| 1981 |
Began kart racing |
| 1984 |
National Kart Champion in the children's division |
| 1985 |
Second in the Children's Kart Championship |
| 1986 |
Kart Champion in the local and national junior division |
| 1987-1989 |
Several local and national titles in the Kart Komet category |
| 1990 |
Kart Junior World Championship, Lonato, Italy |
| 1991 |
Kart Junior World Championship, Laval, France |
| 1992 |
1992 Took part in the Skip Barber Course (USA);
Copa Formula Renault in Colombia, four wins in eight races, five pole positions |
| 1993 |
Nationale Tournement Swift GTI Championship,seven wins in eight races, seven poles |
| 1994 |
Karting - Sudam 125, class win;
Third in the Barber Saab Championship, USA;
pole position and circuit record prototype class Mexico; Formula N class Mexico, three wins in five races, four pole positions
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| 1995 |
Third in the British Formula Vauxhall Championship; class win in the Bogota Six Hours |
| 1996 |
4th in the Marlboro Masters in Zandvoort (NL);
British Formula 3 Championship, two wins;
First in the Bogota Six Hours;
Took part in the ITC Race at Silverstone (GB), Mercedes |
| 1997 |
Second in the FIA International Formula 3000Championship (Marko Team);
WilliamsF1 test driver |
| 1998 |
First in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship (Team Super Nova) with record points
total (65 points);
Moved to North America to join Target Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 1999 |
First in the CART FedEx Championship Series, seven wins, seven pole positions, youngest champion in the history of the series |
| 2000 |
9th in the CART FedEx Championship Series, three wins, seven pole positions;
Winner of the Indianapolis 500 on his first attempt |
| 2001 |
Signs Up for William F1 team and is dubbed as "The Rookie of the year" by the press. |
