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Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories

S2 E6: How Montoya burst onto the F1 scene in 2001

Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories

The Race Media Ltd

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4.9764 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Juan Pablo Montoya arrived in Formula 1 in 2001 after two sensational years in America where he claimed the CART title as a rookie in 1999 and won the Indianapolis 500 at the first attempt in 2000. In this episode Glenn Freeman and Mark Hughes are joined by Jonathan Williams to discuss Montoya's rookie F1 season, with Jonathan offering a unique insight from what it was like being inside the team created by his father Frank when Montoya arrived. We cover the impact Montoya's signing had on Jenson Button (and if Williams could have ever had a Montoya/Button line-up), how expectations were set following Alex Zanardi's struggles two years earlier, tension with Ralf Schumacher that started before they'd even raced together, that stunning pass on Michael Schumacher at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Montoya's struggles after that race to find his feet in F1, team tactics fallouts with Ralf later in the year, how he handled more missed opportunities to win, and how it all came together for a long awaited maiden victory during a sombre Monza weekend.

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0:00.0

After sensationally winning the cart title as a rookie and then storming to the Indianapolis

0:10.1

500 at the first attempt a year later, Juan Pablo Montoya returned from two years racing in

0:15.9

America as hot property at Williams in 2001. It didn't take him long to make a huge statement against none other than Michael Schumacher,

0:24.7

although his wait for a first win was perhaps longer than anyone expected.

0:28.8

We'll go through Montoya's rise from newcomer to F1 winner in great detail today on Bring Back V10s.

0:35.1

I'm Glenn Freeman, and before we introduce our guests,

0:37.9

remember to get your questions in for anything to do with F1 from 1989 to 2005 for our

0:44.0

series finale.

0:45.1

And you can use the hashtag Bring Back V10s on Twitter.

0:48.7

And if you haven't already, why not join the likes of Skuduria Rob, Malk Lee and JSDF1 in leaving us a five-star review and submitting

0:57.1

a question that way as well. After our recent Austria 2002 episode, we've had quite a few

1:02.5

requests in our reviews to talk about something that sheds some positive light on Ferrari

1:07.5

and Michael Schumacher in the future. That sounds like a very good idea to me, and we'll put that right in series three.

1:13.6

There are plenty of Schumacher masterclasses to choose from,

1:16.7

and in fact, we'll be talking about his F1 debut with Jordan next week.

1:20.3

But we love hearing your feedback and really appreciate suggestions like that,

1:23.8

so we can talk about the stories you want to hear, so keep them coming.

1:28.4

But now let's get on to our guests for today. Mark Hughes is back with us and I'm delighted to also welcome

1:33.5

a man who knows today's subject matter inside out, having basically spent his entire life

1:38.5

involved in the F1 team set out by his dad, Jonathan Williams. Jonathan's an absolute pleasure to have you here with us.

1:45.6

Thanks so much for taking the time to join us on Bring Back V10s,

1:49.2

at what I think is a fitting time to be looking back on a story from Williams's past.

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