The next day in the race, Montoya's team-mate Antônio Pizzonia reached a top speed of 369. 9 km / h ( 229. 9 mph ), the fastest speed ever recorded in Formula One at the time ( it was to be exceeded by Montoya in 2005 ).

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.

Cristiano da Matta's pole time of 1m 18. 959s was 6. 123 seconds shy of 1999 CART champion Juan Pablo Montoya's stunning pole-winning effort aboard the BMW / Williams at the 2002 GP-which was exactly the sort of discrepancy da Matta had predicted in the run-up to the event, any way the fastest time for a Champ Car in the same weekend was only 3. 97 seconds above Montoya's record, set by Tagliani in Practice.

The win was bittersweet for Juan and his Texaco team, as with only 9 laps to go, Montoya's teammate, Scott Pruett driving the # 41 Juicy Fruit Dodge, attempted to block Montoya, who had fresher tires.

He held off Schumacher, who was on a two-stop strategy compared to Montoya's one stop strategy until Schumacher's first stop.

Soon Schumacher was right on Montoya's tail and tried to pass him around the outside at Remus Curve.

Although the 2003 chassis was built by the team specifically for Montoya's driving style, the machine needed time to be developed.

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

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, some of the helmets ( such as the silver one with the flaming Colombian flag ) were winning entries of Échele Cabeza al casco de Juan Pablo Montoya contest.

However as Schumacher continued there was no space between his car and the barrier for Montoya's and he clipped Montoya's left front tyre with his right rear, spun sideways and hit the barriers.

Montoya's move to take the lead was brave even by his standards.

That was not the end of the dramatic start however: Juan Pablo Montoya's Williams then broke down and refused to fire.

This was the ruin Montoya's race.

Ralf eventually pitted but the damage was done, a poor stop didn't help Montoya's situation and he came out behind Rubens Barrichello who stopped earlier.

The Williams of Montoya was fastest in the final practice session before qualifying with Räikkönen second fastest and Montoya's teammate, Ralf Schumacher, third fastest.

On July 11, 2006 it was announced that de la Rosa would take over the second McLaren race seat with immediate effect following Juan Pablo Montoya's departure to NASCAR.

Montoya's most important accomplishment was his work on the Senate Agriculture Committee, where he gained expertise concerning the inspection and regulation of the meat packing industry.

Montoya's car was undamaged, but he lost several places as a result of being forced off line, and finished the first lap in 13th place.

Montoya sets Whisper A ' Daire on fire, but is about to be killed by Mannheim when Kate stabs him with the ceremonial knife and collapses in Montoya's arms.

A dip in Button's form, combined with Montoya's victory in that year's Indianapolis 500, led to Montoya being announced as his replacement midway through the season.

Verstappen let Montoya by, but as he pulled in behind Montoya while braking for turn 4 his Arrows slammed violently into the back of Montoya's Williams and both men were out of the race.

Michael Schumacher won the race, with Juan Pablo Montoya in second, and Ralf Schumacher, Montoya's Williams team-mate, in third.

Montoya is cleared of all charges and Two-Face returns to Arkham, but Montoya's personal life becomes chaotic, especially with her family: while her younger brother knows about and to a limited extent accepts her sexuality, her religious parents disown her.

When Michael Andretti and Juan Montoya collided during a practice session for the 1999 race at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan, Haas infamously threw his cigar at Montoya's car owner Chip Ganassi during a confrontation in the garage area.

However, Williams decline continued and following Montoya's win at the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, they entered a lengthy period without a Grand Prix victory ended by Pastor Maldonado winning the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.

When Ralf turned into the corner from his inside position, he ran over the plastic curbing and his rear end slid around and contacted the side of Montoya's car as it went by.

While trying to stop members of the Religion of Crime from obtaining a mystic weapon, she is confronted by the Spectre ( whose current host is Crispus Allen, Montoya's former partner ).

The contact resulted in Montoya's right rear going flat and he lost a lap on pit road fixing the minor body damage.

During the 2012 Daytona 500, during a caution on lap 160, Montoya's car spun out and collided with a track support vehicle with a jet dryer in tow due to a rear suspension mechanical malfunction, causing leaking vapors from the dryer to catch fire, leading to a lengthy red flag.

Montoya's lead only lasted for the opening lap, however, as the Colombian ran wide at the final chicane, allowing Barrichello the run into the first corner, and the race lead.

As the formation lap started, Juan Pablo Montoya's BMW Williams failed to start.

" McLaren CEO Ron Dennis remained confident of his team's race strategy given Juan Pablo Montoya's strong second position, despite a major error in the qualifying lap of Kimi Räikkönen.

According to Diego Montoya's Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) profile, the U. S. government accuses him of being involved in the willing production and distribution of multiple tons of cocaine into the United States.

As the Williams and Ferrari traveled through the corner, Schumacher's Ferrari started to experience understeer and went into Montoya's car, taking the Ferrari front wing off.

Schumacher's teammate, Barrichello and Montoya's teammate, Ralf Schumacher, were third and fourth respectively.

For most of the season Montoya's major concerns were the ongoing problems with backmarkers.

The US Grand Prix also brought further disappointment to Montoya's season.

This crash also involved team-mate Räikkönen, and as one of the main instigators of the crash, this cast further doubt upon Montoya's future in Formula One.

This ultimately confirmed Montoya's exit from F1.

Spielman remarked on Montoya's poor performance in the chase, and in response, Griese said: " He's out having a taco.

Montoya's retirement during the race also meant that Räikkönen finished 2nd in the championship, just two points behind Schumacher.

" El Louie " is probably Montoya's most famous and most often anthologized poem.