Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - He wa pouri a Piquet i te tau 1989, e taraiwa ana i te Judd V8-powered Lotus e 125 iti iho ana i te Honda V10s i whakamahia e McLaren. Heoi, he tino pai tana mahi (i te whakaaro ki nga herenga o te motuka Lotus) Ko te waahi tuawha i te British Grand Prix
i Silverstone i reira i taea ai e ia nga waka tere ake i runga i te ariā, ā, ko ia te tuatoru, tae noa ki te wā i taea ai ia e Nannini i roto i ngā huringa whakamutunga. Ko ia (me tana hoa kapa a Satoru Nakajima) kaore ano kia wikitoria, kaore ano hoki i eke ki te tohu mo te 1989 Belgian Grand Prix, ko te tuatahi o te kore tohu a Piquet mai i te 1982 Detroit Grand Prix. I runga i tana whakamatau whakamutunga ki te tohu i Spa, i ngaro a Piquet i tana tupono i te wa i whakamutua ai ia e te rookie Frenchman Olivier Grouillard, i whai ingoa i te wa katoa hei kaipupuri.