To add it to your profile, you will need to sign in. News Quality car insurance coverage, at competitive prices. Ask for a car insurance quote today. The Brazilian's grand prix career ended in shame after one and a half seasons two years ago, after being ousted by Flavio Briatore and then triggering the 'crashgate' scandal.
Paulo that there were some early efforts to stay in F1 after that. I talked to him Stefanovic until the new year, I thought he was serious. After winning three national championships, it wasn't long before Piquet Jn.
Piquet signed as an official test driver for the Renault F1 team and eventually earned a race seat with Renault for the and seasons scoring one podium at the German Grand Prix. Finishing the season just inside the top ten, both Piquet Jn. This put an end to the Brazilian's tenure in Formula E, where he claimed two wins and five podiums alongside the honour of winning the inaugural championship title. I am sure this year is going to be fantastic and I am very excited at the prospect of my future.
I will miss Europe and all the friends I have there, but I will always have my successes there to be proud of. For his actions, he doesn't deserve to go anywhere near an F1 car again, unless it's at a museum, and while he might be able to forget about what he did at the Singapore Grand Prix, he'll always be known as the man who deliberately crashed an F1 car, because he was told to, then sold his former team out to the FIA.
In , Piquet won the British Formula 3 Championship. He became the youngest driver to have ever won the championship at 19 years and 2 months. He also did further running for Williams. In , 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, as well as scoring a point for the fastest lap. According to our records, Nelson Piquet Jr. As of June , Nelson Piquet Jr. The son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, he was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the season, and was promoted to the race team for , before being dropped midway through the season.
After losing his drive, it emerged that he had, under instruction from senior members of the team, crashed deliberately at the Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race.
Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Germany. During the season he was the official test and reserve driver for the Renault Formula One team. Having dreamed of being a Formula One driver and having worked so hard to get there, I found myself at the mercy of Mr Briatore. His true character, which had previously only been known to those he had treated like this in the past, is now known. Mr Briatore was my manager as well as the team boss, he had my future in his hands but he cared nothing for it.
By the time of the Singapore GP he had isolated me and driven me to the lowest point I had ever reached in my life. Now that I am out of that situation I cannot believe that I agreed to the plan, but when it was put to me I felt that I was in no position to refuse. Piquet was under increasing pressure from his Renault team over the course of the season, and there was speculation he would lose his race seat if he did not improve.
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