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Cristiano
da Matta
Brazil
2002 CART CHAMPION
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19
Sep 1973 |
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1998 |
- wins
Indy Lights championship
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1999 |
- CART
debut with Arciero-Wells team
- 2nd in
the Rookie of the Year behind Montoya
- 18th
overall
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2000 |
- joins
PPI Motorsports team with Toyota/Reynard car
- first
CART win at Chicago
- 10th
overall
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2001 |
- joins
Newmann-Haas team
- 3 wins
- finish
5th overall
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2002 |
- 2nd year
with Newmann-Haas team
- 7 wins,
7 pole, 10 podiums
- wins
CART championship
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2003 |
- Formula
1 debut
- Toyota
team
- first
ever points finish (7th at British GP)
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2004 |
- 2nd year
with Toyota F1
- sacked
after 12 rounds (replaced by test driver Ricardo Zonta)
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2005 |
- returns
to Champcar series in US
- joins
PKV Racing
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