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	Cristiano da Matta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cristiano da Matta (born September 19, 1973) is a Brazilian auto racing driver.
		In 1999, da Matta raced in the CART series for Team Arciero Wells, which were running Toyota engines; da Matta drove a Toyota-powered car from then until 2004.
		Cristiano completed his move up the racing ladder in 2003, reaching the pinnacle of motor sport with the Toyota F1 team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cristiano_da_Matta (449 words)

	Sports: Da Matta locks up CART title
		Da Matta went into the Grand Prix of the Americas, just two blocks from his sparsely furnished bachelor pad, with the 2002 driver's championship just down the road.
		Da Matta technically won the title in Lap 83 when he got one point for leading the most laps.
		Da Matta won't be in the field for the 2003 St. Petersburg Grand Prix which, like Sunday's race, is scheduled to run downtown with views of the waterfront for a backdrop.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/10/07/news_pf/Sports/Da_Matta_locks_up_CAR.shtml (764 words)

	Vindicator • Carpentier wins Grand Prix
		Da Matta has dominated the circuit all season, and was seeking a record fifth straight win.
		For the first 20 laps, the 28-year-old da Matta, who won two bonus points this weekend during qualifying to raise his series total to 120, looked to be on his way to a sixth win in nine races this season.
		Da Matta had built a 2.3-second lead over Franchitti when he unexpectedly pitted after 19 laps, telling his crew over the on-board radio that he didn't know what was wrong.
	www.vindy.com /print/275527660391280.shtml (544 words)

	Cristiano da Matta claims CART championship
		Da Matta held off his Newman/Haas teammate Christian Fittipaldi by 0.734 seconds, winning for the seventh time this season and the 11th time in his career.
		In a race slowed by six yellow flags, Da Matta's average speed on the 1.387-mile, 16-turn temporary road course was 68.723 mph, slower than the 69.576 mph average by Al Unser Jr.
		Da Matta started sixth but took the lead after pole-sitter and early leader Tony Kanaan was penalized for blocking Scott Dixon on the 20th lap.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports/auto/20021007carsrp1007p9.asp (684 words)

	The Car Enthusiast: the enthusiast's site for new car news and reviews. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta has driven Toyota-powered cars in the United States CART series since his CART debut in 1999, and his new Formula 1 deal sees him cement this successful relationship.
		Cristiano da Matta was born on 19 September 1973, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
		Da Matta's next step was the 1993 Brazilian Formula Ford Championship and he won the title with 4 victories.
	www.carenthusiast.com /pressrelease.html?include=20021117_toyotadamatta (834 words)

	SI.com - Racing - Rookie da Matta trying to regain winning ways - Wednesday September 10, 2003 9:07PM
		Driving for Toyota, da Matta's best performances in 13 races this season are sixth-place finishes in Spain and Germany and a seventh-place run in England.
		Da Matta quickly found out the differences are huge between the similar-looking cars in CART and F1.
		For da Matta, that is more proof that he made the right decision to leave CART and that his progress is on schedule.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/racing/09/10/dematta.feature.ap (717 words)

	Teleconference with Cristiano da Matta
		Cristiano's victory was the first for PPI Motorsports, owned by Cal Wells III in the team's six-year history in the FedEx Championship Series.
		Cristiano became the fourth different first-time winner of a series event this season, joining Max Papis of Team Rahal at Homestead, Helio Castroneves of Marlboro Team Penske at Detroit, and Roberto Moreno of Patrick Racing at Cleveland.
		Cristiano da Matta: But the biggest thing I would say is at that time the competitive side of the series, it wasn't as competitive as it is today.
	www.speedcenter.com /interviews/sc_i0801_00.html (2392 words)

	R&T : 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland (6/2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta qualified 10th and lost a few places on the start, triggering McGee to bring him in for his first pitstop after just 12 laps.
		That put Da Matta on a different pitstop sequence than the rest of the field, and a mid-race full-course yellow caused by race leader Justin Wilson's engine failure gave Da Matta the chance to forge to the front.
		Da Matta's win was his first since he returned to Champ Car racing at the beginning of this year after two seasons of Formula 1 with Toyota.
	www.roadandtrack.com /article.asp?section_id=21&article_id=2404 (517 words)

	JS Online: Cristiano Da Matta Gets First Pole
		Da Matta, a 29-year-old Brazilian and the dominant road course driver on the CART circuit this year, edged Kenny Brack for the pole for Sunday's Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey.
		Da Matta, who completed only six laps, was fastest on his fourth at 115.970 mph.
		Da Matta won the season-opening Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix in Mexico, then was second on the starting grid at Long Beach.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/race/ap/jun02/ap-car-cart-monter060802.asp?format=print (779 words)

