Montoya and Imole pole

[JuanF]

Hello, I think Montoya could be the man of the pole, he had been there before, in 1998 in F3000 he won the pole; after Brazil he is more confident, and Gene test show us that Willian has a good car for that race.

What do you think?

F300 1998, Imola Starting grid
Driver Time
1 Juan Pablo Montoya 1m40.695
2 Gonzalo RodrÃ*guez 1m41.216
3 Jason Watt 1m41.232
4 Kurt Mollekens 1m41.283

Source: http://www.forix.com/asp/3kgp.asp?z=...0&r=199802&c=3

[Jeanburrasca81]

Who knows...but for i know what it means for Ferrari to win there, and i've been to the Imola-GP twice, I think it will be hard to beat them there. But the great Juan is able to do it. Pole? Who cares. Victory? If Ralfie will let him....lol.

[bella]

i'd say no. he's a better racer than qualifier.

the sad thing about that top 4? 1 is no longer with us, 1 has retired, and 1 has had his racing career rearranged by a motorbike accident.

[kuchi]

Well Juan in F3000 was just a dominant force, but on F1 you can´t think that because you´ve done good in other series you will have a good race. And as Jean said, Imola is ferrari´s home soil, so they will do anything in their hands to win the pole and the race.

[Speed]

Originally posted by bella
i'd say no. he's a better racer than qualifier.

Hummmmmmmmmm...
[From: www.f1racing.net]
Saturday 2nd practice:
1 J.P. Montoya Colombia Williams 1.13.963
2 M. Häkkinen Finland McLaren 1.14.108
3 D. Coulthard Scotland McLaren 1.14.182
4 R. Schumacher Germany Williams 1.14.282
5 M. Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1.14.652
6 H. Frentzen Germany Jordan 1.14.837

Qualifying:
1 M. Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1.13.780
2 R. Schumacher Germany Williams 1.14.090
3 M. Häkkinen Finland McLaren 1.14.122
4 J.P. Montoya Colombia Williams 1.14.165
5 D. Coulthard Scotland McLaren 1.14.178
6 R. Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1.14.191

[JuanF]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bella
[B]i'd say no. he's a better racer than qualifier.

He is very good in clasifications.

Isn't F300, isn't F1 but talk about Montoya performance.

CART 1999 (Honda)
Pole Positions
Rank Driver Overall Road Oval

1 Juan Montoya (R) 7 5 2
2 Gil de Ferran 2 1 1
2 Dario Franchitti 2 2 0
4 Michael Andretti 1 1 0
4 Max Papis 1 0 1
4 Bryan Herta 1 1 0
4 Helio Castro-Neves 1 0 1
4 Christian Fittipaldi 1 0 1
4 Jimmy Vasser 1 0 1
4 Scott Pruett 1 0 1
4 Tony Kanaan 1 1 0
4 Greg Moore 1 0 1

http://216.167.49.96/cart/1999/evt20/20rslr.htm
or see:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/diannesm...ts99.html#race


CART 2000 (Toyota)

Juan Montoya 2000 record


Team: Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
Career Wins (including 2000): 11
Career Poles (including 2000): 14

RACE START FINISH POINTS STANDINGS
---- ----- ------ ------ ---------
Miami GP 2 23 - -
Bosch Spark Plug GP 1 4 14 10
GP of Long Beach 3 19 - 20
Rio 200 2 21 - 24
Firehawk 500 1 7 8 10
y-Indianapolis 500 2 1 - -
Miller Lite 225 (Wisc.) 1 1 21 5
GP of Detroit 1 18 2 6
G.I. Joe's 200 8 17 0 8
GP of Cleveland 6 6 8 7
Molson Indy Toronto 4 24 - 9
Michigan 500 7 1 20 5
Target Grand Prix 1 12 3 8
Miller Lite 200 10 24 - 9
Motorola 220 12 15 - 10
Molson Indy Vancouver 5 17 - 12
GP of Monterey 5 6 8 11
Motorola 300 1 1 21 8
GP of Houston 6 2 16 6
Honda Indy 300 1 24 1 9
Marlboro 500 5 10 3 9

http://sports.yahoo.com/rac/cart/news/montoya00.html

[Jeanburrasca81]

OK JuanF, good stats...he's a good racer and qualifier, lust like TGF. But anyway...the "Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari" won't be the place where it's the most probable for a colombian Williams-driver to catch the pole, although I know JPM has many fans in Italy who love his emotional way of driving...so do I...but I still love Jeannot the most...this won't change...lol.

[EERO]

There is no doubt that Montoya has the speed, and the Williams is fast, the real question will be how well suited to Imola the Michelins will prove to be.