Pedro Fernandes Eduardo Monteiro, known by his alias Pedro Monte, is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, who appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Living. He is voiced by Michael Rapaport.
Description[]
Pedro was born in Portugal from his Portuguese mother and his Brazilian father. In 1995, Pedro appeared in the advert of Safety Delta, explaining why bullying needs to stop and he wanted to deserve children to be better.
Pedro also supported the European Protection of Children and even Nioka, which Nioka and this government had their slogan in PSAs about bullying saying: "Nobody should bully a winner like that. If you see a kid, just give respect."
Career[]
He started racing as a young driver at age of 17, where he was in the Portuguese Formula Vapid championship, and became a winner of it. Aged 18, he competed the 1989 World Superbike Championship, and won five races in his Espec sponsored NRG-500. When he was 19, he once won the Portuguese GT Championship in his 1988 Übermacht Sentinel. His Formula R career is started in 1993, where he joined Team Ocelot, after his career in F3000 League was 'successful".
With Piedade's help, Monteiro went to Germany to race in the local Formula Three series. Signing for Willi Mike's team, he defeated Adler Werner in the fight for the Championship, in 1992, also winning the Redwood Masters in Zandvoort and finishing second in the Macau Grand Prix. In 1993 he raced for Wisteria Engineering in Formula 3000 and finished second in the series, one point behind champion Olivier Pierre, although he scored a win at Pau, a narrow street course considered even more difficult than Monaco.
During at the start of the race held at San Marino, Imola in the 1994 Formula R season, Helder's Pennador B144 stalled and was hit by Pedro Monteiro's Ocelot. Debris from the crash, including Miller's right front tyre, flew into the grandstand and injured four spectators and a policeman. Miller was unhurt but Helder received a light arm injury, until Monteiro retired in the race.
He started an rally career in 1995 to 1997, as a winner of the European Rally Championship in the Karin Rally team in 1995 to 1996, and Bordeaux Sport to 1997. One of the greatest moments about his first rally race in a Sultan WRC, he quickly got in a very fast straight and starts braking into a medium turn.
He won most racing championships in the 90s, such as the Super GT Championship, European Touring Car Championship and Paris to Dakar. He described his driving skills 'excellent due to the great performance in the top speed and amazing handling in cornering'.
Monteiro also won the races in the 1998 Karin Sultan Rallycross, including the final race held at Algarve. He even raced in 2000 Portuguese Rallycross as well.
During The Clarkson Show[]
Monteiro talks to Clarkson about his favorite racing cars, as he once took his favorite race car for the first time, which is a Pensa sponsored Elegy sports car in January 1994 during a test at the Estoril circuit. He did heard about the modified 190Z in 1997, 'known as the Akuma Zetto" which was a devil in a Japanese street racing in Wangan. He tested the Benefactor Schafter GTR in the Estoril circuit. After his testing, he has won a race against the Akuma Zetto driven by Takahashi Nikkei, which was held at the Estoril circuit instead in his Schafter GTR in the Duel Match series. He is very happy to defeat the Japanese driver for the first time, being a champion of defeating rivals in 1997.
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Trivia[]
- Pedro Monteiro is likely based on Pedro Lamy. Both drivers are Portuguese, and are also both race drivers. Also, both drivers have their names Pedro, which is likely a reference.
- Pedro is also a commentator in motorsports. During Grand Theft Auto: Last Stand, when players are watching the European Touring Car Championship race held at Monza, he is likely commentating on the broadcast.
- A member of Los Santos Experts can be heard mentioning him by saying: "Pedro Miller likes race cars. And I guess he told the member of Ocelot Team that he heard Ruiner: The Friendly Cat."
- He also appeared in a Portuguese bank advert in 1995. It is given that a Portuguese bank is a sponsor, when looking closely at his racing suit.