I fucking love that guy.

Kimi cracked me up 😂

Consistent on and off the track.

Guy is an a-hole. Always has been. Always will be. A hero to dullard, dumb people everywhere. Underperformed massively during his F1 career too

He has no social skills

@MrLewisBate ...It's called a joke mate

@MrLewisBate Isn't it fascinating that you know my own mind better than I do! The joke - and yes, it was a joke, because I have read the names Lewis Hamilton and Gary Paffett in the same sentence before - is the idea that Gary Paffett could possibly have been on level pegging with Lewis Hamilton in contention for the McLaren seat. The reason for that should be fairly self-explanatory. McLaren knew what they needed to know about Paffett, and concluded that he wasn't good enough for F1. On the other hand, they underestimated just how good Lewis was, but knew he was a rising star; Turkey 2006 in particular was a performance which made everyone in the F1 paddock sit up and take notice, and Lewis has only proven himself again and again to be not only good enough for a top F1 seat, but quite possibly the greatest driver to ever sit in an F1 car. He is at minimum one of the top five F1 drivers of all time. Are you trying to tell me Paffett would've beaten Fernando Alonso in his rookie season? Now, what I want to know is - why do people like you think they know better than everyone else? And why do they - why do you - feel the need to be so bloody rude about it?

@MrLewisBate "it wasn't funny at all"? Why does it have 4 likes then? The gall of you, talking about condescending.

Looks like @MrLewisBate got owned, realised no-one liked him and then ran off like a big baby. Bit like Montoya...

Who'd have thought that Montoya walking away from F1 paved the way for Hamilton...The rest is history

Hahahahaa unlike Montoya, he was fired for poor performance. Also he was fired prevoiusly at BAR Honda in 2003 and Renault didnt even take him account for 2005.

To be fair.. Jacques had lost the passion, and therefore that edge, after winning the championship.. kinda like Niko Rosberg

@@mortenfrosthansen84 but Nico was sensible enough to retire straight away unlike Jacques. Tbh I still think Nico was the best teammate Lewis has ever had in terms of matching his ability Race after race after race.

@@jacobmassey3897 Yeah he could easily have done more good, in racing, perhaps as a coach or team manager. But if you loose that hunger, you also loose the winning edge. It happens to many athletes.. Jacques probably got fed up with politics in sport.. which there is a lot of in F1. Now the drivers are almost exclusive items, compared to back then when the changes to absolute professionalism came.. You still see the occasional pay-to-drive driver, like Stroll, but they can't just jump in the seat by paying money anymore. So it is definitely different.. It has become like a olympic sport, compared to something anybody can strive to achieve from pure skill

​@@mortenfrosthansen84 The pinnacle of losing passion has gotta be Damon Hill in 99... He was totally destroyed by teammate Frentzen, but 3 years earlier he beat rookie Villeneuve who himself could beat Frentzen in 97!! 😂 So plz tell me, in what order should we rank Hill, Frentzen and Villeneuve? 🤔

Da! Montoya je bio rijedak fenomen među vozačima F1. 👍

You forgot to mention that Montoya had the strongest engine (BMW) from 2001 till 2004. So the Ferrari may had the best aero, but the Williams wasn't a slow car. In fact, on all the races with long straights, or where engine performance played a big role, the Williams BMW always won if they didn't had reliability issues.

@@solaimanelaissaoui4842 yes but Ralf Schumacher also had the same engine in the same car and he didnt take six consecutive pole positions against the greatest Ferrari of all time and arguably the greatest F1 car/engine combination ever... driven by a 7 times world champion driver no less. Ralf was a brutally fast driver who had not had a bother named Michael would probably have been that quickest German of his generation. And certainly better under pressure than Vettel, Heidfeld. Yet it was Montoya who had the distinction of finishing on the podium in every third race he entered. Montoya was the last of the slick tire era drivers who proved worthy of being in F1 in the Senna era Wiliams cars as a newbie test driver.

@@solaimanelaissaoui4842 another point most dont realize about Montoya's six consecutive pole positions against the Ferrari is that the average margin when the Ferrari took pole over P2 was I think something like 3-4 tenths of a second. All of Montoya's pole positions over the Ferrari were by a cat's whisker. Including his Monaco pole position over Schumacher. You couldn't pass a sheet of paper between Montoya's car and the barriers on that lap.

lol Montoya could never overtake better than Schumi buddy, if anything he was more erratic and ended up taking other drivers out more often than not, he was quick and aggressive and certainly one of the ballsiest pilots ever seen, but he was no match for the seven time champion. Michael was the MASTER in overtaking, race craft, car setup, strategy, tyre management, wet weather, you name it.

That was possible to avoid, Ron Dennis was not clever at the time.

​@@42much1Can't really blame Ron Dennis. Nobody knew Hamilton was going to be a match for Alonso from the get go.

me too!! miss JPM too much, what a wild faster incredible way!!

What was the spy gate was it 2008?

