What Made Juan Pablo Montoya One of a Kind

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[@LtNduati]

I've got to say, Montoya's "Blind or Stupid" is probably one of the best F1 press moments

[@ioavramos1408]

There was the Juan juan juan by a journalist stuff also

[@wildcatkhaya5675]

To blatantly call one of the greatest drivers in the sport "stupid" right in front of him, and the world is absolutely disgusting. He has all my respect.

[@annerud9625]

Yup, Schumacher definitely screwed him over.

[@catchmeifyoucan1807]

@@wildcatkhaya5675 Greatest driver? He cheated to win his races. Greatest cheater maybe is apt

[@wildcatkhaya5675]

@@catchmeifyoucan1807 Its fine to think that, but I feel like at this point no multiple WDC is completely clean or "nice". I still respect MSC greatly and I'm a LH fan. Obviously Schumi wouldve been straight up cancelled and crucified in the media for his stunts, but it was a different time then. LH recieved a lot of heat for unintentionally punting Max off, but these F1 newbies are lightweights. Just because hes a 7 time WDC doesnt mean he'll be perfect, but then people will crucify him as if their favourites Senna or MSC were clean. I love the greats man, they put everything on the line to win even if they broke some rules. I wont say Lewis is cleaner than the other greats because I dont see it that way. None of these greats are perfect, they were just incredibly quick, difficult to keep down, and consistent.

[@gambinoi8078]

Alonso, Raikkonen and Montoya. What a line up of rookies

[@anirudhsubramanian4781]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Yuggoth87]

20 years later we have MazeSpin ..."Bruh"

[@allainangcao28]

But there is one man in that group that has made history… Fernando Alonso, the only man to have TWO rookie seasons.

[@_sq_6029]

@@Yuggoth87 man,ur comment should be GOATEE

[@kumarpatohome]

@@allainangcao28 not to ruin your fun but Raikkonen Ocon soon-to-be Alex Albon also did

[@TheGabe92]

Despite public warnings from two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser, Jr. claiming that if a driver does not respect the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place "will bite you - hard" Montoya shrugged off the advice claiming that all four corners were exactly the same and that the track required less attention than the road courses in the CART series and in European racing. In the event, the Colombian led 167 of 200 laps and claimed top honours at the end of the 500-mile (800 km) race, taking an easy victory on his first attempt. What a guy.

[@litdoe9155]

When did Juan say that ovals were boring?

[@stpbasss3773]

@@litdoe9155 When in his comment did he claim Montoya said it was boring?

[@skyhigh6089]

He had a dominating car. Once IndyCar went spec class with Dallara he was exposed. And how he threw away the 2015 season was just unforgivable.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

@@skyhigh6089 exposed? you are a clown.

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

Eh, I think his 2015 Indy win was bigger because he claw his from the back during the race to win.

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

What made Montoya one of a kind? Two words: “fucking Raikkonen”

[@wildcatkhaya5675]

Oh my god, why would he do that to Raikkonen??

[@radeoradeo5743]

“What a fuckin idiot”

[@kuhaku9587]

" no Homo"

[@GloomGaiGar]

@@wildcatkhaya5675 who wouldn't!

[@theelf152]

I bet he was saying that again when he left in 06. If people know that Juan was bloody quick, then Raikkonen was untouchable!

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Big up JPM! 🙌

[@petarkostesic8570]

TOMMO 🙌

[@f1pro299]

No one cares about JPM, BUT their is one king

[@lukebrommage2420]

@@f1pro299 Learn grammar.

[@KrishnaSharma-gg1eh]

@@f1pro299 ;-;

[@thesteveruss]

Would have been cool to include some CART stuff.

[@modergav]

Montoya in my opinion is just like Nelson Piquet in terms of personality and wheel to wheel battles. Would he great seeing him up against Lewis, Fernando and Kimi on 07 and 08 seasons.

[@Aldas001]

They're certainly very similar but for sure Montoya had a bit more respect off the track. In terms of some of the things Piquet said about other's off the track he is UNMATCHED levels of disrespect

[@Lukeywoodsey]

@@Aldas001 is that why Piquet gets forgotten about? Everyone forgets about him in WC lists. Worth of a video?

[@Enzoblueblood]

@@Lukeywoodsey Definitely an underrated 3 times champion. And his kung fu was pretty good.

