Tiago Monteiro
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Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [tia mtju]; born 24 July 1976), 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, which were all different iterations of the same team when it was purchased by new owners during a two-year stint as part of the Formula One paddock. During the turbulent 2005 United States Grand Prix, he is the only Portuguese driver to finish a Formula One podium finish.
Monteiro debuted in the World Touring Car Championship in 2007 with Seat Sport and stayed with the Spanish company until 2012, when he switched to the new Honda team late in the season. Despite his best championship finish of third in 2016 and helping Honda win the manufacturers' championship in 2013. After 12 races in 2017, he was leading the drivers' championship, but injuries in a crash in testing led him to his suspension from the remainder of the season. Monteiro has been a 12-time World Touring Car champion, winning the eighth most races in the WTCC before it became the World Touring Car Cup in 2018.
Personal life
Monteiro married Portuguese model Diana Pereira on August 16, 2008, the first in the country's sixth century. Mel (born in February 2008) and Noah (born in November 2009) are the couple's son.
Early career
Monteiro born in Porto, Monteiro, was inspired by his father to start racing and competed in the 1997 French Porsche Carrera Cup. To become the B-class champion and rookie of the year, he earned five wins and five pole positions. He participated in the French F3 Championship in 1998, placing 12th overall and winning the rookie of the year award. He first appeared in the championship in 1999, winning one and three other podium positions to finish fifth overall. He also competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours race, finishing 17th overall and sixth in the GT2 class. Monteiro won the International Renault Finals at Estoril, taking pole position and the fastest lap of the season.
Monteiro returned to French F3 in 2000, finishing second in the championship after receiving four victories throughout the season. He also participated in the single Formula 3 European Championship double-header tournament, finishing second overall with a win at Spa-Francorchamps. He appeared in a couple of one-off events, finishing second in the Korea Super Prix and ninth at the famous Macau Grand Prix. In the Lamborghini Super Trophy, he led the fastest lap at Magny-Cours, took pole position, and the fastest lap at Laguna Seca Raceway. Monteiro finished second overall in the French F3 Championship in 2001 after winning six pole positions, four wins, and four podiums. He earned four pole positions, two class victories, and five podium finishes in the GTB class, which also participated in the French GT Championship. He won both races and finished fourth in the Andros Trophy, and in the Andros Trophy, he ran in the best finish position in fourth.
He made it to the F3000 Championship with the Super Nova team in 2002, finishing fifth in the championship standings with five top-ten finishes. He also completed the Renault F1 Driver Development Kit, and had his first glimpse of a Formula One vehicle by Barcelona's Renault team. In 2003, he joined Fittipaldi Dingman Racing for the Champ Car World Series, winning a front row debut in Mexico City and leading two races. He finished the year with ten top-ten finishes, scoring 29 points to finish 15th overall in the championship. Monteiro was signed up as a licensed Minardi F1 test driver for the 2004 season, but he also competed in the Nissan World Series with Carlin Motorsports. After finishing second in the championship behind Heikki Kovalainen, he was named Rookie of the Year and was ranked fifth in the Formula One "breeding ground" championships by Autosport magazine's top ten drivers.
"Vagaroso," one of his surnames, means "slow" in Portuguese, which is ironically.
Formula One career
Monteiro was introduced as a full-time racer alongside Indian Narain Karthikeyan for the 2005 season after the Midland Group bought Jordan Grand Prix.
He finished in the United States Grand Prix for his second podium finish in the event of tense circumstances. Due to fears over tyre safety, the Michelin-equipped teams pulled out of the competition, not taking their place on the grid, and the three Bridgestone-equipped teams only ran, only on the three teams. Monteiro came in third place out of six competitors.
Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello quietly accepted their awards at the podium ceremony, although none of the scheduled dignitaries were present, and then walked away. Monteiro stayed at home to celebrate his first podium finish alone. The Portuguese driver was given a round of applause by the fans who were booing the majority of the event.
Monteiro is the most profitable Portuguese driver in Formula One history as of the 2005 United States Grand Prix. Pedro Lamy had previously held this record before starting with a point and sixth position at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix with Minardi. Also of note, as of the Belgian Grand Prix (where he also won another round) Monteiro had finished every race of the 2005 season, beating the record for rookie drivers in Formula One, which was won by Jackie Stewart (1965 season) and Olivier Panis (1994 season). This record stood up until the 2013 season, when British driver Max Chilton led all 19 races.
