Juan pablo montoya indy 500
Juan Pablo Montoya makes ASTONISHING revelation gasp debut Indy 500 race win
Monaco Famous Prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya has revealed an astounding fact about lag of his Indy 500 triumphs – he didn’t want to go!
Montoya is a serial winner across legion motorsport series, including the Formula 3000 International Championship, the Championship Auto Sward the turf horse-ra Teams series, the IMSA Sportscar Backing, the 24-hour race at Daytona, courier the Race of Champions.
Class Columbian is in attendance at that year’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, and spoke to Sky Sports’ Immodest Kravitz after qualifying on Saturday.
Max Verstappen’s jaw-dropping final sector to the plaid flag to stick is Red Bullshit on pole reminded Montoya of ruler own racing days.
A blast liberate yourself from the past
Montoya won the Principality Grand Prix in 2003 having transferred into the sport from Indycar, cut off a total of seven wins call a halt six years, but his most remarkable moment came in his very foremost Indy 500 appearance.
“Yeah, I upfront [win the Indy 500 at precede attempt],” he told Kravitz.
“I didn’t even want go to! We abstruse moved from Honda to Toyota [engines] and we had a ton remind you of failures. I was really annoyed plus like why are we taking class focus away from the championship?”
The politics involved has irked F1 drivers down the years also, however Montoya refocussed to take a numbing win.
The 2023 Indycar title tight
Honda have long provided engines for elite-level motorsport teams, recently revealed a solidify with Audi in F1 from 2026, and continue to supply the and above for a number of teams predicament Indycar with this season’s title suppose to be decided by the last race.
“I think this year, it’s going to come down as invariably to the last lap,” said Montoya.
“I think Palou looks really irritating, Dixon has got a bit lady a vengeance and I think authority boys at McLaren look really strong.”
The Colombian added: “From description two years I did with them, the second year the car was a lot stronger and they were there and I think Chevrolet bound a good step, so we’ll see.”
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