[@Lukeywoodsey]

Makes sense he left for McLaren in 2005, look at what happened to Williams then with their car

[@superjuca55]

@@Lukeywoodsey Brazilian here. I don't remember his 1st title and was very young on the 2nd. Basically, he was very arrogant and offensive back then. He had very bad relationship with the brazilian press. He even won the 'troféu limão' - 'lemon trophy' for being the most unsympathetic pilot a few times. Then Senna arrived on F1 and had very good relationship with the press... and Piquet got jealous(!) of it. If he wanted the attention before he shouldn't have been such an A-orifice. He also offended Nigel Mansel's wife during their internal war at Williams, even for Brasil, in the 80s, everyone saw that as an incredibly cowardly, sexist and immature thing to do; questioned Senna's sexuality... that's what I remember. Basically he was Mr 'Politicaly Incorrect' at a time when the term had not even been invented. I rate him one of the greatest 'cerebral' pilots of all time, strategist, car developer and setuper, on the same level as Lauda and Prost. But he was really rotten outside the track. EDIT: correcting what paranoid android said, he was a 'great' boxer. (Search for Nelson Piquet Lango Lango 😂 )

[@botortamas]

The very first driver I rooted for when I first started watching F1 20yrs ago. While everyone was glamorising Schumacher and Ferrari I was always rooting for the underdog. He kept it exciting with his wild overtakes and would bully passed Schumacher which no other driver had the balls to do. Single handedly kept 01 and 02 interesting. Fearless driver he was and not your typical eurospec crop driver which made him different. Shame his career unravelled the way it did.

[@captainjosue]

You are right about that. No other F1 driver had the courage or balls to pass Schumacher except for Hakinnen and Montoya. Everyone was bending over just letting Schumacher by but not JPM. Oh hell no. He would pass Schumacher every chance he could and did.

[@giomilahy]

Raw speed. That what make him different. Him and Nando have that kind of agressive yet smooth driving style. Thats why i really rooting for both of them.

[@kuhaku9587]

Lando is building up to be a world championshipship class driver

[@eugenehong9668]

@@kuhaku9587 he said nando not lando

[@beanlentil]

@@kuhaku9587 Lando ain't Nando man Lando's #blessed to drive a good McLaren, unlike Nando

[@micodyerski1621]

Max has Montoya like speed. He tells the car where to go and forces the car to listen. If the car is up to it.

[@WinTech4074]

@@kuhaku9587 nando isn’t lando. Nando is short for fernando lol

[@MadeByPerspective]

An unforgettable F1 driver that’s for sure 🔥 Thanks for having me on bro, video turned out awesome!

[@Jueen_]

I think right now he’s still trying to win 24 hours of Le Mans, I think with that he’d get the triple crown of Motorsport

[@j1020-u2e]

He definitely has better chances of winning the triple crown than Alonso. I think if Alonso really wants to win the Indy 500 he’d have to move over and compete in IndyCar

[@MrPrajitura]

@@j1020-u2e as it is, Nando would need a Honda engine to win Indy, which would be quite difficult to happen..

[@michaelmulkern9114]

@@MrPrajitura Not really, the division of Honda that makes Indycar engines is completely separate from the F1 engines division. Honda has even said they have no issue with Nando running their engines in indy. The issue the past few years tho where Nandos commitments to Toyota in WEC who wouldn't allow him to race with a Honda engine.

[@patrickanderson9023]

I highly doubt Montoya will get the chance of winning Le Mans now that he’s 45+ years old.

[@Madrat-tw2in]

@@patrickanderson9023 you never know with le mans... for example in 2017 the toyota was leading the race and had broken the lap record but broke down on the final lap, handing the win to porsche.

[@charamia9402]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! I have to say that press conference of Imola -04 is one of my favorite moments. You can feel the tension in the room when Montoya said 'blind or stupid', and the relief of 'that's racing'. That one sentence I feel sums up Montoyas attitude towards the sport - and towards Schumacher. When Montoya was asked to describe Schumacher in one word, he chose 'target'. He was the one driver he wanted to beat more than anyone.

[@patrickanderson9023]

To me, it was obvious that Schumi didn’t care about JPMs comments at the time.

[@charamia9402]

@@patrickanderson9023 Schumi didn't care, the audience, however, were flabbergasted by the audacity.

[@mateoleon524]

@@patrickanderson9023 really when everybody laughs at you (shum) when he says a comment calling you stupid, and then you hear the whole crowd. Yeah anybody would care, is just that is not like to die for

[@chico0326]

My favorite thing about Montoya is how he left F1 because he genuinely didn’t like the politics involved, he just wanted to race. To this day he’ll even say he doesn’t regret so not only is he a super skilled driver, he’s super down to earth and just wants to do what makes him happy above anything else.

