Juan Pablo Montoya

Juan Pablo Montoya
Montoya in 2021
Nationality	Colombian
Born	Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (1975-09-20) September 20, 1975 (age 46) Bogotá, Colombia
Championship titles
1998 International Formula 3000 Champion 1999 CART FedEx Championship Series Champion 2017 Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Awards
1999 CART Rookie of the Year 2000 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series career
55 races run over 5 years
Team(s)	Arrow McLaren SP, Team Penske
2017 position	24th
Best finish	2nd (2015)
First race	2000 Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
Last race	2021 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win	2000 Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
Last win	2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles 5 13 3
Champ Car career
40 races run over 2 years
Team(s)	Chip Ganassi Racing
Best finish	1st (1999)
First race	1999 Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last race	2000 Marlboro 500 (Fontana)
First win	1999 Long Beach Grand Prix (Long Beach)
Last win	2000 Motorola 300 (Gateway)
Wins Podiums Poles 10 13 14
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2001–2006
Teams	Williams, McLaren
Engines	BMW, Mercedes
Entries	95 (94 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	7
Podiums	30
Career points	307
Pole positions	13
Fastest laps	12
First entry	2001 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2001 Italian Grand Prix
Last win	2005 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry	2006 United States Grand Prix
NASCAR Cup Series career
255 races run over 9 years
2014 position	48th
Best finish	8th (2009)
First race	2006 Ford 400 (Homestead)
Last race	2014 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)
First win	2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last win	2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 59 9
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
23 races run over 3 years
Best finish	36th (2007)
First race	2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2008 Ford 300 (Homestead)
First win	2007 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 3 0
Statistics current as of July 19, 2015.

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan ˈpaβlo monˈtoʝa rolˈdan]; born September 20, 1975), is a Colombian racing driver. He currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving for Acura Meyer Shank Racing, having won the championship in 2019 with Team Penske.

He won the International F3000 championship in 1998, the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999 in his debut year in the series, and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2019. His race wins include the Indianapolis 500 (2000, 2015), Monaco Grand Prix (2003), 24 Hours of Daytona (2007, 2008, 2013), British Grand Prix (2005), Italian Grand Prix (2001, 2005), Grand Prix of Long Beach (1999), and the Race of Champions (2017). Montoya is, alongside Fernando Alonso, one of only two active drivers who have won two legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport in its more recent definition. Montoya also equals Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney by winning races in Indy cars, Formula One cars and NASCAR Cup cars.

In October 2009, Montoya was ranked 30th on Times Online's list of the Top 50 Formula One drivers of all time.^[1]

Early career[]

Montoya was born in Bogotá, Colombia, where he was taught the techniques of karting from an early age by his father Pablo, an architect and motorsport enthusiast.

Montoya moved to the Colombian Formula Renault Series in 1992, while racing there he won four of eight races and had five poles. The same year he also participated in the U.S. Skip Barber driving school, and was hailed by driving instructors as being one of the best pupils to ever come through their school. 1993 saw Montoya switch to the Swift GTI Championship, a series he dominated by winning seven of eight races and earning eight poles. In 1994, Montoya raced in three separate series: The Sudam 125 Karting (won the title), Barber Saab Pro Series (finished third in points, won two races), and Formula N in Mexico (won the title). He graduated from the Colegio San Tarsicio in Bogotá in the same year. Montoya developed into a strong qualifier, in some cases taking 80% of a season's pole positions. For the next three years Montoya raced in various divisions, continually progressing upward. He raced in the 1995 British Formula Vauxhall Championship, winning three races and finishing third in the championship. In 1996, he raced in the British Formula 3 with Fortec Motorsport, winning two races, and finishing 5th in the championship points standings, as well as taking part in events in Zandvoort, Netherlands and Silverstone.

F3000 career – F1 testing[]

1997[]

Montoya got the opportunity to advance in his motor racing career when he was hired by the RSM Marko team to compete alongside Craig Lowndes in the 1997 International Formula 3000 season. In the ten races during the season, Montoya had three wins and three pole positions. He finished his rookie season second in the championship points standings, just 1.5 points shy of taking the overall season title. During this time, Williams noticed his potential and invited him to test with the team at Barcelona, Spain along with three other drivers. Montoya was the fastest of them all and he and Max Wilson were signed by WilliamsF1 to be test drivers for the following season.

1998[]

Alongside his Formula One testing duties for Williams, he competed again in F3000 and took the title in a close contest with Nick Heidfeld who was driving for McLaren's F3000 team. During the 1998 F3000 season, Montoya opened the season up with a record four straight pole positions. He also achieved another record that year by being the first driver to lap the entire grid, at the Pau Grand Prix. Montoya won the 1998 F3000 season with four wins, seven pole positions, and nine podium finishes in twelve races.

CART career[]

1999[]

Renault, Williams's engine supplier for most of the 1990s, left Formula One at the end of the 1997 season. With no major engine suppliers available, Williams were forced to sign a contract to run customer engines for the 1998 and 1999 seasons. In 1998 the team failed to win a race for the first time in a decade. For the 1999 season, in the hope of attracting more investors to the underperforming team, Frank Williams agreed to a driver swap with CART team owner Chip Ganassi, in which Ganassi's 1997 and 1998 CART champion driver, Alessandro Zanardi, would return to Formula One and Montoya would take his place in the competitive American series.

While Zanardi had a miserable year in Formula One, Montoya, with Honda power and a Reynard chassis at his disposal, took the American motorsport scene by storm. He took the 1999 title in his rookie year, something accomplished six years earlier by former Formula One Champion Nigel Mansell.

The season that saw Montoya crowned as the youngest ever CART FedEx Championship Series Champion at the age of 24 was closely fought, especially with Dario Franchitti who led the championship going into the final race in California. Both drivers finished the season with equal number of points but Montoya took the title by virtue of having won seven races to the Scotsman's three. His victory in the last race that year, the Marlboro 500, was overshadowed by the death of Greg Moore during the race; Montoya first heard the news after parking his car in victory lane and was seen sobbing.

The CART rookie attracted criticism—notably from Michael Andretti and his team for his aggressive style of driving.^{[citation needed]}

Montoya still had a contractual relationship with Williams and after his impressive rookie season the Grove-based team were keen for him to drive for them in Formula One. However, he decided to race in the US for one more year.

2000[]

In 2000, the Ganassi team switched to Toyota engines and Lola chassis. The package was strong for ovals and high speed tracks, but was less well suited to street and most road circuits. Toyota's engines were not yet reliable and often failed the team. Despite this, Montoya led more laps than anyone else and took the maiden victory for a Toyota engine in the series. But he failed to finish in 40% of the races, and was out of contention for the championship.

