Juan Pablo Montoya
Montoya in 2021
Nationality	Colombian
Born	Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (1975-09-20) September 20, 1975 (age 48) Bogotá, Colombia
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Championship titles
1998 International Formula 3000 Champion 1999 CART FedEx Championship Series Champion 2017 Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Awards
1999 CART Rookie of the Year 2000 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2007 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series career
57 races run over 6 years
2022 position	31st
Best finish	2nd ( 2015)
First race	2000 Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis)
Last race	2022 Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis)
First win	2000 Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis)
Last win	2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg ( St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles 5 13 3
Champ Car career
40 races run over 2 years
Team(s)	Chip Ganassi Racing
Best finish	1st ( 1999)
First race	1999 Grand Prix of Miami ( Homestead)
Last race	2000 Marlboro 500 ( Fontana)
First win	1999 Long Beach Grand Prix ( Long Beach)
Last win	2000 Motorola 300 ( Gateway)
Wins Podiums Poles 10 13 14
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2001– 2006
Teams	Williams, McLaren
Engines	BMW, Mercedes
Entries	95 (94 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	7
Podiums	30
Career points	307
Pole positions	13
Fastest laps	12
First entry	2001 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2001 Italian Grand Prix
Last win	2005 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry	2006 United States Grand Prix
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
255 races run over 9 years
2014 position	48th
Best finish	8th ( 2009)
First race	2006 Ford 400 ( Homestead)
Last race	2014 Brickyard 400 ( Indianapolis)
First win	2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 ( Sonoma)
Last win	2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen ( Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 59 9
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
23 races run over 3 years
Best finish	36th ( 2007)
First race	2006 Sam's Town 250 ( Memphis)
Last race	2008 Ford 300 ( Homestead)
First win	2007 Telcel-Motorola 200 ( Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 3 0
Statistics current as of July 19, 2015.

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwam ˈpaβlo monˈtoʝa rolˈdan]; born 20 September 1975), is a Colombian racing driver who has competed in open-wheel car, sports car and stock car racing events. He won the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Drivers' Championship in 1999; the Indianapolis 500 in 2000 and 2015; the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2007, 2008 and 2013 and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2019.

Montoya began kart racing at the age of five, and had early success before progressing to car racing in Colombia and Mexico at age 17, finishing runner-up in the Copa Formula Renault and winning the Nationale Tournement Swift GTI Championship. He also competed in the Barber Saab Pro Series, the Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. In 1997 and 1998, Montoya raced in the International Formula 3000 for RSM Marko and then Super Nova Racing, winning seven races and the 1998 Drivers' Championship. He debuted in CART in 1999 with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR), tying Dario Franchitti on points but claimed the title because of count-back on the number of victories taken by both drivers. During the 2000 season, Montoya's form lowered due to unreliability but still won three races for ninth in the Drivers' Championship and won the Indianapolis 500 on his first attempt.

He first drove in Formula One (F1) with the Williams team in the 2001 season and secured his maiden victory in that year's Italian Grand Prix. Montoya qualified on pole position seven times in the 2002 championship and won two races in the 2003 season that put him third in the World Drivers' Championship in both years. He fell to fifth in the 2004 World Drivers' Championship but won the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. At the start of the 2005 season, Montoya moved to McLaren and finished fourth with three victories. The 2006 season resulted in him leaving F1 after that year's United States Grand Prix and began competing in NASCAR for CGR in late 2006. During his seven-year NASCAR career, Montoya won the 2007 Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200, the 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 and the 2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen. He qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2009 and finished a career-high eighth in that season's points standings.

For the 2014 season, Montoya switched to the IndyCar Series with Team Penske and took one win before claiming two victories in 2015 (including the Indianapolis 500) and tying CGR's Scott Dixon in points but finishing second because of count-back on the number of wins taken by both drivers. His final series victory came in 2016 before going part-time in 2017 onwards and making his IMSA debut at the 2017 Petit Le Mans. Paired with Dane Cameron, Montoya qualified on pole once and was fifth in the Prototype drivers' standings before winning three races the following year to claim the series title. He fell to seventh in the 2020 season and was fourth in the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMP2 Pro-Am subcategory with DragonSpeed USA in 2021. Montoya has also won the 6 Hours of Bogotá three times as well as the individual event of the Race of Champions in 2017.