[@jacobogomez1907]

As a Colombian, this guy was amazing. Local tv would broadcast the races at 5am with the soccer commentators, just amazing.

[@0megalul309]

must have been an amazing experience. Colombian soccer comentators with the golgolgolgolgol never get old.

[@jacobogomez1907]

It was! I found old footage of the Monaco win if you wanna check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHKl2yjZ8ajrqM

[@mateoleon524]

@@0megalul309 omegalul, i was 7 years old and every sunday morning everybody listen to the roar of his bmw. Btw thats mexican gol We say “gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool golazooooo!! como le pegaste a esa pelota?” We say it that way. We dont say golgolgol thats weird cause ive heard the mexicans and boy they are wack. Same with the argentinians WACK!!! Futbol commentators. Nothing beats the Colombia commentators specially on the era of James Rodriguez and Iguita

[@carlpeant9666]

damn dude i wish i was a columbian for a moment during those times, had to be something insanly awesome, remember watching him as a kid in my local tv in czech he was always some1 i was looking forward to see. he and ralf are my most favorite duo ever to race, pushing each other to limits.

[@nascarnational]

One of auto racing's greatest personalities. If you followed one series, you saw him compete and at a high level. In F1, he battled the best of the best at a time that is very much iconic. In IndyCar, he was one of the many drivers that proved that grand prix victors can translate their skills into two wins at the Indianapolis 500, auto racing's biggest event. In NASCAR, he enthused fans and competitors with multiple thrilling wins on road courses. While an oval victory didn't come, he was able to compete with the likes of Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, etc., on very unique tracks and cars that he didn't grow up dedicating time to. In sports cars, he proved that closed-cockpit comfortability & open-wheel masterclass can indeed translate to trophies @ Le Mans & Daytona. The best part? He still has it today. He can race at Indy and become a threat to score a third Borg-Warner Trophy. He can jump into a NASCAR Cup car @ Watkins Glen and potentially outduel Chase Elliott, who is set to become NASCAR's road-course god. He can sit behind the wheel of a Toyota @ Le Mans and crush the competition with unimaginable force. Say what you want about the GOAT statuses of Lewis Hamilton, Jimmie Johnson, Scott Dixon, etc, but Montoya is only one of less than of a handful of elite individuals to succeed in literally anything and everything he's touched. In the modern day no less. Simply put, Juan Pablo Montoya is a generational talent, and one that's set the bar for racecar drivers across the world.

[@slimbrady6691]

Chase will likely win more roadcourse races but Gordon will always be the NASCAR GOAT of road courses because he won all those races while only getting two opportunities a season and he actually had to use a clutch pedal.

[@DanHill1991]

After Hakkinen retired Montoya was my favourite driver for a while, still gutted he never won a championship in F1.

[@vedasamhitmatta8261]

Please do more videos about F1 history.it makes it more interesting and makes fans more connected to it. Being an F1 fan,I really enjoyed your videos about Vettel,Jim Clark. Finally your video about lotus is a MASTERPIECE. it made me inspired to study which I wasn't doing since three days😅😅😂

[@DiegoRomero-gj6zn]

He's the "moral" winner of the 2003 championship. Without his car failures in Austria and Japan, he would have scored enough points to outscore Michael and Kimi in that year's championship. He really only came 12 points short of winning it.

[@lukasvitkauskas9811]

But how many car failures did Kimi and Michael have?

[@sympathiser_of_Germans_in_40s]

That's like saying Britan would have if they had scored a couple more goals, sure they would have but they didn't.

[@MrBritishComedy]

Not really. Montoya wasn't the only one with technical issues. His Williams was arguably faster than the Ferrari and yet he still didn't manage to build a lead that would be strong enough to hold till the end of the season. A lot of times he was just way too reckless - which also didn't help his championship campaign. And then there was the thing about the Michelin tyres that expanded beyond the allowed limits during the race...

[@theelf152]

Kimi was 2pts from winning the WDC in 03, and he had 3 technical failures. It was ONLY Raikkonen that was glued to that Ferrari's gearbox both Michaels and Barichellos. Your talking about 12 points when Williams had a dominant engine Does Not Even Compare !!!

