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Nelson Piquet Formula 1 driver
F1 Nelson Piquet profile

Nelson Piquet Formula 1 driver

F1 seasons
Nelson Piquet
NationalityBRAZIL
HometownRio de Janeiro
Date of birth1952 August 17
First Race Hockenheim 1978
Last Race Adelaide 1991
Year active1978 » 1991
Best championship position World Champion 3 times
1981, 1983, 1987
Grands Prix entered207
Teams6
Seasons14
Circuits33
Best race starting position 1 X 24
Best race finishing position 1 X 23
Victories23
Podiums60
Pole positions24
First row start44
Fastest lap23
Points finishes100
Points485.5

Championship position

Starting grid positions

Final race positions

Positions heatmap (starting grid / final race)

Statistics by age

Average pole and final position by age

More statistics by age for Nelson Piquet


Career chart profile

Seasons: nr of season from first GP until the last.

Juan Manuel Fangio started in 1950 and had last race in 1958. But he skipped 1952 season.

#Grand Prix: nr of GrandPrix in all seasons.

100% for Kimi Raikkonen even he did not start in 2010 and 2011 but in those seasons there were no new GrandPrix except in the other seasons he started

not 100% for Damon Hill. At debut in 1982 did not start the first three GP. In that season was the last race GP Kyalami.

GP entered: total number of races from all seasons.

Not 100% if a driver did not start at least a race, or entered in all but skip a season

Victories, Podiums, Pole positions, Fastest laps, Finish in points: percentage from total race entrance

Points: percentage from total points he could get if win all races, and bonus if availabe(ex 1 point for fastest lap)

Nelson Piquet, F1 teammates

SeasonChamp
Position
Points Teammate(s)Race
entries
Vict.Poles PodiumsFastLap
1991 6th 26.5 Roberto Moreno compare drivers, Michael Schumacher compare drivers 16 1 3
1990 3rd 43 Roberto Moreno compare drivers, Alessandro Nannini compare drivers 16 2 4
1989 8th 12 Satoru Nakajima compare drivers 16
1988 6th 22 Satoru Nakajima compare drivers 16 3
1987 1st 73 Riccardo Patrese compare drivers, Nigel Mansell compare drivers 16 3 4 11 4
1986 3rd 69 Nigel Mansell compare drivers 16 4 2 10 7
1985 8th 21 Marc Surer compare drivers, Francois Hesnault compare drivers 16 1 1 2
1984 5th 29 Manfred Winkelhock compare drivers, Teo Fabi compare drivers, Corrado Fabi compare drivers 16 2 9 4 3
1983 1st 59 Riccardo Patrese compare drivers 15 3 1 8 4
1982 11th 20 Riccardo Patrese compare drivers 15 1 1 2 2
1981 1st 50 Hector Rebaque compare drivers 15 3 4 7 1
1980 2nd 54 Hector Rebaque compare drivers, Ricardo Zunino compare drivers 14 3 2 6 1
1979 15th 3 Niki Lauda compare drivers, Ricardo Zunino compare drivers 15 1
1978 Niki Lauda compare drivers, James Hunt compare drivers, John Watson compare drivers, Harald Ertl compare drivers, Brett Lunger compare drivers, Patrick Tambay compare drivers, Bruno Giacomelli compare drivers 5