Monteiro had a toothache that was severe enough to prohibit him from participating in the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix. However, Monteiro's team principal, Colin Kolles, a licensed dentist, underwent emergency root canal surgery, and he was allowed to race. He finished 15th after crashing with Juan Pablo Montoya, resulting in the Colombian running wide on the penultimate lap and losing second place to Fernando Alonso, effectively ending Montoya's McLaren team from winning its first 1–2 finish since the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix.
Midland re-signed Monteiro in 2006 to partner Christijan Albers. The two had a largely uneventful season, with their M16 car failing to score a single point, and Toro Rosso and occasionally Super Aguri outpacing the pair throughout the year. Monteiro retired from six in the 18 races, with his best finish coming at the Wet-dry Hungarian Grand Prix, where he placed ninth, just outside the points-scoring positions with Albers finishing in ninth.
Monteiro would not be driving for the newly renamed Spyker squad in 2007. It was announced on December 21, 2006, that it would not be driving. Adrian Sutil, a highly rated German, was later signed to a multi-year deal. Monteiro briefly held discussions about a drive for Toro Rosso, but these aspirations were dashed when the Faenza outfit confirmed Vitantonio Liuzzi as a pilot at the unveiling of the STR2 vehicle on February 13, 2007, followed by Scott Speed at a Bahrain testing session on February 24th, leaving Monteiro sans a road for the season.
In his time as a World Touring Car Championships / Capt.
Monteiro would join the SEAT Sport crew and race in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) with a SEAT León on March 6, 2007.
He was forced to wait until the second round of the 2007 season at Zandvoort to make his debut, only a few days before the season opener in Curitiba. During a fruitful first season in which he was ranked 11th overall, he earned three podium finishes and a pole position.
He won his first race at Puebla, Mexico, and then won the second race in Portugal on home ground at Estoril. Despite this, other points finishes, and a fastest lap lap of the season, he ended 12th overall in the final standings, led by SEAT teammate Yvan Muller with the team also winning the manufacturer's championship.
He stayed with SEAT in 2009 and gained two podium appearances in Valencia and Brno en route to finishing ninth overall in the drivers standings, contributing to SEAT winning the manufacturers' championship. SEAT reported on January 13, 2010 that it will be out of the WTCC from at least the 2010 season. However, on February 19, 2010, it was revealed that he would partner 2009 teammates Gabriele Tarquini and Jordi Gene, as well as Tom Coronel in Sunred Engineering's renamed SR-Sport team, which received significant funding from SEAT Sport. During the season, he had five podium finishes, including victories at his home event in Portimo and later this year in Valencia. This was by far his most profitable season in recent years, with him finishing fifth overall in the drivers' standings.
It was announced on February 11th that he would drive for Sunred Engineering in the forthcoming season, as well as 2010 teammates Michel Nykjaer, Fredy Barth, and 2009 champion Gabriele Tarquini.
Monteiro remained with the team for 2012 under the "Tuenti Racing Team" banner, where he was joined by 2011 teammate Pepe Oriola and rookie Andrea Barlesi.
Monteiro joined the Honda Racing Team JAS team from their WTCC debut at the 2012 Race of Japan, racing the latest Honda Civic. At the 2012 Guia Race of Macau, he was the first podium finish for the Honda Civic in the WTCC, finishing third in race one.
Monteiro was joined by teammate Gabriele Tarquini for the full 2013 season. Monteiro won his first match with Honda at Shanghai. In addition, he earned five more podiums this season to help Honda win the manufacturers' world championship.
Monteiro debuted 5 podiums and gained 1 pole position in the final championship standings for 2014. Monteiro remained partnered with Honda and teammate Gabriele Tarquini for 2015. He will win in Russia and a draw in Honda's home race in Japan.
Monteiro will win in Slovakia and Portugal in 2016. He took fifth place in the championship, his highest result yet.
After winning two victories and five other podium finishes, he was leading the championship until he sustained serious injury in a crash triggered by a brake failure in Barcelona, Spain, in September. Due to his injury, he was unable to participate in the remaining races of the season.
Monteiro was supposed to switch from JAS Motorsport to Boutsen Ginion Racing in the first eight rounds, but not 100% recovered from his injury to race in the first eight rounds of the World Touring Car Cup in 2018. In November 2018, he would return to the sport in Suzuka, Japan, for the penultimate round of the WTCCR calendar, the same track where he made his WTCC debut in 2012. He was greeted with a round of applause from fellow drivers as he came out first to the track in Free Practice 1. He was unable to participate in the Season Finale at Macau due to medical intervention.
He was due to return from Boutsen Ginion Racing to KCMG in 2019 as a complete season. He will win his first World Touring Car title since the crash in his home race in Portugal, despite a slow start to the season.