The Ganassi team also competed in the 2000 Indianapolis 500 of the rival Indy Racing League series using a G-Force chassis and a Comptech-tuned Oldsmobile Aurora engine. Montoya and his CART teammate Jimmy Vasser were the first CART drivers to "cross-over" to drive in the Indy 500 since 1996. In the event, the Colombian led 167 of 200 laps and claimed top honours at the end of the 500-mile (800 km) race, taking an easy victory on his first attempt. He was the first to do so since Formula One World Champion Graham Hill in 1966 and was the first Colombian winner. His compatriot Roberto José Guerrero had previously finished twice as runner up.

Montoya won the Miller Lite 225 the next week at The Milwaukee Mile. That victory marked his eighth and Toyota's first win in the CART (later Champ Car World Series) series.

Formula One career[]

Over the weekend of the 2000 United States Grand Prix, Williams-BMW announced a two-year deal for Montoya to partner Ralf Schumacher starting in 2001. During the first half of his Formula One career, he consolidated his position as a fast driver and a race win challenger; Montoya became a title contender during 2003 but the hopes of fighting for the title gradually faded as his cars lacked pace.

Montoya was voted top Latin American driver at the Premios Fox Sports awards in 2003 and 2005.^[2][3]

Williams (2001–2004)[]

2001[]

Montoya made his Formula One debut for the BMW-powered Williams team in the 2001 Formula One season at the Australian Grand Prix. In that race, he qualified 11th and went off in the first corner and went further down the order but, with a good drive and a high rate of retirements, he went up to fifth until he retired with an engine failure.

The second round was the Malaysian Grand Prix and Montoya qualified better in sixth place but stalled on the grid and had to start from the back. He only lasted for three laps before retiring after spinning off in a rain shower.

In his third race, the Brazilian Grand Prix, he qualified in fourth place. He got up to second on the first lap and there was a safety car due to an incident in the first corner. On the restart, which was on the third lap, Montoya passed World Champion Michael Schumacher into the first corner. He held off Schumacher, who was on a two-stop strategy compared to Montoya's one stop strategy until Schumacher's first stop. Montoya now seemed to have the race in his pocket as he had a five-second advantage over eventual winner David Coulthard. However, while he was lapping Jos Verstappen, the Dutchman accidentally rammed into the back of him, taking Montoya out.

After his performance in Brazil, expectations were high going into the fourth round, the San Marino Grand Prix. Montoya qualified in seventh, and was well set for points in the race but more bad luck, this time due to a brake failure which took him out of fifth place, leaving him without a point after four races.

Round 5 was the Spanish Grand Prix and Montoya needed a good result but did not look like getting it, so, after another poor qualifying, Montoya found himself down in 12th place. He made up for it by making a quick start by gaining five places and was up to sixth in the first corner (David Coulthard was starting from the back of the grid after stalling on the formation lap). He got ahead of Jacques Villeneuve in the second round of pit stops. He stayed on the track and climbed up to second due to a high attrition rate.

In the next race, the Austrian Grand Prix, Montoya finally outpaced his teammate Ralf Schumacher in qualifying and took a career-best second. It looked better and better for him as he took the lead at the start and pulled away, with second-placed Ralf holding up a string of five cars behind him. But, after 10 laps, Ralf retired with brake failure. Montoya was struggling with the same problems, and Schumacher had been told to hold the others up so that Montoya could build a gap. With Ralf Schumacher out, the five drivers, led by Michael Schumacher began to close on Montoya at over a second a lap. Soon, Michael was right on Montoya's tail and tried to pass him around the outside at Remus Curve. Montoya kept on the inside, braked late, locked up and went to the gravel. Schumacher was also forced to go to the gravel to avoid Montoya. Montoya rejoined seventh, just behind Schumacher. Montoya went for an early stop which solved his problems. He was set for one point in sixth until he stopped on the track with a hydraulic failure. After the race, Schumacher said that 'all Montoya was doing was to try to take Schumacher out with himself off the circuit'.^{[citation needed]}

In the Monaco Grand Prix, Montoya did not reproduce his previous form and had to be satisfied with qualifying seventh. In the race, he made one position at the start. He then tried to pressure teammate Ralf Schumacher to make a mistake, but it was he himself who made the mistake, by sliding into the barriers on the Swimming Pool section on lap 3. That was the end of the race for him.

Montoya went into the Canadian Grand Prix desperately needing some points, after having had only 6 points from seven races. His qualifying did not help the cause at all though, as he qualified way down in 10th. He gained one place at the first corner but then could not keep the pace of the cars in front. He came under pressure from a charging Rubens Barrichello, and pushed his car too hard and retired after crashing into a wall while trying to both fend off Barrichello and catch up with the cars in front.

The ninth round of the season was the European Grand Prix and Montoya held pole for most of qualifying only for both Michael and Ralf Schumacher to bump him down to third in the final seconds. At the start of the race, he kept third and ran three seconds behind the two leaders. After the first round of stops, the two leaders came ahead of the one-stopping David Coulthard but Montoya came behind. He was stuck there for five laps and it cost him three seconds. He was forced to settle for third and that became second when Ralf was given a ten-second, stop-and-go penalty for a pitlane infringement. Montoya finished in second, and the result gave him more confidence than ever.

Montoya only finished six races, but he nevertheless won three pole positions and stood on the podium four times, including his maiden Formula One victory at the 2001 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Overall, he finished the season in 6th position in the Drivers' Championship.

2002[]

In the 2002 Formula One season, Montoya was the best of the rest as Ferrari's dominance left available no better place than third. Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello won 15 of 17 races. Although he did not win a race, unlike Coulthard and his teammate Ralf Schumacher, Montoya was one of the few drivers to compete with Schumacher on the track. As in 2001, he stood out for his forceful overtaking moves on the World Champion, although several times he lost places through clashing with the German. For qualifying, the BMW WilliamsF1 FW24 could be set up to use its tires more effectively than its rivals and generate more grip. With this weapon, Montoya was able to achieve seven pole positions, usually setting his pole time in the very last seconds of the session. He set the fastest-ever average speed over a lap (259.83 km/h) during the qualifying session of the 2002 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Overall, he finished the season in 3rd position in the Drivers' Championship.

2003[]

Although the 2003 chassis was built by the team specifically for Montoya's driving style, the machine needed time to be developed. Problems with oversteer were still present, often resulting in 360° spins in front of the crowd, in addition to reliability problems with the BMW engine.

From the Monaco Grand Prix, the FW25 proved to be the class of the field, allowing Montoya to take victory at Circuit de Monaco from Kimi Räikkönen, joining Graham Hill as the only winners of both the Monaco GP and the Indy 500. McLaren announced that they would take on Montoya's racing services from 2005 at an end of season announcement, although it was believed that he had already decided to leave immediately after the French GP.^{[citation needed]}

Bad luck for rivals and excellent on-track performances from the Colombian meant he was a title contender, particularly after a key victory at the German Grand Prix.^[4] Williams, however, were unable to keep pace with the latest developments from Ferrari, coupled with a mid-season amendment to tyre regulations that forced the Michelin-shod Williams, among others, to quickly make a new design to avoid being disqualified. With that, the Bridgestone-shod Ferraris returned to form. Montoya failed to claim another victory that year. A drive-through penalty at the United States Grand Prix after a collision with Ferrari's Barrichello ended his title chances in the last race he would finish in 2003. He was leading the final race of the season in Japan when he had a hydraulic failure. Overall, he finished the season in 3rd position in the Drivers' Championship.

