Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - Laga soo bilaabo 2005 United States Grand Prix, Monteiro hadda waa darawalkii ugu guulaha badnaa ee reer Portugal ee taariikhda Formula One. Pedro Lamy ayaa horey u haystay rikoorkan kahor hal dhibic iyo kaalinta lixaad ee lagu gaadhay 1995 Australian Grand Prix oo ay la socdeen Minardi. Sidoo kale waa in la ogaadaa, laga bilaabo abaalmarinta weyn ee Belgium
(halkaas oo uu sidoo kale ku dhaliyay dhibco kale), Monteiro wuxuu dhammeystirey tartan kasta oo ka mid ah xilli ciyaareedkii 2005, isagoo jabiyay rikoodhkii loogu talagalay dhammaystirka isku xigxiga ee darawalka rookie ee Formula One, oo ay hayeen Jackie Stewart (xilli ciyaareedkii 1965) iyo Olivier Panis (xilli ciyaareedkii 1994), oo dhammaystiray lixdii tartan ee ugu horreeyay. Rikoorkani wuxuu taagnaa ilaa xilli ciyaareedkii 2013, markii darawalkii Ingiriiska Max Chilton uu dhammeeyay 19-kii tartan.