Juan Pablo Montoya

Most Diversified Driver in the World

Juan Pablo Montoya the racing superstar, a crossover racer who had won in Formula One, CART, IRL, Grand-Am, Formula 3000 and NASCAR during his rookie year, is one of the most talented professional car drivers in the world. He is currently racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/nascar/juan-pablo-montoya.php I http://www.motorsportinprint.com/26/164/2324/Juan_Pablo_Montoya_-_Earnhardt_Ganassi_Racing_-_2009

He is the only person in the world that have accumulated different victories winning the American Indy 500, Daytona 24 Hours, and CART championship all in his first attempts; adding his Monaco GPrix win makes him the only one in the world that has achieved the feat. He is also the only driver in the planet who has victories in Formula One, CART, IRL, Grand-Am, Formula 3000 and NASCAR. If he succeeds in winning the 24 Hours of LeMans one day, he will achieve the Triple Crown of Motorsports, the three most important races in the world, Indy, Monaco and LeMans. http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/nascar/juan-pablo-montoya.php I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Motorsport

Today, in his third season at NASCAR and driving the No.42 Target/Wrigley's Chevrolet Impala for the Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing team, has finished in 8th position on the Final Chase of the 2009 champioship and was voted NASCAR "Driver of the Year". http://www.motorsportinprint.com/26/164/2324/Juan_Pablo_Montoya_-_Earnhardt_Ganassi_Racing_-_2009 I http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jmontoya00/cup/

The Move that Shocked the Racing World

It happened during Montoya´s rookie year on Formula One, in the 2001 season at the Grand Prix of Brazil, in Interlagos. Montoya who started 4th. in the grid, was now moving into 2nd. position behind world champion Michael Schumacher, after a first lap accident where the Pace Car was ordered in, to supervise the issuing Red Flag and prepare for the next restart. Now it was already the fourth lap, this was only his 3rd. race at F1, and everybody was coming down straight the line for the launching restart, Schumacher crossed on the lead and approached the closing first curve, the famous Senna Curve, he went wide in order to take the left, Montoya who was 10 meters behind him went for the middle of the alley retarding on the braking as he entered the curve... http://ndtv.f1pulse.com/features/The_Number_Juan/features-f1_rewind-2009-april-features_f1_rewind20090427_6/f1_rewind_article.aspx

...suddenly it happened, Montoya came like a speeding bull, cornering Schumacher against the piano line, wheels rubbing on the verge of a slip. It was a bold move that surprised everybody, but no more than Schumacher who thought Montoya was a few cars behind. That was it. Montoya passed by and jumped ahead like a spring while Schumacher was slow to react by the assault, the move broke him. It was a shocking statement; the new generation was openly challenging the old guard. That overtake defined the pace of the things that came into Formula One racing during the rest of the decade. Things changed dramatically from there on. Montoya was there to stay and in the years to come he will made Schumacher his favorite overtaking prey at the tracks. http://ndtv.f1pulse.com/features/The_Number_Juan/features-f1_rewind-2009-april-features_f1_rewind20090427_6/f1_rewind_article.aspx I http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/10368/ I http://www.gridcrasher.com/index.php/2008/04/18/six-great-f1-overtaking-moves-from-the-modern-era