As I said, I knew my comments were going to upset some of you, very interested in all of your opinions on Montoya. For some unknown reason, I have always harboured a deep personal dislike for him, as if it didn’t show right? I guess I am not all that good at hiding my emotions.
I suppose reading JPM’s comments about F1 made me lose my rag a bit, but my passion for the sport is so great that I take these things a little bit to heart.
Its just that when Michael Schumacher speaks, or Mansell, or Prost, you listen. You listen because they have won championships, achieved the greatest success.
If Juan Pablo had walked away in 2006 as a champion, I would have been the first to say, ok, you’ve cracked it.
The bottom line is that his F1 career ended on a huge sour note, and a once promising career was gone with so much unaccomplished.
To say that it ‘was EASY’. You race for two of the greatest teams in F1 history for five years and win seven races. And it ‘was easy’.
I’m sorry boys, I know you like Montoya and miss him in F1, but I find that comment hard to take.

I did think though, for a British paper & list that us Antipodeans featured heavily :/ Did we just win at the cricket or something?

Many would say that Kimi got better of Montoya only because he got preferential treatment at McLaren.

Montoya remains, above all things, a racer – and a terrifyingly brave one at that with an immense level of natural talent(you only have to watch the footage of him racing wheel to wheel with Michael Andretti in the 2000 Michigan 500 to see that). It’s a tragedy that he is lost to F1, which is the poorer for it.

It genuinely pains me to watch Juan Pablo in a NASCAR, but if he is happy, then who are we to judge?

Kimi didn’t exactly win anything during all his years in McLaren did he?