Silverstone GP3: Piquet leads all-Trident podium

Piquet passed pole-sitter Alesi into Abbey at the start and led all 15 laps of the race thereafter.

Alesi kept the gap under a second in the first half of the race, but lost ground later on - although he gained back some time during a late virtual safety car stint, he had to settle for second, 1.4s behind.

Tveter then passed Campos driver Leonardo Pulcini to complete an all-Trident podium.

Pulcini lost a further two places to ART pair Anthoine Hubert and Callum Ilott, dropping to sixth.

Nikita Mazepin (ART) fell behind teammate Jake Hughes after a mistake, but fought back to steal seventh from the Briton on the last lap.

Hughes, who suffered a battery failure in the feature race, recovered to eighth, escaping an incident with Niko Kari (MP), which resulted in the Finn's spin and retirement.

Dorian Boccolacci (MP) and Tatiana Calderon (Jenzer) completed the top 10, the latter from 17th on the grid.

Arden duo Julien Falchero and Gabriel Aubry both retired and so did David Beckmann (Jenzer), who was spun out by Joey Mawson (Arden) - causing the race's lone VSC period.

Race results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	Pedro Piquet	Trident	15 laps
2	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1.4
3	Ryan Tveter	Trident	2.9
4	Anthoine Hubert	ART Grand Prix	3.5
5	Callum Ilott	ART Grand Prix	3.9
6	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	9.3
7	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	12.4
8	Jake Hughes	ART Grand Prix	14.0
9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	14.6
10	Tatiana Calderon	Jenzer Motorsport	15.4
11	Diego Menchaca	Campos Racing	16.0
12	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	18.2
13	Joey Mawson	Arden International	18.9
14	Devlin DeFrancesco	MP Motorsport	19.1
15	Juan Manuel Correa	Jenzer Motorsport	19.3
16	Simo Laaksonen	Campos Racing	22.8
Ret	Julien Falchero	Arden International	3 laps
Ret	Niko Kari	MP Motorsport	3 laps
Ret	David Beckmann	Jenzer Motorsport	4 laps
Ret	Gabriel Aubry	Arden International	4 laps