Pedro Lamy

Pedro Lamy
Pedro Lamy
Born	José Pedro Mourão Nunes Lamy Viçoso; March 20, 1972 (age 54); Aldeia Galega da Merceana, Alenquer, Portugal
Occupation	Professional racing driver (retired)
Years active	1989–2019 (approximate based on career timeline)
Known for	First Portuguese driver to score a point in Formula One; multiple endurance racing wins including Nürburgring 24 Hours

José Pedro Mourão Nunes Lamy Viçoso, OIH, commonly referred to as Pedro Lamy (; born 20 March 1972), is a retired Portuguese professional racing driver. He holds the distinction of being the first Portuguese competitor to earn a point in the Formula One World Championship, achieving this milestone at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix while driving for Minardi.

Early years

Originating from Aldeia Galega da Merceana, Alenquer, Portugal, Lamy progressed from karting to claim victory in the Portuguese Formula Ford Championship in 1989 at age 17. Under the management of Domingos Piedade, he advanced to Formula Opel Lotus, where he secured the championship title in 1991.

Supported by Piedade, Lamy entered the 1992 German Formula Three Championship with Willi Weber's team, ultimately winning the championship ahead of Marco Werner. That year, he also triumphed at the Marlboro Masters held in Zandvoort and finished as runner-up in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. In 1993, competing for Crypton Engineering in Formula 3000, he narrowly missed the championship by one point to Olivier Panis, including a notable victory at the demanding Pau Grand Prix.

Lotus (1993–1994)

Lamy made his Formula One debut in , joining Lotus for the final four races to replace the injured Alessandro Zanardi. Although he did not score points during this period, his performance secured him a full-time seat for the 1994 season. After participating in four Grands Prix that year, he endured a serious accident during private testing at Silverstone Circuit, resulting in fractures to both legs and wrists and forcing him out of competition for more than a year.

Minardi (1995–1996)

Following an extensive rehabilitation process, Lamy returned to racing with Minardi in the second half of the 1995 season, taking over from Pierluigi Martini. Despite experiencing a significant spin during the race, he earned Minardi’s only point at the Adelaide event. He remained with Minardi throughout 1996; however, limited development resources within the team restricted competitiveness, leading to his departure from Formula One after a total of 32 Grand Prix entries.

Sports car racing

Transitioning to sports car competitions, Lamy captured the GT2 class title in the 1998 FIA GT Championship driving an Oreca-prepared Chrysler Viper GTS-R. His career also included participation in both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the DTM with Mercedes’ factory squad, although he expressed dissatisfaction with his role there.

While racing for Zakspeed, Lamy achieved consecutive victories at the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2001 and 2002 and secured the championship in the V8Star Series during 2003. In 2004, he competed selectively with BMW Motorsport, adding another Nürburgring 24 Hours win to his record. That same year, he won the GTS category of the Le Mans Endurance Series piloting a Larbre Compétition-entered Ferrari 550 Maranello. As an Aston Martin factory driver in 2005, Lamy took part in both the Sebring 12 Hours and Le Mans events while also competing for BMW at Nürburgring and Larbre in FIA GT contests.

Although initially announced as a driver for A1 Team Portugal during the inaugural 2005 season of A1 Grand Prix, Lamy only participated in testing sessions; race duties were undertaken by Álvaro Parente. He continued his association with Aston Martin Racing in both the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans endurance races. In 2007, Lamy joined Peugeot as a factory driver for their diesel-powered Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, contesting both the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, culminating in winning that year’s LMS LMP1 championship.

Driving once again for BMW Motorsport in 2010, Lamy secured his fifth victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, equaling the record previously held by Marcel Tiemann. In 2012, he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship behind the wheel of a GTE-Am class Corvette C6.R fielded by Larbre Competition.

As of June 2022, Pedro Lamy holds a commissioner position within the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile).

