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However after driving the state of the art F1 car at speeds outdone by the Stig in a mini... Renault realised that he's completely useless the F1 team fired him. Piquet now spends his leisurely moments complaining about the F1 team to anyone that will listen. |
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[[File:Piquet 2009 Malaysian GP 1.jpg|thumb|right|Piquet at the [[2009 Malaysian Grand Prix]].]] |
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[[File:Nelson Piquet 2009 Turkey.jpg|thumb|right|Piquet at the [[2009 Turkish Grand Prix]].]] |
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Despite rumours that he was on his way out, Renault decided to keep Piquet by signing him to a one year contract. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/3388038/Fernando-Alonso-and-Nelson-Piquet-to-stay-with-Renault-in-2009-Formula-One.html</ref> Alonso continued as his teammate hoping to elevate Renault into title contention once again. |
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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 [[2009 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]], ended on lap 24 when he retired with brake failure<ref>http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/03/29/piquet-spin-result-of-brake-failure/</ref>. He had a better race in [[2009 Malaysian Grand Prix|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. [[2009 Chinese Grand Prix|China]] was another disappointment, however, and after spinning several times and requiring two new nose cones for his car<ref>http://www.grandprix.com/race/r806racereport.html</ref> he eventually finished 16th and last, two laps down, in what team manager Flavio Briatore described as a "very, very bad race".<ref>http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/04/20/briatore-ponders-what-might-have-been/</ref>. He had a better race at [[2009 Bahrain Grand Prix|Bahrain]] on his way to 10th making up one of the most amounts of places behind Webber, whom he held off at the end of the race. In [[2009 Spanish Grand Prix|Spain]] he had a quiet race but was still disappointing after finishing 12th. |
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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 [[Sebastien 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 the crash, I could have ended up in seventh." |
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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 {{F1|2009}} season. On 3 August 2009 Piquet confirmed that he had been dropped by Renault. <ref>http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77538</ref> He hit hard on his former manager and team boss [[Flavio Briatore]] calling him his 'executioner' and questioning Briatores general Formula One knowledge. Piquet also said the Renault boss favored teammate [[Fernando Alonso]].<ref>http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/08/13/ego-bigger-than-anything-else-piquet-on-briatore/</ref> |
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==Racing record== |
==Racing record== |
Revision as of 00:53, 14 August 2009
Formula One World Championship career | |
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Nationality | Brazilian |
Teams | Renault |
Entries | 28 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Career points | 19 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2008 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix |
2008 position | 12th (19 pts) |
Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior[1] (born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian race car driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, one of Brazil's most successful F1 drivers. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons he raced in the GP2 Series, taking a win in Belgium in 2005 and claiming 2nd place in the series in 2006.[2] He was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008,[3] before being dropped midway through the 2009 season.[4] Piquet currently resides in Oxford, England.
Personal Details
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 realised life in Brazil would be better for a child." [5] Piquet has two sisters, Kelly and Julia, and four brothers, Geraldo, Laszlo, Pedro and Marco. He lived in Brasilia and attended the American School of Brasilia until he was 16 years old, when he decided to pursue his racing career full time.
Career
Before F1
Piquet's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana [2]. 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 [2]. 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 1 team.[6]
In 2006, Piquet gained second place in the championship to British driver Lewis Hamilton in his second year of GP2.
Formula One
2007: Renault
During the 2007 season he was the official test and reserve driver for the Renault Formula One team.[7]
2008: Renault
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 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 laying 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 only driver on one-stop strategy which, with the help of the Safety Car segment, gained him several positions.
2009: Renault
However after driving the state of the art F1 car at speeds outdone by the Stig in a mini... Renault realised that he's completely useless the F1 team fired him. Piquet now spends his leisurely moments complaining about the F1 team to anyone that will listen.
Racing record
Career summary
*Season in progress.
† Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers.
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
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2005 | Hitech/Piquet Racing | SMR FEA 14 |
SMR SPR 6 |
ESP FEA 5 |
ESP SPR 2 |
MON FEA 11 |
EUR FEA 5 |
EUR SPR 3 |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR DSQ |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA 3 |
GER SPR 8 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 10 |
TUR FEA 4 |
TUR SPR 6 |
ITA FEA 3 |
ITA SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 1 |
BEL SPR 14 |
BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 15 |
8th | 46 |
2006 | Piquet Sports | VAL FEA 1 |
VAL SPR 4 |
SMR FEA 5 |
SMR SPR 2 |
EUR FEA Ret |
EUR SPR 19 |
ESP FEA 4 |
ESP SPR 2 |
MON FEA Ret |
GBR FEA 4 |
GBR SPR 5 |
FRA FEA 4 |
FRA SPR 2 |
GER FEA 13 |
GER SPR DNS |
HUN FEA 1 |
HUN SPR 1 |
TUR FEA 1 |
TUR SPR 5 |
ITA FEA 2 |
ITA SPR 6 |
2nd | 102 |
Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | WDC | Points |
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2008 | ING Renault F1 Team | Renault R28 | Renault RS27 2.4 V8 | AUS Ret |
MAL 11 |
BHR Ret |
ESP Ret |
TUR 15 |
MON Ret |
CAN Ret |
FRA 7 |
GBR Ret |
GER 2 |
HUN 6 |
EUR 11 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 10 |
SIN Ret |
JPN 4 |
CHN 8 |
BRA Ret |
12th | 19 |
2009 | ING Renault F1 Team | Renault R29 | Renault RS27 2.4 V8 | AUS Ret |
MAL 13 |
CHN 16 |
BHR 10 |
ESP 12 |
MON Ret |
TUR 16 |
GBR 12 |
GER 13 |
HUN 12 |
EUR | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | BRA | ABU | 20th* | 0* |
*Season in progress.
References
- ^ "Biography for Nelson Piquet Jr".
- ^ a b c "Nelson Piquet Jr Profile - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com".
- ^ "ING Renault F1 - Nelson Piquet Jr. - ING".
- ^ "Piquet confirms Renault have dropped him".
- ^ Nelson Piquet Jr Tells Stephen Moss How He Intends to Become a Grand Prix Legend, Just Like His Father
- ^ a b c d e Formula 1 : Biography Nelson Piquet Jr - F1-Live.com
- ^ F1 News > Renault re-aligns aspirations
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Renault confirm Alonso, Piquet for 2008
- ^ BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Alonso opts for return to Renault
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Briatore says no pressure on Piquet
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Malaysia Sunday quotes: Renault
- ^ BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Raikkonen denies Alonso home pole
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Turkey Saturday quotes: Renault
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Turkey Sunday quotes: Renault
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Monaco Sunday quotes: Renault
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Kubica leads historic BMW 1-2 in Canada
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Canada Sunday quotes: Renault
- ^ F1 News > Piquet under pressure
- ^ Piquet to be replaced by Sato at Renault? - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
- ^ Doornbos to drive Renault, Piquet under pressure? - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Renault tell Piquet he must improve
- ^ autosport.com - F1 News: Symonds: Piquet needs self-belief
External links
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- Living people
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- GP2 Series drivers
- South American Formula Three Championship drivers
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