RACING DRIVER

Nelson Piquet

1952 - Today

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Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɛwsõ piˈke], born 17 August 1952) is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1991. Piquet won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1981, 1983, and 1987, and won 23 Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Piquet had a brief career in tennis before losing interest in the sport and subsequently took up karting and hid his identity to prevent his father discovering his hobby. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nelson Piquet has received more than 3,015,631 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Nelson Piquet is the 12th most popular racing driver (up from 13th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Racing Driver.

Nelson Piquet is most famous for being the first Formula One driver to win three world championships.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Nelson Piquet ranks 12 out of 1,080. Before him are James Hunt, Alain Prost, Ken Miles, Alberto Ascari, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Giuseppe Farina. After him are Carroll Shelby, Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Gilles Villeneuve, Bruce McLaren, and Ronnie Peterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Nelson Piquet ranks 13. Before him are Roberto Benigni, Vajiralongkorn, Park Geun-hye, Emomali Rahmon, Mickey Rourke, and Robert Zemeckis. After him are Roger Milla, Francis Fukuyama, Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Reeve, Salome Zourabichvili, and Jostein Gaarder.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nelson Piquet ranks 33 out of 2,236. Before him are Paulo Freire (1921), Romário (1966), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), and Roberto Carlos (1973). After him are Nílton Santos (1925), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), João Gilberto (1931), and Bebeto (1964).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Brazil

Among racing drivers born in Brazil, Nelson Piquet ranks 3. Before him are Ayrton Senna (1960), and Emerson Fittipaldi (1946). After him are Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943), Carlos Pace (1944), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Felipe Massa (1981), Roberto Moreno (1959), Chico Landi (1907), Alex Ribeiro (1948), Bruno Senna (1983), and Christian Fittipaldi (1971).

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