No stranger to controversy in his racing days, Nelson Piquet has been equally divisive in his retirement. Today's Great Read — on his 71st birthday — sees Mike Doodson exploring the legacy of the crass troublemaker and defiantly talented three-time world champion.
It can be a trying experience to be unmasked as a Piquet supporter, so let's remind ourselves of his extraordinary talent. He left Brazil for Italy in 1977 at the age of 24, won races in the European F3 championship while living in his truck, then moved to England to contest the (two) British titles in 1978.
Before the season was half complete, he found himself in Formula 1, vaulting any intermediate category, and subsequently went on to win 23 GPs and three world championships. Intelligent, incisive and no sufferer of fools, he commanded deep loyalties that remain firm to this day.
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