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Nelson Piquet

🇧🇷 Brazilian1978–1991

Three-time World Champion (1981, 1983, 1987). Won 23 of 203 starts across 14 seasons, and outscored Nigel Mansell over 31 races together.

Titles
3
=6th all-time
Wins
23
=12th all-time · 11.3% of starts
Podiums
60
12th all-time · 29.6% of starts
Career points
485.5
481.5 counted
Starts
203
24th all-time · 14 seasons, 8 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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McLarenBrabham-Alfa RomeoBrabhamWilliamsTeam LotusBenettonWorld Champion

Against Piquet's teammates

Points in races together
Nigel Mansell 145 – 133 1986–87 · 31 races · ahead on the results sheet 15–16
Riccardo Patrese 79 – 34 1982–87 · 29 races · ahead on the results sheet 19–10
Satoru Nakajima 31 – 4 1988–89 · 27 races · ahead on the results sheet 18–9
Hector Rebaque 79 – 12 1980–81 · 21 races · ahead on the results sheet 17–4
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Niki Lauda 3 – 4 1978–79 · 14 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–7
Alessandro Nannini 26 – 21 1990 · 13 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–5
Roberto Moreno 40 – 14 1990–91 · 13 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–5
Teo Fabi 19 – 9 1984 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–4
Marc Surer 21 – 5 1985 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–4
Ricardo Zunino 21 – 0 1979–80 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–2
Michael Schumacher 4.5 – 4 1991 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–2
Brett Lunger 0 – 0 1978 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–2
Patrick Tambay 0 – 2 1978 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–3
James Hunt 0 – 0 1978 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–2
Corrado Fabi 9 – 0 1984 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
François Hesnault 0 – 0 1985 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Bruno Giacomelli 0 – 0 1978 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–1
Harald Ertl 0 – 0 1978 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
John Watson 0 – 0 1978 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Manfred Winkelhock 1 – 0 1984 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
3 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 13 starts · avg finish 8.2 Won 1982, 1984, 1991 3 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 13 starts · avg finish 10.5 Won 1983, 1986, 1987 3 Hockenheimring 13 starts · avg finish 11 Won 1981, 1986, 1987 2 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 8 starts · avg finish 9.9 Won 1983, 1986 2 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 11 starts · avg finish 10.6 Won 1980, 1981

Milestones

Debut
1978 German GP Ensign
First points
1979 Dutch GP 4th
First podium
1980 Argentine GP 2nd
First win
1980 United States West GP 24th career start
Best run
2 wins in a row 1980
Best season
4 wins 1986
Last win
1991 Canadian GP Benetton
Final start
1991 Australian GP Benetton

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
485.5 1,654 +1,168.5

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1987: 76 → 216. Replay 1987 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1991 Benetton 6 26.5 1 3 Roberto Moreno, Michael Schumacher
1990 Benetton 3 43 (44 scored) 2 4 Alessandro Nannini, Roberto Moreno
1989 Team Lotus 8 12 0 0 Satoru Nakajima
1988 Team Lotus 6 22 0 3 Satoru Nakajima
1987 Williams 1 73 (76 scored) 3 11 Nigel Mansell, Riccardo Patrese
1986 Williams 3 69 4 10 Nigel Mansell
1985 Brabham 8 21 1 2 Marc Surer, François Hesnault
1984 Brabham 5 29 2 4 Teo Fabi, Corrado Fabi
1983 Brabham 1 59 3 8 Riccardo Patrese
1982 Brabham 11 20 1 2 Riccardo Patrese
1981 Brabham 1 50 3 7 Hector Rebaque
1980 Brabham 2 54 3 6 Hector Rebaque, Ricardo Zunino
1979 Brabham-Alfa Romeo / Brabham-Ford 15 3 0 0 Niki Lauda, Ricardo Zunino
1978 McLaren / Ensign / Brabham 28 0 0 0 Brett Lunger, Patrick Tambay

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.