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 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 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. He 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. Racing record. Career summary. <nowiki>†</nowiki> As Piquet was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Complete Porsche Supercup results. As Piquet was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results. Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results. Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than  90% of the race distance.