2004[]

2004 was a disappointing year for Montoya. His relationship with the team was strained throughout the season since both parties knew he would be leaving for the McLaren team at the end of the year.^[5]

Early season promise faded as the radical looking 'tusked' Williams FW26 initially lacked pace and both drivers were frequently left struggling to score points. However, the car was significantly overhauled during the season and the radical nose designed by a former Ferrari aerodynamicist was finally replaced with a more conventional one for the final stages of the season.^[6] Montoya left the team on a high note by winning his last race with them, the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, which was closely contested with future McLaren teammate Kimi Räikkönen.^[7] Overall, he finished the season in 5th position in the Drivers' Championship.

Montoya would later purchase his race winning FW26 chassis from Frank Williams but claims that BMW refused to sell him an engine.^[8]

McLaren (2005–2006)[]

2005[]

After driving for Williams for four full seasons, Montoya found the McLaren Mercedes car unpredictable, often claiming it felt like the steering wheel was not "attached" to the rest of the car.^[9]

Criticised in previous years for his lack of fitness Montoya began a training program under the direction of McLaren personnel however all the effort was lost when after the Malaysian Grand Prix he injured his shoulder playing tennis, with reserve drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Alexander Wurz temporarily replacing him.^[10] There is some discrepancy about the injury, as Adrian Newey stated that Montoya "rather disgraced himself by breaking his ankle 'playing tennis' after the second race in Malaysia."^[11]

In practice for the Monaco Grand Prix Montoya was penalized to start from the back by race stewards for brake-testing his former Williams teammate, Ralf Schumacher, causing a four car collision. At the Canadian Grand Prix Montoya was in contention for the win, but he was disqualified after leaving the pitlane under a red light.^[12] As a Michelin runner, Montoya did not start the US Grand Prix (see 2005 US Grand Prix). The Colombian was on track for a possible podium finish at Magny-Cours when his hydraulics failed. He retired from the lead of the Hungarian GP due to a broken driveshaft. His teammate had a similar failure eight races earlier, which showed the differences in suspension geometry between both McLarens as the torsional forces are carried out in different manner.^{[clarification needed]}

During the year Montoya suffered even more from oversteer than he had at Williams.^{[citation needed]} On several occasions he spun during practice. More seriously he spun in his return from injury at the Spanish Grand Prix and most notoriously at the last corner during qualifying for the German Grand Prix. On that occasion he made up for it by climbing from 20th to 8th after the first two corners eventually finishing in a respectable 2nd.

Montoya worked with the team during the year to identify suspension geometry and aerodynamic problems that were making the car unpredictable.

He had to learn how to cope with a very nervous and 'oversteery' car,^[13] in these conditions and after bad luck for his teammate, he scored his first victory for McLaren in the British Grand Prix and in the same conditions at the Italian Grand Prix.^[14]

For most of the season Montoya's major concerns were the ongoing problems with backmarkers. Both Tiago Monteiro and Antônio Pizzonia collided with him, as had Jos Verstappen in 2001, and Jacques Villeneuve forced him off the track in one of the final races of the year. These incidents prevented Montoya from completing his main task for the team; stopping Fernando Alonso and Renault F1 from increasing their lead in the standings.

In the final stages of the season it was clear that Montoya and his car were finally adapted to one another.^{[citation needed]} The Colombian has often attributed this to the greater effort made by the McLaren team than by Williams to tune the car to his driving style.^{[citation needed]} In the last 7 Grands Prix Montoya finished, he scored 3 wins, 2 poles and 5 podiums, as well as set a track record (fastest lap) of 1:24.770,^[15] which still stands today, at the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix. At the Brazilian GP, Montoya led home McLaren's first 1–2 result in years, ahead of newly crowned world champion Fernando Alonso in third, it was his last finish of the year.^[16] In Japan he was forced off the track by Jacques Villeneuve on lap one, while in China a loose drain cover rose up and hit his car, damaging the engine. Overall, he finished the season in 4th position in the Drivers' Championship.

2006[]

Montoya started his 2006 season learning that the 2005 F1 Champion Fernando Alonso had been contracted by McLaren for the 2007 season. At the same time McLaren did not take up their option on Montoya for 2007, while his teammate Kimi Räikkönen remained a free agent, although it was later revealed that Räikkönen had already signed with Ferrari for 2007 by the time Alonso had signed with McLaren for 2007.

During the first three races, Montoya consistently underperformed on the track, not managing to improve his position from the start at the Bahrain and Malaysia Grands Prix. Problems with his engine mapping also contributed, resulting in poor straight line performance. At the Australian Grand Prix, he drove an excellent race but with a few mistakes. His car spun near the end of the warm-up lap, caused by too much throttle while warming the tyres, and if Giancarlo Fisichella had not stalled his Renault before the start of the race and triggered another formation lap, Montoya would have started at the back end of the grid. He did manage to regain his grid position though, which angered other team managers. His race ended when towards the end of the race he hit a kerb on the exit of the final corner, while chasing Ralf Schumacher hard for third place. The impact triggered an automatic electronic device in the McLaren MP4-21, shutting down his engine as it went into safety mode.

In the San Marino Grand Prix, Montoya was forced to use the team spare car for the qualifying session when it was learnt that his car had a fuel pressure problem. McLaren fitted his engine into the team spare car, thus saving Montoya from a 10-place grid penalty. He managed to qualify in seventh place ahead of Räikkönen. The race however was very undramatic for him and a steady performance saw him finish third, earning his first podium finish of the season.

The races at the Nürburgring and the Circuit de Catalunya, however, were very disappointing for Montoya. He qualified in 9th position for the European Grand Prix but then was stuck behind traffic for almost the whole race before his engine failed a few laps from the end. Catalunya saw Montoya failing to qualify in the top 10 for the first time in the season. He qualified 12th in an underperforming McLaren. He was heavily fuelled and was on a one-stop strategy for the race but he spun and his car got stuck on a kerb and his race was over. Montoya had a solid race at Monaco, inheriting second place 14.5 seconds behind championship leader Fernando Alonso after Räikkönen and Mark Webber went out with engine problems on lap 50. Once again, though, he appeared to be somewhat off his teammate's pace.

