Nelson Piquet
Brazilian racing driver (born 1952)
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Three-time Formula One world champion who drove through the sport's turbo era with calculated precision, then spent decades undoing his legacy with a string of bigoted remarks that finally got him banned from the paddock in 2022.
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Born 17 August 1952, Piquet hid his karting hobby from his father after abandoning tennis, then became Brazil's national karting champion in 1971–72. He won Formula Vee Brazil in 1976 and broke Jackie Stewart's Formula Three wins record in 1978 before debuting in Formula One that same year with Ensign. He joined Brabham in 1979, finished runner-up in 1980, and took his first title in 1981. After engine trouble wrecked 1982, he claimed a second championship in 1983. He moved to Williams in 1986 and won his third title in 1987 amid a bitter feud with teammate Nigel Mansell. Form dropped at Lotus…
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