Pedro Lamy

Pedro Lamy

Lamy at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driver parade
Born	20 March 1972 (1972-03-20)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Portuguese
Active years	1993–1996
Teams	Lotus, Minardi
Races	32
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1993 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	1996 Japanese Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1997–1999, 2001–2002, 2005–2011
Teams	Schübel Engineering, Viper Team Oreca, Mercedes-AMG, Zakspeed, Larbre Competition, Aston Martin Racing, Team Peugeot Total
Best finish	2nd (2007, 2011)

José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso, OIH, better known as Pedro Lamy (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu laˈmi]; born March 20, 1972 in Aldeia Galega, Alenquer, Portugal), is a professional racing driver from Portugal. He is notable for being the first Portuguese driver to score a point in a World Championship event, in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, for Minardi.

Racing career

Early years

After graduating from karting, Lamy won the Portuguese Formula Ford Championship in his debut year, in 1989, at the age of 17. Taking on Domingos Piedade as a manager, Lamy moved to Formula Opel Lotus and won the championship in his second attempt, in 1991. With Piedade's help, Pedro went to Germany to race in the local Formula Three series. Signing for Willi Weber's team, he defeated Marco Werner in the fight for the Championship, in 1992, also winning the Marlboro Masters in Zandvoort and finishing second in the Macau Grand Prix. In 1993 he raced for Crypton Engineering in Formula 3000 and finished second in the series, one point behind champion Olivier Panis, although he scored a win at Pau, a narrow street course considered even more difficult than Monaco.

Formula One

In 1993, Lamy got the chance to race in the final four Formula One races of the season, replacing injured Alessandro Zanardi in the Lotus team. He scored no points, but was signed for the team to drive the full 1994 season. Lamy drove the first four races, before suffering a serious crash in private testing at Silverstone, breaking both legs and sitting in the sidelines for over a year.

After intense physical therapy, Lamy signed a contract to race in the second half of the 1995 season for Minardi, replacing Pierluigi Martini, and scoring the team's only point of the season in Adelaide. Lamy stayed with Minardi for 1996, but the team's lack of resources meant the car received little development, and the Portuguese driver finished his F1 career, after 32 Grand Prix starts.

Sports car racing

Afterwards, Lamy moved to the FIA GT Championship, where he won the GT2 class in 1998 in an Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R. He then raced in the Le Mans 24 Hours and the DTM for the works Mercedes team, but was unhappy with his treatment within the team.

Switching to the Zakspeed outfit, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring twice in a row (in 2001 and 2002), taking the V8Star Series crown as well, in 2003. In 2004 he drove for BMW Motorsport in a few selected events including the 24 Hours Nürburgring that he won again. He also won the GTS class in the Le Mans Endurance Series in a Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550 Maranello. For 2005, Lamy was an Aston Martin works driver for the Sebring 12 Hours and Le Mans, also racing for BMW at the 24 Hours Nürburgring where he won again, and for the Larbre team in the FIA GT Championship.

In 2005, Lamy was announced as the driver of A1 Team Portugal in the 2005 A1 Grand Prix. However, Lamy never went beyond testing, and Álvaro Parente was appointed the main driver's seat. Instead, Lamy remained with the Aston Martin Racing squad, taking part in the American Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2007, Lamy became a factory driver for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in the Le Mans Series, as well as driving the diesel-powered prototype in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Lamy became LMP1 champion in the LMS in the first season.

In 2010, he again won the 24 Hours Nürburgring driving for BMW Motorsport. He is now tied with Marcel Tiemann for the record of wins (5) at this famous 24h race. As of present time he is still official driver for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1993	Team Lotus	Lotus 107B	Ford HB 3.5 L V8	RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 11	POR Ret	JPN 13	AUS Ret		NC	0
1994	Team Lotus	Lotus 107C	Mugen-Honda 3.5 L V10	BRA 10	PAC 8	SMR Ret	MON 11	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		NC	0
1995	Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi M195	Ford ED 3.0 L V8	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN 9	BEL 10	ITA Ret	POR Ret	EUR 9	PAC 13	JPN 11	AUS 6	18th	1
1996	Minardi Team	Minardi M195B	Ford ED 3.0 L V8	AUS Ret	BRA 10	ARG Ret	EUR 12	SMR 9	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 12	GBR Ret	GER 12	HUN Ret	BEL 10	ITA Ret	POR 16	JPN 12		NC	0

Complete DTM results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2000	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 8	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 8	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 12	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 4	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 DNS	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 13	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 Ret	13th	39
2001	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC1 6	NÜR1 6	OSC	SAC	NOR	LAU	NÜR2	A1R	ZAN	HOC2							17th	12

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin	ABU QR	ABU CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR	BRN CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	SPA QR	SPA CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	ALG QR 15	ALG CR 11	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	INT CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	51st	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	GT1	33	M	Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Schübel Engineering	Armin Hahne Patrice Goueslard	331	5th	3rd
1998	GT2	51	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Tommy Archer	312	13th	2nd
1999	LMGTP	6	B	Mercedes-Benz CLR Mercedes-Benz GT108C 5.7L V8	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Franck Lagorce	76	DNF	DNF
2001	LMP900	16	M	Chrysler LMP Chrysler (Mopar) 6.0L V8	Team PlayStation	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	298	4th	3rd
2002	LMP900	15	M	Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10	PlayStation Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Érik Comas	359	5th	4th
2005	GT1	58	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Tomáš Enge	327	DNF	DNF
2006	GT1	009	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Aston Martin Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Stéphane Ortelli	342	10th	5th
2007	LMP1	8	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Bourdais	359	2nd	2nd
2008	LMP1	8	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Alexander Wurz	368	5th	5th
2009	LMP1	7	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Christian Klien	369	6th	6th
2010	LMP1	3	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Peugeot Sport Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	38	DNF	DNF
2011	LMP1	9	M	Peugeot 908 Peugeot HDi 3.7L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	Team Peugeot Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	355	2nd	2nd

External links

• Pedro Lamy official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Coulthard	Formula Three Masters Winner 1992	Succeeded by Jos Verstappen
Preceded by Tom Kristensen	German Formula Three champion 1992	Succeeded by Jos Verstappen
Preceded by Johnny Cecotto	V8Star Series champion 2003	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Jean-Christophe Boullion Emmanuel Collard	Le Mans Series Champion 2007 with: Stéphane Sarrazin	Succeeded by Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller