Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Piquet akaita mwaka wa1989 usina kufadza, achityaira motokari yainzi Judd V8 Lotus yaiva nemabhiza mashoma ne125 pane yainzi Honda V10 yaishandiswa naMcLaren. Zvisinei, akawana nzvimbo yakanaka kwazvo (achirangarira kukanganiswa kwemotokari yeLotus) yechina muBritish Grand Prix
paSilverstone apo iye akapfuura motokari dzinokurumidza zvikurusa uye akanga achimhanya wechitatu kutozosvikira Nannini amupfuura mumativi mashomanene okupedzisira. Iye (uye waaitamba naye Satoru Nakajima) zvakare havana kukunda uye ivo vaviri vakatotadza kukodzera ku1989 Belgian Grand Prix, Piquet yekutanga isiri-kukodzera kubvira 1982 Detroit Grand Prix. Pane zvaive kuedza kwake kwekupedzisira kukodzera kuSpa, Piquet akarasikirwa nemukana wake paakadzikiswa nemutsva wechiFrench Olivier Grouillard, uyo aive awana mukurumbira mumwaka wese semubati.