Pedro Lamy
Pedro Lamy (actually José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso Nunes, born March 20, 1972 in Aldeia Galega, Portugal) is a Portuguese racing driver.
Career
Beginnings in motorsport
The former motocross and kart driver won the 1989 Portuguese Formula Ford 1600 title and then moved to the GM Lotus Euro series, which he was able to win in 1991. He also won in both 1990 and 1991 together with Diago Castro Santos the Formula Opel Lotus Nations Cup. The following year he won on Reynard 923/Opel with eleven wins the German Formula 3 Championship. In 1993, the change to formula 3000th With a victory at the Grand Prix de Pau and three other podium finishes, he lost a point behind the season to Olivier Panis.
Formula 1
Due to the good results in Formula 3000, he managed to step up to Formula 1, where he replaced Alessandro Zanardi Lotus. In the 1994 season he could only take part in four Formula 1 races since he was testing at Silverstone broke both legs and the cockpit Alessandro Zanardi, Mika Salo and Philippe Adams had to leave. For the 1995 season, Pedro Lamy joined Minardi and scored a championship point with a sixth place at the Grand Prix of Australia. He scored the first Portuguese one point win in a Formula 1 race. The following year, he stayed with Minardi, but could produce no further successes. His best result was a ninth place at the Grand Prix of San Marino. Since the financial situation with Minardi was difficult, he decided to end his Formula 1 career after 32 races.
GT and sports car racing
After the end of his Formula 1 career, Pedro Lamy was launched in 1997 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished third in the GT1 category. Then he moved to the FIA GT and won there in 1998 along with Olivier Beretta the GT2 drivers' and team standings. He scored on the Chrysler Viper GTS -R, eight of the ten possible class victories for the Oreca team. In addition, he again drove the 24 hour of Le Mans and reached behind the sister car the second GT2 class rank. 1999 he moved to Price & Bscher, who participated in selected races of the American Le Mans Series and the FIA Sportscar Championship. His best result with the BMW V12 LMR was a fifth place at the Portland International Raceway. Then Pedro Lamy drove into the newly founded DTM and scored on a Mercedes CLK 2000 13 and 2001 16 overall. He also drove for Oreca again at Le Mans and finished the race in fourth overall and third LMP900 class rank. He also won along with Peter Zakowski and Michael Bartels in the 24 -hour race on the Nürburgring in 2001. The following year he won again for Zakspeed at the 24 -hour race in the Eifel. For the 2002 and 2003 season he rode in the V8 Star, he won the only driver besides Johnny Cecotto. With the G2 class victory at the 24 - hour race at Spa -Francorchamps he took after 1998 once again participated in a FIA GT race. In 2004 he moved to the new Le Mans Endurance Series and scored with Christophe Bouchut and Steve Zacchia the driver and team standings of the GTS category. With his team Labre Compétition 2005 he moved again in the FIA GT and won four rounds of the championship, two for the factory team of Aston Martin, in which he took even in selected rounds of the American Le Mans Series. In addition to the activities in the GT championships, he was assigned as driver in A1GP Team Portugal, but except in tests he could not participate in any A1 Grand Prix. In 2004 and 2005 he won for Schnitzer Motorsport, the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring. In 2006 he moved back to the now renamed Le Mans Series and won again for Labre the GT1 championship. The following year he rode for the factory team of Peugeot in the LMP1 category and scored with Stéphane Sarrazin three overall victories and the championship of the Le Mans Series.