Former F-1 Champ Loses His D/L

THREE-TIME FORMULA ONE CHAMPION NELSON PIQUET had his driver’s license taken away in his native Brazil because he had too many “points.”

Reuters reports: Piquet, one of just three Brazilians to win the Formula One world championship, lost his license in June after receiving a slew of speeding and parking tickets. His wife, Viviane, also had her license taken away for bad driving and joined her husband in the mandatory driver awareness course.

“I think we have to pay for our mistakes,” Piquet, 54, told local news agency G1. “It’s not even just a speeding problem. I got tickets for all kinds of reasons, for things like parking where I shouldn’t.”

They have begun attending 30 hours of classes over eight days and will have to pass an exam before regaining their licenses.

Nelson and Viviane Piquet pay attention
during their driver’s awareness training.