Tiago Monteiro

Tiago Monteiro
NationalityPortugal Portuguese
Born (1976-07-24) 24 July 1976 (age 48)
Porto, Portugal
World Touring Car Championship and
World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season2007
Current teamMünnich Motorsport
Car number18
Former teamsTuenti Racing Team
SEAT Sport, JAS Motorsport, Boutsen Ginion Racing, KCMG
Starts253
Wins12
Podiums45
Poles11
Fastest laps8
Best finish3rd in 2016
Previous series
1998–01
2002
2003
2004
200506
French F3
International Formula 3000
Champ Car
World Series by Nissan
Formula One
Formula One World Championship career
Active years20052006
TeamsJordan, Midland
Entries37
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points7
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2005 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015
TeamsPaul Belmondo Racing, Larbre Compétition, Team Oreca Matmut-AIM, OAK Racing
Best finish17th (1999)
Class wins0

Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈaɣu mõˈtɐjɾu]; born 24 July 1976) is a Portuguese professional racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup, driving a Honda Civic TCR for Engstler Motorsport. He competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2006 for the Jordan Grand Prix, Midland and Spyker MF1 teams – all different iterations of the same team as it was bought by new owners during a two-year stint as part of the Formula One paddock. He is the only Portuguese driver to have scored a Formula One podium finish, a 3rd place behind the two Ferrari drivers during the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix.

Monteiro started racing in the World Touring Car Championship in 2007 with Seat Sport, and remained with the Spanish manufacturer until 2012, when he switched to the new Honda team late in the season. He still remains with the Japanese manufacturer in 2019, having achieved his best championship finish of third in 2016, and also helped Honda to win the manufacturers' championship in 2013. He was leading the drivers' championship after 12 races in 2017, but injuries sustained in a crash in testing forced him to withdraw from the rest of the season.[1] Monteiro is a 12-time World Touring Car race winner and achieved the eighth most wins in the WTCC, until it became the World Touring Car Cup in 2018.

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