With Ralf out, the five drivers, led by Michael Schumacher began to zero in on Montoya at over a second a lap.

Having been criticised in previous years for his lack of fitness, Montoya began a training program under the direction of McLaren personnel but all the effort was lost when, just after the Malaysian Grand Prix, he injured his shoulder while in Spain.

The final round of pitstops for the frontrunners began on lap 43, with Montoya and Barrichello pitting, followed by Button and Ralf Schumacher on lap 44, then Michael Schumacher and Trulli on lap 46.

As they entered the left-handed Turn 2, Montoya was squeezed onto the curb and then the grass by the Ferrari, and as they began to exit the turn the right front wheel of the Williams touched the Ferrari's sidepod-forcing Barrichello onto the gravel.

On Lap 19, as the rain began to fall more heavily, Montoya was given a drive-through penalty for " causing an avoidable accident " with Barrichello.

Soon afterwards, Montoya began to experience tyre graining, which allowed Michael Schumacher to close on him.

Häkkinen began to pull away at close to 2 seconds per lap while Juan Pablo Montoya in the Williams began to close up on Schumacher.

Montoya, meanwhile, was flying as his Michelin tires began to gain traction and provide him an advantage.

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As Fisichella and Trulli raced away at the front, Coulthard began to gradually fall back, holding up Webber, Nick Heidfeld ( also making his Williams debut ), Christian Klien, Juan Pablo Montoya and Barrichello.

The rest of the field began their pit stop sequences around lap 18, allowing Montoya to leapfrog Liuzzi for 8th place, while Barrichello put in some quick laps to move into an outright 4th position.

Meanwhile Montoya was beginning to struggle and began lapping 2 seconds off the pace.

Many NASCAR drivers also got their start in racing from karts, such as Darrell Waltrip, Danica Patrick, Lake Speed, Ricky Rudd, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart, and Jeff Gordon.

It was one of the sponsors of NASCAR with drivers like Davey Allison, Ernie Irvan, Kenny Irwin Jr., Ricky Rudd, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Montoya has also become a crossover race winner by winning races ( starting in each case in his rookie year ) in Formula One, CART, IndyCar, Grand-AM and NASCAR equalling in that respect Mario Andretti's caliber of success ( except for the F1 World Championship ); And shares honors as well with Dan Gurney in being IndyCar / F1 / NASCAR race winner.

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-Mercedes, provided that he resigned from receiving any payout to terminate his contract.

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 ' NASCAR operation, Chip Ganassi Racing, in the No. 42 Texaco / Havoline Car.

Montoya also earned the honor of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2007 Rookie of the Year and finished 20th in series points.

Montoya ran in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for Chip Ganassi in the # 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW Riley with NASCAR teammate Jamie McMurray and Indycar champions Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti.

Montoya started the 2011 NASCAR season on a high note finishing 6th in the Daytona 500 and 5th in points.

To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 ( 1969 ), Daytona 500 ( 1967 ) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500.

Broadcaster Chris Spielman asked where Colombian NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya was on the list.

Gurney was the first driver to win races in Sports Cars ( 1958 ), Formula One ( 1962 ), NASCAR ( 1963 ), and Indy Car ( 1967 ) ( the other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya ).

* NASCAR Nationwide Series Race ( 200 miles ): Juan Pablo Montoya, 2 hrs.

* The # 1 and # 42 cars continue to run a full NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule in 2010 with Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya respectively.

* A number of drivers with extensive road course experience are now full-time NASCAR drivers, such as Robby Gordon ( IMSA and Champ Cars ), Montoya ( Formula One and Champ Cars ), and Ambrose ( V8 Supercars ).

Later that same year he nearly won his first Nationwide series victory at the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at the Mexico City road course only to lose it in the closing laps when his Chip Ganassi team mate the afore mentioned Juan Pablo Montoya spun him out and Juan Pablo Montoya would win his first NASCAR race.

In the ten races during the season, Montoya had three wins and three pole positions.

Montoya was the fastest of them all and he and Max Wilson were signed by WilliamsF1 to be test drivers for the following season.

During the 1998 F3000 season, Montoya opened the season up with a record four straight pole positions.

Montoya finished the 1998 F3000 season with four wins, seven pole positions, and nine podium finishes in twelve races.

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.

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.

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.

Montoya made his Formula One debut for the BMW-powered Williams team in the 2001 Formula One season at the Australian Grand Prix.

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.

In the 2002 Formula One season, Montoya was the best of the rest as Ferrari's dominance left available no better place than third.

McLaren-Mercedes announced that they would take on his racing services from 2005 at an end of season announcement, although it was believed that Montoya had already decided to leave immediately after the French GP.

In the final stages of the season it was clear that Montoya and his car were finally adapted to one another.

Montoya started his 2006 season learning that the 2005 F1 Champion Fernando Alonso had been contracted by McLaren-Mercedes for the 2007 season.

Catalunya saw Montoya failing to qualify in the top 10 for the first time in the season.

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 ended the season 25th in the points standings, 5 spots lower than in 2007.

The 2011 season started well for Montoya.

* CART Racing – Juan Pablo Montoya won the season championship

Despite the disappointment of the 2004 season, Räikkönen was still seen as one of the rising stars of the sport, along with BAR's Button, Renault's Alonso and 2005 McLaren teammate Montoya.

Schumacher finished the season 5th and his contribution, alongside Juan Pablo Montoya did, however, help the Williams team to finish second in the Constructors Championship in 2002 and 2003, narrowly missing out on the title to Ferrari on the latter occasion.