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Cristiano da Matta
Da Matta at the 2006 Grand Prix of Long Beach
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1973-09-19) 19 September 1973 (age 50)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Achievements2002 CART FedEx Championship Series Champion
Champ Car career
101 races run over 6 years
Years active1999–2002, 2005–2006
Team(s)Arciero-Wells
PPI Motorsports
Newman-Haas
PKV Racing
Dale Coyne Racing
RuSPORT
Best finish1st - 2002
First race1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last race2006 Grand Prix of San Jose (Streets of San Jose)
First win2000 Target Grand Prix of Chicago (Chicagoland)
Last win2005 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland Raceway)
Wins Podiums Poles
12 20 7
Formula One World Championship career
Active years2003–2004
TeamsToyota
Entries28
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points13
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2003 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry2004 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.

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Cristiano da Matta

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Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove...

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2004 Formula One World Championship

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Italian Grand Prix. Schumacher returned for the Chinese Grand Prix. Cristiano da Matta was replaced by test driver Ricardo Zonta from the Hungarian Grand...

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Road America

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injured, with the worst injury being a broken arm. On August 3, 2006, Cristiano da Matta, driver of Champ Car's RuSPORT team and 2002 series champion, was...

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2003 Formula One World Championship

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Panis. Panis joined Formula One debutant, and reigning CART champion, Cristiano da Matta at the Japanese team, in an all-new lineup for 2003. Allan McNish...

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2002 CART season

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November 17. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was Cristiano da Matta. Rookie of the Year was Mario Domínguez. Sports television channel...

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1998 Indy Lights season

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consisted of 14 races. Future 2002 CART champion and Formula One driver Cristiano da Matta captured four wins on his way to the championship. The following drivers...

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Toyota TF103

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circuit, its drivers were the Frenchman Olivier Panis and Brazilian Cristiano da Matta, the reigning CART FedEx Championship Series Champion from 2002. The...

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2006 Champ Car season

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Edmonton. On August 3 Cristiano da Matta was seriously injured after colliding with a deer during testing at Road America. While da Matta would eventually...

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Toyota TF104

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initially driven by the same pairing as in 2003; Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta. However, by the time the season came to a conclusion, both drivers...

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Championship Auto Racing Teams

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with the slowest being Alex Yoong's 1'17.34; Several weeks later, Cristiano da Matta won pole position in a Champ Car race with a lap time of 1'18.959...

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Toyota in Formula One

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race seat for 2003. For the 2003 season, Toyota signed Brazilian Cristiano da Matta, who had won the American ChampCar series the previous year using...

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2003 British Grand Prix

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drivers Cristiano da Matta and Olivier Panis, who had elected not to pit, leading the field until Räikkönen assumed the lead on lap 30 when Da Matta pitted...

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2005 Champ Car season

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J. Allmendinger at RuSPORT. PKV Racing brought 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta back to the Champ Car series after he spent two years driving for...

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Grand Prix of Road America

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to severe leg and ankle injuries. During a test session in 2006, Cristiano da Matta hit a deer, suffering a subdural hematoma. Katherine Legge suffered...

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IndyCar Monterey Grand Prix

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finished 1st–2nd, with Cristiano da Matta finishing 19.087 seconds ahead of teammate Christian Fittipaldi. Cristiano da Matta led 82 of the 87 laps, giving...

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Grand Prix of Portland

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who finished second at Portland for the second year in a row. 2002: Cristiano da Matta started from the pole, but Kenny Bräck grabbed the lead at the start...

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2003 Malaysian Grand Prix

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the session. Both the BAR of Jacques Villeneuve and the Toyota of Cristiano da Matta failed on the grid, causing them to start from the pit lane; however...

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List of American Championship Car winners

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Montoya 0 0 1 0 0 1 Greg Ray 0 0 0 0 1 1 Buddy Lazier 0 0 0 0 1 1 Cristiano da Matta 0 0 1 0 0 1 Paul Tracy 0 0 1 0 0 1 Tony Kanaan 0 0 0 0 1 1 Dan Wheldon...

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2004 Canadian Grand Prix

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impressive 6th, with Räikkönen taking two points for seventh and Toyota's Cristiano da Matta taking the final point for 8th. After the race, however, both Toyota's...

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2002 Sure for Men Rockingham 500

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Dario Franchitti won the 211-lap race starting from fifth position. Cristiano da Matta finished second for Newman/Haas Racing, and Forsythe Racing's Patrick...

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PPI Motorsports

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years but only a managed a best finish of 4th in 1999 with rookie Cristiano da Matta. In 1996, they began the CART season with Jeff Krosnoff driving, but...

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2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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Castroneves led all 82 laps from pole position ahead of Monterrey winner Cristiano da Matta and Penske teammate Gil de Ferran to win his fourth career race. While...

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2004 German Grand Prix

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race by one lap. This was the final Grand Prix for Brazilian driver Cristiano da Matta, and the final time Williams used the "Walrus" front wing. Marc Gené...

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RuSPORT

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champion Cristiano da Matta who moved over from Dale Coyne Racing. Allmendinger would win the next 3 races in a row for his new team. Cristiano da Matta was...

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2001 CART season

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Pioneer 20 Walker Racing 1 Newman-Haas Racing Lola B01/00 Toyota RV8E 6 Cristiano da Matta All Texaco-Havoline 11 Christian Fittipaldi All Kmart Team Rahal Lola...

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2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago

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fourth and final running of the event. 26,000 attended the race. Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event...

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Pacific Racing

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Formula 3000, resurrecting Pacific Racing with Patrick Lemarié and Cristiano da Matta as drivers, but was unable to recapture the success of the pre-F1...

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2003 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Trulli, Montoya, Barrichello, the Toyota pair of Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta, Fisichella and Heinz-Harald Frentzen of Sauber. Seconds after Räikkönen...

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