Montoya wasting time in NASCAR!!!!

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8th June 2007, 05:26
leopard

He can emigrate to my nation, we will hire him as number one driver of A1, because he is favorite driver of my current driver :D
8th June 2007, 10:05
dwboogityfan

I'm a fan of both F1 and NASCAR and honestly can't understand the arrogance of some F1 fans toward any other form of motorsport. The fact is the Montoya is seemingly enjoying himself more than he did in F1 and also finding that NASCAR is not perhaps as easy as he (and alot of F1 Montoya fans) thought it was going to be.
Besides the arguement about NASCAR just going round in circles - I would urge anyone who thinks this to actually watch a NASCAR race. Trust me you will see more overtaking in 10 laps than you do in an F1 season. Does that make it better than F1? No, just different but I love 'em both!
8th June 2007, 11:51
Cole_Trickle

He's the top rookie, he's doing pretty good IMO.
8th June 2007, 12:34
muggle not

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Originally Posted by mervyn charter

Despite his recent fighting talk that he would never return to Formula One, Montoya must surely be beginning to realise that he is wasting his career and talent in NASCAR. Montoya`s only likely success their will be on the road courses, but as far as i know they only have two or three road courses out of about 40 races. NASCAR is a different type of racing that is determined not by who is the fastest driver, but who can get other drivers to work with them in the draft, and strategy revolving around the umpteen yellow flags. Juan Pablo you must be getting tired of going around in circles. Toyota, Williams, Honda maybe Renault may all be looking to change one driver next year, surely their must be interest in Montoya from some-one if he returns to F1.

Swallow some pride Juan Pablo, you left F1 in a huff probably after unfairly being blamed for the Indianapolis Crash, but remember you threw away a possible victory the week before in canada with a ill-judged overtaking move on Rosberg.

Montoya is still a great open wheel-driver who should maybe learn from Lewis Hamilton with his consistency, and lack of stupid mistakes.

I am sure that Montoya has tried getting drivers to work with him with the draft at Bristol, Richmond, Martinsville, etc but they would rather work with drivers that understand the tracks a little better.
8th June 2007, 14:17
BobbyC

Not only is it not as easy, the lifestyle is completely different. Sebastian (his son) has probably enjoyed the Cup lifestyle better than he thought. There's a big difference in the F1 lifestyle compared to the NNCS where the drivers are having the kids around other drivers' kids every week, the wives and some girlfriends with each other, and playing in each other's friendly golf matches.

I think the kid-friendly atmosphere is different than F1; how many wives and kids do you expect are at the grid during the start of an F1 race?
8th June 2007, 15:10
Garry Walker

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Originally Posted by mervyn charter

Juan Pablo you must be getting tired of going around in circles. Toyota, Williams, Honda maybe Renault may all be looking to change one driver next year, surely their must be interest in Montoya from some-one if he returns to F1.

none of those teams would be interested in him, there are much better drivers available.

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Swallow some pride Juan Pablo, you left F1 in a huff probably after unfairly being blamed for the Indianapolis Crash, but remember you threw away a possible victory the week before in canada with a ill-judged overtaking move on Rosberg.

Win the Race at Canada? He would have been lucky to get on points.
and he was blamed fairly for USA crash, he drove with blinders on there.
8th June 2007, 15:28
luvracin

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Originally Posted by dwboogityfan

I'm a fan of both F1 and NASCAR and honestly can't understand the arrogance of some F1 fans toward any other form of motorsport. The fact is the Montoya is seemingly enjoying himself more than he did in F1 and also finding that NASCAR is not perhaps as easy as he (and alot of F1 Montoya fans) thought it was going to be.
Besides the arguement about NASCAR just going round in circles - I would urge anyone who thinks this to actually watch a NASCAR race. Trust me you will see more overtaking in 10 laps than you do in an F1 season. Does that make it better than F1? No, just different but I love 'em both!

I'm a fan of many types of motorsport and couldn't have said it better myself.
8th June 2007, 17:00
blakebeatty

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I'm a fan of both F1 and NASCAR and honestly can't understand the arrogance of some F1 fans toward any other form of motorsport. The fact is the Montoya is seemingly enjoying himself more than he did in F1 and also finding that NASCAR is not perhaps as easy as he (and alot of F1 Montoya fans) thought it was going to be.
Besides the arguement about NASCAR just going round in circles - I would urge anyone who thinks this to actually watch a NASCAR race. Trust me you will see more overtaking in 10 laps than you do in an F1 season. Does that make it better than F1? No, just different but I love 'em both!

Amen. I would speculate that anyone who is quick to judge has never seen a race. Some need to broaden their horizon.
8th June 2007, 17:27
BenRoethig

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Originally Posted by eu

I still have the freedom to think that Nascar is a stupid sport though.... right?... even if you are able to appreciate everything

You have the right to think NASCAR is stupid, we have the right to think your so called pinnacle of racing called F1 is just a boring overhyped technology parade where the driver has absolutely nothing to do with it anymore. Seriously, what makes you guys so scared of anything that is different than the international (aka european) norms?
8th June 2007, 18:08
Zsolt

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Originally Posted by JovialJooles

Why on earth would he want to go back to F1?

He is 'RACING' each weekend, and as stated, doing 2 races per weekend. As Juan is a racer, I'm sure even the frustration of learning the tracks and the close action is infinitely better than the boredom of an expensive procession a few weekends of the year.

He will earn much more in NASCAR than F1, so career wise, he is in a better place. You can race into your 50s in NASCAR, so career wise he is now in a better place.

Ovals are not simply a case of turning left. The challenge of learning the tracks and the strategy of a 4 hr race must be infinitely more interesting than the tedium of a Grand Prix weekend.

If you want excitement and action watch NASCAR. If you want to be entertained, watch NASCAR.

If you fancy a kip after your Sunday lunch and want something to send you off to sleep, watch F1.

Actually, I don't think i've ever fallen asleep watching F1, but I did try to watch nascar a few times & did get sleepy. I'm just not a fan of ovals, even if they still did them in CHAMP CAR I wouldn't like it.

/How many of those 4 hours is the race under "yellow flag?"

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