Monteiro Tiago(Portugal, 24/07/1976)

Tiago Monteiro (born on 24 July 1976 in Porto, Portugal) is a former Portuguese racing driver, the first representative of his country to compete in the Formula 1 World Championship. He raced in the mid-2000s before building a long and solid career in touring car competitions.

After starting in karting in Portugal, Monteiro moved to France in the early 1990s to continue his development in junior formulae. He competed in Formula Ford, Formula Renault and later French Formula 3, showing strong consistency rather than outright front-running results. In the late 1990s he progressed to International Formula 3000, an experience that brought him to the attention of Formula 1 teams.

His Formula 1 debut came in 2005 with Jordan. In a season marked by uncompetitive cars, Monteiro nevertheless secured his place in championship history: at the 2005 United States Grand Prix, contested by only six cars due to the Michelin tyre crisis, he finished third, claiming the only podium of his F1 career and the first, and so far only, podium for a Portuguese driver in the top category.

In 2006 he followed the team through its transformation into Midland F1 Racing. Once again he did not score championship points, but finished many races, standing out for reliability in a difficult technical context. At the end of the season he left the World Championship, concluding his Formula 1 experience after 28 Grands Prix.

After leaving the Circus, Monteiro built the longest and most significant part of his career in touring car racing. From 2007 he became a regular contender in the World Touring Car Championship, initially with SEAT and later as a reference driver for the official Honda programme. With the Japanese manufacturer he achieved numerous victories and podiums and finished the championship several times among the top positions overall.

In 2016 he was in contention for the WTCC world title until the final part of the season, when a serious accident during a test forced him into a long absence. He returned to competition in subsequent years, continuing to race in touring car series derived from the WTCC, including the WTCR, maintaining a role as an experienced driver and technical benchmark.

After stepping back from full-time racing, Tiago Monteiro has remained a central figure in Portuguese motorsport, also involved in promotional and representative activities.

GP Results

GP/Points Graph

Year	Team	Chassis	Points
2006	MF1	M16	0
2005	Jordan	EJ15	7

* World Championships with at least 1 point won (since 2001)

Year	Team	Teammate	Win
2006	Midland F1 - Spyker MF1 (M16)	Albers C.	6 VS 12
2005	Jordan Grand Prix (EJ15)	Karthikeyan N.	1 VS 18
Total			7 VS 30

Grand Prix	Team	Chassis	Pos.
Hungarian GP 2006	Midland F1 - Spyker MF1	M16	9
Belgian GP 2005	Jordan Grand Prix	EJ15	8
United States GP 2005	Jordan Grand Prix	EJ15	3
Canadian GP 2005	Jordan Grand Prix	EJ15	10
Bahrain GP 2005	Jordan Grand Prix	EJ15	10

* Grand prix finishes in the top 10 (since 2001)

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