Team Portugal [Archive] - 10 Tenths Motorsport Forum

Emma

18 Apr 2005, 22:27

Anyone got any ideas of who will be driving for Team Portugal?
I have no idea, except Alvaro Parente :) (please give him the drive, pleeeeeeeease!!)

jondownunder

19 Apr 2005, 00:13

I can't remember where I read it, but I've heard Pedro Lamy mentioned as a possible driver, with Parente and João Urbano both as possible test drivers.

SALEEN S7R

19 Apr 2005, 00:41

Thomas Erdos too might be a good candidate to think about...

Kicking-back

19 Apr 2005, 07:15

Thomas Erdos is Brazilian.

SALEEN S7R

19 Apr 2005, 11:57

Thomas Erdos is Brazilian.

Damn, I should have known that being a sportscar racing fan. I think what confused me was when I was on his website the other day u can choose English or Portugeese, I forgot Brazillian's also speak Portugeese. Ah well. How about Tiago Monterio as a possible candidate though? Hes certainly one of the faster Portugeese drivers out there. IMO.

N I Tram

19 Apr 2005, 15:14

If Midland want to keep him for 2006 they won't let him go, will they? Lamy would probably be okay as he's a fairly big name.

the_royksopp

19 Apr 2005, 15:30

Lamy? Like the old, reject, has-been Pedro Lamy?

Kicking-back

19 Apr 2005, 15:46

Last race Pedro Lamy drove in, he won.

That's not a has-been!

GP Racer

19 Apr 2005, 15:57

Maybe Tiago Montero?

SALEEN S7R

19 Apr 2005, 16:46

Last race Pedro Lamy drove in, he won.

That's not a has-been!

Indeed, and the last race he drove in was FIA GT at Monza against some of the world's best drivers IMO. Lamy is far from past it, sure he might be past his peak now, but hes still a very quick peddler. IMO.

the_royksopp

19 Apr 2005, 17:35

Last race Pedro Lamy drove in, he won.

That's not a has-been!

Honestly, i didnt know he was still driving on a top-basis :). Then i learned something today too :).

Emma

19 Apr 2005, 17:43

I think Alvaro should get the driver cause he's possibly one of the ONLY good Portuguese drivers in the top series.
(haha - if he does get it, hopefully he'll get me a free ticket lol)

But then again...isn't that César Campanico person Portuguese?

chunterer

20 Apr 2005, 16:56

How about Pedro Couceiro, Diogo Castro Santos or Pedro Chaves!

These guys would have given their eyes teeth for a set up like this in their day tenj years ago!!

SFonseca

23 Apr 2005, 01:31

I just found this topic today :D

Team Portugal A1 GP is confirmed - Pedro Lamy (repost!).

Álvaro Parente will drive the car in the second season and he will be the official Team Portugal test driver.

SFonseca

23 Apr 2005, 01:35

How about Pedro Couceiro, Diogo Castro Santos or Pedro Chaves!

These guys would have given their eyes teeth for a set up like this in their day tenj years ago!!

I don't think so. They are all good in life. Diogo Castro Santos born rich and he prefers golf to motorsport. Pedro Matos Chaves is Renault Portugal official rally driver. Pedro Couceiro is quiet busy. He races in Spanish GT Championship, has a Karting team and he is Red Bull back-up Filipe Albuquerque manager.

SFonseca

23 Apr 2005, 02:06

I think Alvaro should get the driver cause he's possibly one of the ONLY good Portuguese drivers in the top series.
(haha - if he does get it, hopefully he'll get me a free ticket lol)

I can't disagree more. It depends what you call a top series...

But then again...isn't that César Campanico person Portuguese?

Of course César Campanico is Portuguese. Anyway, he hasn't funds to continue in single-seaters. Next season he is going to drive in Eurocup Mégane Trophy.

pebbles

18 May 2005, 23:47

Lamy? Like the old, reject, has-been Pedro Lamy?

