Nelson Piquet Jr.

Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (Born on 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. He was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008. Piquet currently resides in Oxford, England.

His parents separated soon after he was born and he lived in Monaco with his Dutch mother Sylvia Tamsma until he was eight years old when he 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 realized life in Brazil would be better for a child”. He 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.

Formula One World Championship career:

2008 team		Renault
2008 car #		6
2009 team		Renault
2009 car #		8
Races			18
Championships		0
Wins			0
Podiums			1
Career points		19
Pole positions		0
Fastest laps		0
First race		2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last race		2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
2008 position		12th (19 pts)