A look back in photographs to 10 different years of Motor-Racing history:
1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1997.


Ensign (1978), McLaren (1978), Brabham (1978-1985),
Williams (1986-1987), Lotus (1988-1989), Benetton (1990-1991)

Born: August 17, 1952, Brazil
Races contested: 204
Best result: 1st (23x)
Total points: 485,5
Formula 1 World Champion 1981-1983-1987



Above: Nelson Piquet in the Benetton at Spa-Francorchamps in 1990 (left),
in the Benetton at Hockenheim in 1991 (middle) and at the same circuit in the Lotus in 1988 (right).


Above: Nelson in the Lotus (1989) at Spa, a race he didn't qualify for (left),
in the Brabham that brought him his 2nd World Championship at Spa-Francorchamps in 1983 (middle),
and in the Lotus at Spa-Francorchamps in 1988 (right).

The two years at Lotus for Piquet were frustrating ones.
His best results were three 3rd places in 1988, and in total he only scored 34 points in those two years.
The race at Spa, Belgium, in 1989 was one of only two 'did not qualify' results
for Piquet in his career, the other being the 1982 race at Detroit with Brabham.


Above: in the Williams at Spa-Francorchamps in 1987, the year he won his third and last Championship (left),
in the Benetton at the Hungaroring in 1990 (middle),
and in the Lotus at Hockenheim in 1988 (right).


Above: Nelson Piquet in the Benetton at Spa-Francorchamps in 1991 (left),
in the Lotus at Hockenheim in 1989 (middle), and in the 1990 Benetton at the Hungaroring (right).

His two years with Benetton were better than the previous ones with Lotus.
He did win two Grand Prix in 1990 and one in 1991, and scored 71 championship points.
The arrival of a new talented youngster named Michael Schumacher as his teammate
at the end of 1991 meant the end of his Formula 1 career, when he struggled and was beaten by Schumacher.
He didn't get a new drive in Formula 1 and in 1992 he tried his luck across the Atlantic.
During practice for the Indianapolis 500 Miles race in 1992
he crashed heavily and suffered serious leg injuries.
It meant the end of his international racing career.
Nelson went back to Brazil, where he became a successful businessman.
Currently, he is overseeing the career of his son Nelson jr.,
who is racing in the GP2 category (Previously known as Formula 3000).


Above: Nelson Piquet in the Lotus during practice at Spa-Francorchamps, 1989 (left),
at Magny Cours in the Benetton in 1991 (middle), and in the Lotus in 1988 at Hockenheim (right).


Above: Nelson Piquet at Spa-Francorchamps in the Benetton in 1991 (left),
at the Hungaroring in the Benetton in 1990 (middle),
and in the 1987 Williams on top of the Raidillon at Spa-Francorchamps.


Above: Nelson Piquet at Francorchamps in the Lotus in 1989,
and in the Brabham at the same circuit in 1983.


AUTOGRAPH



All pictures copyright Patrick Beckers 1983-1987-1988-1989-1990-1991

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