Cristiano da Matta | |||||||
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Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||
Born | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 19 September 1973||||||
Achievements | 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series Champion | ||||||
Champ Car career | |||||||
101 races run over 6 years | |||||||
Years active | 1999–2002, 2005–2006 | ||||||
Team(s) | Arciero-Wells PPI Motorsports Newman-Haas PKV Racing Dale Coyne Racing RuSPORT | ||||||
Best finish | 1st - 2002 | ||||||
First race | 1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2006 Grand Prix of San Jose (Streets of San Jose) | ||||||
First win | 2000 Target Grand Prix of Chicago (Chicagoland) | ||||||
Last win | 2005 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland Raceway) | ||||||
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Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
Active years | 2003–2004 | ||||||
Teams | Toyota | ||||||
Entries | 28 | ||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||
Career points | 13 | ||||||
Pole positions | 0 | ||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||
First entry | 2003 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||
Last entry | 2004 German Grand Prix |
Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove in Formula One with the Toyota team from 2003 to 2004.