Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet The Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Nelson Piquet International Autodrome), also known as Jacarepaguá after the neighbourhood in which it was located, was a motorsport circuit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opened in 1977, it hosted the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix on ten occasions, and was also used for CART, motorcycle racing and stock car racing. In 2012, it was demolished to make way for facilities to be used in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The original circuit was built between 1971 and 1977 on the site of the Barra da Tijuca road course, which had itself
David Mercer (racing driver) success and which he still currently races to a high level. In the 1984 Le Mans race he started in 46th place and finished in 39th. In the race he ran 96/360 laps.He was sponsored by Castrol and drove a BMW M1. David Mercer (racing driver) David Mercer (born 21 August 1949) is a British former racing driver. Mercer began his racing career in Sportscars in 1977 competing in Group 5/6 . He drove part-time in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Thundersports races from 1982 to 1989. He made one [Interserie] start in 1992 and made 11 British Formula