Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Nelson Piquet
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. Permanent track. Anti-clockwise circuit. Hosted 10 Grands Prix between 1978 and 1989.
10Grands Prix
5.031Length (km)
11Corners
3Altitude (m)
1977Opened
The layout
The colour shows how tight each stretch is: pale on the straights, deep in the slow corners. It is measured in degrees of turn per 110 metres of track, on the same scale for every circuit.
StraightTight corner
Sinuosity: 69° per 110 m. It ranks 32 of 40 for speed among the circuits with a drawn layout.
Geometry: the bacinger/f1-circuits project (GeoJSON, MIT licence), matched to this circuit by coordinates. The chequered flag marks the finish line. Length per that source: 5,031 m.
Kings of this track
The drivers with most wins here.
1Alain Prost5 wins
2Carlos Reutemann2 wins
3Nelson Piquet2 wins
4Nigel Mansell1 win
Every Grand Prix here
| Year | Grand Prix | Winner | Team | Pole | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Brazil | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | Ayrton Senna | 61 |
| 1988 | Brazil | Alain Prost | McLaren | Ayrton Senna | 60 |
| 1987 | Brazil | Alain Prost | McLaren | Nigel Mansell | 61 |
| 1986 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet | Williams | Ayrton Senna | 61 |
| 1985 | Brazil | Alain Prost | McLaren | Michele Alboreto | 61 |
| 1984 | Brazil | Alain Prost | McLaren | Elio de Angelis | 61 |
| 1983 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | Keke Rosberg | 63 |
| 1982 | Brazil | Alain Prost | Renault | Alain Prost | 63 |
| 1981 | Brazil | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | Nelson Piquet | 62 |
| 1978 | Brazil | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | Ronnie Peterson | 63 |