Brazilian · Benetton · Born 17 August 1952
Nelson Piquet
3× World Champion14 seasons between 1978 – 1991 · 207 Grands Prix
Car number 20Career stats
3
championships
23
wins
24
pole positions
60
podiums
207
Grands Prix
485.5
career points
87
DNFs
14
seasons
Points per season
Bar height = points; orange = titleyear
1991 season
Benetton · 6th in the championship
Grand prix
16
races
26.5
GP points
1
win
3
podiums
0
poles
10
top 10s
—
fastest laps
5
DNFs
Sprint
0
total races
0
sprint points
0
poles
0
wins
0
podiums
0
top 10s
Season by season
Championship position and points, then the Grand Prix record · Points are the championship totals from the standings.| Year | Team | Pos | Pts | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Top 10 | FL | DNFs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Benetton | 6th | 26.5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | — | 5 |
| 1990 | Benetton | 3rd* | 43 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | — | 2 |
| 1989 | Team Lotus | 8th | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | 7 |
| 1988 | Team Lotus | 6th | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | — | 7 |
| 1987 | Williams | 1st* | 73 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 12 | — | 4 |
| 1986 | Williams | 3rd | 69 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | — | 4 |
| 1985 | Brabham | 8th | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | 10 |
| 1984 | Brabham | 5th | 29 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | — | 10 |
| 1983 | Brabham | 1st | 59 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | — | 5 |
| 1982 | Brabham | 11th | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 9 |
| 1981 | Brabham | 1st | 50 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | — | 5 |
| 1980 | Brabham | 2nd | 54 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | — | 4 |
| 1979 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo,Brabham-Ford | 16th | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 12 |
| 1978 | Ensign,McLaren,Brabham | 28th | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 3 |
* In these 2 seasons only a driver's best results counted toward the title, so the championship total is lower than the points scored on track. Fastest laps are recorded from 2004 (—).
Sprints
Sprint points count toward the championship and career totals; sprints are not Grands PrixSprint races were introduced in 2021, after Nelson Piquet's last season (1991).