Tiago Monteiro: A day in the Sun
Not many people have good memories of the 2005 US Grand Prix, but Tiago Monteiro is one of the exceptions. Now a SEAT WTCC driver, he spoke to Mark Glendenning about his unexpected podium at Indianapolis
Had his F1 career not happened to coincide with one of the most freakish - in all senses of the word - Grands Prix ever held, Tiago Monteiro's place in F1 history could have been very different.
There had been occasions in the past when a Jordan was a car that a young driver could use to make an impression, as Michael Schumacher demonstrated. But 2005 - the team's final year in the sport - was not one of them.
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