The Canadian Grand Prix saw Montoya pull off a stunning overtaking move on Michael Schumacher on the opening lap, but contact with Nico Rosberg on the next lap and a mistake at the last corner resulted in Montoya hitting the wall and damaging the car, leading to retirement. The United States Grand Prix also brought further disappointment to Montoya's season. An 8-car crash on the first corner saw him retire from the race, yet again taking no points. This crash also involved teammate Räikkönen, and as one of the main instigators of the crash thanks to his and Räikkönen's impact being seen as the initial cause of the crash, this cast further doubt upon Montoya's future in Formula One.

Montoya's Formula One career effectively came to an end on July 9 when he announced in a public press conference from the US that he had signed a contract to run in the NASCAR series from 2007. On July 11, 2006, McLaren announced that Montoya would stop racing for the team with immediate effect. This ultimately confirmed Montoya's exit from F1. However, in the press conference on July 14 at the French Grand Prix, Ron Dennis stated that Montoya was still under contract with McLaren and he would remain in contract with the team until the expiration of the deal. Following further speculation that he could start racing in the NASCAR series as early as 2006, Dennis publicly offered Montoya an early exit from his contract with McLaren, provided that he resigned from receiving any payout to terminate his contract.^[17][18] Overall, he finished the season in 8th position in the Drivers' Championship.

NASCAR[]

2006 season[]

On July 9, 2006, Montoya announced his plans to compete in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series beginning with the 2007 season, racing for Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates's NASCAR operation, Chip Ganassi Racing, in the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline-sponsored car. "I'm looking forward to racing in the Nextel Cup Series for Chip Ganassi in the Big Red Car. I think I will learn a lot from my teammates and other drivers around me. It will be tough though to get used to the difference in the cars." Montoya made his stock car debut in an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event at the Talladega Superspeedway on October 6, 2006. He qualified second, led the first nine laps, and finished third when the race was called after 79 of 92 laps.^[19] Three weeks later he followed this with an 11th-place finish after a mid-race spin at the Sam's Town 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park, his first appearance in NASCAR's second division Busch Series.^[20] He competed in the final three races of the Busch Series season, but did not better this performance. He would later run 17 Busch Series races on a part-time schedule the following year. On November 19, 2006, Montoya competed for the first time in NASCAR's premier division, the NEXTEL Cup Series. He qualified 29th in the No. 30 Texaco car at the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He was running just outside the top 10 when contact with Ryan Newman ended his race on lap 251. His car ended up in the grass engulfed in flames due to his fuel cell erupting during the crash and he was credited with a 34th-place finish.^[21] Finished 71st in series points.

2007 season[]

Montoya visited victory lane three times across three different racing series in 2007. He kicked off 2007 with a win in his first Rolex 24 at Daytona race in the Grand American Road Racing Association. Then, in just his seventh-career Nationwide Series race, Montoya took the checkered flag in Mexico City to earn his first win in a stock car. His abilities on the road course were evident to his competitors when he captured his first Sprint Cup victory after qualifying 32nd at Infineon Raceway. Montoya and his No. 42 crew went on to amass one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes during the 2007 Sprint Cup season. Montoya also earned the honor of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2007 Rookie of the Year and finished 20th in series points.

2008 season[]

In 2008, Montoya and the No. 42 team amassed two top-five, three top-10 and seven top-15 finishes which include a runner-up finish at Talladega Superspeedway. In addition, Montoya became the first driver in history to win in his first two starts in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which he won with teammates Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Dario Franchitti. Montoya ended the season 25th in the points standings, 5 spots lower than in 2007. On November 14, it was announced the Ganassi team would merge with Dale Earnhardt Inc., Montoya was confirmed to drive the No. 42 as the team switches from Dodge to Chevrolet.^[22]

2009 season[]

It was announced in January that Target would take over as Montoya's primary sponsor for the 2009 Cup season.

Montoya ran in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and finished second after a thrilling duel with David Donohue. Montoya's Lexus did not have the speed that Donohue had in the Porsche he was driving, and when Montoya was slowed by lap traffic in the chicane, Donohue was able to pass Montoya and hold him off to take the victory, denying Montoya what would have been his third straight 24-hour win. The margin of victory in the 2009 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was 0.167 seconds, making it the closest finish in Rolex 24 Hour history.

Montoya finished 14th in the Daytona 500 and finished 11th at Auto Club Speedway.

On April 25, he won his first career pole at the Aaron's 499 at Talladega. After going a lap down Montoya finished 8th at the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. He followed this up a week later with a 6th place at the Lifelock 400 at Michigan International Speedway. After racing in the top-10 all day, Montoya got his third top 10 in a row with a 6th place at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Montoya got his best ever finish at Daytona International Speedway in the Coke Zero 400 where after going a lap down twice he battled back to 9th. Montoya dominated the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in Indianapolis on July 26 after starting from second position. It was the first time in his NASCAR career that he scored bonus points for leading the most laps in the event, however, he was penalized with a drive-through penalty after his last pit stop for speeding in the pit lane. His healthy 5-second advantage over the rest of the field was gone and he ended up finishing 11th.^[23] After a pit lane error Montoya slipped back from his top-10 spot at the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. However, a good pit call meant Montoya pitted prior to a caution which meant he started the next restart in 4th. After slipping back to 5th he made up good ground to pass Bowyer for 2nd. He went after the leader, Denny Hamlin but could not catch him. The second-place finish was his first top 5 of the year and joint best on an oval. At the Carfax 400 at Michigan, Montoya posted the 3rd quickest qualifying time just 0.087 seconds off of the pole. In the race Montoya gradually slipped back and grew frustrated with crew chief Brian Pattie as the car was getting tighter and tighter, Kasey Kahne and Montoya made contact when the 9 car got loose and its splitter touched the 42's right rear tire. The contact resulted in Montoya's right rear going flat and he lost a lap on pit road fixing the minor body damage. However he shortly got the lucky dog and raced up to 20th before dropping back to 23rd, Montoya gained 4 positions on the last lap as others ran out of fuel, resulting in a 19th-place finish which at least kept Juan 7th in points.

Montoya finished the first 26 races in eighth place in the standings, which made him the first foreign born driver to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He began the Chase in 11th place after reseeding, and was placed as high as 3rd during the Chase before finishing the year in eighth place.

2010 season[]

Montoya ran in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for Chip Ganassi in the No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW Riley with NASCAR teammate Jamie McMurray and Indycar champions Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti. Montoya reunited with his old engine manufacturer BMW when Montoya drove WilliamsF1 in 2001–2004. The team led for around four hours and completed 249 laps. However, the car was forced to retire after 8:29:58 due to an engine failure, robbing the team of a potential victory. The Ganassi No. 01 entry then took the lead before Action Express Racing ultimately took the checkered flag.

Montoya began his NASCAR season with Daytona Speedweeks; the first race was the Bud Shootout exhibition race in which he finished 10th. Montoya had earlier posted the fifth fastest time in Daytona 500 qualifying but the unique qualifying system during Speedweeks meant Montoya would start P2 in the 2nd Gatorade Duel on Thursday the 11th to race for starting position in the Daytona 500 on the 14th.