Full German Formula Three results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	Engine	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Final Position	Points
1992	Opel Team WTS	Opel	A	ZOL 1 Retired	ZOL 2 5th	NÜR 1 1st	NÜR 2 16th	WUN 1 Retired	WUN 2 Retired	AVU 1 8th	AVU 2 1st	NÜR 1 1st	NÜR 2 1st	HOC 1 1st	HOC 2 2nd	NOR 1 3rd	NOR 2 2nd	BRN 1 1st	BRN 2 1st	DIE 1 3rd	DIE 2 4th	NÜR 1 1st	NÜR 2 2nd	ALE 1 2nd	ALE 2 2nd	NÜR 1 1st	NÜR 2 Retired	HOC 1 1st	HOC 2 1st	Champion	340 points

Full International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are in italics)

Year	Team	Chassis Model	Engine Manufacturer	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	"Pos."	Points Scored
1993	Crypton Engineering	"Reynard 92D"	"Ford Cosworth DFV"	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| "DON" 2nd	style="background:#FFFFFF;" \| "SIL" Did Not Start	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| "PAU" Winner	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| "PER" 8th†	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| "HOC" 2nd	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| "NÜR" 4th	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| "SPA" 4th	style="background:#FFDF9F;" \| "MAG" 3rd	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| "NOG" 16th	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| Runner-up	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| 31

† Finished the race but classified as he completed over ninety percent of the total distance.

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	Pts
1993	Team Lotus	Lotus 107B	Ford Cosworth HBD6 V8	1993 South African Grand Prix	1993 Brazilian Grand Prix	1993 European Grand Prix	1993 San Marino Grand Prix	1993 Spanish Grand Prix	1993 Monaco Grand Prix	1993 Canadian Grand Prix	1993 French Grand Prix	1993 British Grand Prix	1993 German Grand Prix	1993 Hungarian Grand Prix	1993 Belgian Grand Prix	1993 Italian Grand Prix 11	1993 Portuguese Grand Prix Ret	1993 Japanese Grand Prix 13	1993 Australian Grand Prix Ret		NC	0
1994 Formula One World Championship	Team Lotus	Lotus 107C	Mugen Honda MF-351 HC V10	1994 Brazilian Grand Prix 10	1994 Pacific Grand Prix 8	1994 San Marino Grand Prix Ret	1994 Monaco Grand Prix 11													NC! 0
1995 Formula One World Championship	Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi M195	Ford Cosworth EDM V8										style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix 9 style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1995 Belgian Grand Prix 10 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1995 Italian Grand Prix Ret style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1995 European Grand Prix 9 style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1995 Pacific Grand Prix 13 style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1995 Japanese Grand Prix 11 style="background:#dfffdf;" \| 1995 Australian Grand Prix 6	18th! 1
1996 Formula One World Championship	Minardi Team	Minardi M195B	Ford Cosworth ED2 V8 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Australian Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix 10 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Argentine Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 European Grand Prix 12 style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 San Marino Grand Prix 9 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Monaco Grand Prix Ret style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Spanish Grand Prix Ret style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Canadian Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 French Grand Prix 12 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 British Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 German Grand Prix 12 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 Belgian Grand Prix 10 style="background:#efcfff;" \| 1996 Italian Grand Prix Ret style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix 16 style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 1996 Japanese Grand Prix 12	NC! 0

