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Pedro Piquet

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Leão and the second or paternal family name is Piquet Souto Maior.
Pedro Piquet
Piquet in 2021
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26)
Brasília, Brazil
Related toNelson Piquet (father)
Nelson Piquet Jr. (half-brother)
Kelly Piquet (half-sister)
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

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

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Karting

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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

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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

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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

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

GP3 Series

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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

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For 2019, Piquet stayed in GP3, but the championship turned into the FIA Formula 3 Championship, remaining with Trident. He took 1 win at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the championship in 5th, helping Trident to finish fourth in the team championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

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in 2020, Piquet competed in F2 with Charouz alongside Louis Delétraz. He took his first points in the sprint race at Barcelona, finishing in 7th place. He left at the end of the season citing financial reasons.

Other racing experience

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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] Pedro 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.

Racing record

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Career summary

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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†

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

Complete Formula 3 Brasil results

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(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 TAR
1
1 		TAR
2
1 		SCS
1
1 		SCS
2
2 		BRA
1
1 		BRA
2
1 		INT
1
5 		INT
2
3 		CUR1
1
1 		CUR1
2
1 		VEL
1
1 		VEL
2
4 		CUR2
1
1 		CUR2
2
Ret 		GOI
1
1 		GOI
2
1 		1st 211
2015 Césario F3 CUR1
1
1 		CUR1
2
6 		VEL
1
Ret 		VEL
2
1 		SCS
1
1 		SCS
2
1 		CUR2
1
1 		CUR2
2
1 		CAS
1
1 		CAS
2
1 		CGR
1
1 		CGR
2
1 		CUR3
1
1 		CUR3
2
1 		INT
1
1 		INT
2
1 		1st 213

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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(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

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(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 Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2016 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F312 21st 12th 9th
2017 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F317 13th 6th 6th

Complete GP3 Series/FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(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
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

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(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

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  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. 29 May 2014. 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.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Fórmula 3 Brasil
Champion
2014-2015 		Succeeded by
Matheus Iorio