@@stephens9227 Everyone hated Michael in his prime era. Every dominant driver gets the most hate at their peak. It's a natural human characteristic to hate the best ;)
hope him son inherited him style of drive ( latino style, with a cojenes and very spectacular drive) but with self control (was the big default of Juan Pablo ).
He blew it himself by leaving the pinnacle of racing to whither away in Nascar for 9 years. I watched JPM through CART. The guy is better than Lewis Hamilton
@@thomasbennett712 There was a gap, but then reliability was a major factor back then. One way to score points is to last the course (sometimes it works, sometimes not). Points were only awarded for top 6 finishers, that may be why the gap is large from the top 3 to the midfield and the rest.
Totally agree. JPM was one of best drivers never to win a world title. But when looking across all the different series hes raced in i think hes the most complete racer we've ever seen. He was lightning quick whatever he drove
When it comes to pure speed, definitely one of if not the best. 2001 Spa out qualifying his teammate by 1 second and Michael Schumacher by 2.6 seconds is just mega
@@Jejking LOL. Try to say this to HAM sheep fans for Turkey 2020. He was stuck for 30 laps behind Vettel, and after the track started drying and benefited him and Mercedes, they pronounced it "wet weather masterclass". LOL.
@@everybodygoesdown8033 I think new fans dont understand that sometimes you just have to save the tyres and fuel for more favourable conditions to push. Traffic and pit strategies rely on it. Its quite pea brained to think that a race is only won through fast laps on every lap. Also its better than spinning about too.
Unfortunately according to him, he got bored of formula 1, and then his career in that category was over, it would have been fantastic that he followed, in Colombia we were very excited to have a Colombian in the highest category of motorsport
I loved watching him race, despite being slightly bitter towards him. I was 12 years old when Villeneuve won in 97... So to my young mind I always thought this guy took his seat at Williams. I didn't understand what actually happened until I was much older and looked into it and realized there was a couple years in between those events lol.
@@torres_leider1466 F1 devious politics killed his passion to race there. I believe you can grasp what went on during his short career in F1, all the bullishit since he stood foot there. It's very, very sad as during his short stayed JPM showed to the world it was the best that happened to F1. He's one of those real racing drivers that you see in a life time. The truth prevails Montoyeah. Saludos.
could happen to verstappen to if he could not get a championship winning car soon. he has done all he could but the politics does not goes his way sometimes
For those wondering why the Ferrari looked like that in the 2001 Monza race, they (and just about all of the teams) were paying tribute to the victims of 9/11
*Montoya overtakes Hamilton with one of his classic maneuvers* Hamilton: help, that bad man tried to get me off the track with foul play, I want my mommy *Cry on the radio*
As Juan the wonderkid, the rising number one of Formula 1, Juan, one wonders, should Juan only win one Formula 1, one year? Would Juan want to have won that one in Round one, Juan?
My Favourite Driver to ever race in F1. Montaya was one of the only drivers to take the fight to Schumacher. He was so aggressive and a real racer. F1 was never the same after Montaya left. The days of actual racing came to an end a few years after.
I could say that Montoya is among the 10 best drivers in history without titles: Fast, brave, risky ( The modern Gilles Villeneuve) I think he lacked more reliability in his cars: the 2003 season for example.
He's in the 10 best all time for me. Just because he won everything. Indycar? Wins. F1? Wins. NASCAR? Wins. IMSA? Wins. There ain't anything he can't win in. Schumacher probably couldn't win in nascar or indycar in his prime
@@jraybay I honestly don't get Hockenheim 2003. Everyone crashed, and he had the fastest car. Why is that on here over Brazil 2004, where he passed several drivers, including Kimi, after going wheel-to-wheel in the pits and down into turn 3. That was arguably his best drive after Brazil 2001.
Everybody praises Hakkinen as the biggest rival of Michael Schumacher but for me, the truly exciting was the battle Michael-Montoya. Juan Pablo was a mad dog, utterly brilliant at times.
No doubt and Of course more wins, that could had been but when you're Robbed by the maFIA creating obstacles from L, R and center, Fiddlerrai was one Team for one car only, and car reliability narrowed his chances and ultimately his early retirement from F1. This not only for him but for any real racing driver.
IKR, was thinking about the incident with Villeneuve where he saw him, turned away, realised he couldn’t let him past and turned in on him. Michael was a great driver but often put his rivals in positions where the choices were yield or have a crash.
Así es exactamente, aunque nuestro país no representa nada en ningún contexto (deportivo, cultural, económico, artístico, político...) JPM el orgullo de Colombia
@@andresvelasco707 jajajaja deje la envidia del man Colombia nunca lo apoyo el no le debe nada a Colombia, el corre por su profesión y pasión y no por los Colombianos y el amarillismo del periodismo lo dejan así como un arrogante agrandado
@@stevensanchez3106 exacto, mientras que aquí en Colombia se le daba toda la pantalla al futbol (que nunca nos a dado nada), a Montoya y su familia les tocaba hipotecar la casa para apoyar económicamente al hombre en su carrera. solo lo voltearon a ver cuando ya estaba en la cima.
De aquellos pilotos que merecieron por lo menos un título de Campeón de mundo... Talento de sobra, no he visto un piloto con más huevos que el Colombiano
@@darrenhuang6854 Got one for Juan, just a quick one hypothetical Juan the rising number one in formula 1. One wonders, should Juan won formula one, one year? Would Juan want to have won that one in round one, Juan?