- 33 is definitely not old for a racing driver (Schuey's what - 37?!)
- reject, well, he's not the only very good driver who didn't get the best chance in F1 (Lotus in 94 until he suffered very severe injuries in a testing accident in Silverstone, back with Minardi in Hungary 95, and another season with them in 96)
- won GT2 championship in 98, Nürbugring 24h 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 (about a week ago), won V8STAR championship 2003, LMES series in 2004, this year's FIA GT season opener in Monza in a Ferrari and just last Sunday in an Aston MArtin in Silverstone - I was there and it was an excellent drive - very far from has-been!!!!!

That a driver hasn't had his big break in F1 does definitely NOT mean he's not a good driver!!! F1 is not everything, also not in racing.

Kicking-back

19 May 2005, 08:05

Pedro will do a good job for Portugal in A1GP, I believe.

SFonseca

19 May 2005, 10:17

Of course...
The A1 Team Portugal should be presented until the end of the month.

Kicking-back

31 May 2005, 14:09

It's officially been launched this morning.

Pedro Lamy is confirmed as the driver.

SALEEN S7R

31 May 2005, 14:43

Lamy is a good choice, going to be one of the older drivers in the series though at 33. Hes doing great things in the FIA GT championship at the moment though with Labre so hopefully he can be competitve, if you can drive a big heavy GT car in tempratures of up to 50c (Imola) then he should be more than capable of driving a car, that will be in contrast much less physically demanding. :)

TheNewBob

1 Jun 2005, 19:35

Lamy's contracted to Aston Martin - I presume A1GP isn't going to get in the way of their testing and racing programmes...? He was, afterall, dragged away from Larbre Competition in order to race the DBR9 at Silverstone - I agree with pebbles, I was also at Silverstone and it was a great drive from all concerned at AM.

I do find it strange though that they pic a dedicated sportscar driver to race a single seater. I didn't know Pedro Chaves was in rallying now (presuming I've read the thread correctly!) - last time I saw him he was in a Saleen S7 in 2003 - which is a long way from rallying!

jazz1627

1 Jun 2005, 21:33

Do you not think that is totally unfair on the other drivers for these franchises when guys like adam carroll who was going to be in line for great britains drive and pedro lamy who is in line for portugals drive had done a concession of laps in a test day in a a1gp car to further developments i know it frustrates me, just thought i would like to see others thoughts . I thought it was supposed to be a level playing feild.? :D :rotate:

Bruno_Lamy

3 Jun 2005, 17:10

Lamy won many of the competitions where he participated!Formula GM-Lotus, F3 in Germany, GT2, V8 Series, FIA GT... He was vice-Champion in F3000 immediatelly after Olivier Panis. He was unlucky in F1, as he had a terrible accident in Silverstone (testing with Lotus) breaking both legs. He came back almost one year after, but with Minardi. He was Fisichella's team-mate in a few races, and they had good fights. Lamy is the right choice for the majority of the portuguese people (me included, of course). He is a winning driver, very fast and very intelligent, at the same time! Be careful with him :) He's not old!

Redracer77

3 Jun 2005, 17:51

Kicking-back

3 Jun 2005, 18:16

And Adam Carroll didn't drive in the test at Brands.

Adam pulled out.

bradrive

3 Jun 2005, 19:10

Bruno_Lamy

3 Jun 2005, 20:02

Well, I heard something, yes, but I don't have any confirmation. I was told that the portuguese team was gonna work with carling motorsport. Makes sense, because two of our three drivers (Parente and Urbano) drive or drove for carling... Let´s see what´s going to happen!

AdamAshmore

4 Jun 2005, 00:24

Do you not think that is totally unfair ...
Nah, not at all. What happens next year when some drivers might stay on for a second year and some will be new to it?

From a practical point of view, what is to do about it? Take 20 odd new born kids and let them grow up in the same way and then let them race A1?

From a general point of view. Even before driving A1, is it fair that some will have three years racing some six (or whatever)? That 'level playing' field isn't available.

More generally, the idea is to find who is quickest whatever they have done before.