@@kiwimontoya no 07 that’s why they threw the championship away

yeah typical idiot coward!!

dirty f1 poliicie so unfair was enough!!

Nobody in that time was more unfair than Michael Schumacher. But i admit that Hakkinen and Raikkonen we're racing cleaner on track than Montoya.

harsh penalty my arse, he took out rubino and payed for it. And no he wouldn't have been world champion if you include Schu's misfortune in Australia with the barge boards, being taken out by montoya at Nurburgring, the puncture at hockenheim, etc.

Kimi deserved 2003.

@@adrianyoungs8166 Schumi taken out by Montoya at Nurburgring...It was a legit overtake, even Schumi himself said as much. There was only Ross Brawn crying about it🤣🤣

@@jasepaul91 even still it was bad luck on Schu's part he was looking solid for second place, 3rd if you include Kimi's engine blow up when he was leading comfortably.

@@adrianyoungs8166 Very true. Imo it was a fine overtake and Schumi got unlucky that it caused him to spin

But it's true what he said. I think Michael wouldn't have given two shits if social media was around back then. 😂

@@claudioschumi87So true that JPM wasn’t able to manage one win on a “circle” in over 200 races on them. 🙄

@@claudioschumi87 guess that mountain didnt give 2 shits about him

@@austinwalters3219 was that meant to be funny?

@@claudioschumi87 no just the truth. i race oval and road and they are both challenging and completely different disciplines. if it wasnt a challenge then why did jpm not win in nascar? keep sucking off that vegetable though maybe someone will life a laptop to his face so he can read your kind words

and lack of support from his team also and Ron dennis.

He might have been a great driver but he acted a total prick.

hahahah an jenson also into it hahahaha what ironny....JPM once again aheaaad as usual!!!

yeah typical idiot coward as usual!!

Really, Who won the race?

@@sharlesleglerc Montoya taken out by a backmarker. Context matters

@@sharlesleglerc Kimi. Doesn't mean he wasn't quick to put it on pole and had true speed.

Kimi had more fuel, look at the entire season. Nuff said.

@@flintey360 And that back marker was Pizzonia. The same driver who ruined montoya race in Sepang 2003.

¿Alonso would beat Montoya? maybe.. McLaren was not a car for Montoya, just as the Mercedes was not a car for Schumi. the truth is that the only one who stood up to Schumi without having the best car on the grid (2001-2004) was Montoya, nobody else. There was no faster and more aggressive driver in a good car... A year later Hamilton showed Alonso the door at Mclaren and they lived through one of the most embarrassing seasons in their history. Montoya left at a good time... Now he is dedicated to continue winning in other categories... And he Son...

Who says? Montoya was just as fast. Alonso could barely keep up with Trulli.

@@ciaronsmith4995 in 2003 his first year in Renault Alonso destroys Trulli, and in 2004 he lost only by 1 point and without the bad luck he was going to finish ahead of him without any problem, he lost a lot of points by mechanical failures or getting out by other drivers.

⁠@@nostalfan2007 one of the most embarrassing seasons of their careers?? Do you even hear yourself?

​@@thegreatafrican3367 Spygate and being kicked out of the Constructors Championship was the embarrassing part. It was also what broke the Mclaren-Mercedes partnership. Merc's parent company Daimler was not happy they had to pay 40% of the 100 million fine due to having a 40% stake in McLaren at the time.

Nah, I don't think so. He has no regrets about leaving F1. He loves racing in America. He was interviewed several years and was asked if he thought he left F1 too soon and he responded HELL NO!!! I really think he disliked F1. Not the cars or racing but the off track stuff.

Yes, the man should've sacrificed his and his family's happiness to keep us fans happy. That's totally how it works.

Don’t agree…he drove better in an Indy car doing 230mph..and he was with ‘his people’…too many snobs in F1

And what is doing now hanging out in Grand Prix races not Indy washing his son become an F1 driver not Indy how ironic 😄

Michael was quite an asshole a lot of times

He's known to be an asshole. Reason why there's was a huge rivalry with Juan who was full of flaws, but extremely genuine and kind of driver for fans and motorsports in the whole entirety of terms.

I think that was more of a mind game comment to make Juan doubt himself more than anything, but yeah was a bit disrespectful. Thing is with Schumi is he had some sociopathic tendencies like that. He's the best ever if you're on his team (as a team principle, engineer, mechanic, etc), but if you're his opponent he's very cloak and dagger.

Smart man

Schumacher domination was more boring

@@alexlacl8730 I disagree. Except 2004, Schumacher era was entertaining

@@Heisenberg2K and 2002 was shit too. But 2003... what a season that was

@@alexlacl8730 Schumacher won in a Benneton. That 2 championships alone is worth more than Hamilton's career.

@@0megalul309 he cheated to be world champions in 94 and 2008 is more impresive than 1995

And Villeneve did get fired shortly from BMW

plus that unfair penalty in indianapolis!!