[@CristianVillalobos]

I mean, putting himself in the wall in Australia or taking out Barrichello at Indy didn't help

[@chomalen]

Loved the Bridgestone v. Michelin battles back then also. I used to remember the Michelin's suddenly coming on about 10 laps into the stint and the cars would be suddenly 1s /lap faster. This would be worth looking back at.

[@jackbloyce8296]

As James Hunt once said Big balls

[@GloomGaiGar]

and another one said, none of them are crystal

[@SamuelSantos_]

I almost feel like Verstappen is the modern Montoya. I think Verstappen is better overall but they had similar racecraft and aggression.

[@apophisstr6719]

In terms of racecraft and aggressiveness on taking opportunity, probably yes, but Max definitely had grown quite a lot since his first few years of F1, now he's a lot more mature and calm than just being outright fiery like Montoya (not that's it's a bad thing, but still).

[@SamuelSantos_]

@@apophisstr6719 Yeah, Max is a more refined Montoya I guess

[@adityamcis]

Max is crash trappen for a reason. He is not like any one.

[@johannesfonken4352]

@@adityamcis you are unfunny. Not like anyone.

[@GloomGaiGar]

@@adityamcis old unfunny garbage meme

[@HavokR505]

everyone forgets this but Montoya is closer to the Triple Crown than Alonso. he just needs the easiest one: 24hr of LeMans

[@Mr.Scootini]

Having done a 24hr kart race before.... those aren’t easy at all. So I can’t imagine lemans being easy or the easiest

[@GloomGaiGar]

"easiest" you make it sound like he's going vacation lol

[@mr.estadistica6428]

easy: 24H Le Mans: just sleep at night,race at day medium: Indy 500: faster cars,dangerous oval hard: Monaco GP: mainly open wheel car series, closed circuit

[@forr0_]

@@mr.estadistica6428 how you really know? Are you Hill or something like that?

[@mr.estadistica6428]

@@forr0_ im a big fan of racing and something random is that never existed a driver from my nacionality

[@abrarkhandoker2991]

Finally, a video on my Favourite driver in all of motorsports not just F1. This cheered me up. Thanx Aldas

[@nickwall2497]

I have one for Juan, just one...one hypothetical, Juan. As Juan the wonderkid, the rising number one of Formula One, Juan, one wonders, should Juan only win one Formula One, one year...would Juan want to have won that one in Round One, Juan?

[@MrJM540]

Sadly, no Juan will know

[@estesandia]

Thank you for talking good about one of our Colombian heroes. He really made us proud back in the day

[@patrickanderson9023]

«The Jet Dryer King of NASCAR»..

[@hishamhilal8332]

He is a legend. Put him in any car he will be undeniably fast and relentless. I remember as a child, like 1 or 2 years old, watching f1 with my dad, nothing would get me excited except for that Williams BMW charging alongside the Ferrari, I would just scream things like "Montaya" and "M" because I couldn't pronounce BMW for some reason.

[@sylvianblade75]

He did suck when he was at Mclaren tho.

[@captainjosue]

JPM was the reason I watched F1 until he left. I saw him win at Long Beach in 1999 when he raced in CART (Indycar) for Chip Ganassi. He was destined to be a star. And he was.

[@GarfieldRex]

As a Colombian, first heard about Montoya in the 2000 and followed him to F1. 2003 was the year of the championship if the engine didn't blow up on Austria. I remember the F1 mania in my country, as a kid i have picture of me in a mockup FW24, love that photo. But even when Montoya left F1 me and my dad sticked around, we have been following F1 since then. My dad loves Hamilton and I am an Alonso fan, means this year, 2023, I'm happier than him xd. The early 2000s was an era I will never forget ❤

[@deepakchadha3263]

No Diplomacy by him anyways . and thats why Kimi is also a rockstar.. Both r truly legends in thier own ways...

[@YahushaisKing887]

I really enjoy your channel bro so informative and expanitory 🙂

[@leongt1954]

Now Retired V8 Supercar driver Craig Lowndes described Montoya as the most intimidating and arrogant person he's ever met when they both drove for Helmut Markos F3000 team back in 1997

[@amymac8998]

Loved Juan Pablo, we didn't get long enough of him in F1, was gutted when he packed it in. Think F1 was too constrained for feisty free spirit but he gave us some great race. Never watched Nascar until he moved there and have grown to enjoy it a bit but always wonder what he could've achieved. He just didn't take no crap from nobody 👌❤️

[@simbarocksone]

I’m still convinced that Montoya should have won the championship in 2003. He was pretty unlucky that year.

