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🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr.

Racing driver from Brazil. Stock Car Pro Series, SCUDERIA BANDEIRAS. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Born
25 July 1985(b. 1985)
Nationality
Brazil
Current team
SCUDERIA BANDEIRAS
Series
Stock Car Pro Series
Status
Active
Championships
12014
Career wins
17
Career podiums
49
Career starts
337
Career DNFs
30
Racer Rating
5,596
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,596
Rank 529 of 38,983 indexed, +263 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Nelson Piquet Jr. is a racing driver from Brazil who competes in Stock Car Pro Series for SCUDERIA BANDEIRAS. Jr. is a one-time champion (2014), with 17 wins and 49 podiums from 337 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,596 ranks Jr. 529th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRABRA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-06-20CuiabaStock Car Pro SeriesP1+103
2026-06-19CuiabaStock Car Pro SeriesP13−14
2026-05-17GoianiaStock Car Pro SeriesP11+7
2026-05-16GoianiaStock Car Pro SeriesP2+100
2026-03-29CascavelStock Car Pro SeriesP1+119
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+185Long Beach ePrix 2014Formula EP1
+175Julius Baer Punta del Este ePrix 2014Formula EP2
+168Hockenheimring 2008Formula 1P2
+161Moscow ePrix 2014Formula EP1
+151Buenos Aires ePrix 2014Formula EP3
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Catalunya4 starts+32
Goiania19 starts+24
Texas4 starts+20
Goiania - Circuito Misto4 starts+19
Struggles
Bristol4 starts-34
Curvelo4 starts-22
Kentucky4 starts-21
Cascavel21 starts-17
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Stock Car Pro SeriesSCUDERIA BANDEIRAS823000P6+2635,596
2025▸Stock Car Pro SeriesSCUDERIA BANDEIRAS SPORTS2326100P5+4375,333
2024▸Stock Car Pro SeriesCavaleiro Sports2401100P17−574,896
▸TCR World TourSquadra Martino200000P19−85
2023▸Stock Car Pro SeriesCrown Racing2001300P12−3585,038
2022▸Stock Car Pro SeriesMotul TMG Racing2023300P8+8595,396
2021▸Stock Car Pro SeriesScuderia CJ1300300P27−8144,537
2020▸Stock Car Pro SeriesFull Time Bassani1615200P5+2164,537
2019▸Stock Car Pro SeriesFull Time Sports900000P13−1775,136
2018▸Stock Car Pro SeriesFull Time Bassani1801400P13−5035,131
▸Formula EPanasonic Jaguar Racing300000P21−39
2017▸WECVaillante Rebellion804100P8+1055,400
▸Formula EPanasonic Jaguar Racing700000P8+499
2016▸Formula ENextEV NIO1000010P10+655,265
▸WECRebellion Racing300000P11+115
▸NASCAR XfinityBiagi-DenBeste Racing100000P37−185
▸Stock Car Pro SeriesShell Racing100000P28+63
2015▸Formula ENEXTEV TCR Formula E Team800000P16−5035,371
▸Indy NXTCarlin200010P14−209
▸Stock Car Pro SeriesAMG Motorsport100000P34−129
2014▸Formula ENIO Formula E Team1025000P1+1,1695,695
▸NASCAR TruckWauters Motorsports100100P34−189
2013▸NASCAR XfinityTurner Motorsports3300000P30−4455,053
▸NASCAR TruckNTS Motorsports200000P33−220
2012▸NASCAR TruckTurner Motorsports2225040P2−5065,718
▸NASCAR XfinityTurner Motorsports211010P21+21
2011▸NASCAR XfinityTurner Motorsports100000P36−846,203
2010▸NASCAR XfinityBaker Curb Racing100000P39+286,287
2009▸Formula 1Renault1000200P19−1946,259
▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—−44
2008▸Formula 1Renault18019019P11−2656,497
2006▸GP2 SeriesPiquet Sports1948050P2+8166,762
2005▸GP2 SeriesHitech Piquet Sports1715000P8↑878+5465,946
2004▸Formula 3 MacauPiquet Sports100000—+574,522
2003▸Formula 3 MacauHitech Racing200000—+3,1154,465
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Jr. finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇧🇷 Rubens BarrichelloFIA Platinum5,2091796911039%
🇧🇷 Rafael SuzukiFIA Silver4,903151688345%
🇨🇦 Gabriel CasagrandeFIA Silver5,7711494910033%
🇨🇦 Júlio CamposFIA Silver5,072149767351%
🇧🇷 César RamosFIA Gold4,922149787152%
🇧🇷 Thiago CamiloFIA Gold5,063148648443%
🇧🇷 Daniel SerraFIA Platinum4,665148559337%
🇧🇷 Ricardo Zonta4,826147618641%
🇧🇷 Lucas ForestiFIA Gold4,695147885960%
🇧🇷 Cacá Bueno4,528147836456%
🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9× champion8,63847173036%
🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFIA Platinum, 2× champion7,90044123227%
🇺🇸 Denny HamlinHigher-rated, 1× champion7,38141325%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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522🇲🇽 Moisés SolanaFormula 15,607
523🇺🇸 George KurtzAsian Le Mans Series5,604
524🇦🇺 Frank GardnerFormula 15,603
525🇨🇴 Carlos MunozIndyCar5,601
526🇪🇸 Albert CostaIMSA WeatherTech5,598
527🇲🇨 Louis ChironFormula 15,598
528🇺🇸 Al Unser Jr.IndyCar5,596
529🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr.Stock Car Pro Series5,596
530🇸🇪 Joel ErikssonFormula E5,594
531🇫🇷 Victor MartinsWEC5,592
532🇨🇦 Michael ValianteIMSA WeatherTech5,589
533🇬🇧 Simon PagenaudIndyCar5,588
534🇩🇰 Malthe JakobsenAsian Le Mans Series5,585
535🇸🇪 Kenny BräckIndyCar5,583
536🇺🇸 Sammy SmithNASCAR Xfinity5,583
537🇬🇧 Darren ManningIndyCar5,582
538🇩🇰 Kevin MagnussenWEC5,582
539🇺🇸 Ryan TveterFormula 25,582
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Nelson Piquet Jr. is an established professional driver whose racing career spanned single-seaters and prototypes from 2003 to 2018, with a Racer Rating of 6,158 placing him among elite professionals; drivers at this level win races in the strongest fields and hold full-time seats at the top. The Brazilian competed across 11 seasons and 119 starts, averaging a seventh-place finish. His career centred on two major phases: junior single-seaters in GP2 (2005–2006), where he scored five wins and thirteen podiums for his family team, and a prominent stint in Formula E (2014–2018) with Jaguar, yielding two wins and five podiums that included the 2014 championship. A brief Formula 1 career with Renault (2008–2009) over 28 starts produced one podium but no wins, placing him among a cohort of drivers who reached the sport's peak without establishing themselves there.[1]

