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Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro (; born 24 July 1976) is a Portuguese professional racing driver currently competing in the
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, driving a Honda Civic TCR for
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. He competed in
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between
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and
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for the
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, 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, during the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix. Monteiro started racing in the
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in 2007 with
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, and remained with the Spanish manufacturer until
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, when he switched to the new
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team late in the season. He still remains with the Japanese manufacturer in 2019, having achieved his best championship finish of third in
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, and also helped Honda to win the manufacturers' championship in
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. 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. 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.


Early career

Born in
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, Monteiro was inspired by his father to begin racing, and drove in the 1997 French Porsche Carrera Cup. He took five wins and five
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s to become B-class champion and rookie of the year. In 1998, he competed in the French F3 Championship, finishing 12th overall and taking the rookie of the year award. He continued in the championship in 1999, taking one win and three other podium positions to finish sixth overall. He also competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours race, finishing 17th overall and sixth in the GT2 class. In the International Renault Finals held at
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, Monteiro claimed the win after taking pole position and the fastest lap of the race. In 2000, Monteiro again competed in French F3, this time finishing second in the championship after taking four wins throughout the season. He also competed in the single Formula 3 European Championship double-header race, finishing second overall with one win at
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. He also competed in a couple of one-off events, coming second in the
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and ninth at the famous
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. In the
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Super Trophy, he achieved the fastest lap at
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, and took pole position and the fastest lap at
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. In 2001, Monteiro again finished second overall in the French F3 Championship after taking six pole positions, four wins and four podiums. Also competing in the French GT Championship, he managed four pole positions, two class wins and five podium finishes in the GTB class. A one-off entry in the Formula France series saw him win both races, and in the Andros Trophy, he did one fastest lap with a best finishing position of fourth. In
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, he stepped up to the
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Championship with the
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team, taking five top-ten finishes on his way to 12th in the championship standings. He also completed the
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F1 Driver Development Scheme, and had his first taste of a Formula One car, testing with the Renault team at
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. In 2003, he joined Fittipaldi Dingman Racing for the
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, achieving a front row start in
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and leading two races. He finished the year with 10 top-ten finishes, scoring 29 points to rank 15th overall in the championship. Monteiro was signed up as an official Minardi F1 test driver for the 2004 season, but also competed in the Nissan World Series with
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. He was named Rookie of the Year after finishing second in the championship behind
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, and was ranked fifth in ''
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'' magazine's top ten drivers in the Formula One "breeding ground" championships. Ironically, one of his surnames, "Vagaroso", means "slow" in
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.


Formula One career


Jordan (2005)

After the
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bought
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, Monteiro was announced as a full-time race driver alongside Indian
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for the 2005 season. In the
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he achieved his only podium finish in controversial circumstances. Due to concerns over tyre safety, the Michelin-equipped teams pulled out of the race, not taking their place on the grid, and the race was contested only by the three Bridgestone-equipped teams. Monteiro finished third out of six drivers. At the podium ceremony, at which none of the scheduled dignitaries were present, Ferrari drivers
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and
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quietly accepted their awards, and quickly exited. Monteiro stayed behind to celebrate his first podium finish alone. The fans in attendance, while booing the majority of the ceremony, rewarded the Portuguese driver with a round of applause. As of the 2005 United States Grand Prix, Monteiro is currently the most successful Portuguese driver in Formula One history.
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had previously held this record before with one point and sixth place achieved at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix with Minardi. Also of note, as of the
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(where he also scored another point), Monteiro had finished every race of the 2005 season, breaking the record for consecutive finishes for a rookie driver in Formula One, held by
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( 1965 season) and
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( 1994 season), who finished their first six races. This record stood until the 2013 season, when British driver
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finished all 19 races. Shortly before the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix, Monteiro suffered a toothache that was severe enough to prevent him taking part in the race. However, his team principal
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, a qualified dentist, performed emergency root canal surgery and Monteiro was cleared to race. He finished 15th following a collision with
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, which resulted in the Colombian running wide on the penultimate lap and losing second place to Fernando Alonso, thus preventing Montoya's
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team scoring its first 1–2 finish since the
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.


Midland (2006)

In
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Midland re-signed Monteiro to partner Dutchman Christijan Albers. The two endured a largely uncompetitive season, with their M16 car failing to score a single point, and the pair were regularly outpaced during the year by
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and occasionally
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. In the 18 races, Monteiro retired from six, with his best finish being at the wet-dry
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where he finished ninth, just outside the points-scoring positions with Albers finishing behind in tenth. On 21 December 2006, it was announced that Monteiro would not be driving for the newly renamed
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team in 2007. The highly rated German
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was instead signed on a multi-year contract. Monteiro had briefly held discussions about a drive for
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, but these hopes were ended when the Faenza outfit confirmed
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as a driver at the launch of the STR2 car on 13 February 2007, followed by Scott Speed at a
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testing session on 24 February, leaving Monteiro without a drive for the season.


