What is Nelson Piquet?
[[File:Nelson Piquet Souto Maior.jpg|thumb|Nelson Piquet]] '''Nelson Piquet Souto Maior''' (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as '''Nelson Piquet''', is a [[Brazil]]ian racing driver who was [[Formula One]] world champion in [[1981 Formula One season|1981]], [[1983 Formula One season|1983]], and [[1987 Formula One season|1987]]. He is one of the few men to win at least three [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world championships]] in the history of Formula One. The others are [[Jack Brabham]], [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Niki Lauda]], [[Ayrton Senna]] (3 each), [[Alain Prost]] (4), [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] (5), Lewis Hamilton (7) and [[Michael Schumacher]] (7). {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Piquet, Nelson}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Brazilian Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro]]