Piquet to race for Chinese team in Formula E


Former Renault Formula One driver Nelson Piquet of Brazil arrives for a race-fixing hearing at the International Automobile Federation (FIA)'s headquarters in Paris September 21, 2009. REUTERS/Gareth Watkins

(Reuters) - Former Formula One and NASCAR driver Nelson Piquet junior has signed up to race for a Chinese team in the new Formula E electric series starting in Beijing next month.

The 29-year-old Brazilian, whose father and namesake was a triple F1 champion, joins a list of ex-Formula One drivers on the starting grid including Germany's Nick Heidfeld and Italian Jarno Trulli.

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