Pedro Piquet

Pedro Estácio Leão Piquet Souto Maior (born 3 July 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet and younger half brother of Formula E champion Nelson Piquet, Jr. He is known for his successes in single-seater junior categories, including winning the 2014 and 2015 Brazilian Formula 3 Championships.

Pedro Piquet
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998
Brasília, Brazil
Related toNelson Piquet (father)
Nelson Piquet Jr. (half-brother)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2020
Car number12
Former teamsCharouz Racing System
Starts24 (24 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish20th in 2020
Previous series
2019
2018
2016-17
2014–2015
FIA Formula 3 Championship
GP3 Series
FIA European Formula 3 ChampionshipFórmula 3 Brasil
Championship titles
2014–2015Fórmula 3 Brasil

Career

Karting

Piquet began his racing career in karts at age 8 in 2006.[1] During his karting career, he won numerous titles, including three Brazilian championships.[2]

Toyota Racing Series

Piquet debuted in single-seater cars in the 2014 Toyota Racing Series. He struggled in the first six races, finishing no higher than 13th. His season was then brought to a premature end by licensing problems relating to his age.[3]

In 2016, he returned to the series,[4] racing for M2 Competition for two seasons.

Brazilian Formula Three

Following his derailed first attempt at the Toyota Racing Series, Piquet returned to Brazil and began racing in Brazilian Formula Three in 2014. He had an extremely successful season, winning 11 of the 16 races and the championship.[5] In 2015, he chose to continue racing in Brazilian Formula Three, winning it for the second time.

European Formula 3

In 2016, Piquet joined Van Amersfoort Racing for the European Formula 3 championship. He competed for two seasons.

GP3 Series

In 2018, Piquet joined Trident Racing and competed In the GP3 Series, winning in Silverstone and Monza. He finished the season in sixth place.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

For 2019, Piquet moved to the new FIA Formula 3 Championship, remaining with Trident. He took 1 win at Spa and ended the championship in 5th, helping Trident to finish fourth in the team championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

in 2020, Piquet competes in F2 with Charouz alongside Louis Delétraz. He took his first points in the sprint race at Barcelona, Spain, finishing in 7th place.

Other racing experience

Alongside his single-seater racing, Piquet has participated in other events. In 2014, he entered and won the Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. He also entered one race in the Global Rallycross Championship, taking a podium, and one race in the Brazilian Mercedes-Benz Challenge C250 Cup. In 2015, he started two races in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, scoring no points. He also raced again in the Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, this time scoring two podiums in six races.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil Cesário F3 16 11 6 8 14 211 1st
Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC†
Global Rallycross Championship - GRC Lites Piquet Sports 1 0 0 0 1 43 12th
Brazilian Mercedes-Benz Challenge C250 Cup Linardi Sports 1 0 0 0 0 7 24th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 6 0 0 0 0 140 23rd
2015 Fórmula 3 Brasil Cesário F3 16 14 8 14 14 213 1st
Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 10 1 1 6 5 49 13th
Porsche Supercup The Heart of Racing by Lechner 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30 0 0 0 0 19 19th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 2 1 3 7 710 5th
2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30 0 0 0 1 80 14th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 3 0 0 8 850 2nd
2018 GP3 Series Trident 18 2 0 0 4 106 6th
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 16 1 0 1 3 98 5th
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Charouz Racing System 24 0 0 0 0 3 20th

As Piquet was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2015 The Heart of Racing
by Lechner
ESP MON AUT
27
GBR HUN
DSQ
BEL ITA USA USA NC† 0†

As Piquet was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2016 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes LEC
1

11
LEC
2

14
LEC
3

Ret
HUN
1

13
HUN
2

14
HUN
3

7
PAU
1

20
PAU
2

Ret
PAU
3

10
RBR
1

19
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

13
NOR
1

9
NOR
2

Ret
NOR
3

Ret
ZAN
1

13
ZAN
2

16
ZAN
3

13
SPA
1

18
SPA
2

6
SPA
3

14
NÜR
1

17
NÜR
2

9
NÜR
3

15
IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

12
IMO
3

14
HOC
1

16
HOC
2

17
HOC
3

15
19th 19
2017 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes SIL
1

9
SIL
2

18
SIL
3

11
MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

7
PAU
1

7
PAU
2

13
PAU
3

8
HUN
1

17
HUN
2

13
HUN
3

14
NOR
1

2
NOR
2

6
NOR
3

Ret
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

16
SPA
3

12
ZAN
1

7
ZAN
2

Ret
ZAN
3

6
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

17
NÜR
3

13
RBR
1

10
RBR
2

15
RBR
3

15
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

7
HOC
3

6
14th 80

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2018 Trident CAT
FEA

9
CAT
SPR

Ret
LEC
FEA

6
LEC
SPR

2
RBR
FEA

4
RBR
SPR

2
SIL
FEA

7
SIL
SPR

1
HUN
FEA

12
HUN
SPR

9
SPA
FEA

4
SPA
SPR

5
MNZ
FEA

7
MNZ
SPR

1
SOC
FEA

15
SOC
SPR

11
YMC
FEA

12
YMC
SPR

Ret
6th 106

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2019 Trident CAT
FEA

26
CAT
SPR

16
LEC
FEA

3
LEC
SPR

2
RBR
FEA

6
RBR
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

6
SIL
SPR

27†
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

27
SPA
FEA

1
SPA
SPR

6
MNZ
FEA

5
MNZ
SPR

5
SOC
FEA

6
SOC
SPR

Ret
5th 98

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2020 Charouz Racing System RBR
FEA

13
RBR
SPR

13
RBR
FEA

18
RBR
SPR

14
HUN
FEA

14
HUN
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

11
SIL
SPR

17
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

16
CAT
FEA

14
CAT
SPR

7
SPA
FEA

12
SPA
SPR

12
MNZ
FEA

12
MNZ
SPR

17
MUG
FEA

13
MUG
SPR

12
SOC
FEA

17
SOC
SPR

9
BHR
FEA

11
BHR
SPR

19†
BHR
FEA

10
BHR
SPR

11
20th 3

Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. "Biografia Pedro Piquet - Piquet Sports". piquetsports.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. "Pedro Piquet". Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. "Q&A with Pedro Piquet: "Being a Piquet doesn't affect my performance" - PaddockScout". paddockscout.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. Allen, Peter (9 November 2015). "Pedro Piquet to return to Toyota Racing Series for 2016 edition". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  5. "Campeonato Brasileiro de Fórmula 3 2014 standings - Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. "Pedro Piquet - Racing career profile - Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ricardo Zonta
(1995)
Fórmula 3 Brasil
Champion

2014-2015
Succeeded by
Matheus Iorio
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