Piquet Says Career in Racing Is Over

Race driver Nelson Piquet left an Indianapolis hospital Monday, saying he is retiring after a crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500 left him with multiple broken bones in his lower legs and feet.

“Racing is over for me,” the 39-year-old former Formula One champion from Brazil told the Indianapolis Star. “I had a very wonderful career. Now I just want to be able to enjoy life . . . and walk again.”

Piquet was injured May 7 when his 1992 Lola-Buick hit the outside wall in Turn 4 at about 212 m.p.h. He had turned in a lap of 228.571 earlier in the day.