Missing Championships: Juan Pablo Montoya 2015

The second edition of Missing Championships focuses on Juan Pablo Montoya's 2015 IndyCar season. This video really puts in perspective at how important every championship point is, especially with only a 16 race calendar on the IndyCar schedule. It would come down to the final lap of the final race to determine who the 2015 IndyCar Champion would be.
Linked below are full videos of races during the 2015 IndyCar season.
Louisiana: • The BIZARRE And CHAOTI...
Fontana: • The 2015 MAVTV 500 Mig...
Sonoma: • When IndyCar's Champio...
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[@reallyu812]

I always felt that Montoya deserved this championship. He dominated that whole season.

[@simonho413]

For real

[@amp888]

"Dominated that whole season"? Did you not watch the video? JPM's season was spotty with flourishes of performance; at best he dominated some events, and even that's a stretch. He had two wins and a total of 5 podiums in the entire season, with four of his podiums in the first six events of the year (up to the Indy 500). Those were followed by a stretch of 8 events without a podium until Pocono, at the penultimate round.

[@IanOnTheDL]

I consider JPM one of the greatest drivers ever. Every type of car he drove he won in it

[@mikulitsi1819]

Crazy to think that both Montoya's title fights in American open wheel racing came down to tiebreakers. Outrageous

[@tommcglone2867]

Montoya is one of the greatest drivers of all time. He could be competitive driving in any series. When he was in F1 even Der Kaiser Michael Schumacher genuinely feared JPM.

[@javiergarrido6088]

The Best driver from Colombia, and one of the best drivers in Motorsport history. He achieved that a whole country watch Motorsport alongside soccer and ciclism as colombia is. He deserved the 2015 title and more wins in Nascar. Great video man.

[@monky4158]

Me watching Sonoma live as a kid as a Dixon fan was the most fun thing ever.

[@Demise90Racing]

The last race must have been crazy for Dixon fans. He needed a perfect race and got it done.

[@monky4158]

@@Demise90Racing exactly. As a kid I didnt understand it but watching it back its really cool to understand

[@masonpyle3182]

I was at the race as a dixon fan, best day of my life

[@eggselent9814]

I loved this video. I really hope you could make a series out of it, maybe looking into other motorsports as well. As for other suggestions: IndyCar: -Will Power (2012): Power lead Ryan Hunter-Reay by 36 points with 2 rounds to go and still managed to lose it, due to a crash in the final race at Fontana. -Hélio Castroneves (2003): He had a 25 point lead with 3 rounds to go and 42 points ahead of actual Champion Scott Dixon, before eventually dropping behind both in the title race due to a pretty bad final stretch NASCAR: -Denny Hamlin (2010) Was the regular season champion that year and seemed to finally end Jimmie Johnson's dominance after leading by 30+ points with 2 to go. Well, he didn't score another Top-10 after that, meaning Johnson won title nr. 5 -Kevin Harvick (2020): He won 9 races that year (4 more than actual champion Elliott) and lead the title race after the Round of 8, before finishing second in the first race of the round of 8. Then he completely collapsed, not finishing in the top-15 in the other two races, losing him the title. Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton (2007) In his rookie season, he lead the title race by 12 points from team mate Fernando Alonso, with 2 races to go (which was more than a race win), before only scoring two points in the final two races, losing the title to Kimi Räikkönen by one point (who won the final two races) Fernando Alonso (2010) Alonso lead the championship until the final round in Abu Dhabi, 15 points ahead of eventual winner Sebastian Vettel and 8 ahead of nearest title rival Mark Webber. A bad strategy call and him not managing to pass Vitaly Petrov lead him to losing the title by 4 points. WRC: Colin McRae (2001): Had a championship lead of 1 point over Tommi Mäkinen and 2 over Richard Burns ahead of the final rallye of the season. Mäkinen retired on the first day and McRae was in a secure spot to win the title as Burns did not have a lot of pace. Made a mistake by himself and threw the title away. Carlos Sainz (1998): Was 1 point behind Tommi Mäkinen ahead of the final rallye of the season. However, Mäkinen retired after an accident on day 1, leading Sainz needing to just cruise home. He was in fourth place when he suffered an engine failure 500m from the end of the rallye/championship. DTM: Liam Lawson (2021) Had a pretty solid lead over title contenders Kelvin van der Linde and an even bigger one over Maximilian Götz ahead of the final two races at the Norisring. In the first one he started from Pole, but KVL pushed him out of the way, leading to Götz winning race 1. Lawson still increased his Championship lead, but in race 2 KVL rammed into Lawson, taking the Kiwi out of the race. KVL later retired and Götz was in P3. Like that, Lawson would've won the title, but Mercedes gave the two leaders a team order, meaning Götz was let through and won the title Mattias Ekström (2017) Despite only winning one race the whole season, Ekström had a pretty big lead in the championship ahead of the final round at Hockenheim. Eventual champion René Rast (who was in his first full season) was 13 points behind him. However Ekström would only score 4 points in the final two races, meaning he lost the championship.

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you. You'll see more of these in the future for sure!

