Formula One
Lammers began his Formula One with Shadow in 1979 with Elio de Angelis as his teammate. He didn't have a great debut as de Angelis was the team's number one driver. His best result was a ninth place in Canada. In 1980 he moved to Günther Schmidt's ATS team. In the first three races he failed to qualify but in Long Beach he qualified a very strong fourth. This would be the highlight of his F1 career. Later that year he moved to the Ensign Team but there he only managed to qualify three times. In 1981 he returned to ATS but only raced the first four races of the year. For 1982, he moved to Theodore but his season was something of a disaster. He did manage to start in his home race. He scored no championship points during his F1 career, and tried IndyCar racing before turning to sports car racing. In 1992, Lammers made a two-race comeback in F1 for March, his first F1 appearance since 1982, which is the longest gap between successive Grands Prix in the history of Formula One. He was signed for the team in 1993 as well, but they went bankrupt before the season started.
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