José Pedro Mourão Nunes Lamy Viçoso, OIH, known as Pedro Lamy (; 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

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Racing career

Early years

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

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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

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series. Signing for

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'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

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. In 1993 he raced for Crypton Engineering in

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and finished second in the series, one point behind champion

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, although he scored a win at Pau, a narrow street course considered even more difficult than Monaco.

Formula One

Lotus (1993–1994)

In , Lamy got the chance to race in the final four

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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

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, 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

, replacing Pierluigi Martini, and scoring the team's only point of the season in

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, 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

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, where he won the GT2 class in

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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

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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

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in a

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Ferrari 550 Maranello. For 2005, Lamy was an

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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

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. However, Lamy never went beyond testing, and Álvaro Parente was appointed the main driver's seat. Instead, Lamy remained with the

Racing squad, taking part in the

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and

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. In 2007, Lamy became a factory driver for the

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in the

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, as well as driving the diesel-powered

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in the

. 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

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, driving a Larbre Competition Corvette C6.R in GTE-Am. , he is a FIA (

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) 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

( key)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

;Notes * – Lamy competed for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the

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)

References

External links

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Pedro Lamy official website
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