24 Hours of Le Mans outcomes

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Overall Position	Class Ranking
1997	Germany Schübel Engineering	Germany Armin Hahne Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	331	5th place	3rd place
1998	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Viper Team Oreca	Template:Country data MCO Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Beretta United States Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT2	312	13th overall	2nd in class
1999	Germany AMG-Mercedes	Germany Bernd Schneider Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Lagorce	Mercedes-Benz CLR	LMGTP	76	Did Not Finish (DNF)	DNF
2001	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Team PlayStation (Oreca)	Template:Country data MCO Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Beretta Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Karl Wendlinger	Chrysler LMP	LMP900	298	4th overall	3rd in class
2002	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall PlayStation Team Oreca	Template:Country data MCO Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Beretta Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Érik Comas	Dallara SP1-Judd	LMP900	359	5th position overall	4th in category
2005	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Aston Martin Racing	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Peter Kox Template:Country data CZE Template:Namespace detect showall Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	327	DNF	DNF
2006	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Aston Martin Racing	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data MCO Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Ortelli	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	342	10th overall	5th in class
2007	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Team Peugeot Total	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	359	2nd overall	2nd in category
2008	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Team Peugeot Total	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	368	5th position overall	5th in class
2009	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Team Peugeot Total	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Minassian Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Christian Klien	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	369	6th overall	6th in category
2010	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Peugeot Sport Total	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Simon Pagenaud	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	38	DNF	DNF
2011	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Team Peugeot Total	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais {{flagicon{FRA}} Simon Pagenaud	Peugeot 908	LMP1	355	2nd overall	2nd in class
2012	{{flagicon{FRA}} Larbre Compétition	{{flagicon{FRA}} Patrick Bornhauser {{flagicon{FRA}} Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	329	20th position	1st place in class
2013	{{flagicon{GBR}} Aston Martin Racing	{{flagicon{CAN}} Paul Dalla Lana {{flagicon{USA}} Bill Auberlen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	221	DNF	DNF
2014-2019 (selected)	align="left" rowspan=6{{flagicon{GBR} Aston Martin Racing}	Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda frequently partnered as co-drivers within the GTE Am division piloting the Aston Martin Vantage GTE. Their results fluctuated, including both race completions and DNFs, illustrating the unpredictable nature of endurance competition.

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(legend) (Events shown in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
1997	Schübel Rennsport	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	HOC 6	SIL 7	HEL	NÜR	SPA	A1R						34th	1
1997	Porsche AG	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	GT1							SUZ 10	DON	MUG	SEB	LAG	34th	1
1998	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT2	OSC 1	SIL 1	HOC 1	DIJ 1	HUN 2	SUZ 1	DON 1	A1R 2	HOM 1	LAG 1		1st	92
2005	Larbre Compétition	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|MNZ 1	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|MAG 5		style="background:#DFDFDF;" \|IMO 2	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|BRN 1		style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|OSC 7	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|IST 6	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \|ZHU 2	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|DUB 1	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|BHR 4	rowspan=2 \|8th	rowspan=2 \|60
2005	nowrap	Aston Martin Racing^†	GT1	nowrap	Aston Martin DBR9	colspan=2 \|	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| SIL 1	colspan=2 \|	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| SPA 5	colspan=5 \|
2006	nowrap	Manthey Racing^†	nowrap	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	G2	SIL	BRN	OSC	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| SPA 2	PRI	DIJ	MUG	HUN	ADR	DUB		NC	0
2007	nowrap	Vitaphone Racing Team	nowrap	Maserati MC12 GT1	GT1	ZHU	SIL	BUC	MNZ	OSC	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| SPA 2	ADR	BRN	NOG	ZOL		20th	14

^† Ineligible for points

Full Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(legend) (Events in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Points
2000	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 8	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 8	SAC 1 NC	SAC 2 12	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 4	LAU 1 C	LAU 2 C	OSC 1 DNS	OSC 2 DNS	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 13	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 10			13th	39
2001	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000	style="background:#cfcfff;" \| HOC QR 4	style="background:#dfffdf;" \| HOC CR 6														17th	12

Full Le Mans Series results

Year	Team Entry	Category	Vehicle Model	Engine Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points Earned
2004	Larbre Compétition	GTS class	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9-liter V12	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| MNZ 1	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| NÜR 1	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| SIL 1	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| SPA 1			style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| 1st	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|35
MenX Racing	GT1 category	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari V12, 5.9 liters					style="background:#FFDF9F;" \| IST 3		23rd	6
Aston Martin Racing with Larbre Compétition	GT1 class	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin V12, 6.0 liters	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| IST 1	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| SPA NC	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \| NÜR 1	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| DON 5	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| JAR 2		style="background:#FFFFBF;"	1st	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	32
Team Peugeot Total	LMP1 category	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	nowrap Peugeot HDi Turbo V12, displacement:5.5L	style="background:#FFDF9F;"	MNZ Template:Small 3	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	VAL Template:Small 1	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	NÜR Template:Small 1	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	SPA Template:Small 1	style="background:#CFCFFF;"	SIL Template:Small NC	style="background:#DFDFDF;"	INT Template:Small 2	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	1st	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	40

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