Nelson Piquet

The Australian GP at Adelaide in ‘86 has gone down as one of the greatest classic grand prix ever.
Titles have often gone down to the wire in F1, but only rarely has a championship gone down to the last race with any one of three drivers still able to take the crown.
That year, teammates Nigel [...]

Nelson Piquet is one of the few F1 drivers to have achieved the historic 3 titles.
The Brazilian was particularly well known for his rivalry with teammate Nigel Mansell.
Despite winning the three, he is not considered by many observers to be a racing “legend”, instead many will refer to his compatriot, Ayrton Senna, as being the [...]