RIO DE JANEIRO — Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-year-old ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — More video in Brazilian media shows retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet using homophobic language and more racial slurs about Lewis Hamilton. The website Grande Prêmio ...

mid-day looks at the last five instances when three or more drivers had a shot at clinching the crown in season-ender ...

Nelson Piquet: Brazil’s former car-racing star needs more than three Formula One titles to be considered a good driver in his native country. Piquet — Formula One champion in 1981, ’83 and ’87 — has ...

Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born 17 August 1952) is a Brazilian retired racing driver and businessman who won the World Drivers' Championship three times in the years 1981, 1983 and 1987. Piquet had a ...

Grand Prix of Long Beach winners: *--* Year Winner 1975 Brian Redman 1976 Clay Regazzoni 1977 Mario Andretti 1978 Carlos Reutemann 1979 Gilles Villeneuve 1980 Nelson Piquet 1981 Alan Jones 1982 Niki ...

Former Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet had heart surgery this week. Agencia Estado reports that the 61-year-old, who won his titles for Brabham and Williams in 1981, '83 and '87, had the ...

Flavio Briatore, the former Renault Formula One team principal who was replaced prior to this season in the wake of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix crash scandal, faces a $300,000 libel suit. The suit ...