  josÃ© pedro mourÃ£o lamy viÃ§oso, oih, known as pedro lamy (; born march 20, 1972 in aldeia galega, alenquer) is a portuguese professional racing driver. he was the first portuguese driver to score a point in a world championship event, in the 1995 australian grand prix, for minardi. ==racing career== ===early years=== after graduating from karting, lamy 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, pedro 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=== ====lotus (1993â1994)==== in , 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 a
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