Noah Monteiro

Noah Pereira Monteiro (; born 23 November 2009) is a Portuguese racing driver who competes in the F4 Spanish Championship for Campos Racing.

Born in Coimbra, Monteiro is the son of former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro and model . He began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national titles and achieving podiums in the European Championship before graduating to junior formulae in 2025. After finishing eighth in Spanish F4 that year, he took his maiden F4 title in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship.

Early life Monteiro is the son of former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro (pictured in ) and his model ex-wife. Noah Pereira Monteiro was born on 23 November 2009 at 00:40 WET in Coimbra, Portugal. His father, Tiago Monteiro, is a fellow racing driver who competed in Formula One from to with Jordan and Midland before an extensive career in the World Touring Car Championship. His mother, , is a former model, rally driver, fashion designer, and motorsport broadcaster—she was named the Ford Supermodel of the World in 1997. He has an older sister called Mel, who appeared on the Portuguese version of The Voice Kids.

Monteiro was introduced to motor racing by attending his father's V8 Supercar event in Australia and first tested a go-kart by the age of five. He had initially tried skateboarding, surfing, motocross, basketball, and fashion modelling. His father took a relaxed approach towards his karting career, which The Race likened to the relationship of Keke and Nico Rosberg. He has been partnered with automotive supplier Brose Fahrzeugteile since 2020 and studies at an economics school. He has been mentored by 2019–20 Formula E champion António Félix da Costa, a close friend of his father. He featured on the cover of GQ Portugal in October 2024, where he was interviewed by his mother.

Racing career Karting (2017–2024) 2017–2020: National champion in Portugal Monteiro began competitive kart racing in 2017, contesting national championships in Portugal, aged seven. He finished sixth on debut in the Micro Max category of the Troféu Rotax Portugal that year—driving an FA Kart chassis—as well as claiming twelfth in the Cadete class of the Taça de Portugal. He joined his father's Skywalker Young Guns development programme in 2018 and remained in Cadete, where he finished thirteenth the Open de Portugal and eighth in the Portuguese Championship. He retired from the final of the Taça de Portugal in a multi-kart collision involving Maria Germano Neto, before claiming runner-up to her in the Troféu Bridgestone.

Monteiro narrowly finished runner-up to Germano in the 2019 Portuguese Championship, further claiming back-to-back victories at Viana do Castelo ahead of Christian Costoya on his return to the Troféu Rotax, third in the Copa Rotax España, and fifth in the Open de Portugal. He opened his 2020 campaign in Juvenil with his maiden title at the Open de Portugal, (, for drivers aged eight to 12.) before winning the Portuguese Championship, where he had been disqualified from the fourth round before an appeal saw him claim the title. He was further awarded the Prémio Ética by the .

2021–2024: Podiums in international competition Monteiro expanded his international career from 2021 onwards, joining Victorylane in the IAME Winter Cup and Euro Series, where he finished eighteenth and twelfth in X30 Junior, respectively. The FPAK selected him to represent Portugal as one of the youngest drivers in the Academy Trophy, finishing twenty-ninth on his CIK-FIA debut as he was disqualified from the Adria round, and he closed his season with sixteenth in the International IAME Games. He overcame a missed round due to a broken arm to win his second Portuguese Championship that year in the Júnior class and appeared in the IAME Series Benelux. He opened 2022 with fourth at the Narciso Gil Trophy, alongside further appearances in the IAME Series: thirtieth in the Winter Cup, eighth in the Euro Series, fourth in the Benelux Series, and fifteenth in the Warriors Final; he further became champion of the France Series and entered the Italian Championship.

Joining the factory-backed Kart Republic in 2023, Monteiro progressed to OK-Junior—the premier under-15 international category. On his European Championship debut, he clinched twenty-seventh overall with a tenth-placed finish at Cremona, and ended the World Championship at Franciacorta in twenty-fourth. He additionally finished thirteenth in the IAME Winter Cup, twenty-eighth in Champions of the Future, and thirty-first in the WSK Final Cup, the latter marking his debut in the senior OK class. he closed the season eighth overall.

