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SurfaceUnits
01-30-07, 07:21 AM
Daytona winner Montoya rules out F1 return

F1 refugee Juan Pablo Montoya recaptured the winning feeling on Sunday by racing to victory in the Daytona 24-hour race in Florida (US).

The former Williams and McLaren driver, partnered in the winning Chip Ganassi-run Lexus Prototype by Scott Pruett and Salvador Duran, starts his full time NASCAR foray in a few weeks.

But with his Daytona gong, 31-year-old Montoya joins Mario Andretti as the only other driver in the history of motor sport to have won the sports car race, formula one events, the Indianapolis 500 and America's premier open wheel title.

He turned down a Toro Rosso seat in F1 for 2007, and Montoya confirmed recently that he would not return to the Europe-based category even with a top team.

Montoya told The Times: "I ticked everything I wanted to do in F1. Yes, it would have been nice to win a championship, but it wasn't worth it in the end.

"If you want to run like you're behind the safety car, go ahead and do it, but I want to entertain myself."

Warlock!
01-30-07, 09:52 AM
In other words:

"Formula 1 is a bit too fast for my brain. I'd rather race somewhere where the gap is a bit smaller."

Too bad.

NismoZ
01-30-07, 11:41 AM
In a way but I think I understand how he feels. Reading where he had offers from Audi for DTM and also from at least one other in F-1 but he'd already made that famous call to Chip. I don't think he's sorry...yet.;)

pchall
01-30-07, 12:30 PM
I don't think he's sorry...yet.;)

When he gets bump drafted into The Big One at Talladega he'll change his mind in mid flight.

jonovision_man
01-30-07, 01:21 PM
Montoya told The Times: "I ticked everything I wanted to do in F1. Yes, it would have been nice to win a championship, but it wasn't worth it in the end.

Translation: I didn't tick everything I wanted to do in F1, but I couldn't keep up to Kimi so the writing was pretty much on the wall...

jono

High Sided
01-30-07, 02:25 PM
When he gets bump drafted into The Big One at Talladega he'll change his mind in mid flight.

bet he'll have a win in cup before talladega

NismoZ
01-30-07, 03:31 PM
Talladega '09?