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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. He became the Brazilian national karting champion in 1971–72 and won the Formula Vee Brazil championship in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nelson Piquet is the 8th most popular racing driver (up from 12th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 2nd 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 8 out of 1,080. Before him are Niki Lauda, Enzo Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio, and James Hunt. After him are Emerson Fittipaldi, Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg, and Nigel Mansell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Nelson Piquet ranks 15. Before him are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Park Geun-hye, Roberto Benigni, Salome Zourabichvili, Arkan, and Jean-Paul Gaultier. After him are Robert Zemeckis, Emomali Rahmon, Zoran Đinđić, Christopher Reeve, KP Sharma Oli, and Jostein Gaarder.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nelson Piquet ranks 18 out of 2,236. Before him are Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), and Rivellino (1946). After him are Roberto Carlos (1973), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Jorge Amado (1912), and Carlos Alberto Torres (1944).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Brazil

Among racing drivers born in Brazil, Nelson Piquet ranks 2. Before him are Ayrton Senna (1960). After him are Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943), Carlos Pace (1944), Felipe Massa (1981), Roberto Moreno (1959), Bruno Senna (1983), Chico Serra (1957), Luiz Bueno (1937), and Chico Landi (1907).

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