World Touring Car Championship/Cup career


SEAT (2007–2012)

On 6 March 2007, it was announced that Monteiro would join the
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team and would drive in the
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(WTCC) with a SEAT León. He was forced to wait until the second round of the 2007 season at
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to make his debut, as the contract was signed a few days before the season opener in
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. However, he took three podium finishes and a pole position during a successful first season in which he was ranked 11th overall. In
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driving the TDi version of the SEAT León, he took his first win at
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in Mexico, and later in the season he won the second race on home ground at
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in Portugal. These, other points finishes and a fastest lap during the season, saw him finish 12th overall in the final standings, which was won by
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team-mate
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with the team also achieving the manufacturer's title. He stayed with
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in
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, and scored two podiums in
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and
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en route to finishing 9th overall in the drivers standings, contributing to SEAT winning the manufacturers championship. On 13 January 2010, SEAT announced that it would be pulling out of the WTCC from at least the 2010 season. However, on 19 February 2010, it was announced that he would partner 2009 teammates
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and Jordi Gene along with
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in the renamed
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team run by Sunred Engineering, which received significant funding from SEAT Sport. He achieved five podium finishes during the season, which included wins at his home event in
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and later in the year at
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. This was by far his most successful season in recent years as he finished in fifth place overall in the drivers' standings. On 11 February 2011, it was confirmed that he would once again drive for Sunred Engineering in the forthcoming season, partnering rookies
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and
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, as well as 2010 teammates
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,
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and 2009 champion
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. Monteiro remained with the team for
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under the "Tuenti Racing Team" banner, where he was joined by 2011 teammate
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and rookie Andrea Barlesi.


Honda (2012–)

Monteiro joined the Honda Racing Team JAS team from their WTCC debut at the 2012 Race of Japan, racing the new
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. He scored the first podium finish for the Honda Civic in the WTCC at the 2012 Guia Race of Macau, finishing third in race one. For the full
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season, Monteiro was joined by teammate
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. Monteiro went on to take his first win with Honda at Shanghai. Additionally, he scored five further podiums that season to help Honda win the manufacturers' world championship. For 2014, Monteiro scored 5 podiums and earned 1 pole position on his way to 5th in the final championship standings. Monteiro stayed partnered with Honda and teammate Gabriele Tarquini for
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. He would score a dominant win in Russia and a win in Honda's home race in Japan. In
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, Monteiro would take wins in Slovakia and Portugal. He took five further podiums to finish third in the championship, his best result yet. In 2017, after taking two wins and five other podium finishes, he was leading the championship comfortably after 12 races, until he sustained serious injuries in an accident caused by a brake failure at Barcelona, Spain in September during testing. Because of the injuries sustained in the crash, he couldn't participate in the remaining races of the season. In 2018, the series became the
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(WTCR), and Monteiro was due to switch from
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to
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and drive the new FK8 Honda Civic Type R TCR, but he was not 100% recovered from his injuries to race in the first eight rounds. He would return to the sport at Suzuka, Japan in November 2018, for the penultimate round of the WTCR calendar, the same track where he made his debut for Honda in 2012 for the WTCC. He was greeted with a round of applause from fellow drivers as he was let out first to the track in Free Practice 1. Due to medical advice he didn't take part in the Season Finale at Macau. He was set for a full season comeback in 2019 and switch teams from
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to
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, driving the Honda Civic Type R TCR. After a tough start to the season, he would take his first World Touring Car win since the accident in his home race in Portugal.


Team ownership

Monteiro became interested in team ownership during 2008, and held discussions with the
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team in the
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on the subject of a possible buy-out. On 27 November he announced that he had purchased the team and renamed it "
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". The team had a successful first year in 2009, including a win in the
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feature race with Portuguese driver Alvaro Parente. The team also competed in the
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at the end of the year and the
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. In the winter of 2012–13, the team withdrew from GP2 and GP3 due to a lack of funding.


Driver management

Monteiro manages the career of fellow Portuguese racing driver
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.


V8 Supercars

On 23 April 2010, it was announced that Monteiro would compete as a "guest" driver in the
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round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series in Surfers Paradise from 22–24 October 2010. He shared a
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with
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, with the car being set up by the
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team under the Centaur Racing banner. The pair recorded a DNF and a 17th-place finish in their two races.


Personal life

On 16 August 2008, Monteiro married Portuguese model Diana Pereira. The couple have a daughter, Mel (born in February 2008) and a son, Noah (born in November 2009).


Racing record


Career summary

* Season still in progress.


24 Hours of Le Mans results


Complete International Formula 3000 results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Complete CART results

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Complete Formula One results

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Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


24 Hours of Nürburgring results


References


External links


Official website

Tiago Monteiro profile and statistics


1998 and forward
Tiago Monteiro WTCC profile
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