Throughout his career, Piquet Jr. raced consistently against Platinum-graded drivers of international standing. In Formula E and the World Endurance Championship he shared grids with Sebastien Buemi, Jean-Eric Vergne, Nicolas Prost and Lucas di Grassi, all multiple champions at their respective levels; across 47 shared races with di Grassi, Piquet Jr. finished ahead only nineteen times. His Formula 1 tenure placed him among the strongest drivers on the grid; he finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton on fifteen occasions and Nico Rosberg on twelve, though both have since established themselves as generational talents. Against Adam Carroll, a professional-level rival, Piquet Jr. held a near-even head-to-head record of 20 ahead to 19 behind across 39 races. His podium finishes came sparingly outside his championship-winning Formula E season and his GP2 period, reflecting a career arc typical of drivers who find consistent success in one particular formula but prove unable to replicate it elsewhere.[2]

Piquet Jr. retired from top-level racing after 2018. Recent reports from 2026 indicate he has returned to competition in the NASCAR Euro Series, marking a reentry into professional motorsport after years away from the cockpit.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
2012 Road America 200 Results[1]
Jayski
14 Aug 2026
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Nelson Piquet Jr. claims close pole position at Autódromo Velocitta[2]
TouringCarTimes
25 Jul 2026
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Piquet Jr, Visser and Eaton star at Brands Hatch's American SpeedFest[3]
Autosport
8 Jun 2026
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