Piquet is world's first electric champion


First placed NEXTEV TCR driver Nelson Piquet (C) of Brazil, second placed Audi Sport ABT driver Lucas di Grassi (L) of Brazil and third placed e.dams-Renault driver Sebastien Buemi of Switzerland celebrate on the podium after the Formula E Championship race in central Moscow, Russia, June 6, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

LONDON (Reuters) - Brazilian Nelson Piquet junior became the first Formula E champion on Sunday as the new electric series wrapped up its debut season with a race that had the crowd making more noise than the cars.

Piquet, whose father and namesake was a triple Formula One world champion, finished seventh in the final race in London's Battersea Park to beat Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi by one point overall.

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