da Matta, Cristiano (BRZ)
b 19/9/1973 (Belo Horizonte)
Karting
1993 - Brazilian F.Ford Champion
1994 - Brazilian F3 (Cesario Formula Racing): Champion
1995 - British F3 (West Surrey Racing Dallara-Mugen Honda F395): 8th, 81 pts,
1 win
1996 - F3000 (Pacific Racing): 8th, 7 pts
1997 - Indy Lights (Brian Stewart Racing): 3 wins (Nazareth, Vancouver, Laguna
Seca), Rookie of the Year (2nd Long Beach, 2nd Gateway).
1998 - Indy Lights (Tasman Motorsports): Champion, 154 pts, 4 wins.
Date Venue Time/Result
15/3 Homestead 2nd, 52m35.55
4/4 Long Beach 1st, 49m20.75
27/4 Nazareth 1st, 55m56.27
23/5 Gateway Park 3rd, 55m22.71
31/5 Milwaukee 10th, -1 lap
7/6 Detroit 2nd, 50m30.47
21/6 Portland >10th
12/7 Cleveland >10th
19/7 Toronto >10th
25/7 Michigan 2nd, 45m35.54
2/8 Trois-Rivieres 1st, 58m16.61
6/9 Vancouver 1st, 59m26.07
13/9 Laguna Seca >10th
31/10 Fontana 11th
1999 - Indycar (Arciero-Wells Reynard-Toyota): 18th, 32 pts. 2nd in Rookie of
the Year.
Date Q R Venue Time/Result
21/3 6 14 Homestead -2 laps
10/4 23 25 Motegi -162 laps/transmission
18/4 16 20 Long Beach -10 laps/accident
2/5 17 4 Nazareth 1h46m19.832
15/5 14 21 Rio de Janeiro 81 laps/turbo
29/5 12 17 Gateway Park 185 laps/engine
6/6 7 11 Milwaukee -1 lap
20/6 15 11 Portland 1h48m26.477
27/6 9 20 Cleveland 37 laps/suspension
11/7 11 21 Road America 19 laps/transmission
18/7 13 24 Toronto 29 laps/accident
25/7 10 17 Michigan 126 laps/electrics
8/8 14 19 Detroit 65 laps/accident
15/8 14 9 Mid-Ohio 1h42m35.680
22/8 9 14 Chicago -5 laps
5/9 17 5 Vancouver 2h01m22.184
12/9 17 22 Laguna Seca 40 laps/oil pressure
26/9 17 11 Houston -1 lap
17/10 10 13 Surfers' Paradise 63 laps/transmission
31/10 16 23 Fontana 32 laps/engine
2000 - Indycar (PPI Motorsports Reynard-Toyota 2KI): 10th, 112 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Result
26/3 23 12 Homestead 1h22m15.764
16/4 12 25 Long Beach 10 laps/mechanical
30/4 17 4 Rio de Janeiro 1h37m14.071
13/5 19 4 Motegi 1h58m55.743
27/5 20 13 Nazareth -4 laps
4/6 21 14 Milwaukee -1 lap
18/6 6 23 Detroit 14 laps/mechanical
25/6 5 5 Portland 2h01m16.072
2/7 5 3 Cleveland 1h52m14.069
16/7 2 4 Toronto 2h00m18.846
23/7 14 17 Michigan 142 laps/pit incident
30/7 5 1 Chicago 2h01m23.727
13/8 7 17 Mid-Ohio 69 laps/accident
20/8 14 13 Road America 43 laps/mechanical
3/9 7 7 Vancouver +31.948s
10/9 15 15 Laguna Seca 1h46m38.474
17/9 10 4 Gateway Park -1 lap
1/10 12 14 Houston -3 laps
15/10 10 4 Surfers' Paradise 2h01m19.418
20/10 18 25 Fontana 22 laps/accident
2001 - Indycar (Newman-Haas Lola-Toyota B1/00): 5th, 140 pts, 3 wins
Date Q R Venue Time/Result
11/3 2 1 Monterrey
8/4 4 2 Long Beach 1h52m18.313
29/4 11 - Texas MS Race cancelled
6/5 9 10 Nazareth 1h51m24.740
19/5 12 25 Motegi 0 laps/accident
3/6 3 25 Milwaukee 1 lap/accident
17/6 17 7 Detroit 1h54m06.899
24/6 2 10 Portland 2h00m40.454
1/7 19 7 Cleveland 1h47m32.262
15/7 17 15 Toronto 76 laps/accident
22/7 13 4 Michigan 2h54m56.202
29/7 20 19 Chicago -2 laps
12/8 11 10 Mid-Ohio 1h45m10.178
19/8 5 6 Road America 2h00m44.387
2/9 14 20 Vancouver 81 laps/accident
15/9 7 26 Lausitzring 37 laps/mechanical
22/9 3 Rockingham 1h21m13.713
7/10 8 6 Houston 1h55m05.438
14/10 8 20 Laguna Seca 52 laps/accident
