2006
Finished 8th in the Championship with 205 points. Scored two podiums at Long Beach and Australia, and earned 7 top-10 finishes.

2005
Alex proved a wise investment for the rookie Australian Motorsports Racing team (Walker) as the six-year veteran scored two podiums and led the team to 10 top-10 finishes. Scored podiums in Monterrey and Toronto. Scored 207 championship points to finish seventh in the standings for the fourth consecutive year.

2004
Ended years of near-misses by taking elusive first Champ Car series victory, climbing from 13th on the starting grid to take the win at Road America…Used that win to climb into the top five in the points, where he would stay until a run of bad luck at the end of the year dropped him out of the title chase…A string of eight consecutive top-10 finishes boosted him to a career-high seventh place standing in the points…Finished 13 of the 14 events…Scored podium finish in Cleveland, coming back from early spin to place third.

2003
Alex proved a wise investment for the rookie Rocketsports Racing team as the four-year veteran scored two poles, three podiums and led the team to a top-10 finish. Tagliani rebounded from a first-race crash to start and finish third in Monterrey, starting a string of three straight races that saw him start in the top five… He scored his fourth career pole by pacing qualifying in Milwaukee and would go on to finish fifth... Scored podiums in Portland and Road America and again nearly had that elusive first win in his grasp after leading a race-high 52 laps from the pole in his native Montreal before falling victim to fuel mileage and placing fourth… Earned 10 top-10 finishes and scored 97 championship points to finish in the top 10 in the standings for the second consecutive year.

2002
Started his third Champ Car season with a strong opener, leading 13 laps and finishing fifth at Monterrey... Would match a career best with a second-place run at Motegi after starting 12th and broke a Player’s/Forsythe team record by scoring 10 consecutive points-paying finishes on his way to his best Champ Car campaign... Led a career-high 115 laps in 2002 and finished second to series champion Cristiano da Matta at Elkhart Lake… Finished 15 events, the second-most in the series…Carded top-five finishes at Monterrey, Cleveland and Miami to go with his two podiums… Qualified second and led 79 laps at Chicago…Finished a career-high eighth in the Champ Car World Series standings with a personal best 111 points.

2001
Bounced back from a slow start to conclude his second Champ Car season with Player’s/Forsythe Racing by posting an 11th-place finish in the championship ... Recorded the first podium finish of his career - second at Toronto - before concluding the campaign with consecutive podium results of third at Australia and California Speedway to vault from 16th to 11th in the championship ... Misfortune at Vancouver cost him another opportunity at his first career win… Was dominant all weekend as he won the pole and led the first 68 laps before exiting with mechanical failure... Was one of four multiple pole winners on the season, earning poles at Vancouver and California Speedway ... Scored championship points in eight of nine starts between Round 6 (Milwaukee) and Round 14 (Road America) ...Finished 11th in the Champ Car World Series championship with 80 points.

2000
Rookie Champ Car season featured some spectacular moments, but was hampered by inconsistency ... Recorded points-paying finishes of ninth at Homestead and a season-best fourth at Long Beach to become the first driver to score points in the first two races of his inaugural season since Scott Atchison in 1988 ... Followed up by earning his first career pole position and leading a race-high 76 laps at Rio de Janeiro, only to spin twice in the final 10 laps while within sight of his first career victory ... Also led a race-high 23 laps at Road America before being sidelined by a mechanical failure ... Ended the season with seven points-paying results in 20 starts ... Finished 16th in the Champ Car standings.

1999
Completed fourth full season in the Toyota Atlantic Championship and finished fourth in the championship ... Reached the podium in five of his first seven races, including wins in the season opener at Long Beach and from the pole in Montreal ... Followed Montreal with his second straight pole position, this time at Road America where he established a track record ... Fifth and final podium of the season came at Mid-Ohio, where he battled his way from fifth on the grid ... Won his third and final pole at Vancouver.

1998
In his second year with the Player’s Atlantic Team, he battled back from a rough start (14th in the championship after three races) to finish fifth overall with 130 points, only nine behind series runner-up Andrew Bordin ... Tied for the series lead for most poles with three ... Recorded back-to-back mid-season victories at Toronto and Trois-Rivières to challenge for the top spot in the standings, then encountered some hard luck before closing out the season in strong fashion with a fourth-place finish at Laguna Seca and a runner-up effort at Houston.

1997
Driving for the newly formed Player’s Atlantic Team, he was in the hunt for the Toyota Atlantic championship until the second-to-last event and finished the season in third ... Notched two victories, the first at Long Beach and the second came before the home crowd in Trois-Rivières ... Earned two poles (Cleveland, Trois-Rivières) and recorded podium finishes at Nazareth, Toronto and Laguna Seca.

1996
Finished seventh in the Toyota Atlantic Championship as a member of P-1 Racing ... Runner-up for Rookie-of-the-Year honors … Recorded his best finish in front of the home crowd, taking third at Trois-Rivières.

1995
Finished fourth in the Esso Protec/BF Goodrich Formula 1600 Series Championship … Season was paced by a win, three runner-up finishes and a fourth-place performance.

1994
Competed in one Esso Protec/BF Goodrich Formula 1600 Series event, starting third and finishing fifth ... Took part in five O.K.R.A. Formula 125cc karting races in Shannonville, Ontario, winning four and finishing second once ... Entered one U.S. FF2000 American Continental Championship race at Trois-Rivières, finishing sixth ... Competed in the Bridgestone FF2000 Racing School at Shannonville with two wins and a second-place finish.

1993
Canadian F125 karting champion and Canadian Formula A karting champion at Shannonville ... Québec Formula A karting Champion with seven wins in eight starts ... Second-time winner at the Ice Racing Grand Prix Unipro at the Québec Winter Carnival.

1992
Québec Formula 125 karting champion and Canadian O.K.R.A. F125 champion at Shannonville ... Bridgestone FF2000 Racing School champion and Run-Off champion ... First-time winner of the Ice Racing Grand Prix at the Québec Winter Carnival.

1991
Québec Karting Cup Formula 125 champion with six wins in eight races, first position in F125 Enduro and 100cc Classes ... Took part in Spénard/David F2000 Racing School Criterium in Shannonville, Ontario.

1990
Winner of the BF Goodrich Challenge at the Canadian Ice Racing Championship driving a Hyundai Sonata ... Runner-up in the Québec F125 Karting “Circuit des Grands Prix” Championship and winner of the Canadian F125 Karting Championship race.

1989
Runner-up and Rookie of the Year in Québec’s Formula 125 karting Solignum Cup.

1988
Runner-up and Rookie of the Year in the Québec (FAQ) National 100cc Karting Championship. Third place at the Canadian National 100cc Championship race.

1987
Québec (FAQ) 100cc Junior Karting Champion.

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