Nelson Piquet Souto Maior terrorised the Formula 1 grid during the 1980s. Before Senna, the Carioca became the first Brazilian to ever win three world championships. His genius behind the wheel helped him achieving many wins. However, it’s his personna and quotes that gave him an eternal life. Here’s a selection of Piquet’s most memorable statements.
Il est temps d’ouvrir la toute dernière case de ce calendrier de l’avent Formule moy1. Evidemment, qui de mieux que Nigel Mansell pour clore cette formidable aventure ? Observons le tout dernier arrêt au stand à oublier, direction le GP du Portugal 1991.
Mansell. This name still rings in every Formula 1 fan head. And boy does it evokes one hell of a lead-footed driver. But did you know that 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell struggled so much before being crowned…?
“For someone who always had been on front, to be behind was a world of shit. The race start was awfully dangerous, you found yourself by the side of de Cesaris… by the side of drivers that can’t drive shit.”