Montoya started the 2010 edition of the Watkins Glen race in 3rd place and led 74 of the 90 laps to win his 2nd career Sprint Cup Series race. This made him the first foreign-born driver to have multiple wins in NASCAR Sprint Cup history. Montoya did not make the Chase for the Sprint Cup and ended up 17th in points with six top-fives and fourteen top-tens. Montoya also won the pole for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301, the Brickyard 400, and the AMP Energy Juice 500.^{[citation needed]}

2011 season[]

The 2011 season started well for Montoya. Montoya, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, and Jamie McMurray drove the No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley to start 5th and finish 2nd in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. The No. 02 team finished behind their teammates driving the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley.

Montoya started the 2011 NASCAR season on a high note finishing 6th in the Daytona 500 and 5th in points. He was involved in two wrecks, both involving Jamie McMurray, his teammate. No serious damage occurred to either of the cars; they both ended up in the top ten. Two weeks later in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Montoya, in a blue Clorox scheme led seven laps and finished 3rd. Montoya won the pole for the Auto Club 400 and the Crown Royal 400. It was announced that his crew chief since mid-2008, Brian Pattie, would be replaced by Jim Pohlman.^[24]

2012 season[]

Montoya re-signed with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to remain in the No. 42 car in the Sprint Cup Series in 2012.^[25]

During a caution period on lap 160 of the 2012 Daytona 500, a defective rear suspension on his No. 42 Chevrolet inexplicably collapsed, sending Montoya careening into a track support vehicle towing a jet dryer. Leaking vapor from the dryer caught fire and led to a lengthy red flag.^[26] The driver of the support vehicle and Montoya were both cleared medically after the accident.

The 2012 season was the second-worst in Montoya's Sprint Cup career, in which he finished 22nd in points with 5 DNF's. The only headlines he captured were back-to-back poles in the Pennsylvania 400 in Pocono Raceway and the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, along with two of 8th-place finishes in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway and the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Montoya also ran two Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series races in the BMW-powered No.02 for Chip Ganassi Racing—the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and the Brickyard Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as part of Super Weekend at the Brickyard, finishing in fourth place in both events.

2013 season[]

Montoya began the 2013 season becoming NASCAR's first and only driver ever to score three 24 Hour of Daytona victories, co-piloting Chip Ganassi Racing's Riley-BMW to first place overall, in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona on January 26–27.^[27]

In the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Montoya almost scored his first career Sprint Cup Series oval-track win, but finished fourth due to an untimely caution coming out with three laps to go (caused by Brian Vickers crashing).^[28] He also nearly won Dover but ended up being passed by Tony Stewart with three laps remaining. In the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, Montoya was in second place behind eventual race winner Martin Truex, Jr., but ran out of fuel on the final lap and dropped 32 positions, finishing 34th.^[29]

On August 13, 2013 it was announced that Montoya's contract with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing would not be renewed for the 2014 season.^[30] He would be replaced by Kyle Larson.

2014 season[]

Montoya raced twice in 2014 for Team Penske in between his IndyCar commitments, finishing 18th at Michigan and 23rd at Indianapolis.^[31]

Return to IndyCar[]

On September 16, 2013, it was announced for the 2014 racing season Montoya would compete in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 2 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske.^[32]

2014 season[]

Having formally retired from NASCAR, transitioning to a full-time commitment to IndyCar, Montoya joined Team Penske for two additional venues on the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup calendar, piloting the No. 12 Penske Ford at Indianapolis and Michigan.^[33] On May 10, 2014, Montoya raced in the 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, which was the fifth different race Montoya had competed in at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a record.^[34] On May 25, 2014, Montoya raced in the 2014 Indianapolis 500 and finished in 5th place. He had started at 10th in the race after having a good second-day of qualifying,^[35] and was spotted by Derek Higgins, the 2-time champion of the Mexican Formula 3. On July 6, 2014, Montoya won the Pocono IndyCar 500. This was his first IndyCar race win since 2000, when he won the Indianapolis 500. Montoya also set the record for the "Fastest 500 Mile Race in Motorsports History" with his win at Pocono Raceway. The average speed was 202.402 mph.^[36]

2015 season[]

Montoya won the opening race of the season at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg,^[37] then finished on the podium again at the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis and Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, 5th in the Grand Prix of Louisiana, and on May 24, 2015, Montoya passed his teammate Will Power with four laps to go to win the 2015 Indianapolis 500.^[38] He finished 2nd in the title standings to Scott Dixon on a count back much like the way he won the 1999 CART title from Dario Franchitti.

2016 season[]

Montoya once again won the opening race of the season at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Montoya passed Conor Daly on a restart at Lap 64 of the 110 lap race, and took the victory over his teammate Simon Pagenaud.^[39] During the remainder of the year Montoya took two further podium finishes and finished the season in eighth position in the championship.

After the end of the season, Penske informed Montoya that he was to be replaced in the team's full-time driver line-up by Josef Newgarden.^[40] Montoya and Penske did however reach a one-race deal that would allow Montoya to compete in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 for Penske.

2017 season[]

After more than 6 months of absence, Montoya returned with Penske for the IndyCar Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500, in which he finished in the 6th position being the second best pilot of the Penske Team after Hélio Castroneves. Weeks after the race it was confirmed that Montoya and Oriol Servia will be the test pilots for the 2018 IndyCar new aerodynamic kits.^[41]

2021 season[]

Montoya made a brief return to IndyCar with Arrow McLaren SP in the 2021 season, finishing 21st in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and 9th in the 2021 Indianapolis 500.

2022 season[]

Montoya is due to compete once again at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the 2022 Indianapolis 500 with Arrow McLaren SP.^{[citation needed]}

IMSA career[]

During the 2016 season, it was reported that Team Penske was looking at returning to top-level North American sports car racing in the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and that Montoya would be the team's lead driver. In 2017 it was confirmed^[42][43] that Montoya would partner with former Prototype champion Dane Cameron in a Team Penske-run Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international starting with the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Montoya teamed with Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud at the 2017 Petit Le Mans in a stock Oreca 07-Gibson, scoring a podium in what was described as a "dress rehearsal" for the team prior to the 2018 season.

2017 season[]

Acura Team Penske made their IMSA debut at the last race of the season, the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Montoya teamed with Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud in an Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 car which took pole position^[44] and finished in third place.

2018 season[]

For the 2018 IMSA season Montoya officially partnered Dane Cameron in the No. 6 Acura Team Penske entry.^[45] Montoya's first podium of the 2018 IMSA season came at Mid-Ohio, where Montoya and Cameron finished 2nd place to Castroneves and Taylor.^[46] The Montoya/Cameron duo would score three more podiums at Belle Isle, Watkins Glen, and Laguna Seca that season. Their season ended with a 5th place in the drivers championship standings with four total podiums and a 2nd place as their best result out of 10 races.