Early life

Montoya was born on the morning of 20 September 1975, in a Bogotá hospital, ^[1] to middle-class parents Pablo (an architect who enjoyed motor racing and amateur go-karting) and his wife Libia Roldán de Montoya ( née Roldán). ^{[2] [3]} He is the family's eldest child, with two younger brothers and a sister. ^[4] Montoya's grandfather Santiago worked in real estate, while his uncle Diego raced sports cars. ^{[2] [5]} The family lived in the San José de Bavaria neighbourhood in Bogotá's northern outskirts. ^{[2] [6]} Montoya attended the private schools Colegio Gimnasio Bilingue Campestre and later the Colegio San Tarsicio after his test scores were too low and he was a Boy Scout. ^{[2] [7]} He spent four days a week on his education and three days racing by the end of his schooling. ^[6]

Junior racing career

Aged five, Montoya began kart racing when his father brought him a go-kart, ^[8] taught him to drive and trained at the Kartódromo Cajica outside of Bogota. ^[2] His father mentored him, ^[4] discreetly remortgaging the house without his wife's knowledge to finance his son's career or rearranging finances and obtaining sponsorship until Formula 3000 (F3000). ^{[1] [9]} Montoya got funding working as a delivery boy for his father, learnt racecraft and mechanical engineering from him, ^{[9] [10]} and was inspired by drivers Roberto Guerrero and Ayrton Senna. ^[11] He raced in a self-organised karting championship due to the Colombian Karting Federation's financial problems. ^[1] Montoya won the 1984 Colombian Children's National Karting Championship, was second in the 1985 Colombian National Karting Championship and won the following year's local and national titles. Montoya won numerous championships in the Kart Komet category's local and national divisions from 1987 to 1989. He raced in the World Karting Junior Championship in 1990 and 1991, respectively. ^{[11] [12]} Montoya won four national championships and finished second three times. ^[13]

He began car racing in 1992, ^[14] and travelled to the United States that September to attend a three-day Skip Barber Racing School at Sonoma Raceway under the tutelage of lead instructor Vic Elford. ^{[11] [15] [16]} Montoya then returned to Colombia to drive a Van Diemen car in the 1600cc Copa Formula Renault after series officials rejected him for being inexperienced and for being an aggressive driver until the withdrawal of one driver enabled his entry. ^{[1] [17] [18]} He took four wins and five pole positions for second in the eight-race championship. ^{[4] [11]} Montoya won the eight-round Nationale Tournement Swift GTI Championship in a Suzuki Swift in 1993, winning seven races and seven poles. ^{[19] [12]} He was second in the ten-race Lada Samara Cup with five wins and three pole positions and he won his class in the 1994 Karting SudAm 125 Championship. ^{[12] [17]} After his father determined that his son could better himself outside of Colombia because of the country' lack of race tracks and senior championships, ^{[8] [20]} Montoya entered the American-based Barber Saab Pro Series in 1994 featuring normally aspirated cars, ^{[7] [21]} winning two races, two poles and eleven top-ten finishes for third overall with 114 points. ^{[16] [22]} He also raced for the Osaka team in Mexico, finishing third overall in the local sports car prototype division and earning three wins and four pole positions in the Nissan-powered single seater Formula N support category. ^{[19] [12] [23]}

Montoya continued racing instead of attending university after graduating from high school in 1995. ^{[a] [8] [24]} His father was told that Montoya had to move to Europe to further his career, ^[7] and Montoya's coach, Peter Argetsinger, got him introduced to Jackie and Paul Stewart, who tested him at the Silverstone Circuit in England. After Jackie Stewart suggested that Montoya do a year's junior racing, they put him in Paul Stewart Racing's (PWR) Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship team rather than the British Formula 3 Championship. ^{[1] [19] [25]} He initially struggled but improved after being taught to better use his energy and to drive smoother by Jackie Stewart. ^{[19] [26]} He won three of the season's 14 races (all from pole position) and five podium finishes for third in the Drivers' Championship with 125 points. In October 1995, he finished ninth in the International Formula 3 Cup at Donington Park, ^[27] and won the 6 Hours of Bogotá endurance race with co-drivers Jorge Cortés and Diego Guzmán in Spice's No. 45 Group C car. ^{[11] [28] [21]}

