Nelson Piquet Jr currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No 33 Toyota Corolla E210 for Motul TMG Racing.
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35 Facts About Nelson Piquet Jr
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Nelson Piquet Jr finished runner-up in the 2006 GP2 Series, fourth in the 2014 Global RallyCross Championship, and seventh in the 2012 NASCAR Truck Series.
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Nelson Piquet Jr's parents separated soon after he was born, and he lived in Monaco with his Dutch mother, Sylvia Tamsma, until he was eight years old.
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Nelson Piquet Jr's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana.
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Nelson Piquet Jr raced in part of the 2001 season there, staying for 2002 winning the championship with four races to go.
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In 2003, Nelson Piquet Jr moved to the United Kingdom where he joined the British Formula 3 Championship and formed the Nelson Piquet Jr Sports team.
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Nelson Piquet Jr went on to finish the championship in 3rd place with six wins, five podiums and eight pole positions.
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Nelson Piquet Jr became the youngest driver to have ever won the championship at 19 years and 2 months.
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In 2005, Nelson Piquet Jr 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.
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In 2006, Nelson Piquet Jr took second place in the championship behind British driver Lewis Hamilton in his second year of GP2.
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Nelson Piquet Jr started the Bahrain Grand Prix from 14th but retired with a gearbox problem after his second pit stop.
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Nelson Piquet Jr's problems were further compounded with a pair of non-finishes, when he crashed out at Monaco after failing to get to grips with the damp conditions, and spun off while chasing teammate Alonso in Canada, before ultimately retiring on lap 42 with brake failure.
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Nelson Piquet Jr was under increasing pressure from his Renault team over the course of the 2008 season, and there was speculation he would lose his race seat if he did not improve.
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Nelson Piquet Jr aquaplaned and spun out on lap 36 along with several other top runners as the wet conditions reached their worst.
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Nelson Piquet Jr had been the only driver on a one-stop strategy which, with the help of a safety car segment, gained him several positions.
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Nelson Piquet Jr had a disappointing start to the 2009 season, failing to make past the first qualifying session in any of the first three races.
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Nelson Piquet Jr had a better race in Malaysia the following week finishing 13th, two places and seven seconds behind his teammate Alonso after the race was cut short due to extreme weather.
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Nelson Piquet Jr had a better race at Bahrain on his way to 10th making up one of the highest number of places behind Webber, whom he held off at the end of the race.
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Nelson Piquet Jr hit out hard at his former manager and team boss Flavio Briatore calling him his 'executioner' and questioning Briatore's general Formula One knowledge.
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Several months later, Nelson Piquet Jr said that he had had talks with more than one F1 team to race again after the Crashgate controversy.
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Nelson Piquet Jr told Brazilian Rede Globo that he would test a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series truck for Red Horse Racing from Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina on October 12,2009.
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Nelson Piquet Jr finished 10th in points and was a finalist for Most Popular Driver and runner-up to Joey Coulter for Rookie of the Year.
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Nelson Piquet Jr signed with Turner Motorsports for 2012 after KHI folded.
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On September 29,2012, Nelson Piquet Jr won his second career Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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In 2013, Nelson Piquet Jr moved to full-time competition in the Nationwide Series, driving the No 30 for Turner Scott Motorsports in a bid for Rookie of the Year.
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Nelson Piquet Jr drove in selected Truck Series races for the team, and in the Truck Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for NTS Motorsports.
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Late in the 2013 season, Nelson Piquet Jr was fined $10,000 by NASCAR and placed on probation until the end of the season for remarks described as "homophobic" made over social media.
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In 2014, Nelson Piquet Jr was hired by Randy Humphrey Racing to race the No 77 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series' Cheez-It 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, which would be his debut in the series.
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Two years later, Nelson Piquet Jr returned to the Nationwide Series, now known as the Xfinity Series, driving the No 98 Ford for Biagi-DenBeste Racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
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Nelson Piquet Jr collected four podiums in nine races, and finished the season in fourth place in the championship standings.
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Nelson Piquet Jr achieved his first Formula E victory in Long Beach, and his second in Moscow which, coupled with his consistent results across the season, meant Nelson Piquet Jr won the inaugural Formula E Championship by a solitary point from Sebastien Buemi.
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In 2017, Nelson Piquet Jr joined the Panasonic Jaguar Racing after 2 frustrating seasons with NextEV.
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Nelson Piquet Jr was replaced by Alex Lynn, for the remainder of the season.
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