Juan Montoya to race in Nascar next season
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LOL!
I bet he got tired of never winning and he probably got offered a lot of $$$$$$. Good luck to him.
I bet he got tired of never winning and he probably got offered a lot of $$$$$$. Good luck to him.
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Nah, I think he enjoys smashing into people too much, and was a liability in F1, so NASCAR was the perfect choice.
Originally posted by: bR
wow... who the hell goes from F1 to NASCAR? WTF?
Ever since Nascar has blown up and I am assuming they are the best paid racing drivers.
thats a shame
hes one of the very few drivers in F1 who will actually race, schumi and alonso for all their brilliance are maybes too brilliant. schumacher for example will not bother to attempt an overtake if he and ross brawn have figured out a way to leap frog them in the pit stops. its safe racing yeah, but its not entertaining
montoya will go wheel to wheel even with his own team mate let alone other drivers, hes fun to watch and thats why its gonna be formula 1's loss. in the last two races he provided most of the excitement at the start of the race. tangling with rosberg in canada, and causing that spectacular crash at indy
hes one of the very few drivers in F1 who will actually race, schumi and alonso for all their brilliance are maybes too brilliant. schumacher for example will not bother to attempt an overtake if he and ross brawn have figured out a way to leap frog them in the pit stops. its safe racing yeah, but its not entertaining
montoya will go wheel to wheel even with his own team mate let alone other drivers, hes fun to watch and thats why its gonna be formula 1's loss. in the last two races he provided most of the excitement at the start of the race. tangling with rosberg in canada, and causing that spectacular crash at indy
Originally posted by: essasin
Originally posted by: bR
wow... who the hell goes from F1 to NASCAR? WTF?
Ever since Nascar has blown up and I am assuming they are the best paid racing drivers.
umm i dunno Kimi's salary is looking round 24-25 million (probably dollars, but could be £) if he goes to ferrari i think
May be the same reason Paul Tracy was testing a Nascar. Drivers can stay in Nascar longer than the other series. Wouldn't be out of the ordinary for them to race into their 40's
Originally posted by: essasin
Originally posted by: bR
wow... who the hell goes from F1 to NASCAR? WTF?
Ever since Nascar has blown up and I am assuming they are the best paid racing drivers.
your assumption is way wrong ... nascar pay is change compared to most f1 pay ... there was a time when schumi (highest paid athlete) made more than woods ... and you dont even have to win to get good pay .. ralfie with toyota ...
he makes several visits to the trailer in NASCAR after causing kyle busch to actually look like a good guy in compariosn. Having said that, at least he DOES race people
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Originally posted by: essasin
Originally posted by: bR
wow... who the hell goes from F1 to NASCAR? WTF?
Ever since Nascar has blown up and I am assuming they are the best paid racing drivers.
Well, except for Formula One of course.
Ganassi's cars haven't been that good for awhile so don't expect him to win every race just because he has been in F1. IRL and Champ are both pretty well in the crapper thats why he is going to Nascar instead of one of those.
what a waste of skills.
anyway, good luck to JPM, he's good at taking out people...that what nascar needs
anyway, good luck to JPM, he's good at taking out people...that what nascar needs
same here....
I think he will be like, "Damn, this is easy, should have done this years ago."
or,
"Damn, this thing is slow...."
Originally posted by: bR
wow... who the hell goes from F1 to NASCAR? WTF?
Mario Andretti. AJ Foyt. But those were the old days.
More recently, Christian Fittipaldi (indirectly, as he raced CART in between).
In any event, the F1 car that Montoya said he most enjoyed driving was the 97 Williams that he tested initially. The slick tires made for a car you could slide around and hang the tail out. Now, with the grooved tires the cars are on too much of a knife edge and require a lot of finesse. Not his thing.
I was at a couple of CART races when he was driving for Ganassi before. They suited his style of driving - he could really manhandle the car around. He was truly a wonder to watch.
I think the stockers will suit his driving style. However, I also think there's a lot of other drivers in that series that drive just like him, and just as agressive.
And, I don't think that just because he comes from the "top" series he'll automatically do well in NASCAR. There have been many instances where champions (and he's not even that) from one series have gone to others and failed miserably. Speed in one formula does not necessarily equate speed in another. That's why I was laughing my ass off at the whole Valentino Rossi debacle. People actually thought the guy could hop off a motorcycle and win the F1 championship no problem. Fortunately they decided against it.
FYI, my own take on it is he got fired from McLaren for crashing out half the field at the USGP this year. Despite his success, he's usually either winning or crashing. He has a history.
I don't believe he couldn't get a ride with another F1 team - just not a top rate team. It's possible that Chip offered him more money.
Originally posted by: CFster
Originally posted by: bR
wow... who the hell goes from F1 to NASCAR? WTF?
Mario Andretti. AJ Foyt. But those were the old days.
More recently, Christian Fittipaldi (indirectly, as he raced CART in between).
In any event, the F1 car that Montoya said he most enjoyed driving was the 97 Williams that he tested initially. The slick tires made for a car you could slide around and hang the tail out. Now, with the grooved tires the cars are on too much of a knife edge and require a lot of finesse. Not his thing.
I was at a couple of CART races when he was driving for Ganassi before. They suited his style of driving - he could really manhandle the car around. He was truly a wonder to watch.
I think the stockers will suit his driving style. However, I also think there's a lot of other drivers in that series that drive just like him, and just as agressive.
And, I don't think that just because he comes from the "top" series he'll automatically do well in NASCAR. There have been many instances where champions (and he's not even that) from one series have gone to others and failed miserably. Speed in one formula does not necessarily equate speed in another. That's why I was laughing my ass off at the whole Valentino Rossi debacle. People actually thought the guy could hop off a motorcycle and win the F1 championship no problem. Fortunately they decided against it.
FYI, my own take on it is he got fired from McLaren for crashing out half the field at the USGP this year. Despite his success, he's usually either winning or crashing. He has a history.
I don't believe he couldn't get a ride with another F1 team - just not a top rate team. It's possible that Chip offered him more money.
Well rumor had it that only Williams and Red Bull had an offer for him. He declined Williams... but I don't know about Red Bull. They might just be mid-pack now but next years car will be by Adrian Newey, I don't know why he would turn that down. I guess he just got sick of Formula One, period.
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