Pedro Piquet


Pedro Estácio Leão Piquet Souto Maior 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 [Formula 3 Brasil season|2014] and 2015 [Formula 3 Brasil season|2015 Brazilian Formula 3 Championships].

Career

Karting

Piquet began his racing career in karts at age 8 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, he 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 1 win at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the championship in 5th, helping Trident to finish fourth in the team championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

in 2020, Piquet competed in 2020 [FIA Formula 2 Championship|F2] with Charouz alongside Louis Delétraz. He took his first points in the sprint race at 2020 Barcelona [Formula 2 round|Barcelona], finishing in 7th 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.
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

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415PosPoints
2014M2 CompetitionTER
1

15
TER
2

13
TER
3

13
TIM
1

15
TIM
2

16
TIM
3

14
HIG
1

DNS
HIG
2

DNS
HIG
3

DNS
HMP
1
HMP
2
HMP
3
MAN
1
MAN
2
MAN
3
23rd140
2016M2 CompetitionRUA
1

7
RUA
2

2
RUA
3

Ret
TER
1

4
TER
2

1
TER
3

10
HMP
1

3
HMP
2

3
HMP
3

1
TAU
1

2
TAU
2

5
TAU
3

2
MAN
1

Ret
MAN
2

8
MAN
3

15
5th710
2017M2 CompetitionRUA
1

6
RUA
2

17
RUA
3

3
TER
1

3
TER
2

1
TER
3

5
HMP
1

2
HMP
2

3
HMP
3

4
TAU
1

5
TAU
2

1
TAU
3

5
MAN
1

1
MAN
2

3
MAN
3

4
2nd850

Complete Formula 3 Brasil results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2014Césario F3TAR
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
1st211
2015Césario F3CUR1
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
1st213

Complete Porsche Supercup results

YearTeam123456789DCPoints
2015The Heart of Racing
by Lechner
ESPMONAUT
27
GBRHUN
DSQ
BELITAUSAUSANC0

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2016Van Amersfoort RacingMercedesLEC
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
19th19
2017Van Amersfoort RacingMercedesSIL
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
14th80

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
Charouz Racing SystemRBR
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
20th3