José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso, OIH, known as Pedro Lamy (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu laˈmi]; born 20 March 1972) 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.
Born in Aldeia Galega, Alenquer, Portugal, Lamy graduated from karting and 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.
I've been put down and been the target of scorn.
So many times I?e cursed the day I was born.
Tasted every taste and done all to the max.
I've survived this long thanks to pills and twelvepacks.
It? all been hazy but one thing I know.
No use to fight it when you're sunk so low.
Can? take the pressure so I bring out the torch.
Found my dead girlfriend on the front porch.
THAT'S WHAT DID IT FOR ME, THAT'S WHEN I LIT THE FLAME.
THAT'S WHEN PETROLEUM HELPED ME TO GET AFTERLIFE FAME.
I GOT BACK TO ONE, GOT RID OF ALL THAT'S BEEN WITH A
MATCH AND GASOLINE..
Yeah I was put down and the target of scorn.
Sure I'm a coward but I don't think you'll mourn.
The tastes I tasted was just to get away.
To escape the pain and block out the things you? say.
I stand here ready with a can of sauce.
Self-inflicted combustion and you're the cause.
A gruesome sight but I won't feel the flames.
The fire is the only thing that cleans the stains.
THAT'S WHAT DID IT FOR ME, THAT'S WHEN I LIT THE FLAME.
THAT'S WHEN PETROLEUM HELPED ME TO GET AFTERLIFE FAME.
I GOT BACK TO ONE, GOT RID OF ALL THAT? BEEN WITH A MATCH