Pedro Piquet

Pedro Piquet at the Formula 3 race in Spielberg 2019

Pedro Piquet at the GP3 race in Spielberg 2018

Pedro Estácio Leão Piquet Souto Maior (born July 3, 1998 in Brasília ) is a Brazilian racing car driver . In 2014 and 2015 he won the Brazilian Formula 3 championship . In 2018 he starts in the GP3 series .

Career

Piquet began his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , where he remained active until 2013.

At the beginning of 2014 Piquet made his debut with M2 Competition in the Toyota Racing Series in formula racing . He left the championship after three events due to licensing problems. Then Piquet drove for Cesário F3 in the Brazilian Formula 3 championship . He won 12 of 16 races and was champion with 211 to 116 points ahead of Lukas Moraes . He also took part in one GT race each . Once in the Brazilian Mercedes-Benz Challenge, once as a guest starter in the Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. Piquet also took part in a rallycross race. In 2015, Piquet completed his second season in the Brazilian Formula 3 championship. This time he won 14 of 16 races and prevailed in the championship with 213 to 118 points against his teammate Matheus Iorio . Piquet also competed in the Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. With one win he reached 13th place in the drivers' championship. He also made two guest starts in the Porsche Supercup .

In 2016 , Piquet again took part in the Toyota Racing Series for M2 Competition at the beginning of the year. With two wins he finished fifth in the championship. Piquet then competed in the European Formula 3 championship for Van Amersfoort Racing in 2016 . He finished the season in 19th place overall. In 2017 Piquet will contest his second European Formula 3 championship together with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Personal

Piquet is the son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet and the brother of Formula E champion Nelson Piquet jr.

statistics

Career stations

2006–2013: karting
2014 : Toyota Racing Series (23rd place)
2014: Brazilian Formula 3 (champions)
2014: Brazilian Mercedes-Benz Challenge (24th place)

2015: Brazilian Formula 3 (champions)
2015: Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (13th place)
2016 : Toyota Racing Series (5th place)
2016 : European Formula 3 (19th place)

2017 : European Formula 3 (14th place)
2018 : GP3 series

Individual results in the Toyota Racing Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	Points	rank
2014	M2 Competition	New Zealand INV			New Zealand TIM			New Zealand DEW			New Zealand HMP			New Zealand MAN			142	23.
2014	M2 Competition	15th	13	13	15th	15th	14th	DNS	DNS	DNS							142	23.
2016	M2 Competition	New Zealand CHR			New Zealand INV			New Zealand HMP			New Zealand DEW			New Zealand MAN			712	5.
2016	M2 Competition	7th	2	DNF	4th	1	10	3	3	1	2	5	2	DNF	8th	15th	712	5.

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	Points	rank
2016	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	France LEC			Hungary HUN			France PAU			Austria SPI			Germany NOR			Netherlands ZAN			Belgium SPA			Germany ONLY			Italy IMO			Germany HOC			19th	19th
2016	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	11	14th	DNF	13	14th	7th	20th	DNF	10	19th	NC	13	9	DNF	DNF	13	16	13	18th	6th	14th	17th	9	15th	DNF	12	14th	16	17th	15th	19th	19th
2017	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	United Kingdom SIL			Italy MNZ			France PAU			Hungary HUN			Germany NOR			Belgium SPA			Netherlands ZAN			Germany ONLY			Austria SPI			Germany HOC			80	14th
2017	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	9	18th	11	16 *	DNF	7th	7th	13	8th	NC	13	14th	2	6th	DNF	10	DNF	12	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	17th	13	10	15th	15th	7th	7th	6th	80	14th

Web links

Commons : Pedro Piquet - collection of images, videos and audio files

Career statistics of Pedro Piquet (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Biografia Pedro Piquet. piquetsports.com, accessed January 9, 2016 .
↑ Felipe Giacomelli: Q&A with Pedro Piquet: “Being a Piquet doesn't affect my performance”. paddockscout.com, May 29, 2014, accessed January 9, 2016 .
↑ Peter Allen: Pedro Piquet to return to Toyota Racing Series for 2016 edition. paddockscout.com, November 9, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .
↑ Peter Allen: Pedro Piquet signs with Van Amersfoort for European F3 move. paddockscout.com, November 11, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .
↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Piquet sticks with Van Amersfoort for second European F3 season. motorsport.com, February 14, 2017, accessed March 17, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Piquet, Pedro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Piquet Souto Maior, Pedro Estácio Leão
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brasília , Brazil

[1] Biografia Pedro Piquet. piquetsports.com, accessed January 9, 2016 .

[2] Felipe Giacomelli: Q&A with Pedro Piquet: “Being a Piquet doesn't affect my performance”. paddockscout.com, May 29, 2014, accessed January 9, 2016 .

[3] Peter Allen: Pedro Piquet to return to Toyota Racing Series for 2016 edition. paddockscout.com, November 9, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .

[4] Peter Allen: Pedro Piquet signs with Van Amersfoort for European F3 move. paddockscout.com, November 11, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .

[5] Valentin Khorounzhiy: Piquet sticks with Van Amersfoort for second European F3 season. motorsport.com, February 14, 2017, accessed March 17, 2017 .