Pedro Lamy

Date of Birth:  20 March 1972
Born:           Aldeia Galega, Portugal
Lives:          Aldeia Galega, Portugal & Norwich, England

Career To Date

Encouraged by his father, a motorsport enthusiast and occasional rally driver, Pedro began racing Motorbikes at 6 years old. At 13 he started to race karts with sufficient success to progress into single seaters in 1989.

1989

Portuguese Formula Ford 1600 Championship - 1st
TEAM - Bastos

1990

GM Lotus Euroseries - 10th
TEAM - Derek Bell Racing/David Sears Motorsport

GM Lotus Nations Cup - 1st

1991

GM Lotus Euroseries - 1st
TEAM - Draco Racing

GM Lotus Nations Cup, Zandvoort - 1st
GM Lotus Euroseries Festival - 1st

1992

German Formula 3 Championship - 1st
TEAM - WTS

Formula 3 Marlboro Masters of Europe, Zandvoort - 1st
Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix - 2nd
Fuji Formula 3 Grand Prix - 3rd

1993

European Formula 3000 Championship - 2nd
TEAM - Team Crypton

1 win, 2 seconds, 1 third, 2 fourths out of 9 races

FIA Formula One World Championship
TEAM - Team Lotus

Deputising for the injured Zanardi, Pedro made his GP debut at Monza and completed the remainder of the season for Team Lotus. With the additional pressure of the European Formula 3000 title undecided, Pedro finished in a credible 11th position in his first Grand Prix.

Grand Prix         Qualifying  Race result

Italy              26th        11th
Portugal           18th        retired - accident
Japan              20th        13th
Australia          23rd        retired - accident

1994

Pedro is competing in his first full season of Formula One, alongside team leader Johnny Herbert.

Throughout winter testing, he has gained experience of the 107C's semi-automatic gearbox and has acclimated himself well to the handling of a passive car in preparation for the sixteen round FIA Formula One World Championship.

Team Lotus