[@KellieLeigh48]

Another banger of Demise the GOAT

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you 🤘

[@Pabig93]

I think Montoya might be the only driver to be on both ends of a championship tie break in a major racing series.

[@Demise90Racing]

As far as I can remember, I think he is, which is a crazy stat on its own.

[@darkwhitegamer5]

I raced go karts while growing up and I lived in Florida and raced in Miami or homestead and JMP would often come to watch as his dad was responsible for the racing series we were in (easy kart). I had a helmet which was JMP helmet design at the time 2003 but instead of Colombian colors I had German flag colors. He walked by one time and saw me wearing it , he said “ I like that.👍🏼” and walked away. Very happy he approved and super happy to have met and raced infront of him

[@luisvaldes1568]

Great vid, seems like yesterday. G. Rahal won races that year!

[@CX0909]

10:57 Did ya hear that F1?!?! To get his rear wing replaced!

[@sadaba43]

great breakdown! this one definitely felt missing from the first day, what a rough way to lose it tbh

[@Demise90Racing]

Absolutely, one of the toughest defeats ever.

[@JaymesEaston]

Well done! Excellent editing with ho-hum races minimalized. While Palou, O'ward and Herta are lauded for having "Quick Hands", from the videos I've seen I think Montoya had the quickest.

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you! I did my best to keep this video as short as possible without missing key details. Juan was one of the best to do it, that's for sure.

[@JaymesEaston]

Thank you! The writers lament, "Its is easier to write than edit....". The first memories I have of Juan's quickness I believe was at Mid-Ohio or Road America. If you blinked you wouldn't have seen it - the commentators were freaking and must have replayed it a half-dozed times - "How did he do that?" I think he may have been a keen student of Ayrton Senna. Good Luck, I really like your narration as much as your content.

[@randalskinner1194]

…….very well done Demise90!! Wow, over half an hour long! That was definitely no “cake walk” for you. Fortunately the flow and quality commenting was spot on the entire video (was there any doubt??….No!)👍🏽🏁

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This was definitely the biggest and most time consuming video I've done yet. I did my best to stick to only the important information, and still ended up 30 mins long which wasn't my intention. I try to keep things as short as possible without missing key details. It might be too long for some, but the people that have taken the time to watch have really appreciated it.

[@randalskinner1194]

🤔I ‘d assume I speak for many in saying that if your videos are 15 minutes or 35 minutes, we can’t wait to see what you put together for us after we get notified of a new video. 😎🏁

[@rhysellis928]

There are aspects of this Indycar season that resonate strongly with the 2007 Formula 1 season, (and I'm not including the off-track scandals that happened in F1 that year). If memory serves me right, Lewis Hamilton was about 25-30 points clear of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari by the mid point at the US GP, but by the penultimate round in China, he was just 6-7 points ahead, only to lose it at the final race in Brazil. He made up for it in 2008, but I still believe that '07 should've been Hamilton's year, which would have been spectacular as that was his rookie season.

[@calebmeadows2393]

Love the Indycar history videos we need more youtubers making Indycar content!

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you! I completely agree 👍

[@jaguarfox9586]

I like ur way of presenting, got a sub. keep it up

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you very much. Glad you found the channel and enjoyed the video 👍

[@francocasentieri932]

An absolute thriller story. Great video

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Posirep]

Alex Palou watching this video after the last 2 weeks 👀

[@Nismo-gy3wz]

Im an older guy that loves his motorsport, all levels. Being an Aussie, it's great to see Scotty doing great in Indycar, even though he's a New Zealander, lol. Your videos are awesome, the effort you put in telling the story of each one is to be commended. Keep them coming....

[@Houston1863]

Great coverage of the season thanks very much. What a pity Juan-Pablo missed out in such agonising circumstances but Scott Dixon did what he needed to do and in the end it counted.

[@brandensimmons653]

Liking the new series hopefully we'll see more missing championship

[@Demise90Racing]

I'll do more in the future for sure!

[@larwa85]

Dixon was very lucky in 2013 and 2015

[@MaxKleinbub]

That was great keep up the good work

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you, will do!

[@bartsullivan4866]

Crazy to see how young Newgarden was winning Toronto in 2015. JPM was an awesome driver for sure talented in any car period. I never can understand why TMS never has a better crowd because all the races there seem to be thrillers. I love these old videos Demise90 thanks for posting. I feel like they need more ovals like Milwaukee and Fontana back on the calendar or Phoenix. I am a little biased because I am out west in Portland which I am grateful we are on the calendar at all but would like to see 1 or 2 more ovals on the schedule. Went to Iowa this year and had a blast.

[@Posirep]

He won Barber that year for his first win. Remember, this was already Newgarden's 3rd season.

[@food223]

i never been a huge fan of Montoya in terms of his personality, however he really deserved that championship

[@larwa85]

Now about Castro-Neves 2013 and 2014

[@Demise90Racing]

There will be more of these missing championship videos in the future, don't worry 🙂

[@larwa85]

@@Demise90Racing ok 🙂

[@wb-141]

Could you maybe do entire recap videos on entire seasons i'd think it woule be really cool!