@@joejohnnys I'm a massive Schumacher fan but that day Schumacher literally hit Montoya. Montoya left room for Michael but Michael hit him anyway. It was Michael's fault 100% and he should have that drive through. My opinion, Montoya was robbed then.
Montoya vs Andretti Michigan. Look it up. The Eurosport telecast of those final laps is far more exciting. One of the best wheel to wheel battles in Indycar.
@@sebastianhermann2765 in 2003 FIA introduced special Ferrari tyres for the last couple of races...Montoya or Kimi would have probably won the title without that
Absolutely one of the best drivers in F1 history. He was so fun to watch and made the F1 races interesting. I'm still a JP Montoya fan and hope he gets another Indy 500 win.
When i was a kid every halloween my costume used to be a Juan Pablo Montoya race suit :D All of his highlights still give me chills. Even cried when he won 2015 INDY 500
That move he made on Michael in Brazil 2001, shocked the Motorsport community. Hakkinen and Schumacher was a brilliant rivalry - but it was SUPER clean. Very rarely did those two every touch. So to see someone some blatantly disregard Michael's status and go for it was awe-inspiring at the time. Brazil 2004 should have been on this list though.
I loved him when he was in f1 , he came in and shook the establishment to its core . He also has a genuinely fantastic character that I really miss around f1 . He should start up his own team and we all could buy his tee shirts and caps 🧢
Mi viejo, hasta me compraron su monoplaza de niño. Este man es una chimba. Hahaha es que mi viejo salió entrenado de tanto manejar en el trafico y caos de Bogotá.
I always remember that 2003 United States Grand Prix that cost him a World Championship.Montoya's rookie season was also Kimi and Fernando's rookie season.
🔥Como Extraño mi Himno Colombiano sonando en esas Grandes pistas deleitando al mejor piloto Latino de la Historia ganándole a Shumy en esos Lujos de monoplazas q tuvo y como no amar esos sonidos de mi Himno , del wincar v10 y el Grito de Victoria dé mi héroe JPMontoya... Q épocas 💛💙❤️
Twice thanks to Sir. Frank Williams not only, therefore, for having brought Montoya to F1 but, above all, for having honored the sport, even at the expense of successes and earnings, leaving the drivers free to do what they want and must do, that is, to race and try always to win. Sir. Frank Williams, in order to face the competition, did not fall into the pathetic, low and unworthy game of the first and second driving which includes worker drivers who, by contract, appear to be little more than extras. Honoring sport it is obvious that, for those who remember and know those years, Juan Pablo Montoya faced an extremely unequal condition, always difficult to sustain and manage and that it had nothing to do with sport. But, for those who see the depth of things, in their essence, all this was the best of the best, what a sight! Montoya even came very close to the title in 2003 and this cannot help but reflect on the fabric and strength of this unrepeatable champion and on the noble and luminous path that has been indelibly traced in the universal memory. Montoya and F. Williams were well aware of everything and the greatest satisfaction would obviously have been the title, something in which, considering Montoya's brilliant talent, F. Williams, despite the situation, concretely believed. Well, dear Sir Frank Williams You have won, indeed if you have won, for all of us sportsmen and attentive observers of things, Montoya, Williams and sport have triumphed and nothing matters that it does not appear in the annals. It is told and will be told, written and will be written, from generation to generation and, in the chapter of universal history dedicated to Formula one and in the one dedicated to the philosophy of sport, it is obvious that, with regard to those years, the first place is and deservedly will be that of Frank Williams and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Wonderful Comment!! im still remember Frank Williams son (as part of the JPM Racing Entourage with Ganassi in USA) hugging so proud to JPM just on his Victory on Indy500 !!
Great driver, and one of the few in that era that would pass on track instead of waiting for the pit stops He certainly livened up one of the dullest periods in F1 history
After Michael Schumacher retired he said in an interview that the only driver he ever feared was Montoya. He gave Montoya a huge amount of respect for his skill.
Beautiful video of the most talented champion in the world of motors after Ayrton Senna. Even the millimeter overtaking at the bus stop at SPA is certainly another unique and unrepeatable masterpiece of his incomparable genius.
I’m definitely put JPM in my top 10 drivers of all time. Amazing talent sadly mired by an intermittent lack of reliability and pace in the Williams and never having gelled properly at McLaren. He’d have beaten Schumacher over a season in the same car without a doubt imho.
Certainly in '03 yes, 01 and 02 they had the best engine but not the best chassis or reloability! 03 they had it all but a couple of mistakes cost him (and he knows it) and also a bit of bad luck with retirements and officials.
The best moments of Formula 1 since Senna were with Montoya onboard against Schumacher/ Alonso/Raikkonen.. then new age of Hamilton came but with Montoya was an unique and emotional inspiring age, he turned on so many young enthusiasts and young drivers into motorsport, thank you Montoya for bringing this to Formula one and to motor sport, it still needs more like this, you are one of the legends in Formula 1 you are pretty big! UNIQUE
Well only really in F1. Indycar when JV was there, Monty was doing Formula Vauxhall! They may have been in the same entry in a couple of Nascar National rounds but never competed as such.
@@sametozkan9175 as part of the entries but not really competing with each other. They only competed properly in F1 and even then their equipment was often much different.