Formula 4 (2025–present) 2025: Rookie season During the AutoClássico festival on 4 October 2024, it was revealed that Monteiro would advance to junior formulae in 2025. Four days later, Campos Racing announced Monteiro would join them for both the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter and F4 Spanish Championships. In the three-round Winter Championship, Monteiro took his first points at Jerez—where he claimed his maiden rookie podium—before scoring his only overall podium at Portimão by finishing third in race two, which enabled him to finish ninth in points. but was stripped of both after he was given a 25-second penalty for overtaking under the safety car, thus relegating him to twentieth. In the following round at Navarra, Monteiro scored two rookie wins by finishing eighth and sixth in the first two races of the weekend. Multiple points finishes in each the Portimão, Paul Ricard, and Jerez rounds—with season-best fourth-places in the latter two events—solidified his eighth-position overall, one point shy of Reno Francot, while he became the highest-scoring Portuguese driver in a Formula 4 season. A triple points haul by Monteiro at Valencia was outmatched by a podium for Francot, leaving Monteiro now 13 points behind seventh-placed Nathan Tye. At the season-ending Barcelona-Catalunya round, Monteiro claimed fifth in race one before dropping outside the points with twelfth from twenty-second on the race two grid, and a mechanical retirement in the third. He ended the season eighth overall on 97 points—295 shy of champion Thomas Strauven—with one pole position; he finished runner-up to Ean Eyckmans in the rookies' standings.

2026: Maiden title in F4 Monteiro remained with Campos for his 2026 campaign in Spain and has stated his intention to fight for the title. The Jarama round saw Monteiro claim his first victories in F4, winning both features from pole position and pulling a 26-point advantage over Nathan Tye. He solidified this lead with second in the opening Aragón race, before clinching the title when post-race penalties were applied to the frontrunners in the sprint; he closed his pre-season with sixth in race two. Monteiro ended the Winter Championship with two victories, poles, and fastest laps each from four podiums, winning his maiden F4 title on 116 points—35 ahead of Tye and 37 ahead of Andrej Petrović.

Karting record Karting career summary Season Series Team Position 2017 Troféu Rotax Portugal — Micro Max 6th Taça de Portugal — Cadete 12th 2018 Open de Portugal — Cadete 13th Portuguese Championship — Cadete 8th Taça de Portugal — Cadete NC Troféu Bridgestone — Cadete 2019 Open de Portugal — Cadete 5th Troféu Rotax Portugal — Micro Max 11th Copa Rotax España — Micro Max Portuguese Championship — Cadete 2020 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Mini Monlau Karting Team 20th Open de Portugal — Juvenil Tiago Monteiro Portuguese Championship — Juvenil Cabo do Mundo Karteam 2021 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior Victorylane 18th IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior 12th CIK-FIA Academy Trophy 29th IAME Series Benelux — X30 Junior 65th Portuguese Championship — Júnior International IAME Games — X30 Junior Cabo do Mundo Karteam 16th 2022 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior Victorylane 30th Narciso Gil Trophy — X30 Junior 4th IAME Series France — X30 Junior Italian Championship — X30 Junior 21st IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior Victorylane 8th IAME Series Benelux — X30 Junior 4th IAME Warriors Final — X30 Junior 15th 2023 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior KR Motorsport 13th WSK Super Master Series — OK-J NC† CIK-FIA European Championship — OK-J 27th WSK Euro Series — OK-J NC† Champions of the Future — OK-J 28th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK-J 24th WSK Final Cup — OK 31st 2024 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior Victorylane NC CIK-FIA European Championship — OK KR Motorsport 8th Champions of the Future — OK 14th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 18thSource: As Monteiro was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete CIK-FIA results Complete CIK-FIA Karting World Championship results

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed at least one lap.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2025 Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship Campos Racing 9 0 0 0 1 32 9th F4 Spanish Championship 21 0 1 0 0 97 8th 2026 Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship Griffin Core 9 2 2 2 4 116 F4 Spanish Championship 9 0 1 2 5 100* *Source:

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.