Pedro Piquet

Pedro Estácio Leão Piquet Souto Maior (born 3 July 1998) is a Brazilian former 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.

Career

Karting Piquet began his racing career in karts at the age of eight in 2006. During his karting career, he won numerous titles, including three Brazilian championships.

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.

In 2016, Piquet returned to the series, 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. 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 stayed in GP3, but the championship turned into the FIA Formula 3 Championship, remaining with Trident. He took one win at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the championship in fifth, helping Trident to finish fourth in the team championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2020, Piquet competed in F2 with Charouz alongside Louis Delétraz. He took his first points in the sprint race at Barcelona, finishing in seventh place. He also narrowly missed out on taking a podium in the Sakhir sprint race, having been third before suffering a mechanical issue on the final lap. Piquet left at the end of the season citing financial reasons.

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. Piquet is competing in the ROK Shifter class in karting in 2023, he competes in the Florida Winter Tour, competing against the likes of Marijn Kremers and former GP3 driver Giorgio Carrara.

Karting record

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2011 13ª Copa Brasil de Kart - Júnior Menor 2nd 2012 Super Kart Brasil - Júnior 18th 15º Campeonato Sulbrasileiro de Kart - PJK/Júnior 8th 2013 FIA Karting Academy Trophy 7th 2019 Florida Winter Tour - Shifter ROK Piquet Sports 38th

Racing record

Racing 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 2022 Stock Car Brasil TMG Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula 3 Brasil 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 Pos Points 2014 Césario F3 TAR1 TAR2 SCS1 SCS2 BRA1 BRA2 INT1 INT2 CUR11 CUR12 VEL1 VEL2 CUR21 CUR22 GOI1 GOI2 1st 211 2015 Césario F3 CUR11 CUR12 VEL1 VEL2 SCS1 SCS2 CUR21 CUR22 CAS1 CAS2 CGR1 CGR2 CUR31 CUR32 INT1 INT2 1st 213

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 Racingby Lechner ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA USA USA NC 0

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 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 19th 19 2017 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 14th 80

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2016 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F312 21st 12th 9th 2017 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F317 13th 6th 6th

Complete GP3 Series/FIA Formula 3 Championship 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 CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 6th 106 2019 Trident CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 5th 98

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 Charouz Racing System RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 20th 3