Nelson Piquet biography
My favourite F1 driver of all time, Nelson Piquet , was born on August 17th 1952 in Rio De Janeiro. Like most, he started in go karts. Often racing with him was Roberto Moreno. They had an emotional reunion about 20 years after this photo. Nelson Piquet, having been successful in karts, was advised to move to Europe to compete in other categories in order to start a career in formula one. That and more advice was given by Brazil’s first F1 world champion, Emerson Fittipaldi. Having moved to the UK close to my birth, he completed in British F3 in 1978. While Nelson Piquet was leading the British F3 championship, his first Formula one race was at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, driving an Ensign. That day, his teammate was Harald Ertl, who had helped save Niki Lauda’s life while his car had been burning at the Nurburgring two years earlier. Nelson Piquet and Jack Brabham: During a F3 race, in 1978, he spoke to BS Fabrications owner, Bob Sparshott, who was looking for some talent,