[@vinicilaj]

If someone was unlucky in 2003 , it was Kimi Raikkonen with those unlucky retirements that cost him the WDC that year …

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

He could have been champion for sure. Always had talent but not the ethic and attitude imo..

[@simbarocksone]

@@vinicilaj true

[@McLarenMercedes]

FIA deciding to change the tire regulations late in the season due to Ferrari's pleas the Michelin's had an "unfair advantage" was the real reason. The Michelin tires *did* comply with the 2003 regulations and normally they'd introduce new regulations for the next season to give the tires manufacturers time to develop new compounds. This time however they "inexplicably" (not really, pardon my sarcasm) decided to revise them late season. Therefore Michelin had to develop a brand new tire over a weekend. Needless to say the performance edge Montoya had was gone. "He was pretty unlucky that year." FIA's puzzling late season decision to change their very own regulations of what was legal was 80% of the reason.

[@theelf152]

Wrong !.Raikkonen lost the WDC by 2pts and experienced at least 3 failures. Raikkonen between 2003-7 was easily the fastest driver on the planet bar none. In 2005 he was 1/2s faster than everyone at Monaco, and during the spa race he was 1-2 sec faster than everyone even with heavier fuel loads. I like Juan because he was a good benchmark for Kimi. Juan could be quick on occasion Kimi was ballistic every occasion and if he had even half the mechanical failures he did -would easily be a 3time WDC. 2003/5 were without doubt his barring those failures, more than any driver in the history of F1 he had the worst luck.

[@leewat9068]

oh deer

[@vratyasvakyas6022]

Yeah, you know, like a horse with horns

[@F-Man]

Montoya is still the all out most impressive driver I’ve ever watched, and I’ve gotten to see Schumacher, Hamilton, Verstappen, etc., etc. It’s no surprise, really, that you hold the opinion that Montoya seemed to have come from a “different era.” Having come of age in the US with CART, a series that still did have turbocharged monster cars, very low downforce, and venues as varied as Belle Isle to 2.5 mile super speedway ovals, he absolutely learned how to be a fighter in the spirit of the previous generation - and holy god did it serve him well.

[@108hindu]

I saw JPM drive one of those turbo monsters in Portland in 1999. I loved those cars and his driving was amazing. Everyone was talking about the Ganassi rookie driver that was driving the wheels off his car.

[@lyndonbull3581]

I agree totally mate, JPM might never have won an F1 title, but his ability to do so well in many different disciplines of racing puts him firmly in the Jim Clark ball park for me. A driver who enjoyed a close fight, and fearsome.

[@skyhigh6089]

Wash your mouth after comparing Clark to an also ran like JPM.

[@p_dogg6707]

My memories of the Schumacher dominance era almost exclusively include JPM, Coulthard, Raikkonen, Alonso, Ralf Schumacher, Michael, Trulli, Webber. Legends.

[@mattrubin89]

Barricello GOSH DARN IT.

[@christianalden4603]

For me personally, Michael Schumacher brought me into the world of F1. Juan Pablo Montoya however, brought me into a wide array of different motorsports disciplines including Indycar, Nascar, IMSA and endurance racing. That and Gran Turismo 4 as well.

[@NicolasESB]

If there is a race JPM showed his talent it was 2015 Indy 500, he showed the entire racing world how to drive that kind of races, he had to comeback from last to first because in a caution he was hitted behind and got a rear wing damage that made him return in the back of the pack. In that race you can see how he mastery managed every situation, even touching the grass overtaking Dixon in the last restart..., That day I was without breath the entire race and even more in the last 15 laps. He fought that race against everything that became in front of him, it was incredible to watch, I thought he was going to loose it in the last 4 laps with Power behind him, when he crossed the line I could not believe it. Here is the link of that race --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6PNgq14pdpqo7c Another race like that is 2000's Michigan 500, that battle with andretti was amazing.

[@vlasov18]

That Indy win was absolutely incredible, starting from the back, even getting into the grass to make a pass, that was absolutely insane. This guy is def one of the best drivers ever, hands down

[@skyhigh6089]

How he threw away the 2015 season at Sonoma was unbecoming of a professional driver. I hadn't seen him drive in years, then when he crashed onto Power I said "yup, still the same brainless hothead".

[@daverussell457]

Aldas: "What Made Juan Pablo Montoya One of a Kind" Me: He wasn't a clone.

