Piquet GP
Piquet GP, formerly known as Minardi Piquet Sports or Minardi by Piquet Sports and Piquet Sports, is a motor racing team. The team's history can be traced back to when the GP Racing team was founded in 1997, and also to when Piquet Sports was created in 2000 by triple world champion Nelson Piquet. In 2007, Piquet Sports and GP Racing merged to create "Minardi Piquet Sports". In 2008, the team dropped "Minardi" from their name. In early 2009, the team was sold and rebranded as Piquet GP, but changed its name again in November to Rapax Team, once all remaining ties to part-owner Piquet were cut.
| Founded | 1997 (as GP Racing) 2000 (as Piquet Sports) |
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| Founder(s) | Tancredi Pagiaro (GP Racing) Nelson Piquet (Piquet Sports) |
| Folded | 2009 |
| Base | Veggiano, Padua, Italy |
| Former series | GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series Formula 3000 Italian Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix British Formula Three Championship Formula 3 Sudamericana |
| Noted drivers | Thomas Biagi Fabrizio del Monte Pastor Maldonado Diego Nunes Fabio Onidi Nelson Piquet Jr. Davide Rigon |
| Teams' Championships | Euroseries 3000: 2007 |
| Drivers' Championships | Formula 3 Sudamericana 2002: Nelson Piquet Jr. British Formula Three Championship: 2004: Nelson Piquet Jr. Euroseries 3000: 2007: Davide Rigon Euroseries 3000: 2007: Davide Rigon |
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