Piquet holds off Alesi for maiden GP3 victory at Silverstone
Pedro Piquet secur🤡ed his first victory in the GP3 series, leading home a Trident 1-2-3 at Silverstone.
Piquet, the son of three-time Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet, made a lightning-quick start to snatch the lead on the run in﷽to Turn 1, taking the inside line from reverseﷺ-grid pole sitter Giuliano Alesi.
The Brazilian - who had previously managed a best result of second place in the France and Austria sprint races - controlled the gap to his T💙rident teammate throughout before crossing the line to seal his maiden win.
Pedro Piquet secur🦩ed his first victory in the GP3 series, leading home a Trident 1-2-3 at Silverstone.
Piquet, the son of three-time Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet, maꩲde a lightning-quick start to snatch the lead on the run into Turওn 1, taking the inside line from reverse-grid pole sitter Giuliano Alesi.
The Brazilian - who had previously managed a best result of second place in the France and Austria sprint races - controlled the gap to his Trident teammate throughout before crossing the li⛦ne to seal his maiden win.
Alesi finished 1.5s back from his stablemate, while ♏Ryan Tveter pulled off an early overtake on Le🍃onardi Pulcini to claim his first podium finish of the season in third.
Anthoine Hubert led home ART Grand Prix teammate and title rival Callum Ilott in fou꧃rth to extend his championship lead over the Briton to eight points.
Pulcini dropped down the order to ultimately finish sixth, as Nikita Mazepin and Jake Hughes ensured all four ART cars finished inside of ♓the points in seventh and eighth respectively.
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