Piquet heads to NASCAR
12/01/2010  Former F1 driver Nelson Piquet, who will forever be remembered for his role in the infamous incident at the 2008 Singapore GP which was to result in the 'Crashgate' saga, has revealed that he is heading to America to compete in NASCAR.
The Brazilian, who has been linked with a number of drives in F1 since being dropped by Renault, and even since the revelations regarding Singapore 2008 were made public, realizing that a 2010 GP seat looked unlikely has finally made the decision to follow Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve to the USA. "I have spent the last few months carefully evaluating my options for this year," he writes on his personal website. "I had to choose a path and it was a difficult decision to make. "Being successful in Formula 1 was always my goal but I have learnt that happiness is just as important as ambition and after my first 18 months in F1 did not go as planned I have decided to focus on something different and have chosen to take a route in America. "NASCAR is hugely challenging and nobody has ever come in as an outsider before and gone on to win it ' it will be the ultimate challenge. I will let you know more details on the exact programme soon. "This will be an awesome new challenge for me, and a healthy one," he continues. "I have always been open to new challenges and I will be putting everything I have into this. I have found a good group of people that are really willing to help me in my career and I am grateful that they are there for me. I think it will be a positive environment and a good life experience. I am sure this year is going to be fantastic and I am very excited at the prospect of my future. "I will miss Europe and all the friends I have there but I will always have my successes there to be proud of. I am sure I'll still do some racing in Europe as I have a lot of ambitions in my life, one of which has always been to win the Le Mans 24 Hours." |