Montoya would also make his first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018. Montoya along with ex-F1 driver Paul di Resta were drafted into United Autosports to contest the race in two separate LMP2 entries. Montoya shared his seat in the No. 32 Ligier JSP217 with Hugo de Sadeleer and Will Owen.^[47] During the race, Montoya locked-up under braking and crashed at Indianapolis corner during one of his stints.^[48] The team was able to recover the car, replace the front fascia, and continue racing after re-joining two laps down. Benefiting from post-race penalties to cars ahead in-class, Montoya and his co-drivers were later elevated to the podium with a third-place in the LMP2 class and a seventh-place overall finish.^[49]

2019 season[]

In 2019 Montoya and Cameron began the IMSA season with improved but modest finishes at Daytona and Sebring, but began to bounce back harder during the shorter races in the season. They were able to podium at Long Beach with 3rd place, and took the No. 6 car's maiden win at Mid-Ohio in dominant fashion.^[50] Every race from Long Beach to Laguna Seca would see the No. 6 duo of Montoya and Cameron on the podium. They were able to enter the 2019 Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta season finale with a points advantage and secured the IMSA Prototype championship for Acura Team Penske with a fourth-place finish.^[51] In total, Montoya and Cameron shared three wins and seven podiums from 10 races, winning at Mid-Ohio, Belle Isle, and Laguna Seca.

2020 season[]

For 2020 Montoya and Cameron would again improve at Daytona and Sebring, finishing just outside the podium places in each race. Montoya finished down the order at Road America, after being rear-ended by another entry during harsh rains while on-track.^[52] Montoya and Cameron also had an incident-filled race during the following round at Road Atlanta. Cameron spun on cold tires during the rolling race start and so began the race at a disadvantage. Montoya was later rear-ended during the final round of pit-stops by Ryan Briscoe,^[53] and then suffered a collision with another entry while navigating a pass through the esses.

Montoya would also, as a last-minute replacement for fellow IMSA Prototype driver Pipo Derani, contest his second 24 Hours of Le Mans. This time he would drive the No. 21 Dragonspeed USA Oreca-07 LMP2 entry, sharing a seat with Memo Rojas and Timothé Buret.^[54]

2021 season[]

Montoya participated with the Acura Team in the 24h of Daytona. The team qualified fourth and finished 4th in the race 54.418 seconds behind the winner.^{[citation needed]}

2022 season[]

Helmet design[]

Montoya's helmet was silver (or white) with red and blue arrow designs on the sides with yellow lines on the arrows' center and the yellow mouthplate area.^[55] The Formula Smiles Foundation held a yearly competition for Colombian children to design a helmet for Montoya to use in the Brazilian Grand Prix between 2002 and 2005. The winning entrant travelled to the Grand Prix as a guest of Montoya, and the helmets were auctioned off for the Foundation.^[56] At Penske, he would change the colors to match the car's sponsor, rather than his traditional Colombian national colors, as is required for all Penske drivers, while keeping the arrow design.

Legal issues[]

In early November 2013, the Internal Revenue Service stated that Montoya owed $2.7 million USD due to disallowed deductions from 2007 and 2008.^[57] Montoya stated that he had earned $800,000 over his reported income, but filed a challenge to the audit in U.S. Tax Court.^[58]

Personal life[]

Montoya builds and flies radio-controlled aircraft in his spare time.^[59] He is the father of Sebastián Montoya,^[60] who in 2020 signed for Prema Powerteam to race full-time in the Italian F4 Championship and partly in the ADAC F4 Championship.^[61] He re-signed with Prema for the 2021 season, returning to the Italian and German F4 series.^[62]

Motorsports career results[]

Season	Series	Team	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
1994	Barber Saab Pro Series	N/A	4	12	1	2	114	3rd
1995	British Formula Vauxhall	Paul Stewart Racing	4	14	3	3	125	3rd
1996	British Formula 3	Fortec Motorsport	4	16	1	2	137	5th
	International Touring Car Championship	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	3	2	0	0	0	NC
1997	International Formula 3000	RSM Marko	2	9	3	3	37.5	2nd
	Formula One	Rothmans Williams Renault	Test driver
1998	International Formula 3000	Super Nova Racing	1	12	7	4	65	1st
	Formula One	Winfield Williams	Test driver
1999	FedEx Championship Series	Chip Ganassi Racing	4	20	7	7	212	1st
2000	FedEx Championship Series	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	20	7	3	126	9th
	Indy Racing League		9	1	0	1	54	25th
2001	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	6	17	3	1	31	6th
2002	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	6	17	7	0	50	3rd
2003	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	3	16	1	2	82	3rd
2004	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	3	18	0	1	58	5th
2005	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes	10	16	2	3	60	4th
2006	Formula One	Team McLaren Mercedes	4	10	0	0	26	8th
	NASCAR Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	4	0	0	438	68th
	NASCAR Nextel Cup		30	1	0	0	61	69th
2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	36	0	1	3487	20th
	Rolex 24 at Daytona		01	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	NASCAR Busch Series		42	17	0	1	1689	36th
2008	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	2	0	0	230	86th
			42
	Rolex 24 at Daytona		01	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	NASCAR Sprint Cup		42	36	0	0	3329	25th
2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	42	36	2	0	6252	8th
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	01	1	0	0	N/A	2nd
2010	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	02	1	0	0	N/A	15th
	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	42	36	3	1	4118	17th
2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	42	36	2	0	932	21st
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	02	1	0	0	N/A	2nd
2012	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	02	1	0	0	N/A	4th
	Rolex Sports Car Series		02	2	0	0	56	21st
	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	42	36	2	0	810	22nd
2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	42	36	0	0	894	21st
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	01	1	0	0	N/A	1st
2014	IndyCar Series	Team Penske	2	18	1	1	586	4th
	NASCAR Sprint Cup		12	2	0	0	26	48th
2015	IndyCar Series	Team Penske	2	16	2	2	556	2nd
2016	IndyCar Series	Team Penske	2	16	0	1	433	8th
2017	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - DPi	Team Penske	6	1	0	0	30	30th
2018	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - DPi	Acura Team Penske	6	10	1	0	251	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	United Autosports	32	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
2019	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - DPi	Acura Team Penske	6	10	3	3	302	1st
2020	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - DPi	Acura Team Penske	6	9	1	0	247	6th
2021	IndyCar Series	Arrow McLaren SP	86	2	0	0	53	31st
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - DPi	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	60	4	0	0	912	14th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	21	6	0	0	42.5	11th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2			1	0	0	0.5	34th
2022	IndyCar Series	Arrow McLaren SP
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed - 10 Star

Complete International Formula 3000 results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1997	RSM Marko	SIL Ret	PAU 1	HEL Ret	NÜR 4	PER 11	HOC 5	A1R 1	SPA DSQ	MUG 3	JER 1			2nd	37.5
1998	Super Nova Racing	OSC 15	IMO Ret	CAT 1	SIL 1	MON 6	PAU 1	A1R 2	HOC 3	HUN 3	SPA 2	PER 1	NÜR 3	1st	65