	Da_Matta3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta in the pits prior to the 2003 San Marino GP Cristiano racing in the Spanish GP - 04/05/03
		Da Matta steers his Toyota during the Austrian GP in Spielberg, Austria, Sunday, May 18, 2003.
		Cristiano da Matta in the new Toyota TF104 30/01/04
	www.homestead.com /formulakaz/Da_Matta3.html (228 words)

	AutoWeek - The Auto Enthusiast's Online Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta was a guest of former employer Newman-Haas Racing in Mexico City, and while he said he has more than one option for racing in 2005, he made no bones about what he would prefer: a third Champ Car Lola alongside Newman-Haas drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira.
		Da Matta’s high profile in Mexico, not to mention the tone of all parties involved, suggests a deal is close.
		Da Matta remains under contract to Toyota for the rest of the year and, apparently reluctant to put his paycheck at risk, he had little to say about Toyota or F1 in general.
	www.autoweek.com /article.cms?articleId=101190 (862 words)

	Champ Car News: Cristiano da Matta Returns To Champ Car Victory Lane With Portland Win
		Da Matta roared away from the rest of the field on the Lap 52 restart, putting a full second per lap on the trailing train of Tracy, Bourdais, Mario Dominguez (#7 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) and A.J. Allmendinger (#10 RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone).
		With da Matta running away the field, but known to be on a different pit strategy, Tracy and Bourdais contented themselves with battling each other for what they both expected to be the race win.
		Da Matta pitted on the same lap that Bourdais made his pass of the '03 champ, giving up the lead to the defending Portland race winner.
	www.fastmachines.com /archives/champ_car/002992.php (1500 words)

	AutoRacing1.com - CART News
		CRISTIANO da MATTA: Well, I thought that if I win, I would be very happy, and I was very happy.
		CRISTIANO da MATTA: Well, I think I work all my life to get to drive a car that has 900 horsepower, so I don't like a lot the thing they are thinking about on cutting the horsepower down.
		CRISTIANO da MATTA: Well, for me, to be honest, it's not going to make a big difference because I would spend a lot of time in the shop at the beginning of the year, January, February, when we're making seats, getting the car ready to race.
	www.autoracing1.com /htmfiles/2000/0801DaMattaTrans.htm (2444 words)

	Da Matta fastest provisional qualifier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With the left front tire hanging from the suspension, da Matta was still able to drive the car into a safe area behind the concrete wall and avoid bringing out a red flag and losing his fastest lap.
		Da Matta's fast lap on the 1.755-mile street course winding through Exhibition Place on the edge of downtown Toronto was 58.487-seconds, or 108.024 mph.
		Da Matta's Newman-Haas Racing team said it appeared the damage to his Toyota-powered Lola could be repaired in time for Saturday's qualifying.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/07/06/spt_da_matta_fastest.html (637 words)

	Da Matta likes where he is
		One quick look at Cristiano da Matta's life off the raceway and it is easy to see why he lets fun dictate his world.
		Da Matta joined the Indy Lights circuit in America last year after spending most of his life racing in Brazil.
		As for this weekend, da Matta said he is excited about getting back to his "favorite street course" from last year.
	www.freep.com /sports/gp98/qdemat5.htm (795 words)

	Motorsport.com: News channel
		CRISTIANO DA MATTA: We have a few new pieces for the engine that they are going to be in the car, I think in those CART-open tests.
		CRISTIANO DA MATTA: I was pretty happy with the background I had, because, of course, not only three and a half, 3,000 in Europe, but I also race two years in Brazil on year in Formula Fords and one year in Brazilian F3.
		CRISTIANO DA MATTA: I think the way I see, I think Indy Lights and the Toyota Atlantics, they are a pretty good series, but before that, I think the Barber Dodge, they are good, too.
	www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=43596 (3044 words)

	F1 Central >> Formula 1 News > DA MATTA SHINES IN SUNNY SPAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Panasonic Toyota’s Cristiano da Matta beat off the opposition and topped the timesheets for the second day in a row at Jerez today (Thursday).
		Cristiano is pretty satisfied with the work done and is going into the next race in Malaysia with a lot of optimism.
		Afterwards da Matta said: "The weather was very nice again today and it was mostly a trouble-free session for us.
	www.formula-1.updatesport.com /news?action=viewstory&newsid=1047586041 (454 words)

