Cristiano da Matta : biography
September 19, 1973 –
Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born September 19, 1973 in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) is an auto racing driver, winner of the American CART Championship in 2002, and former Formula One driver with the Toyota team.
Racing career
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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1996 | Pacific Racing | NÜR | PAU | PER | HOC | SIL | SPA | MAG | EST | MUG | HOC | 9th | 7 |
American Open-Wheel racing
(key)
Indy Lights
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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1997 | Brian Stewart Racing | MIA21 | LBH2 | NAZ1 | SAV21 | STL2 | MIL4 | DET26 | POR5 | TOR18 | TRO4 | VAN1 | LS1 | FON4 | 3rd | 141 | |
1998 | Tasman Motorsports | MIA2 | LBH1 | NAZ1 | STL3 | MIL10 | DET2 | POR20 | CLE22 | TOR15 | MIS2 | TRO1 | VAN1 | LS22 | FON11 | 1st | 154 |
CART/Champ Car
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
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1999 | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 99i | Toyota RV8D | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | POR | CLE | ROA | TOR | MIC | DET | MDO | CHI | VAN | LS | HOU | SRF | FON | 18th | 32 | |
2000 | PPI Motorsports | Reynard 2Ki | Toyota RV8E | MIA | LBH | RIO | MOT | NAZ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIC | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LS | GAT | HOU | SRF | FON | 10th | 112 | |
2001 | Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B01/00 | Toyota RV8F | MTY | LBH | FTW | NAZ | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIC | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LS | SRF | FON | 5th | 140 |
2002 | Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B02/00 | Toyota RV8F | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LS | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SRF | FON | MXC | 1st | 237 | ||
2005 | PKV Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | LAS | SRF | MXC | 11th | 139 | ||||||||
2006 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE | LBH | HOU | MTY | MIL | 13th | 134 | |||||||||||||||||
RuSPORT | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | SRF | MXC |