CART Championship Series[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1999	Ganassi	Reynard	Honda	MIA 10	MOT 13	LBH 1	NAZ 1	RIO 1	GAT 11	MIL 10	POR 2	CLE 1	ROA 13	TOR 22	MCH 2	DET 17	MDO 1	CHI 1	VAN 1	LAG 8	HOU 25	SUR 16	FON 4	1st	212
2000	Ganassi	Lola	Toyota	MIA 23	LBH 19	RIO 22	MOT 7	NAZ 4	MIL 1	DET 18	POR 17	CLE 6	TOR 24	MCH 1	CHI 12	MDO 24	ROA 16	VAN 17	LAG 6	GAT 1	HOU 2	SUR 24	FON 10	9th	126

IndyCar Series[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2000	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	9	Oldsmobile	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY 1	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TXS										25th	54
2014	Team Penske	Dallara DW12	2	Chevrolet	STP 15	LBH 4	ALA 21	IMS 16	INDY 5	DET 12	DET 13	TEX 3	HOU 2	HOU 7	POC 1	IOW 16	TOR 18	TOR 19	MDO 11	MIL 2	SNM 5	FON 4	4th	586
2015					STP 1	NLA 5	LBH 3	ALA 14	IMS 3	INDY 1	DET 10	DET 10	TEX 4	TOR 7	FON 4	MIL 4	IOW 24	MDO 11	POC 3	SNM 6			2nda	556
2016					STP 1	PHX 9	LBH 4	ALA 5	IMS 8	INDY 33	DET 3	DET 20	RDA 7	IOW 20	TOR 20	MDO 11	POC 8	TXS 9	WGL 13	SNM 3			8th	433
2017			22		STP	LBH	ALA	PHX	IMS 10	INDY 6	DET	DET	TXS	ROA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	GTW	WGL	SNM		24th	93
2021	Arrow McLaren SP		86		ALA	STP	TXS	TXS	IMS 21	INDY 9	DET	DET	ROA	MDO	NSH	IMS	GTW	POR	LAG	LBH			31st	53

^a Montoya lost the title to Scott Dixon on a tiebreaker, after both tied on 556 points. He won two races compared to Dixon's three.

Indianapolis 500 results[]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	2	1	Chip Ganassi Racing
2014	Dallara	Chevrolet	10	5	Team Penske
2015	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	1	Team Penske
2016	Dallara	Chevrolet	17	33	Team Penske
2017	Dallara	Chevrolet	18	6	Team Penske
2021	Dallara	Chevrolet	24	9	Arrow McLaren SP

Indianapolis 500 records[]

Most races between victories Ten* drivers have intervals between race victories extending five or more races.
Years	Career Victories
15	2000	2015

Most laps led by rookie Eight drivers have led one quarter (50 laps / 125 miles) or further race distance in their first year of competition.
Laps	Percent Race Led	Year	Start Pos	Final Pos
167	83.5%	2000	2	1

Complete Formula One results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2001	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW23	BMW P81 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 2	AUT Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 2	FRA Ret	GBR 4	GER Ret	HUN 8	BEL Ret	ITA 1	USA Ret	JPN 2			6th	31
2002	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW24	BMW P82 3.0 V10	AUS 2	MAL 2	BRA 5	SMR 4	ESP 2	AUT 3	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	GBR 3	FRA 4	GER 2	HUN 11	BEL 3	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 4			3rd	50
2003	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW25	BMW P83 3.0 V10	AUS 2	MAL 12	BRA Ret	SMR 7	ESP 4	AUT Ret	MON 1	CAN 3	EUR 2	FRA 2	GBR 2	GER 1	HUN 3	ITA 2	USA 6	JPN Ret				3rd	82
2004	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW26	BMW P84 3.0 V10	AUS 5	MAL 2	BHR 13	SMR 3	ESP Ret	MON 4	EUR 8	CAN DSQ	USA DSQ	FRA 8	GBR 5	GER 5	HUN 4	BEL Ret	ITA 5	CHN 5	JPN 7	BRA 1		5th	58
2005	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes FO 110R 3.0 V10	AUS 6	MAL 4	BHR	SMR	ESP 7	MON 5	EUR 7	CAN DSQ	USA DNS	FRA Ret	GBR 1	GER 2								4th	60
	Team McLaren Mercedes															HUN Ret	TUR 3	ITA 1	BEL 14†	BRA 1	JPN Ret	CHN Ret
2006	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-21	Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8	BHR 5	MAL 4	AUS Ret	SMR 3	EUR Ret	ESP Ret	MON 2	GBR 6	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	CHN	JPN	BRA		8th	26

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Records in F1

Record		Achieved
Fastest top speed	372.6 km/h (231.5 mph)	2005 Italian Grand Prix[63]

Montoya did hold the record for the highest average lap speed in F1 history for a lap he set in qualifying at the 2004 Italian Grand Prix, but Lewis Hamilton is the most recent driver to have beat that record. Mercedes' #44 car traveled at an average speed of 264.362 km/h at the Temple of Speed [Q3, 2020 Italian GP]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series[]

