78
1978 — 1985
Brabham
Titles in 1981 and 1983.
- 1981 title
- 1983 title
Nelson PiquetF1 career history
Three titles across the ground-effect and turbo eras, two of them for Ecclestone's Brabham.
- Titles
- 3
- Wins
- 23
- Poles
- 24
- Podiums
- 60
- Starts
- 204
- Teams
- 4
Career Chronology
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4 of 4 team stints shown · 1978 — 1991
3 championship seasons in this range:1981 · 1983 · 1987
Full career totals
1978 — 1991 · 14 seasons- Races
- 205
- Wins
- 23
- Podiums
- 60
- Poles
- 24
- Championships
- 3
Win rate 11.2%Podium rate 29.3%Points 485.5Best season 1986 (4 wins, 10 podiums)Titles 1981, 1983, 1987
Exports the 1978 — 1991 selection only
86
1986 — 1987
Williams
Third championship in 1987.
- 1987 title
88
1988 — 1989
Lotus
Two winless seasons in decline.
90
1990 — 1991
Benetton
Three late-career wins at Enstone.
The Long Version
He joined Brabham in 1979 and won the 1981 title in a season decided at Las Vegas.
The 1983 championship in the BMW-turbo BT52 was the first for a turbocharged car.
A move to Williams brought a third title in 1987 amid a bitter fight with Mansell.
He finished his career at Benetton, winning in Japan and Australia in 1990.