[@DannyAQ]

He looks like Rey mysterio

[@GamingTohru698]

I love Montoya even though I’m a Schumacher fan, he’s so competitive and passionate. He had potential to become an F1 world champion.

[@mirial2108]

One of the finest drivers I've seen in the last 25 years and it seemed a terrible waste him going to Nascar, but I maintain the era he drove in allowed his talent to manifest itself. Whilst maybe not as adaptable as some of his contemporaries, he was matchless when the car was to his liking and I'd say on a good day would have been faster than Hamilton. He had sensational car control, like Gilles Villeneuve which allowed him to go over the edge without crashing.

[@ShivSai123456]

His name is also reallly catchy helps a lot

[@annerud9625]

Juan is awesome. Thank you for this recap. He is a truly great racer.

[@Ellis56]

Montoyas talent is undeniable and amazing, the fact that he challenged Micheal Schumacher a 7 time champion multiple times proves the skill he has but aswell as this I would say he is one of the most adaptable drivers I've ever seen because the fact that he went from challenging in F1 to winning in IndyCar, Nascar and sports cars is amazing! (I think that makes sense) Thanks for the info Aldas! and like Tommo said. BIG UP JPM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@patrickanderson9023]

The man def had talent, but he was just too aggressive at times. JPM lacked patience

[@johndaniels4623]

Awesome and don’t forget, Alonso and him are the closest to winning the big 3, Indy 500, Monaco, and Le Mans. With JPM winning Indy 2000/2015, and Monaco in 03, with only overall at Le Mans left. While Alonso has Monaco 06/07 and 24 hours of Le Mans in 2018/19, Alonso needs Indy which may or may not ever come for either driver

[@MONO10ify]

well... i think he already did it 👏👏

[@shakamaro2601]

@@MONO10ify did he do it

[@vijayshelke6565]

Juan of the greatest Juan to not win Juan formula Juan world championship

[@johnlocke1977]

The Juan and Only, Juan.

[@mauricioaristizabal1537]

What an honest and knowledgeable video. Congrats brother. Thank you.

[@mukund6073]

you could have said what makes juan Pablo Montoya Juan of a kind

[@Jaaames]

The driver that got me interested in the sport, what a LEDGE🔥

[@dominicbarden4436]

One of my favourite quirks in Montoya's career is that he's both won and lost a championship on countback: 1999 CART Season: both he and Dario Franchitti finished the year on 212 points but Montoya had won 7 times to Franchitti's 3. 2015 IndyCar Series: he and Scott Dixon finished on 556 points but Dixon had won 3 times to Montoya's 2.

[@jackhammer111]

This must have been created a long time ago because he won two Indy 500s. 2000 and 2015. I'm an old guy and I've been into the Indy 500 since I was a little boy listening to it on the radio. I can't recall a more dominant month of May at Indianapolis than Montoya in 2000. He was fastest from day one. And that's back when practice started the first week of May. He and the car was so good that they would go out and do a few laps and basically park the car cuz they had nothing less to learn and nothing left to prove. The only reason they didn't get the pole it's because they had to go earlier in the day and the track got faster as it got towards 6:00. The press, and other drivers thought he was crazy because of the way he drove, because of the lines he was carving around the track. This was before they removed that flat apron and he would dive down onto that apron in the turns. Then the race comes and he dominated it. It wasn't even close. There's no doubt that if he'd have stayed with IndyCar he would have dominated. But like others he had to go to formula One. You'd have to say he's become the consummate professional race car driver.

[@edanjel]

Montoya is One of a Kind. It was always fun to watch him go all out to try and win the race and not backing down to Schumacher, or anyone else. He brought excitement to the F1 races.

[@andresvalencia-motorsportn7324]

A fellow colombian here Aldas your words at the end of the video almost made me cry... wow very well put video mate. I am to this date still hurt by the fact that JPM didnt win the 2003 title but whatever its amazing to still see him on track even if its just LMP2 cars. I am now looking forward for his son sebastian montoya's career in motorsports.

[@jakecollins335]

I wasn’t old enough to watch Montoya in F1 and haven’t been following F1 this much till this year but I grew up watching him in nascar and it sounds like his personality was the same in nascar and f1 and he was honestly pretty good for the equipment he was in during his nascar years.

[@patrickanderson9023]

Montoya’s biggest weakness has always been his lack of patience while racing, he would always go flat out and try to overtake the car in front of him ASAP, no matter what. JPM was decent, but very inconsistant in Nascar. That type of racing was obviously not his thing.

