Driver · Brazil · born
Nelson Piquet
First champion of the turbo era (1983). Won titles with both Brabham and Williams.
- Seasons
- 1978–199114 with an entry
- Entries
- 207
- Starts
- 2034 did not start
- Wins
- 23
- Podiums
- 60
- Poles
- 24
- Fastest laps
- 23
- Titles
- 31981, 1983, 1987
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
The numbers behind this chart, Where each championship finished
Season by season
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FL | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P1 | 6 | 26.5 |
| 1990 | Benetton | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P1 | 3 | 44 |
| 1989 | Team Lotus | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 8 | 12 |
| 1988 | Team Lotus | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 6 | 22 |
| 1987 | Williams | 16 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | P1 | 1 | 76 |
| 1986 | Williams | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | P1 | 3 | 69 |
| 1985 | Brabham | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | P1 | 8 | 21 |
| 1984 | Brabham | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | P1 | 5 | 29 |
| 1983 | Brabham | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | P1 | 1 | 59 |
| 1982 | Brabham | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | P1 | 11 | 20 |
| 1981 | Brabham | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | P1 | 1 | 50 |
| 1980 | Brabham | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | P1 | 2 | 54 |
| 1979 | Brabham | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P4 | 15 | 3 |
| 1978 | Ensign,McLaren,Brabham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | — | 0 |
Team-mates
Show all 28 team-mate seasonsShow the first 10, Team-mates
Every entry 207 entries
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Where this comes from
- Born
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Status
- retired
- Entries (published)
- 207
- Starts (published)
- 204
- Wins
- 23 derived · 23 published
- Poles
- 24 derived · 24 published
- Fastest laps
- 23 derived · 23 published
- External source
- F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
- Confidence
- high
- Source
- https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.