Bruno Junqueira
Bruno Junqueira brings wealth of experience to Dale Coyne Racing. Junqueira caught the eye of the racing elite in 2000 with an impressive championship season in the International F3000 championship. His stellar performance vaulted him to a testing role with Williams Formula One and a full season ride in Champ Car with Target Chip Ganassi. Junqueira would go on to run two years with Target winning his first Champ Car races each year and capturing the 2002 Indy 500 pole position. The 2003 through 2006 seasons saw “Junky” move to Newman/Haas where he finished runner up in the Champ Car championship for two more years. An accident in 2005 sidelined the talented Brazilian until 2006, his last year with Newman/Haas. Joining Dale Coyne Racing in 2007, Junqueira impressed all with a strong showing, posting three consecutive podiums and finishing the season seventh overall. Now Dale Coyne Racing and Bruno Junqueira set out in the new 2008 merged IndyCar® Series, utilizing all of their collective experiences.
2007 Performance: Bruno Junqueria
Bruno Junqueria finished seventh in the 2007 season. He had several top-six qualifying efforts and three consecutive podium finishes at Zolder, Assen and Surfers Paradise.
Career Highlights
2007
2002 Indy 500 pole sitter
Three-time Champ Car Series runner-up.
Captured first career victory at Road America during rookie season.
Earned first pole at Nazareth in third series qualifying attempt.
2000 FIA International F3000 champion.
First driver since Bobby Rahal to win races in each of his first five years in Champ Car.
Career History
2007
Joined Dale Coyne Racing.
Earned three consecutive podium finishes with second in Zolder, Belgium, third in Assen, Holland, and third at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Finished in the top 10 in 11 of 14 races.
Earned seventh overall in the championship in first year with Dale Coyne Racing.
2006
Finished fifth in the final standings for the fourth time in his career.
Earned his ninth career pole in Portland.
Earned second-place finishes in Cleveland, Denver and at Road America.
2005
Finished first in Monterrey, Mexico.
Finished third in Long Beach.
Earned points lead after first two races.
First driver in 19 years to win races in each of his first five seasons in the series.
Totaled an active streak of eight consecutive podium finishes.
Ended season prematurely due to a crash at Indianapolis, resulting in multiple injuries, including a broken back.
2004
Won two races, scored a pole and finished as the series runner-up for the third consecutive season… first driver since Johnny Rutherford (1972-74) to accomplish this.
Carried an active streak of six consecutive podium finishes into the 2005 season.
Won pole for the season opener at Long Beach.
Finished second in seven races, scored 10 podium finishes, set fastest race lap in five races.
Won in Montreal and Australia.
2003
Joined Newman/Haas Racing.
Finished in top five in 11 of the year’s first 12 races.
Defended title at Road America, becoming the first driver of the season to capture the maximum 23 points on a weekend after his win from pole.
Held the top spot in the standings for the first time in his career.
Defended title at Denver, winning from pole, and closed to within 18 points of the series lead with three races to run.
Scored nine podium finishes, two wins and two poles.
Became the first driver in 10 years to finish as the Champ Car World Series runner-up in consecutive seasons.
Set new personal best by amassing 199 championship points.
2002
Indy 500 pole sitter.
Breakout season winning from the pole at Motegi.
Started a string of five straight top-10s, including second-place runs at Portland and Chicago.
Led all 100 laps to win inaugural Grand Prix of Denver.
Took poles and finished third at Road America and Mexico City.
Finished second in the championship with 164 points.
2001
Champ Car rookie season with Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
Earned a victory at Road America and a pole position at Nazareth while scoring championship points in nine of 20 starts, including five of the final eight.
Finished fourth at Milwaukee and in the season finale at California Speedway.
Finished fifth in the 85th Indianapolis 500 to cap a sweep of the top-five finishing positions by Champ Car drivers.
Finished runner-up to Scott Dixon of the PacWest Racing Group for the Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year award.
Finished 16th in the championship with 68 points.
2000
Claimed the 2000 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship title with four wins and one second-place performance as a member of the Petrobras junior team.
Recorded three consecutive wins at Barcelona, the Nürburgring (Germany) and Monte Carlo during the season.
Won from the pole in Hungary.
Outdistanced new future Target Chip Ganassi teammate Nicolas Minassian by three points for the championship.
Served as a Williams F1 test driver.
1999
Finished fifth in the FIA International F3000 championship.
Captured one victory at Hockenheim and finished second at Silverstone with the Petrobras junior team.
Served as a Williams F1 test driver.
1998
Competed in the FIA International championship.
Finished 14th with Draco.
1997
Won the South American Formula 3 Series championship with six wins and two second-place performances.
Collected 10 pole positions.
1996
Finished sixth in the South American Formula 3 Series.
1995
Finished fifth in point standings in the South American Formula 3 Series.
1994
Finished fourth in the Brazilian Formula 3 Series.
Early Career
1993
Entered the South American karting championship finishing fourth overall.
1992
Named the Brazilian Group A karting champion and the Brazilian Intercontinental C karting champion.
1991
Became a regional karting champion in Brazil and won the Brazilian Group B karting championship.
1990
Did not compete
1988 - 1989
Earned back-to-back regional karting championships in Brazil.
1987
Began racing career, competing in regional karting events in Brazil.
Personal
Hobbies include tennis, computer racing games and surfing the internet.
Trains by cycling, running and weight lifting.
Enjoys listening to music, with favorites including The Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Aerosmith.
Status: Married.