Montoya advanced to the British Formula 3 Championship in 1996, driving a Fortec Motorsport-entered Dallara F396- Mitsubishi car after South American sponsorship was obtained when driver Cristiano da Matta had funding problems and PWR's plans to run three vehicles fell through due to structural and competitiveness concerns. ^{[14] [29]} Despite feeling uncomfortable in the underpowered car and making mistakes, ^[19] he took two wins, five podium finishes and a pole position to end the 16-race season fifth in the Drivers' Championship with 137 points. ^[30] That year saw Montoya finished fourth in the Masters of Formula 3 at Circuit Zandvoort. ^[30] He replaced Jan Magnussen in the International Touring Car Championship's double header round at Silverstone, driving Mercedes-AMG's Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse and retired from both races. ^{[14] [31] [32]} Montoya retired from the Macau Grand Prix but won his second 6 Hours of Bogotá with Jorge Arango and Cortés. ^{[33] [34]}

For 1997, he wanted to move to the International F3000 Championship— Formula One's (F1) feeder series— ^[35] and accepted an offer from team owner Helmut Marko to drive for his RSM Marko squad in F3000 after budgetary issues stopped Super Nova Racing owner David Sears from signing him. ^[36] Marko advised Montoya to eat healthily and exercise more in order to boost his performance and handle heavier cars better, but he was hesitant and occasionally fell behind owing to a lack of mental fortitude. ^[37] He won three races driving the Lola T96/50- Zytek car at the Pau Grand Prix, the A1-Ring and the Circuito de Jerez and took two pole positions. ^{[14] [38] [37]} Montoya made errors that lost him two race victories, ^[19] and was mathematically eliminated from championship contention after finishing third in the season's penultimate round at Mugello Circuit, which Ricardo Zonta won. ^{[38] [37]} He was second in the Drivers' Championship with 37.5 points and was the series' highest-placed rookie. ^{[39] [38]} Outside of F3000, Montoya won the 6 Hours of Bogotá for the third time, alongside Cortés and Guzmán. ^[34]

In November 1997, Williams Grand Prix Engineering team owner Frank Williams invited him to a shootout between Soheil Ayari, Nicolas Minassian and Max Wilson at the Circuit de Catalunya to decide who would be its F1 test driver. ^{[38] [37]} He got the role and covered 5,000 mi (8,000 km) in 1998 as well as studying telemetry for drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jacques Villeneuve. ^{[1] [21]} Montoya joined Super Nova Racing for the 1998 International F3000 Championship after a character clash with Marko and declined Marko's offer to become his manager, who paid Sears for Montoya to race at Super Nova. ^{[19] [38]} During a season-long rivalry with West Competition Team driver Nick Heidfeld, he won four races (at Catalunya, Silverstone, Pau and the Autodromo di Pergusa), took nine podium finishes and seven pole positions. Montoya won the championship by finishing third in the season finale at the Nürburgring and ended the 12-race season with 65 points. ^{[14] [38]}

CART and first Indianapolis 500 win

He made his Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) debut in 1999 for Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) on a three-year contract after Williams signed double CART champion Alex Zanardi from CGR to drive for them instead of Montoya because Williams wanted a more experienced driver and thought Montoya needed more development. ^{[4] [11] [38]} Montoya could not drive for the Jordan, Stewart, Minardi and Sauber teams because he was under contract to Williams, but Frank Williams enabled CGR owner Chip Ganassi and team manager Mo Nunn to sign him. ^{[19] [40]}

He drove the No. 4 Reynard 99I- Honda car, ^[14] and was advised on oval track racing by Ganassi, Nunn and teammate Jimmy Vasser. ^[41] Montoya won his first CART race, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, in the season's third round. He then won the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway from pole position, leading a race-high 210 laps to take the championship lead from Greg Moore, and became the first rookie to win three successive races after leading 93 laps in the Rio 200. ^[42] Montoya later took two pole positions and a top-three finish at Portland International Raceway due to a penalty and fuel strategy. ^[43] Montoya then won the Grand Prix of Cleveland at Burke Lakefront Airport from pole position, ^[44] but reliability issues and accidents over the next four races lost him the championship lead to Dario Franchitti. ^[43] He won the next three races at Mid-Ohio, Chicago and Vancouver to retake the championship lead, but two more accidents and Franchitti's better performance over the next three events put him ninth points behind going into the season-ending Marlboro 500 at California Speedway. ^{[43] [45]} He finished fourth and Franchitti tenth, finishing the season with the same number of points as Franchitti (212) but winning the championship, with seven victories to Franchitti's three. ^[46] Montoya became CART's youngest champion, ^[35] the second rookie champion after Nigel Mansell and was Rookie of the Year. ^[47]

