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	3 July 1998 Brasília, Brazil
Related to	Nelson Piquet (father) Nelson Piquet Jr. (half-brother)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Car number	12
Former teams	Charouz Racing System
Starts	24 (24 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th 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
2014–2015	Fórmula 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.

External links

• Pedro Piquet career summary at DriverDB.com