Tiago Monteiro

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Tiago Monteiro
Monteiro at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1976-07-24) 24 July 1976 (age 47) Porto, Portugal
World Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season	2007
Current team	Münnich Motorsport
Car number	18
Former teams	Tuenti Racing Team SEAT Sport, JAS Motorsport, Boutsen Ginion Racing, KCMG
Starts	253
Wins	12
Podiums	45
Poles	11
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	3rd in 2016
Previous series
1998–01 2002 2003 2004 2005–06	French F3 International Formula 3000 Champ Car World Series by Nissan Formula One
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2005–2006
Teams	Jordan, Midland
Entries	37
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	7
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2005 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015
Teams	Paul Belmondo Racing, Larbre Compétition, Team Oreca Matmut-AIM, OAK Racing
Best finish	17th (1999)
Class wins	0

Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈaɣu mõˈtɐjɾu]; born 24 July 1976) is 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 – 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 World Touring Car Championship in 2007 with Seat Sport, and remained with the Spanish manufacturer until 2012, when he switched to the new Honda team late in the season. He still remains with the Japanese manufacturer in 2019, having achieved his best championship finish of third in 2016, and also helped Honda to win the manufacturers' championship in 2013. 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.^[1] 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.