	PKV RACING’S CRISTIANO DA MATTA TESTS FOR TWO DAYS ON HOMESTEAD ROAD COURSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta, who signed with PKV Racing on February 1, participated in a “shakedown” session on February 4 at Sebring International Raceway, but had to leave the test due to his commitment to compete in the Rolex 24.
		Commenting on the test da Matta said, “I feel very positive after being in the PKV Racing car for two days.
		Da Matta went on to explain, “The first morning it took me a little time to get up to speed because I had to concentrate on coordinately my footwork.
	www.champcarfanatics.com /newsitem.php?id=90 (575 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Cristiano Da Matta
		Emerging from the Brazilian karting scene in 1993 da Matta quickly made his mark and became the Brazilian Formula Ford Champion and in 1994 moved up to the naational Formula 3 series and won that as well.
		Support from Toyota enabled him to switch to Formula 1 in 2003 but he failed to make a breakthrough and in the middle of 2004 was dropped by the team.
		Da Matta went back to Champ Cars in America in 2005.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-damcri.html (249 words)

	USATODAY.com - Da Matta named Driver of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta, who will move to Formula One next season, is the first winner from CART since Nigel Mansell in 1993.
		Da Matta, a 29-year-old Brazilian, won seven races, seven poles and clinched the CART title with three races remaining in the 19-race season.
		Da Matta will be honored Friday night at CART's awards banquet in Miami.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/2002-11-21-driver-of-the-year_x.htm (374 words)

	CRISTIANO DA MATTA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cristiano da Matta (born September_19, 1973) is a Brazilian auto_racing driver.
		He has returned to his winning ways, scoring a popular win in the fourth round of the season in Portland,_Oregon, although he hit a lean spell after that, and is currently outside the championship top 10.
		Outside the racing world, da Matta's interests including playing the guitar, swimming, and mountain_biking.
	www.witwib.com /Cristiano_da_Matta (397 words)

	ESPN.com - Chat wrap: Cristiano da Matta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cristiano da Matta: (3:04 PM ET) He was the happiest I've seen him since I joined the teamed.
		Cristiano da Matta: (3:04 PM ET) I don't get too involved in politics, but from what I've seen he is doing very, very well.
		Cristiano da Matta: (3:08 PM ET) In Brazil go karting is very strong and because there is a lot of people competing the level is very high.
	espn.go.com /community/s/2002/0319/1354235.html (1869 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Motorsport \| Da Matta bounces back
		Da Matta had won four straight races before failing to finish the last three.
		Da Matta finished 0.805 seconds in front of Alex Tagliani of Canada and 1.53 seconds ahead of Junqueira, who started from pole and led between laps 25 to 38.
		That put Junqueira in front and after he and Da Matta made their second stops, both were able to rejoin the race ahead of Tracy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/motorsport/2202198.stm (454 words)

	The Official Website of PKV Racing - Driver - Cristiano da Matta - #21 PKV Racing Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Da Matta has placed in the top-10 in the championship standings in three of his four seasons missing out only in his rookie year.
		Da Matta remained with Cal Wells, now owner of PPI Motorsports, for the 2000 season and had an outstanding campaign in his second Champ Car season.
		Da Matta finished in the top-10 in the championship standings for the second time in his three-year Champ Car career and the second consecutive year, placing fifth with 140 points.
	pkv.cmagic.com /content/view/10/39 (1350 words)

	Da Matta wins first CART race of season - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Da Matta ran a nearly flawless race Sunday on the 2.104-mile, 12-turn course in downtown Fundidora Park, but nearly got into trouble near the end of the 85-lap event after getting behind the slower cars of Michael Andretti, Tora Takagi and pole-winner Adrian Fernandez.
		Da Matta made his last stop on lap 77 and, as he left the pits, Tony Kanaan's car spun and tapped Takagi's from behind, bringing out the second caution flag of the race.
		Christian Fittipaldi, da Matta's teammate, wound up third, followed by local favorite Michele Jourdain, in his first drive for Team Rahal and the best of the three Mexicans in the race on Sunday.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/archive/s_60613.html (687 words)

	AUTO RACING - CBS SportsLine.com
		The 29-year-old da Matta became the quickest to earn the series championship since 1998, when Alex Zanardi wrapped up the crown with four races remaining.
		Da Matta started sixth, but took the lead after polesitter and early leader Tony Kanaan was penalized for blocking Scott Dixon on the 20th lap.
		Da Matta becomes the third straight Brazilian-born driver to win the CART series and the fourth overall.
	cbs.sportsline.com /autoracing/story/5778783 (659 words)

	Cristiano da Matta - Formula 1 Drivers
		Cristiano holds a strong karting record which boasts winner of the Minas Championship 1990,1991; Brazilian Championship 1991; the Rio-Minas Championship 1992 and the Sao Paulo Championship 1992.
		In 1999 Cristiano da Matta began competing in the FedEx CART Championship and demonstrated comprehensive form and in 2002 took the Championship title with an amazing series that included 11 podium positions.
		In 2003 Cristiano made his F1 debut with Toyota and completed the season in 13th place overall and has continued with Toyota in 2004.
	www.simplymotorsport.com /drivers/CristianodaMatta.aspx (149 words)

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