Nelson Piquet prized as a good player but not thought sufficiently exciting for the sport, which led him to devote his career to motor racing. Piquet dropped out of a University two years into an engineering course in 1974. He was subsequently employed in a garage to finance his career, since he had no financial support from his family Upon returning to Brazil, Piquet and three friends brought a 20 hp cart and participated in Brazilian go-karting (1971 and 1972 national champion) and in the local Formula Super Vee 1976 championship, on the advice of Emerson Fittipaldi, the first Brazilian Formula One
Simeon Ivanov (racing driver) Simeon Ivanov (racing driver) Simeon Ivanov () (born 31 March 1988) is a Bulgarian former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula Renault 2.0 and World Series by Renault in 2007. His racing career started at the age of 15 (2003). He won both the Bulgarian Karting Championship in 2005 and twice the South East European Karting Championship in 2004 and 2005. He was also promoted twice the Best Bulgarian Racing Driver award in the two years in which he raced in national championships. In 2014 he raced in the Bulgarian Rally and Rallysprint Championships. In 2015 he competed in