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Three-time F1 champion goes back to driving school |
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10:08, August 01, 2007 |
Brazil''s former Formula One racer Nelson Piquet, holder of three world championship titles (1981, 1983 and 1987), had to go back to driving school in order to recover his driver''s license.
Piquet, 54, is currently attending lessons at a unit of the National Traffic Department (Detran), in the federal capital of Brasilia, where he lives.
The champion explained that he lost the right to drive after scoring 29 points on his license, exceeding his infraction quota. The Brazilian law establishes that, each time a driver commits a traffic infraction, he/she is attributed points. If the score exceeds the maximum quota of 20 points, the license is automatically cancelled. If the driver does not attend a number of driving lessons, his license will remain suspended.
According to Piquet, he achieved such score by exceeding the speed limit and parking illegally.
He complained about the duration of the course, which will last until Friday, with three hours of classes per day.
However, he admitted to having learned something.
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