Nelson Piquet Jr.

Nelson Piquet Jr.
Piquet in 2015
Born	(1985-07-25) July 25, 1985 (age 38) Heidelberg, West Germany
Formula E career
Debut season	2014–15
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	3
Former teams	NIO Formula E Team, Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Starts	51
Championships	1 (2014–15)
Wins	2
Podiums	5
Poles	1
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st in 2014–15
Finished last season	22nd
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Brazilian
Active years	2008–2009
Teams	Renault
Entries	28 (28 starts)
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
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2014 position	53rd
Best finish	53rd (2014)
First race	2014 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
38 races run over 4 years
2016 position	83rd
Best finish	12th (2013)
First race	2010 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2016 Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio)
First win	2012 Sargento 200 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 7 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
54 races run over 4 years
2013 position	100th
Best finish	7th (2012)
First race	2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win	2012 VFW 200 (Michigan)
Last win	2012 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 28 4
Statistics current as of August 13, 2016.
Championship titles
2014–15 2004 2002	Formula E British Formula 3 Formula Three Sudamericana
Awards
2003 Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver
Medal record Representing  Brazil Summer X Games 2014 Austin RallyCross

Nelson Angelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior^[1] (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One and Formula E driver where he was champion in the 2014–15 season. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 33 Toyota Corolla E210 for Motul TMG Racing.

He also races a ORECA 07 in the LMP2 Pro/Am class of the European Le Mans Series for Team Virage

The son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, he was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008,^[2] before being dropped midway through the 2009 season.^[3] After losing his drive, it emerged that he had, under instruction from senior members of the team, crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race. The resulting scandal became one of the most significant in motor sport history, and ultimately saw a permanent end to Piquet Jr's career in Formula 1. Piquet also finished runner-up in the 2006 GP2 Series, fourth in the 2014 Global RallyCross Championship, and seventh in the 2012 NASCAR Truck Series.