Racing career

Early career

Junqueira started racing karts in Brazil and dominated Formula Three Sudamericana before moving to Formula 3000. He tested for the Williams Formula One team for many years, and came close to landing a race drive in 2000, losing out to Jenson Button. He rebounded from this setback, winning that year's International Formula 3000 Championship.

Champ Car

In 2001 Junqueira joined the CART Championship Car series driving for Chip Ganassi Racing where he had immediate success, capturing a win in his 14th race and finished second in points with two wins the following year. In 2003 Ganassi left to the rival Indy Racing League and Junqueira joined Newman/Haas Racing, the top team remaining in what was now the Champ Car World Series. He captured series runner up honors in both 2003 and 2004, capturing two wins in each of those seasons. He also drove in the Indianapolis 500 four times for both Ganassi and Newman/Haas in one-off appearances. In 2002, he qualified for the pole position, and he twice finished 5th in the race.

In 2005, Junqueira was injured in an accident in the Indianapolis 500, while lapping A.J. Foyt IV. Due to his injuries, he missed the remainder of the 2005 Champ Car season. Junqueira was the Champ Car points leader at the time, having won the second race of the year in Monterrey, Mexico. Veteran Oriol Servia took his place and finished runner-up in the standings.

In 2006 he returned to the cockpit at Newman/Haas but for the first time in his career he did not win a race and only finished fifth in the championship while his teammate Sébastien Bourdais won his third straight title. He was replaced in the second Newman/Haas car in 2007 by rookie Graham Rahal and Junqueira signed to drive for Dale Coyne Racing as teammate to the inexperienced Katherine Legge. Junquiera finished seventh in the championship including three consecutive podium finishes late in the season.

IndyCar Series

Prior to the 2008 Indycar Series Season, Champ Car unified with the rival Indy Racing League. Junqueira drove the #18 car for the Coyne team's first season in the new series, alongside Brazilian rookie countryman Mario Moraes. His Indianapolis 500 was ruined by a mirror falling off, causing him to lose three laps during repairs. His season was not a great success, as he finished 20th overall with only two top ten finishes, both on road courses.

He was out of a drive for 2009. He made a deal with Conquest Racing for the Indianapolis 500 and qualified the car on Bump Day, but was asked to withdraw for the team's regular driver Alex Tagliani, who had failed to qualify his car due to a technical failure.

In 2011, driving for A.J. Foyt, he qualified his car for the 500 in nineteenth position, only to once again have to give up his chance to drive in the actual race. Foyt sold the unsponsored car's entry to Andretti Autosport, whose driver Ryan Hunter-Reay had been the final car bumped from the field. In 2012, he entered in for an injured Josef Newgarden at the first Grand Prix of Baltimore.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1997	Formula Three Sudamericana	PropCar Racing	?	?	7	?	1st
1998	Intl. Formula 3000	Draco Racing	12	0	0	3	14th
1999	Intl. Formula 3000	Den Blå Avis	10	1	1	20	5
		Petrobras Junior Team
	Formula One	Williams-Supertec	Test driver
2000	Intl. Formula 3000	Petrobras Junior Team	10	2	4	48	1st
2001	CART World Series	Ganassi	20	1	1	68	16th
	Indy Racing League		1	0	0	30	37th
2002	CART World Series	Ganassi	19	4	2	164	2nd
	Indy Racing League		1	1	0	1	51st
2003	CART World Series	Newman/Haas	18	2	2	199	2nd
2004	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas	14	1	2	341	2nd
	IndyCar Series		1	0	0	30	28th
2005	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas	2	0	1	59	19th
	IndyCar Series		1	0	0	10	36th
2006	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas	14	1	0	219	5th
2006-07	A1 Grand Prix	Brazil	6	0	0	9*	18th*
2007	Champ Car World Series	Dale Coyne	14	0	0	233	7th
2007-08	A1 Grand Prix	Brazil	4	0	0	44*	11th*
2008	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne	17	0	0	256	20th
2010	IndyCar Series	FAZZT Race Team	1	0	0	13	39th

* Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1998	Draco Engineering	OSC	IMO	CAT	SIL	MON	PAU	A1R	HOC	HUN	SPA	PER	NÜR	18th	3
1999	Den Blå Avis Petrobras Junior Team	IMO	MON	CAT	MAG	SIL	A1R	HOC	HUN	SPA	NÜR			5th	20
2000	Petrobras Junior Team	IMO	SIL	CAT	NÜR	MON	MAG	A1R	HOC	HUN	SPA			1st	48

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

CART/Champ Car Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2001	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B01/00	Toyota RV8F	MTY	LBH	TXS	NZR	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LS	SRF	FON	16th	68
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B02/00	Toyota RV8F	MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LS	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SRF	FON	MXC			2nd	164
2003	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LS	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MXC	SRF	FON			2nd	199
2004	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	DEN	MTL	LS	LSV	SRF	MXC								2nd	341^
2005	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	LSV	SRF	MXC									19th	59
2006	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH	HOU	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	ROA	SRF	MXC								5th	219
2007	Dale Coyne Racing	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE	LSV	LBH	HOU	POR	CLE	MTL	TOR	EDM	SJO	ROA	ZOL	ASN	SRF	MXC								7th	233

^ New points system implemented in 2004.

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2001	Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2							37th	30
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					51st	1
2004	Newman/Haas Racing	G-Force	Honda	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2				28th	30
2005	Newman/Haas Racing	Panoz	Honda	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON			36th	10
2008	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS	STP	MOT1		KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2	20th	256
		Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE				LBH1
2009	Conquest Racing	Dallara	Honda	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			NC	-
2010	FAZZT Race Team	Dallara	Honda	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY	TXS	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			39th	13
2011	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS		46th	4
2012	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	FON					35th	12

1 Races run on same day.

2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
9	7	26	1	0	0	4	0	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	20	5	Chip Ganassi Racing
2002	G-Force	Chevrolet	1	31	Chip Ganassi Racing
2004	G-Force	Honda	4	5	Newman/Haas Racing
2005	Panoz	Honda	12	30	Newman/Haas Racing
2008	Dallara	Honda	15	20	Dale Coyne Racing
2009	Dallara	Honda	Replaced by A. Tagliani		Conquest Racing
2010	Dallara	Honda	25	32	FAZZT Race Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	Replaced by R. Hunter-Reay		A.J. Foyt Enterprises

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2006	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	GT2	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8	P	SEB	TEX	MID	LIM	UTA	POR	AME	MOS	PET	MON	NC	-
2011	Jaguar RSR	GT	Jaguar XKR GT2	Jaguar 5.0 L V8	D	SEB	LNB	LIM	MOS	MID	AME	BAL	MON	PET		26th	6
2012	RSR Racing	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	SEB	LNB	MON	LIM	MOS	MID	AME	BAL	VIR	PET	3rd	118
2013	RSR Racing	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	C	SEB	LNB	MON	LIM	MOS	AME	BAL	COTA	VIR	PET	7th	95

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006-07	Brazil	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	BEI SPR	BEI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	18th	9
2007-08		NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR			11th	44

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2011	Bassani Racing	Peugeot 408	CTB	INT	RBP	VEL	CGD	RIO	INT	SAL	SCZ	LON	BSB	VEL										30th	2
2012	Bassani Racing	Peugeot 408	INT	CTB	VEL	RBP	LON	RIO	SAL	CAS	TAR	CTB	BSB	INT										34th	2
2014	Full Time Sports	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	CUR 1	NC†	0†

† Ineligible for championship points.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gabriel Furlán	Formula Three Sudamericana Champion 1997	Succeeded by Gabriel Furlán
Preceded by Nick Heidfeld	International Formula 3000 Champion 2000	Succeeded by Justin Wilson

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