[@Demise90Racing]

That's a possibility. 2015 was easy because every race was available in good quality. Not every season has all the races available unfortunately.

[@ic3man]

If I did the math right. If both races weren’t double points Montoya and Dixon would’ve tied on points. Maybe I forgot to include the quali points Dixon got. Someone please let me know

[@Demise90Racing]

I believe Dixon still would have won. I guess I was referring more to just the Indy 500 being double points and not randomly the last race of the year. They took the last race double points away a few years ago, and the 500 double points away this year. So we are back to just a straight forward Championship battle, that really isn't a battle because Alex Palou is killing everyone this year lol.

[@andylambertz84]

Thanks for that! 👌

[@Demise90Racing]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@mgers75]

JPM lost a lot of points thru no fault of his own in 2015. Like the rainout in NO he was leading that race and ended up like 6th? And a $2 part breaks. (which almost never happens with Penske) at Iowa costing him huge points and would've been able to cruise around Sonoma in 10th and still win the title. Instead he had to battle for the title and made that dumb mistake trying to squeeze by Power.

[@wholespeed]

Peak Indy Car design was late 90’s in the champ car series. This video reminds us how ugly these cars got. Better today but they need to fix the aero pods in front of the rear wheels and make the aero screen look better. It’s too big. Perhaps adopt the look of the halo from F1.

[@DJMidnight65]

As a Scott Dixon fan, I absolutely lost it when he stole the title that year. The people around me didn’t understand why, but I didn’t care. I witnessed a most improbable outcome in that race for the championship. Needless to say, I was a happy camper that day.

[@ae3898]

Can’t stand the double points gimmick for a season’s final race. “Making it interesting” = overturning the proper results of a season-long battle.

[@Posirep]

Agreed. Although in this case I dont think it mattered, people have gone back and removed the double points Dixon would have won either way if they didnt have double points cuz remember, JPM had the other double points win.

[@pulishem]

Im a big Dixon fan, so I clearly loved the Sonoma finale that year It was only made sweeter by that the fact that the broadcasting from south america (Im from Argentina) was clearly unprofessional and one sided towards Montoya, trying to make him like a living god while trash talking the rest of the field. We were able to see how Penske threw away the championship between both of his drivers while CGR played the ultimate team effort with kanaan and kimball helping Dixon when needeed. 8 years after that day, I do feel a bit sad that Montoya never got a chance for redemption, only winning one more race before leaving penske (yeah he won the IMSA championship and a class victory as a pro-am in Le mans but nowhere near the same)

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

Lifelong Montoya fan.

[@Demise90Racing]

Me too! Especially in Indy, F1, and IMSA.

[@Charlemagne89]

You could describe Montoya as "Fast, but Inconsistent". This has plagued him his entire career. Across CART, F1, Indycar, and IMSA, he will show up, light the place on fire, score some wins, and then leaves. He lost the championship in 2015 because he was simply not as consistent as Scott Dixon. He had too many poor races and Scott had fewer poor races, and had three wins to JPM's two. In F1 he showed up for five and a half seasons, won seven races, and left after poor results and frustration. In Indycar, he showed up for three seasons, won four races including the Indy 500, and then left after poor results. In IMSA he showed up for three seasons, won the championship, and then left after Penske left. His dalliances in sports car racing since then have garnered a few podiums but the trajectory and trend data is the same. For whatever series of reasons, he was never fully able to dominate a season except for the magical year in 1999 when he set CART on fire and in 2019 when he and Dane Cameron got the job done in IMSA. I will always love this guy but I just wish he was able to be race more consistently. He did a lot of crashing, and I saw it in person (Indy 2016, Mid-Ohio 2020, really the whole IMSA season in 2020).

[@Demise90Racing]

Even in 1999 with all those wins he won the championship on a tie breaker against Dario. He still had quite a few bad finishes.

[@IanOnTheDL]

Those mid 2010's indycars were so ugly

[@eggselent9814]

Agree

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

"LETS GLUE SOME MORE CANARDS ON IT.....ON THE CANARDS"

[@HAWGGY85]

It's an awful decision to award the same amount of points for an ordinary race as for the race which is bigger than the series itself.

[@Demise90Racing]

I agree. The Indy 500 I get, but the last race is kinda dumb. They got rid of it thankfully, and even took the double points away from the 500 starting this year.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

@@Demise90Racing Double points is gimmicky IMO

[@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498]

Ricky Rudd vs Kevin Harvick at Richmond Night Race 2003,the Nascar Cup Series playoffs

[@sergiohincapie4201]

Sage Karam… 😕

[@mikekadlcak1963]

Old CART championship points were so much better... this new crap is so bad. A lot of different champions would be the outcome and Dixon would only be 4 times max.

[@bradleydennis1263]

As great of a driver as he is, he'll more than likely be remembered as the guy who hit the jet dryer truck in the 2012 Daytona 500

[@acecombat2shill]

🧂

[@acecombat2shill]

(i am the salty one)

[@tomcleave2622]

Great stuff, more please. Thanks