Montoya switched to an Lola B2K/00- Toyota car for the 2000 season, which was marred by unreliability. ^{[14] [48]} Montoya struggled in the first four races, but improved to claim four consecutive pole positions and Toyota's first CART victory in the rain-delayed Miller Lite 225 at the Milwaukee Mile after leading a race-high 179 laps from pole position. ^{[49] [50]} He won the Michigan 500 at Michigan International Speedway with a last-lap overtake on Michael Andretti and held him off by 0.040 seconds. ^[51] Montoya's performance was hampered by mechanical issues in the following five races, despite taking pole position in Chicago. ^[49] He took his third (and final) victory of the season from pole position in the Motorola 300 at Gateway International Raceway. ^[52] Montoya finished second in Houston and qualified first at Surfers Paradise in the final three events for ninth overall with 126 points. ^[14]

He drove CGR's No. 9 G-Force GF05- Oldsmobile Aurora in the Indianapolis 500 (part of the Indy Racing League) in May. Starting second, Montoya led 167 of the race's 200 laps to become the first rookie winner since Graham Hill in 1966. ^{[14] [49]}

Formula One

2001–2004 (Williams)

Montoya left CGR with Ganassi's approval and debuted in F1 with Williams in its FW23- BMW car in the 2001 season after signing a two-year contract in mid-2000 to replace Jenson Button. ^{[19] [53]} He began losing weight to appease senior Williams officials and to become more race ready, ^[54] and became acquainted with tracks he had not raced on by playing simulation video games. ^[55] Montoya's car was powerful and capable of challenging for victories, but it was unreliable, and he was frequently involved in accidents; this became less common after the Canadian Grand Prix, when he was involved in a physical altercation with Villeneuve, when Frank Williams spoke to Montoya, and his performances improved. His Michelin tyres exposed him to understeer due to severe tyre sensitivity, which was rectified. ^{[56] [57]} Montoya began lapping faster than teammate Ralf Schumacher, with whom he a cool relationship and the car was built to his liking, as he began improving on car setup and qualifying. ^{[26] [57] [58]}

He led the Brazilian Grand Prix (the season's third round) after passing Ferrari's Michael Schumacher until a rear-end collision with Arrows' Jos Verstappen (whom he had just lapped) forced him to retire. ^{[59] [57]} Montoya earned his first podium result and points by placing second in the Spanish Grand Prix two races later. ^[60] He repeated the feat four rounds later at the European Grand Prix and added points two races later by finishing fourth in the British Grand Prix. Montoya took his maiden pole position at the German Grand Prix and led until a refuelling issue at a pit stop forced him to retire with an engine failure. His second career pole position was at the Belgian Grand Prix, although he stalled at the start due to more engine trouble. Montoya began the Italian Grand Prix from pole position and led 29 of its 53 laps in his maiden victory and the first for a Colombian in F1. He finished second in the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix for sixth in the World Drivers' Championship (WDC) with 31 points. ^{[59] [57]}

Montoya remained at Williams for the 2002 season. ^[14] His FW24-BMW car was faster in qualifying but slower in the race because his Michelin tyres wore out faster than the Bridgestone compounds. ^{[61] [62]} Montoya scored points in the first six races, including podiums in Australia, Malaysia, Spain and Austria and qualified on pole position in Brazil, where he collided with Michael Schumacher on the first lap. He took pole position for the next five races, retiring from the first three and scored points in the last two, including a podium finish at the British Grand Prix. Montoya claimed two more podium finishes in Germany, Belgium and took pole position in Italy during the final six rounds. ^[b] He was third in the WDC with 50 points. ^[65]

