1. Bruno Junqueira was born on November 4,1976 and is a Brazilian race car driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series.
10 Facts About Bruno Junqueira
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Bruno Junqueira is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.
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Bruno Junqueira 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.
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Bruno Junqueira rebounded from this setback, winning that year's International Formula 3000 Championship.
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In 2001 Bruno 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.
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Bruno Junqueira captured series runner up honors in both 2003 and 2004, capturing two wins in each of those seasons.
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Bruno Junqueira suffered a concussion and a fractured vertebrae and missed the remainder of the 2005 Champ Car season.
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Bruno Junqueira was the Champ Car points leader at the time, having won the second race of the year in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Bruno Junqueira's season was not a great success, as he finished 20th overall with only two top ten finishes, both on road courses.
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Bruno Junqueira 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.