28/10 3 1 Surfers' Paradise
4/11 2 1 Fontana
2002 - Test drove for Toyota F1. CART (Newman-Haas Racing): Champion, 237 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Result
10/3 5 1 Monterrey 1h58m30.642
14/4 2 8 Long Beach 2h02m25.365
27/4 8 13 Motegi -15 laps
2/6 7 11 Milwaukee -6 laps
9/6 1 1 Laguna Seca 1h55m28.745
16/6 1 1 Portland 2h03m19.113
30/6 3 1 Chicago 2h06m35.366
7/7 1 1 Toronto 2h06m19.372
14/7 1 16 Cleveland engine electronics
28/7 1 12 Vancouver 64 laps/driveshaft
11/8 3 13 Mid-Ohio -1 lap
18/8 2 1 Elkhart Lake 1h56m43.030
25/8 1 2 Montreal +2.588
1/9 7 3 Denver 1h49m30.738
14/9 3 2 Rockingham 1h58m45.740
29/9 6 1 Miami 2h07m09.003
27/10 1 8 Surfers' Paradise 2h00m18.862
3/11 3 11 Fontana -14 laps/mechanical
10/11 12 2 Mexico City 1h56m52.462
2003 - F1 (Toyota TF103): 13th, 10 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
9/3 16 - Australia ret/7 laps/spin
23/3 11 11 Malaysia -1 lap
6/4 18 10 Brazil -1 lap
20/4 13 12 San Marino -1 lap
4/5 13 6 Spain -1 lap
18/5 13 10 Austria -1 lap
1/6 10 9 Monaco -1 lap
15/6 9 11 Canada ret/64 laps/suspension
29/6 10 - Europe ret/53 laps/engine
6/7 13 11 France -1 lap
20/7 6 7 Britain 1h29m22.639
3/8 9 6 Germany -1 lap
24/8 15 11 Hungary -2 laps
14/9 12 - Italy ret/3 laps/puncture/accident
28/9 9 9 America -2 laps
12/10 3 7 Japan 1h26m08.537
2004 - F1 (Toyota TF104): 17th, 3 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
7/3 13 12 Australia -2 laps
21/3 10 9 Malaysia -1 lap
4/4 9 10 Bahrain -1 lap
25/4 10 - San Marino ret/32 laps/accident
9/5 11 13 Spain -1 lap
23/5 15 6 Monaco -1 lap
30/5 11 - Europe ret/0 laps/accident
13/6 12 EX Canada Illegal brake duct (was 8th)
20/6 11 - America ret/17 laps/gearbox
4/7 11 14 France -1 lap
11/7 14 13 Britain -1 lap
25/7 15 - Germany ret/38 laps/puncture
2005 – Champ Car World Series (PKV Racing Lola-Cosworth B2/00): 11th, 139 pts
Apr 10 Long Beach 10th, 1h46m45.842
May 21 Monterrey 6th, 2h03m47.839
Jun 4 Milwaukee 11th, -3 laps
Jun 19 Portland 1st, 1h51m51.404
Jun 26 Cleveland 16th/50 laps/accident
Jul 10 Toronto 17th/56 laps/accident
Jul 17 Edmonton 17th/7 laps/accident
Jul 31 San Jose 10th/77 laps/accident
Aug 14 Denver 18th/0 laps/accident
Aug 28 Montreal 6th, 1h59m14.968
Sep 24 Las Vegas 12th, -2 laps
Oct 23 Surfers Paradise 19th/0 laps/accident
Nov 6 Mexico City 14th, 1h58m45.155
2006 – Champ Cars (Dale Coyne Racing): 15th, 134 pts
Apr 9 Long Beach 5th, 1h40m44.470
May 13 Houston 9th, 95 laps
May 21 Fundidora Park 9th, 1h41m05.210
Jun 4 Milwaukee ret/31 laps/mechanical
(RuSPORT)
Jun 18 Portland 5th, 1h49m12.405
Jun 25 Cleveland 14th, 75 laps
Jul 9 Toronto 5th, 1h38m08.047
Jul 23 Edmonton ret/0 laps/accident
Jul 30 San Jose 2nd, 1h38m06.854
Crashed in testing at Road Atlanta after hitting a deer. Suffered severe
head injuries, and didn’t race for rest of season.
2008 – Grand-Am (GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Riley-Pontiac Mk XI): with J.Vasser
May 17 Laguna Seca 32nd, 83 laps
(AIM Autosport Riley-Ford Mk XI): with M.Wilkins & B.Frisselle
Sep 20 Miller MP 6th, 6:47:49.693
2011 – ALMS (Jaguar RSR Jaguar XKR):
Mar 19 Sebring 12 Hrs NC, 35 laps B.Junqueira, O.Servia
Apr 16 Long Beach 12th (6th GT), 79 laps B.Junqueira