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Pedro Lamy

Lamy at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driver parade
Born	José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso (1972-03-20) 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	32
Championships	0
Wins	0
Career points	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
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, OIH, known as Pedro Lamy (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu laˈmi]; born 20 March 1972), is a Portuguese former professional racing driver. He was the first Portuguese driver to score a point in a Formula One World Championship event, in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, for Minardi.

Racing career

Early years

Born in Aldeia Galega da Merceana, Alenquer, Portugal, Lamy graduated from karting and 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, Lamy 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

Pedro Lamy during free practice of the 1996 San Marino Grand Prix while racing for Minardi.

Lotus (1993–1994)

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 wrists and sitting in the sidelines for over a year.

Minardi (1995–1996)

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, despite a spectacular spin and struggling to get going again halfway through the race. 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, driving for BMW Motorsport, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring for the fifth time, to tie with Marcel Tiemann for the most wins at the race. In 2012, Lamy participated in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving a Larbre Competition Corvette C6.R in GTE-Am.

As of June 2022^[update], he is a FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) commissioner.

Racing record

Complete German Formula Three results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

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24 Hours of Le Mans 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
Sources:

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† Not eligible for points

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Le Mans Series results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† Rank indicates standings in Drivers' World Championship.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

See also

In Spanish: Pedro Lamy para niños