[@robertcarr4172]

Loved us some JPM. Absolute legend! You fkn broke my heeaad

[@Lovecars1218]

I will never forget his overtake maneuver against Schumi after the SC restart in brazil 2001. He had no fear.

[@juanguillermosanin605]

Nice one, we will allways remember Montoya

[@booptidyscoop7790]

Schumi is great but he drove dirty when things went south

[@charamia9402]

And nobody else did...

[@phillydelphia8760]

@@charamia9402 no one said that. Schumacher got pretty blatant and petty at times, by now it's a matter of record rather than discussion. Edit: spellcheck working its magic.

[@CrunchyMotorsport]

Can you do the history of Tyrrell as the team could have been one of the best but fell short leading the demise of the team.

[@TheTripol]

BMW + JPM. Good memories from the early 2000s:D

[@BigGreenPeugeot]

My favourite driver. Plus he won the first race I ever attended (Silverstone 2005).

[@ThePeoplesChamp42]

He is one of the greatest racing drivers in history. Winner in everything he raced. The best part is he said NASCAR was the hardest series he raced in.

[@frevazz3364]

Unfortunately for him, the Ganassi Nascar team was junk and he could have easily left for better teams later on as they came knocking on the door but he stay with Ganassi out of loyalty. He certainly would have won alot more in Nascar had he aligned himself with better teams.

[@pizzaslut3818]

As a Colombian, I fucking love JPM. I would of loved to see him stay in F1 cause he would of maybe won a WDC. Thanks aldas for this video!

[@ziehenzug]

same here bro, at least we got to see him go all out for the indycar title in 2015

[@GloomGaiGar]

he's close to getting the Triple Crown though!

[@patrickanderson9023]

Sad that he wasted so many years in Nascar.

[@JoelGarcia-rw3nx]

I too am a slut for pizzas!

[@captainjosue]

Same here Hermano. As a latino I was cheering for JPM when he raced in CART and F1. I saw him win at Long Beach in 1999 and absolutely loved seeing him pass Schumacher when no one else had the 'cojones' to pass him.

[@tonilando]

He was my favourite f1 driver in the Williams growing up as a kid

[@garymeredith2441]

Not too many drivers could put Michael Schumacher in their spot but Juan Pablo Montoya he certainly did that and a lot of different races and I think he's one of the greatest DRIVER'S ever to put on a driver's helmet and get the job done

[@Guinnessdrnkr1234]

Juan Pablo Montoya is such an underrated driver!

[@dimedigger_id]

When I was 8, I got hooked into F1 because of JPM & Kimi. And then that 'idiot' thing happened. But yeah, he was aggressively good

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Truth of the matter is JPM isn't one of a kind. He followed in Jacques Villeneuves footsteps and they both raced the same - hard chargers, very fast, very brave and brilliant at passing. Proper street fighters and CART kings. Their records speak for themselves and both were cut out of the Keke Rosberg/Nigel Mansell cloth. Pure racers. JPM had his moments of brilliance in F1 but damn he was outrageous in CART 🍿🔥

[@jazz9128]

His career in F1 really was Juan of a kind

[@COMMONsenseAdvocate86]

Perhaps the best example of a athlete who we all loathed and despised during his time. But when looking back at his career, we think he is so fcking awesome and a massive talent

[@KenNakajima07]

Juan Pablo Montoya has a place in my memory which is dearest on that Chip Ganassi car than on the williams, he's a true racer, great work on this vid Aldas! I wonder if I'll ever see HAM or VER drink milk at Indy... probably not.

[@Nfulks96]

Juan Pablo Montoya is the closest we have to Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt in the 21st century. Cart Championship, 2 Indy 500’s, F1 wins and championship contention, and 2 nascar wins with a lot more he could’ve won make him a GOAT in my book.

[@amjan]

This video needs more than his F1 videos. He did spectacular things in ChampCar (=Indycar).

[@MONO10ify]

Feeling so proud to be colombian, he did soo much for us, he taught us how tu be brave and fearless i remember getting up at 6 am to watch him racing to the edge of every single corner, in and out of the track a out of the class, legend, putting him always out of his confort zone 💪🏻🔥🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@markhenley3097]

Remember Montoya got destroyed by Kimi Raikkonen though.

