Since his retirement, Piquet has been ranked among the greatest Formula One drivers in various motorsport polls
Piquet had a brief career in tennis before losing interest in the sport and subsequently took up karting and hid his identity to prevent his father discovering his hobby
He became the Brazilian national karting champion in 1971-72 and won the Formula Vee championship in 1976
With advice from Emerson Fittipaldi, Piquet went to Europe to further success by taking the record number of wins in Formula Three in 1978, defeating Jackie Stewart's all-time record
In the same year, he made his Formula One debut with the Ensign team and drove for McLaren and Brabham
In 1979, Piquet moved to the Brabham team and finished the runner-up in 1980 before winning the championship in 1981
Piquet's poor performances in 1982 saw a resurgence for 1983 and his second world championship
For 1984–85, Piquet had once again lost chances to win the championship but managed to score three wins during that period
He moved to the Williams team in 1986 and was a title contender until the final round in Australia
Piquet took his third and final championship in 1987 during a heated battle with team-mate Nigel Mansell which left the pair's relationship sour
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