Nah, not really. People criticize other things about F1 than being "under developed, heavy cars running in ovals, which are no challenge to drive". He's absolutely right, BTW. I don't know what Montoya is smoking, but, going from F1 to Nascar is probably something we will never see again. No wonder that he went Indycar later. I think Montoya fits better into a US race series, for sure. F1 wasn't the right thing for him. He's neither fit enough, nor is he the right person for the politics in F1, and to conform to the way a driver has to act there (especially in terms of statements, and dedication to the car brand).

@@chakko007 Only driver that could have gone from Nascar to F1 and be good was Jeff Gordon.

@@chakko007 >no challenge to drive They're overpowered with little tires that drop off a performance cliff very quickly. They are extremely challenging to drive because you need to be so gentle and precise to keep from spinning the tires, sliding around, locking the brakes, etc.

@@chakko007 no bro Michael was a one-trick pony that got his ego boost when he joined F1 but people like Montoya and Villeneuve see challenges and other Motorsports one matter what type and take it I mean shoot Kimi had a couple races in NASCAR and was planning to do more so there's clearly a challenge there

@MrLewisBate if that's the case then why hasn't Fernando Alonso won the Indy 500 yet and why did Michael Schumacher need to hit his opponent to win a championship and they the next year hit a IndyCar championship and indy 500 winner to win the f1 championship But ultimately failed and got disqualified from the whole year

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hahahahaa youre talking about his debut 2001 season mate, your history even doesnt add up what really happend in 2003. numerous mistakes wtf are you talking about hahaha

mcclaren acted treacherously against him!

yeah typical coward idiot!!!

Mercedes also back then. Designing these poor engines every year.

Hamilton comes very close.

youre the clown bud, Ron legend

Wouldn’t surprise me either if he moved to America and join McLaren at Indy

Ricciardo was kicked out of F1 for poor performance. Montoya left F1 while teams were still asking for him. JPM is still to this day the only driver I can think of that did that. He had no interest in driving a mediocre car. Also I cant name one memorable overtake by Ricciardo that comes anywhere near Montoya passing 2 cars on the same corner in France, the overtake on Schumacher at the bus stop chicane at Spa, the overtake on Schumacher seen all around the world at Interlagos where he was knocked out of the lead of the race by none other than Max Verstappen's father.

No, Leclerc is.

No even close

No way near the same Montoya left before he got dropped Danny Ric got sacked

Yep, because Kimi was always Rons first man to focus on, just as was Hamilton in 2007 season, and after Alonso felt that, everything went downhill for mclaren… Ron got what he deserved years later

@NavyaSagittarius I’m pretty sure that JPM had more ‘raw talent’ than Kimi, but he was not commited as Kimi was (at that time anyways). He showed that less of a commitment at the beginning of the 2005 season by “playing tennis” and injuring his shoulder, it was later obvious that Mclarens favorite was Kimi. If JPM did not have his shoulder injury, he would surely stand closer to Kimi, maybe even perform better than him.

@NavyaSagittarius no, he lost his motivation after that shoulder injury (which happened before 2005 season started as far as I remember). After that he was not in a good relationship with Ron (he even said in his interview, since Ron found out about that he tried to make a fool of him by lying about his incident) which caused operational issues further in the 2005 season (example is JPMs DNF in Canada where he should have won a race, but they did not warn him about yellow flag).

2005 DTM (German Touring Car) Champion

Actually discovered JPM when he was dominating CART/INDY. Then followed him to F1.

JPM joined McLaren in 2005 and won 3 GPs that Season.

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En pocas palabras montoya dice que, se canso de hacer dinero en f1 y de la exigencia, y que pasar a nscr le iba a dar más tiempo con su familia y ser más feliz por que podía estar con ellos en un motorhome y dentro de Estados Unidos, no por todo el planeta con f1 de ahí para adelante en el video los demás pilotos opinan sobre la decisión muy neutrales todos...

Kimi had already signed for Ferrari when Montoya decided to leave F1.

He wanted out. He was only be offered a contract for 2007 then Lewis was gonna be in for 2008. He felt he had more than that so left to America where he get a longer career. JPM on his days was as fast as anyone but the period of f1 at the time didn’t really suit JPM style

Who the fuck asked?

@@drumnbasssakuga9352 You’re mom wanted me to reply so I did.

If je was dedicated @100% to formula 1, he should won at least more races and even championishp. On the other side, Bad Luck in 2003, Williams should put him as N 1 compare to Ralf and also Bad décisions from Williams in Usa GP. Mc Laren did it lately in 2005 and choose n1 Kimi

Although he did finish fifth at Le Mans 24hour in a Mercedes in 1991. Would have been nice to see him back there too

@@insertwittynamehere8947 yeah but that F1 money changes you and your ego

Schumacher was a very good sports car driver... I did remember some interview in his Mercedes f1 days when he was linked with a move to DTM that his excitement was the pinnacle of technology, and racing something else wouldn't give him the same excitement.

if he was a "one trick pony" as you said, he would've never made it into F! in the first place

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