Encyclopedia > Nelson Piquet

Article Content

Nelson Piquet

Nelson Soutomaior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver[?] who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987.

He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a Brazilian government minister. He started using his mother's maiden name, Piquet, in his motor racing career to hide his identity.

External link

Entry on Nelson Piquet (http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-piqnel) from grandprix.com (http://www.grandprix.com/)

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Hampton North, New York

... income for a family is $55,357. Males have a median income of $38,566 versus $29,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $25,725. 12.2% of the population ...