grand Prix

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Formula One

(key)

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

1 Ineligible for series championship points.

Stock Car Brasil

† Ineligible for championship points.

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Complete Formula E results

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

* Season in progress.

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