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Less than a month after his debut, in the Brazilian Grand Prix, he had his best qualifying, a fourth place finish.

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 shocked the F1 world by passing 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.