Official F1/Motorsport thread

[jimtendo]

The "Monster" goes back to champ car in 2007

[Del Boy]

Expected more from him tbh. No great loss.

[Del Boy]

Wrong thread.

[Kieran76]

True, started well and then was just fat.

[talizker]

The "Monster" goes back to champ car in 2007

or indeed Nascar...

[Alastair]

I'm disappointed I like his style and 'screw them all' attitude. Fells like a step backwards to me but whatever he wants to do I guess.

Think it was more his only decent option than 'the right time' or whatever he said.

[Darwock]

Only sad thing about this news is it means we won't see Connie around the pit lane any more... /sigh

Actually no - too harsh. Montoya was good for a laugh, one less personality in the sport ; ;

[VR46]

I'm disappointed I like his style and 'screw them all' attitude.

yep nice style, but would any race team want to pay someone millions of pounds a year to do that ? not exactly set the world alight has he.
Unfortunately can't see him doing that well in Nascar either.

[Alastair]

True, it's a shame though as he certainly has/had the potential but never delivered consistently.

[Alastair]

Shape the future of F1:

http://www.fia-amd-survey2006.com/

[Kieran76]

Big survey isn't it.

[Alastair]

Didn't take too long, 10 mins maybe. Better than working anyway!!

[Richard.John]

I am no fan of JPM, but I wish him well in his new career. It says something about the state of F1 when a driver decides to leave not retire. Sure, he wasn't in line for a top drive and could've moved to a midfield team, but instead decided to go to NASCAR.

[Alastair]

OH MY

Thought he would of at least seen out the season. Must be some more politics going on there I think.

Juan Pablo Montoya will leave the McLaren team with immediate effect after coming to a mutual agreement. The move will let Montoya join NASCAR sooner and give him more time to get up to speed with the series. McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa will replace Montoya in France.

[VR46]

That is a surprise yes, he must have really upset someone at McLaren, in the Sun today he slates F1 as boring, tough life, he is taking a 50% pay cut moving to Nascar, alledgedly down to a measly ?6 million a year.

Great opportunity for De La Rosa to shine.