Career Highlights

- 2004 IndyCar Series champion.
-Earned 15 consectuive top-five finishes, three victories, two pole positions and six second-place finishes.
- Completed 3,305 laps in 2004, the first IndyCar Series driver to complete every possible lap in a season.

2004
- Clinched the IndyCar Series championship for Andretti Green Racing at California Speedway.
- Finished eighth in season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway before recording 15 consecutive top-five finishes, including three victories and six runner-up finishes.
- Completed 3,305 laps, the first IndyCar Series driver to complete every possible lap in a season.
- Led 889 laps to set IndyCar Series record.

2003
- Finished fourth in standings, driving for Andretti Green Racing in first full IndyCar Series season.
- Earned first career IndyCar Series victory at Phoenix.
- Won MBNA Pole Award at Homestead, Phoenix and Pikes Peak.
- Tied for series lead in top-five (9) and top-10 (12) finishes.
- Led in 12 of 16 races, second only to series champion Scott Dixon.

2002
- Made IndyCar Series debut at Indianapolis 500, starting fifth and leading 23 laps before an accident on Lap 89 ended his race. Finished 28th.
- Finished 12th in CART standings, driving for Mo Nunn Racing. Best finish was third at Vancouver and Montreal.

2001
- Finished ninth in CART standings for Mo Nunn Racing. Best finish was third at Japan.

2000
- Finished 19th in partial CART season for Mo Nunn Racing. Best finish was eighth at Nazareth, Road America and Australia.
- Missed four events after sustaining a fractured left forearm in qualifying accident in Detroit.

1999
- Competed for Forsythe Racing and finished 11th in CART standings, earning first series victory at Michigan.

1998
- Named CART Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year, driving for Tasman Motorsports Group. Finished ninth in CART standings.
- Highest finish was third at Laguna Seca and Houston.

1997
- Won Dayton Indy Lights championship, driving for Tasman Motorsports Group.
- Earned two victories and seven top-three finishes.

1996
- Finished second in Indy Lights, earning two victories and five top-three finishes for Tasman Motorsports Group.

1995
- Earned one victory and nine podium finishes en route to fifth place in Italian Formula 3 Championship

1994
- Won the Italian Formula Alfa-Boxer Championship, earning five victories.

1993
- Drove a limited schedule in Formula Opel Euroseries Championship, finishing 10th in points.

1992
- Finished fifth in the Brazilian Formula Chevrolet Championship.

1991
- Competed in Brazilian Formula Ford Championship, finishing sixth.

1986-90
- Competed in karts, winning the Sao Paulo city Junior Karting Championship three times (1986-88), the Brazilian Junior Karting Championship (1988), the Sao Paulo City B Category Karting Championship (1989) and the Sao Paulo City Graduated A Category Karting Championship (1990).