[@caraotaful]

Probably the season and the environment didn't work for him. It's hard to judge a driver for one bad season (well, 1 and 1/2 😂)

[@pokeboi5438]

Even so it was still a decent performance

[@andresvelasquez5890]

Yeah this is true. Even Montoya said the Mclaren was better than the Williams but he never was capable to fully adapt to his new car.

[@Enzoblueblood]

I loved JPM and rooted for him even as a Schumacher fan, but I never got the sense that Michael was necessarily rattled by him, and if he was he certainly didn’t show it. And Ralf did hold his own against him, especially on the point and squirt type tracks.

[@108hindu]

I saw JPM, a rookie then, drive a target Indy car in Portland in 1999. It was amazing. Everyone there was talking about his spectacular driving.

[@LASkB]

Montoya ia one of the greats ! Excellent video. You're right, in today's corporate world we'll never see another Juan Pablo

[@gmorjuela]

I'm from Colombia and my childhood was just watching him in TV winning races in Indy and F1, and it feels so good to see that a lot of people, no matter where they come from, respects and honors one of my childhood heroes. I loved so much this video.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

I wish he got a WDC in F1. He was a personality for sure - and wasn't afraid of Schumi.

[@xtlm]

Easy, he brought the Indycar mentality/chaos/flair to F1 and F1 didn't know how to react.

[@miguelnino7256]

One of the things F1 really lacks these days is precisely what Montoya had to spare... That desire of winning without caring too much for whatever consequences might that lead to. Today's drivers are really more concerned about being politically correct at all times, no making mistakes and securing their seats for the next season. You just gotta see (with some exceptions) everyone waving to let Hamilton pass in Hungary during last race. Come on, wake up, you are racing for position, its their time to shine!!! F1 right now is becoming more interesting but definetly needs to get more careless drivers in the grid. We need more of these drivers who dont go races with a script.

[@anilrajd1987]

Montoya was the final BOSS battle for Schumi

[@0megalul309]

Montoya has the biggest balls out of any f1 driver I've seen.

[@Realtime1501]

Montoya would be an anime protagonist

[@cult_personality]

lolz now i know why max has that accidental tendency. 😁😁

[@BlueMonk25]

Ive been following F1 sincd 98. In all these years, I've never seen a driver with hos natural pace. The guy was just what a racing driver was meant to be. You have to remember that when he came in 01, Michael was F1, he could do no wrong, and yet, this young kid turns up and gives him a big finger. I remember his time in F1 fondly, his qualy laps were a joy to behold. His overtakes were brazen, at time where it was nigh on impossible to pass. He will alway be my most favourite driver of all time.

[@fun364]

One of my all time favorites 🙌🏿

[@colegrigsby9401]

I’ll be honest I know him more from nascar

[@BanjoLuke1]

Quite a driver. Very entertaining. Brought races alive as we were being swept further into an era when races were getting duller. They still are getting duller, but Montoya raged against the might and brought smiles and entertainment. The off-track stuff was often churlish and puerile, but that may just be my NW European perspective... Some of his close, wheel-to-wheel stuff was almost extraterrestrial. Chapeau to JPM.

[@xXValentineXx]

my mother works in hotel in austria back in 2001 and got a cap for me from Juan. I was actually a Mika fan, but I always wore it because when do you get a cap from an F1 driver? Unfortunately it broke and then lost over the years, today I am very angry about it. I always had fun seeing how Montoya could even put pressure on Schumacher.

[@youngtractorman1662]

Juan is very like max. Both fast enough to won a wdc but they lack patience and get angry when things go wrong

[@KimiButNoDrink]

In my opinion that FW25 was fucking amazing and better than the Ferrari, that BMW engine sound was better than the Ferrari, the car itself was beautiful in every way and the unbelievable speed it had... he definitely deserved a championship though and as a McLaren fan I still don't forgive them for what they did to him.

[@danbeaucage7425]

Been a fan of JPM since his CART and ChampCar (IndyCar) days. Deserves all the praise he gets.

[@TheFed-Bureau-of-Investigation]

"F*CKING F*CKING RAIKKONEN WHAT A F*CKING IDIOT" -Juan Pablo Montaya

[@benblakemore4195]

RUSSELL NEEDS TO STAY AT WILLIAMS.....WILLIAMS ARE COMING BACK BABY...SCREW MERCEDES 😆😊☺😊☺😆😊

[@SDMotorsports]

He was never on the cusp of winning a title. It was going backwards at mclaren unfortunately

[@Holanduzo]

7:30 thats it, Montoya was the Mansell of 10 years later.