Pedro Lamy Facts for Kids

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lamy and the second or paternal family name is Viçoso.

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Pedro Lamy

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Lamy at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driver parade

Born

José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso
20 March 1972 (age 53)
Aldeia Galega da Merceana, Alenquer, Portugal

Formula One World Championship career

Nationality

Portuguese

Active years

1993–1996

Teams

Lotus, Minardi

Entries

Championships

Wins

Career points

Pole positions

Fastest laps

First entry

1993 Italian Grand Prix

Last entry

1996 Japanese Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1997–1999, 2001–2002, 2005–
Teams	Schübel Engineering, Viper Team Oreca, Mercedes-AMG, Aston Martin Racing, Team Peugeot Total, Larbre Compétition
Best finish	2nd (2007, 2011)
Class wins	1 (2012)

José Pedro Mourão Nunes Lamy Viçoso, known as Pedro Lamy (born 20 March 1972), is a Portuguese former professional racing driver. He was the first driver from Portugal to score a point in a Formula One World Championship race. This happened in 1995 at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, when he was racing for the Minardi team.

Pedro Lamy's Racing Journey
Le Mans 24 Hours Results
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Pedro Lamy's Racing Journey

Starting His Career

Pedro Lamy was born in Aldeia Galega da Merceana, Portugal. He started his racing journey in karting. In 1989, at just 17 years old, he won the Portuguese Formula Ford Championship in his very first year!

He then moved on to Formula Opel Lotus. In 1991, on his second try, he won that championship too. After that, Lamy went to Germany to race in Formula Three. In 1992, he won the German Formula Three Championship. He also won the important Marlboro Masters race in Zandvoort. In 1993, he raced in International Formula 3000 and finished second overall. He even won a race at the challenging Pau Grand Prix street course.

Racing in Formula One

Pedro Lamy driving for Minardi during practice in 1996.

Joining Lotus (1993–1994)

In 1993, Pedro Lamy got a big chance to race in Formula One. He joined the Lotus team for the last four races of the season. He was replacing another driver who was injured. He didn't score any points that year, but Lotus signed him for the full 1994 season.

However, after only four races in 1994, Lamy had a very serious crash during a test at Silverstone Circuit. He broke both his legs and wrists. This meant he couldn't race for over a year while he recovered.

Driving for Minardi (1995–1996)

After a lot of hard work to recover, Lamy returned to Formula One in the second half of the 1995 season. He joined the Minardi team. In the 1995 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, he made history! He scored the team's only point of the season. This made him the first Portuguese driver ever to score a point in a Formula One World Championship race.

Lamy stayed with Minardi for the 1996 season. But the team didn't have a lot of money to improve their car. This made it hard to compete. After 32 Grand Prix races, Pedro Lamy finished his Formula One career.

Sports Car Racing Success

After Formula One, Pedro Lamy moved to sports car racing. He had a lot of success there!

In 1998, he won the GT2 class in the FIA GT Championship with an Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R.
He also raced in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours race many times.
Lamy won the 24 Hours Nürburgring race twice in a row, in 2001 and 2002. He won it again in 2004 and 2010, making it five wins in total! This tied him for the most wins ever at that race.
In 2003, he won the V8Star Series championship.
In 2004, he won the GTS class in the Le Mans Endurance Series.
In 2007, Lamy became a factory driver for Peugeot and won the LMP1 championship in the Le Mans Series.
In 2012, he won his class (GTE-Am) at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Larbre Compétition.
As of June 2022, Pedro Lamy works as a commissioner for the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile), which is the group that governs motorsports.

Le Mans 24 Hours Results

Pedro Lamy has raced in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race many times. Here are his results:

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	Schübel Engineering	Armin Hahne Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	331	5th	3rd
1998	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT2	312	13th	2nd
1999	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Franck Lagorce	Mercedes-Benz CLR	LMGTP	76	DNF	DNF
2001	Team PlayStation	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Chrysler LMP	LMP900	298	4th	3rd
2002	PlayStation Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Érik Comas	Dallara SP1-Judd	LMP900	359	5th	4th
2005	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	327	DNF	DNF
2006	Aston Martin Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Stéphane Ortelli	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	342	10th	5th
2007	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Bourdais	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	359	2nd	2nd
2008	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	368	5th	5th
2009	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Christian Klien	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	369	6th	6th
2010	Peugeot Sport Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	38	DNF	DNF
2011	Team Peugeot Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	Peugeot 908	LMP1	355	2nd	2nd
2012	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	329	20th	1st
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Bill Auberlen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	221	DNF	DNF
2014	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	329	26th	6th
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	321	NC	NC
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	281	DNF	DNF
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	329	36th	8th
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	92	DNF	DNF
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	87	DNF	DNF
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