Alex Tagliani
BIRTH DATE: October 18, 1972
BIRTHPLACE: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
RESIDENCE: Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Finished career-best seventh in 2004 and 2005 championship standings
  • Scored first Champ Car victory with win at Road America, 2004
  • Helped Canada to win consecutive Nation's Cup victories in 2003-04
  • Finished among top five in Toyota Atlantic Championship standings from 1997-99

2005
Took over veteran role at newly-created Team Australia....Carried the team to the podium in Monterrey after just his second start...Matched a career best by finishing seventh in the series standings with 207 points....Season was highlighted by third-place runs in Monterrey and Toronto, with a total of five top-five finishes

2004
Claimed first Champ Car series victory at Road America after climbing from 13th on the starting grid...Climbed into the top five in points, until a run of bad luck at the end of the year dropping out of the title chase...Had eight consecutive top-10 finishes boosting him to seventh place standing in points ...Finished 10 of the 14 events, scoring podium finish in Cleveland, coming back from an early spin to finish 3rd

2003
Scored two poles, three podiums, and led the team to a top 10 finish...Rebounded from a first-race crash to start and finish 3rd in Monterrey....Scored 4th career pole in Milwaukee, finishing the race 5th....Claimed podiums in Portland and Road America, after leading a race high 52 laps in Montreal, but due to fuel mileage place 4th....Earned 10 top 10 finishes and scored 97 championship points to finish in top 10

2002
Led 13 laps and finished 5th at Monterrey...Matched a career best with a 2nd place run at Motegi after starting 12th, breaking a Player's/Forsythe team record ....Led career-high 115 laps finishing second to series champion Cristiano da Matta at Elkhart Lake...Finished 15 events, second most in the series....Carded top-5 finishes at Monterrey Cleveland and Miami

2001
Concluded 2nd Champ Car season with Player's/Forsythe Racing by posting 11th place finish in the championship....First podium finish of career 2nd at Toronto, following 3rd place finishes at Australia and California Speedway....Won pole at Vancouver and led first 68 laps before exiting with mechanical failure....Earned poles at Vancouver and California Speedway...Finished 11th in championship with 80 points

2000
Started rookie Champ Car season...Recorded points-paying finishes of ninth at Homestead and season best 4th at Long Beach...Earned first career pole position and led race-high 76 laps at Rio de Janeiro, led race-high laps at Road America...Finished 16th in Champ Car standings

1999
Completed fourth full season in Toyota Atlantic Championship and fourth in the championship...Podium finishes in first five races including wins at Long Beach and Montreal from the pole....Pole position at Road America establishing a track record, and won final pole at Vancouver

1998
Second year with Player's Forsythe...Finished 5th overall 130 points.....Tied for the series lead for most poles with three recorded back to back mid-season victories at Toronto and Trois-Rivieres....Had a fourth-place finish at Laguna Seca

1997
Drove for newly formed Player's Atlantic Team....Finished the season in third....Earned two victories the first at Long Beach and the second in Trois-Rivieres...Earned two poles (Cleveland and Trois-Rivieres) and recorded podium finishes at Nazareth, Toronto and Laguna Seca.

1996
Finish seventh in Toyota Atlantic Championship for P-1 Racing...Recorded best finish at Trois-Rivieres