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2006	Chip Ganassi Racing	30	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM 34	69th	61
2007		42		DAY 19	CAL 26	LVS 22	ATL 5	BRI 32	MAR 16	TEX 8	PHO 33	TAL 31	RCH 26	DAR 23	CLT 28	DOV 31	POC 20	MCH 43	SON 1	NHA 19	DAY 32	CHI 15	IND 2	POC 16	GLN 39	MCH 26	BRI 17	CAL 33	RCH 41	NHA 23	DOV 10	KAN 28	TAL 15	CLT 37	MAR 8	ATL 34	TEX 25	PHO 17	HOM 15	20th	3487
2008				DAY 32	CAL 20	LVS 19	ATL 16	BRI 15	MAR 13	TEX 19	PHO 16	TAL 2	RCH 32	DAR 23	CLT 30	DOV 12	POC 38	MCH 38	SON 6	NHA 32	DAY 38	CHI 18	IND 38	POC 40	GLN 4	MCH 25	BRI 19	CAL 20	RCH 31	NHA 17	DOV 39	KAN 20	TAL 25	CLT 34	MAR 14	ATL 40	TEX 43	PHO 17	HOM 17	25th	3329
2009	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing		Chevy	DAY 14	CAL 11	LVS 31	ATL 27	BRI 9	MAR 12	TEX 7	PHO 24	TAL 20	RCH 10	DAR 20	CLT 8	DOV 30	POC 8	MCH 6	SON 6	NHA 12	DAY 9	CHI 10	IND 11	POC 2	GLN 6	MCH 19	BRI 25	ATL 3	RCH 19	NHA 3	DOV 4	KAN 4	CAL 3	CLT 35	MAR 3	TAL 19	TEX 37	PHO 8	HOM 38	8th	6252
2010				DAY 10	CAL 37	LVS 37	ATL 3	BRI 26	MAR 36	PHO 5	TEX 34	TAL 3	RCH 6	DAR 5	DOV 35	CLT 38	POC 8	MCH 13	SON 10	NHA 34	DAY 27	CHI 16	IND 32	POC 16	GLN 1	MCH 7	BRI 7	ATL 9	RCH 7	NHA 16	DOV 14	KAN 29	CAL 14	CLT 11	MAR 19	TAL 3	TEX 28	PHO 16	HOM 35	17th	4118
2011				DAY 6	PHO 19	LVS 3	BRI 24	CAL 10	MAR 4	TEX 13	TAL 30	RCH 29	DAR 23	DOV 32	CLT 12	KAN 17	POC 7	MCH 30	SON 22	DAY 9	KEN 15	NHA 30	IND 28	POC 32	GLN 7	MCH 25	BRI 19	ATL 15	RCH 15	CHI 14	NHA 9	DOV 22	KAN 23	CLT 14	TAL 23	MAR 22	TEX 18	PHO 15	HOM 31	21st	932
2012				DAY 36	PHO 11	LVS 25	BRI 8	CAL 17	MAR 21	TEX 16	KAN 12	RCH 12	TAL 32	DAR 24	CLT 20	DOV 28	POC 17	MCH 8	SON 34	KEN 14	DAY 28	NHA 25	IND 21	POC 20	GLN 33	MCH 26	BRI 13	ATL 21	RCH 20	CHI 23	NHA 22	DOV 26	TAL 38	CLT 19	KAN 16	MAR 20	TEX 34	PHO 12	HOM 28	22nd	810
2013				DAY 39	PHO 12	LVS 19	BRI 30	CAL 38	MAR 26	TEX 20	KAN 27	RCH 4	TAL 25	DAR 8	CLT 18	DOV 2	POC 14	MCH 20	SON 34	KEN 16	DAY 39	NHA 24	IND 9	POC 28	GLN 5	MCH 11	BRI 3	ATL 7	RCH 16	CHI 32	NHA 19	DOV 23	KAN 18	CLT 12	TAL 41	MAR 13	TEX 20	PHO 6	HOM 18	21st	894
2014	Team Penske	12	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH 18	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND 23	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	48th	47

Daytona 500[]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	36	19
2008			15	32
2009	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	8	14
2010			8	10
2011			13	6
2012			35	36
2013			7	39

Nationwide Series[]

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
2006	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 11	TEX 28	PHO 20	HOM 14	68th	438
2007				DAY 40	CAL 39	MXC 1	LVS 20	ATL 8	BRI 14	NSH	TEX 30	PHO 21	TAL 7	RCH 11	DAR 15	CLT 40	DOV 14	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 34	DAY 30	CHI 21	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 33	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	36th	1689
2008		40		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX 15	PHO		86th	230
		42																																				HOM 17

ARCA Re/Max Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARMC	Pts
2006	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH	MCH	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL 3	IOW 24	84th	350

Grand-Am[]

Daytona Prototype[]

Bold – Pole Position. (Overall Finish/Class Finish).

Year	Team	No.	Engine	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	01	Lexus 5.0L V8	Riley Technologies MkXI	DAY (1)	MEX	HOM	VIR	LGA	WGL	MDO	DAY	IOW	BAR	MON	WGL	SON	MIL	52nd	35
2008				Riley Technologies MkXX	DAY (1)	HOM	MEX	VIR	LGA	WGL	MDO	DAY	BAR	MON	WGL	SON	NJ	MIL	45th	35
2009				Riley Technologies Mk. XX	DAY (2)	VIR	NJ	LGA	WGL	MDO	DAY	BAR	WGL	MON	MIL	HOM			45th	32
2010		02	BMW 5.0L V8		DAY (37/15)	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGL	MDO	DAY	NJ	WGL	MON	MIL			41st	16
2011					DAY (2)	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGL	ELK	LGA	NJ	WGL	MON	MDO			24th	32
2012				Riley Technologies Mk. XXVI	DAY (4)	BAR	HOM	NJ	BEL	MDO	ELK	WGL	IMS (4)	WGL	MON	LGA	LRP		21st	56
2013		01			DAY (1)	AUS	BAR	ATL	BEL	MDO	WGL	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LRP			41st	35

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship[]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2017	Team Penske	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 3	30th	30
2018	Acura Team Penske	P	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 10	SEB 14	LBH 5	MDO 2	DET 3	WGL 3	MOS 10	ELK 5	LGA 3	PET 13	5th	251
2019	Acura Team Penske	DPi	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 6	SEB 9	LBH 3	MDO 1	DET 1	WGL 3	MOS 3	ELK 2	LGA 1	PET 4	1st	302
2020	Acura Team Penske	DPi	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	DAY 4	SEB 6	ELK 8	ATL 6	MDO 7	PET 3	LGA 2	SEB 2		6th	247
2021	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	DPi	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 3	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	LBH	PET 6	14th	912
2022	DragonSpeed - 10 Star	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY		LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK					-*	0*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	United Autosports	Hugo de Sadeleer Will Owen	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	365	7th	3rd
2020	DragonSpeed USA	Timothé Buret Memo Rojas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	192	DNF	DNF
2021	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	356	15th	10th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			1st

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 7	ALG 8	MNZ 6	LMS 10	BHR 11	BHR 10	11th	42.5
		LMP2 Pro-Am			SPA 3	ALG 2	MNZ 2	LMS 1	BHR 5	BHR 4	4th	138

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ 17	SPA	ALG	34th	0.5

References[]

External links[]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Ricardo Zonta	International Formula 3000 Champion 1998	Succeeded by Nick Heidfeld
Preceded by Alex Zanardi	CART FedEx Championship Series Champion 1999	Succeeded by Gil de Ferran
Preceded by Kenny Bräck Ryan Hunter-Reay	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2000 2015	Succeeded by Hélio Castroneves Alexander Rossi
Preceded by Sebastian Vettel	Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2017	Succeeded by David Coulthard
Preceded by Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Champion 2019 With: Dane Cameron	Succeeded by Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor
Awards
Preceded by Tony Kanaan	CART Rookie of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Kenny Bräck
Preceded by Robby McGehee	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Hélio Castroneves
Preceded by Denny Hamlin	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Regan Smith
Preceded by Jenson Button	Autosport Rookie of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Mark Webber
Preceded by Jenson Button	Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 2002	Succeeded by Michael Schumacher
Preceded by Michael Schumacher	Autosport International Driver of the Year 2003	Succeeded by Jenson Button
Records
Preceded by ?????	Fastest Grand Prix qualifying lap 259.828 km/h (2002 Italian GP)	Succeeded by Rubens Barrichello 260.395 km/h (2004 Italian GP)