Tiago Monteiro
| Car #
| 18
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| Current team
| Jordan
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| Race starts
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| World Championships
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| Wins
| 0
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| Podium finishes
| 0
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| Pole positions
| 0
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| Fastest laps
| 0
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| First Grand Prix
| n/a
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| First win
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| 2005 Championship position
| -
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Tiago Monteiro (born 24 July, 1976) is a Formula One driver for the Jordan team.
Early career
Born in Oporto, Portugal, Monteiro was inspired by his father to begin racing, and drove in the 1997 French Porsche Carrera Cup. He took 5 wins and 5 pole positions to become B-class champion and rookie of the year. In 1998, he moved on to the French Formula 3 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 6th overall. He also competed in the 24 hours of Le Mans race, finishing 16th overall and 6th in the GT2 class. In the International Renault Finals held at Estoril, 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 2nd in the championship after taking 4 wins throughout the season. Moving into the Formula 3 European Championship, he finished 2nd overall with one win at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. He also competed in a couple of one-off events, coming 2nd in the Korea Super Prix and 9th at the famous Macau Grand Prix. In the Lamborghini Super Trophy, he managed the fastest lap at Magny-Cours, and both pole position and the fastest lap at Laguna Seca. In 2002, Monteiro again finished 2nd overall in the French F3 Championship after taking 6 pole positions, 4 wins and 4 podiums. Also competing in the French GT Championship, he managed 4 pole positions, 2 class wins and 5 podium finishes. In the Formula France series, he took 2 wins, and in the Andros Trophy, he did one fastest lap with a best finishing position of 4th.
In 2002, he moved up to the Formula 3000 International Championship with the Super Nova team, taking 5 top-ten finishing positions on his way to 12th in the championship standings. He also completed the Renault F1 Driver Development Scheme, and had his first taste of a Formula One car, testing with the Renault team at Barcelona. In 2003, he joined Fittipaldi Dingman Racing team for the Champ Car World Series, achieving a pole position in Mexico City and leading two races. He finished the year with 10 top-ten finishes, scoring 29 points to come 15th in the championship. Monteiro was signed up as an official Minardi test driver for the 2004 season, but also competed in the Nissan World Series with Carlin Motorsport. He was named Rookie of the Year after finishing 2nd in the championship, and was ranked fifth in Autosport magazine's top ten drivers in the Formula One "breeding ground" championships.
Formula One career
After the Midland Group bought Jordan Grand Prix, Monteiro was announced as a full-time race driver alongside Indian Narain Karthikeyan.
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