| Who? |
What |
Points |
Action |
Lap |
| 1991 – San Marino Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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4 pts
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In the wet condition Piquet had not added enough down force to his set-up and he span out of the race on the second lap of the race. The Brazilian was embarrassed about the elementary error of his mistake but he was pleased he was not still out in the wet conditions.
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| 1991 – French Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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1 pts
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After being pitched into a spin by Modena’s Tyrrell on the previous lap Morbidelli had his head down and when Piquet was trying to lap him on the next lap the two made contact. Morbidelli was pitched into a second spin in as many laps but this time he was out of the race.
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| 1991 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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4 pts
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Under pressure from his new wunderkind team mate, Piquet spun his Benetton over the kerbs in Friday qualifying, damaging the diffuser and the under tray at the rear of the car.
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| 1991 – South African Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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5 pts
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In the pre-race press conference things were getting a little heated and Jean Marie Balestre stepped in and suggested that Mansell would be closely observed in the race. Mansell leapt to he feet shouting the odds, suggesting that the FISA president should be keeping an eye on Senna rather than him. Senna retorted with rapier venom. He pointed out that Mansell had been involved in more than his fair share of incidents out on the track. Senna rounded off his comments with a few choice words that would have made a nun blush. Then Piquet chipped in asking Monsieur Balestre whether a driver had to be killed before FISA stepped in, making good on their threats to penalise certain, leading drivers. This was all hot stuff hours before the Grand prix start, especially as it was beginning to rain.
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| 1991 – Australian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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1 pts
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On lap five Schumacher pulled along side Piquet but the Brazilian failed to see his young German team mates and he edged over, pitching Schumacher in to a spin. The spinning Benetton was collected by Alesi in his Ferrari and then Nicola Larini piled in too. “Early on I spun on a slow section of the circuit,” Schumacher explained, “then I tried to pass Nelson on the left but he didn’t see me, so I moved to the right, got wheel spin in a puddle and went sideways. It didn’t seem like a problem but Alesi tried to pass me and hit my front wheel.”
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| 1990 – Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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4 pts
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After choosing to run C compound rather than the E compound tyres for Saturday qualifying Piquet span on his first run at the bottom of the hill. On his second run he picked up a puncture. Bad luck had conspired to keep him in thirteenth place.
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| 1990 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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4 pts
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On lap thirty-six Piquet spun his Benetton B190 at Lowes hairpin and stalled the engine. He was given a push start by the obliging marshals. This was illegal under the new rules and he was black flagged from the race. Previous to this a driver would have been allowed to continue.
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| 1990 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
|
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5 pts
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Before the race Piquet placed a bet at Williams Hill of £400 for him to win the race after he had decided to race on B compound tyres. The odds of 400-1 were very favourable. This was tempting fate and when it came for the cars to set off on the parade lap his Benetton failed to fire up. By the time his Series IV ford HB had fired up the rest of the field were half way round the lap and he had to start from the back of the grid, £400 poorer!
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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1 pts
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Piquet was tipped into a spin by a loose engine cover in the final third of the race. He recovered and continued.
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| 1990 – German Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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1 pts
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On the first lap Piquet missed the first chicane whilst trying to overtake Patrese and had to wait for a Marshall to come and remove a cone in the escape road before he was able to. This dropped him down the order significantly.
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| 1990 – Belgian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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1 pts
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Piquet looked certain to improve his time on his final run in Friday’s qualifying session. As he exited the last chicane he rode the kerbs too hard and his Benetton snapped out of control, burying itself in the tyre barrier that protected the pit lane wall. The session was red flagged for a total of thirteen minutes while the debris from the accident was cleared.
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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5 pts
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At the start Piquet lost control of his Benetton under braking for La Source and went sideways. The wayward Benetton collected Mansell’s’ Ferrari and pitched it in to the wall. Behind all this Derek Warwick took his Lotus off the track in avoidance only to be hit from behind by his team mate, Donnelly (who had been hit too,) as he rejoined the track. In the pre-race briefing the organisers stipulated that they would not red flag the race if an incident like this occurred. They performed a swift u-turn and red flagged the event. Piquet and Mansell took the spare cars but the spare Lotus went to Warwick so Donnelly headed off to help the BBC with their commentary.
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| 1990 – Spanish Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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1 pts
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Piquet was battling hard with Prost on lap twenty-seven when he missed a gear change and under steered off the track and on to the grass dropping him from first to third.
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| 1990 – Australian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Piquet, Nelson (Benetton)
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4 pts
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Piquet was in buoyant mood after his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix. He was driving with a youthful exuberance that caused him to spin in Friday qualifying.
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Brazil
