Nelson Piquet Souto Maior, known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman. Since his retirement, Piquet, a three-time World Champion, has been ranked among the greatest Formula One drivers in various motorsport polls.
The Brazilian Grand Prix, currently held under the name São Paulo Grand Prix, is a Formula One championship race which is currently held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos neighborhood, Cidade Dutra, São Paulo.
The 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on April 3, 1988, at the renamed Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Rio de Janeiro. Following his 3rd World Drivers' Championship in 1987 the Jacarepaguá Circuit was named after local hero Nelson Piquet. It was the first race of the 1988 Formula One season.
Ingo Hoffmann is a Brazilian retired racing driver from São Paulo. He is most well known for winning the Brazilian Stock Car Championship 12 times. He also participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 25, 1976. He scored no championship points.
Stock Car Pro Series is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the only constructor, the series has also seen other constructors joining in and leaving such as Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Volkswagen, currently the only other beside Chevrolet is Toyota. The series is composed by 12 rounds, with the most important race, the Corrida do Milhão is worth double the points and has a prize pool of R$1 million. The competition has seen many internationally famous pilots on its ranks, such as Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa, Jacques Villeneuve, Lucas di Grassi, Nelson Piquet Jr., Ricardo Zonta, Tony Kanaan and António Félix da Costa.
The Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, also known as Jacarepaguá after the neighbourhood in which it was located, and also as the Autódromo Riocentro, was a motorsport circuit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opened in January 1978, a few weeks before 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix, it hosted the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix on ten occasions, and was also used for CART, motorcycle racing and stock car racing. In 2012, it was demolished to make way for facilities to be used at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling road racing event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championship.
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet is a racing circuit in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It is 5.476 km (3.403 mi) in length and hosts a variety of national-level series including Stock Car Brasil, Formula Truck and Formula 3 Brasil. It has previously hosted non-championship rounds for both Formula One and the BPR Global GT Series, and in recent years has been scheduled to host both MotoGP and IndyCar, but due to costs and construction delays, neither event went ahead. Previously named Autódromo Emilio Medici and Autódromo de Brasília, the circuit's name was later changed to honor Formula 1 World Champion Nelson Piquet.
The 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 21–24, 2010. There were private pre-event test sessions at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet and Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna.
The 2009 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 23rd Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 6 June 2009, at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília and ended on 22 November at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba. Brazilian driver Leonardo Cordeiro won the title.
Lucas Constantino Bethonico Foresti is a Brazilian racing driver who currently competes in Stock Car Brasil for KTF Sports.
The 2010 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 24th Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 16 May 2010, at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília and ended on 7 November in Interlagos.
Copa Fiat Brasil previously known as Trofeo Linea Brasil was a one-make racing series by Fiat based in Brazil which uses the Fiat Linea model. The category was founded in 2010 by Felipe Massa and his family and ended in 2012. The series was organized in collaboration with the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo (CBA), RM Racing Events and Carlinhos Romagnolli Promoções e Eventos.
The 2010 Trofeo Linea Brasil season is the first Trofeo Linea Brasil season. It began on 30 May at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet and will end on December 5 at Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul after six rounds.
Brasília is the capital of Brazil.
Formula Future Fiat was an open wheel racing series founded in 2010 by Felipe Massa and his family. It was based in Brazil. The champion received support to compete in Formula Abarth.
Sérgio Paese is a former racing driver who has competed in the 1996 International Formula 3000 season and subsequently raced in Indy Lights and Stock Car Brasil.
The 2004 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 15th Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 24 April 2004, at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília and ended on 19 December at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo. Brazilian driver Alexandre Sarnes Negrão won the title.
The 2003 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 17th Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 13 April 2003, at Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura at Campo Grande and ended on 16 November at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília. Brazilian driver Danilo Dirani won the title.
