Team: Marlboro/Penske
Nationality: Brazilian
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STATS
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Year
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Rank
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Wins
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Top 5
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Top 10
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Poles
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Best finish
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2002
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3
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2
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10
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11
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4
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1st, twice
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Career
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2
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11
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12
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4
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2002 recap
The good: Two-time CART champ adapted quickly to all-oval circuit, racking up a pair of victories, finished second four times and earning four poles. Finished third in points but missed season finale after being injured at Chicago.
Season highlight: Totally dominated Pikes Peak -- winning pole and leading 217 of 225 laps.
The bad: Lost any chance at winning third straight open wheel title when he was injured at Chicago and missed Texas finale.
Season lowlight: Qualified 14th and was never really in the hunt at Indy.
Key stat: Led 601 laps, trailing only Hornish's 654.
2003 outlook
Denied speculation he was retiring, this savvy 35-year-old veteran will return with Castroneves to give Roger Penske a potent 1-2 combo once again.
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