Montoya signed a two-year contract extension to stay with Williams through the end of the 2004 season in mid-2002. ^[66] His FW25-BMW car was enhanced during the 2003 championship, with the consequent mechanical and aerodynamic changes making it F1's fastest car, particularly when racing in hotter conditions due to benefitting from the Michelin tyres that the team used. ^{[67] [68]} He led the season-opening Australian Grand Prix until a late-race spin cost him the win to McLaren's David Coulthard and dropped him to second. Montoya added seven more points in the following five races, finishing seventh in San Marino and fourth in Spain. Engineer Frank Dernie's mid-season improvements made the FW25 car competitive, and Montoya won the Monaco Grand Prix. Montoya would put together a title challenge by finishing on the podium in the next seven races, a run that included winning his second and final race of 2003, the German Grand Prix, by over a minute from pole position, a result which moved him into second position in the WDC. His performance declined after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile required Michelin to redesign their tyres after it announced changes to the methodology of measuring tyre width, and he was mathematically eliminated from title contention at the season's penultimate round when a drive-through penalty for a third lap collision with Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello at the United States Grand Prix left him to finish down in sixth place. ^[68] Montoya would end his strongest season in F1 third in the WDC with 82 points, 11 points short of the title. ^[69]

Montoya's FW26-BMW 2004 car was slow and did not have enough downforce to give him confidence driving into corners as Williams switched from a single-keel to a twin-keel chassis design as well as a front wing design dubbed the "Walrus nose" that was dropped for a more conventional design before the Hungarian Grand Prix. ^{[70] [71]} He gained points in all but two of the first seven rounds, finishing second in Malaysia and third in San Marino. Montoya was disqualified from fifth in the Canadian Grand Prix because his Williams car had oversized brake ducts and was disqualified from the following United States Grand Prix for changing cars on the starting grid too late in the time available. ^{[70] [71]} After that, he scored points in eight of the final nine races, including winning the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. Montoya took fifth in the WDC with 58 points. ^[70]

2005–2006 (McLaren)

His relationship with Williams worsened when he verbally abused their engineers over the radio, believing that pit stop tactics during the 2003 French Grand Prix allowed his teammate Ralf Schumacher to win. Montoya signed a contract with McLaren to replace Coulthard for the 2005 season in August 2003; ^{[72] [73]} Frank Williams rejected McLaren team principal Ron Dennis' offer to release Montoya immediately because he did not want to do it a year before his existing contract with Williams expired. ^{[74] [75]} He was also upset that Williams might keep Ralf Schumacher, which he believed would stop him from becoming World Champion. ^[76] Montoya spent time during the off-season losing weight and raising his fitness levels by switching to a new training regimen and a low-carbohydrate diet to improve his performance after encouragement from Dennis. ^[77] Kimi Räikkönen was his teammate and had a cordial personal relationship with him. ^[78] Montoya's MP4-20 car struggled to quickly generate heat into its tyres, limiting its effectiveness in qualifying early in the season. Subsequent car modifications, such as suspension tweaks, allowed him to be gentle on the tyres and extract extra speed. ^{[79] [80]} After scoring points in the first two races, he missed the Bahrain and San Marino Grands Prix due to a hairline fracture in his left scapula, and was replaced by Pedro de la Rosa and Alexander Wurz, respectively. ^{[c] [79] [81]} Montoya was not fully recovered when he returned, and scored points in three of the next six races before being disqualified from the Canadian Grand Prix for passing a red light at the end of the pit lane. He did, however, win the British Grand Prix and took podium finishes in both the German and Turkish Grand Prix. Montoya won the Italian Grand Prix from pole position, then scored a second consecutive pole in Belgium before winning his third (and final) race of 2005 in Brazil. He could not help McLaren win the World Constructors' Championship as he retired on the first lap of the Japanese Grand Prix after hitting the barrier to avoid an accident and struck a raised drain cover at the Chinese Grand Prix while running fourth. Montoya was fourth in the WDC with 60 points. ^[79]

Montoya remained at McLaren for the 2006 season, but it did not exercise their option to keep him for the 2007 championship in December 2005 since he had a strained relationship with both Dennis and Martin Whitmarsh. ^{[80] [82]} He struggled to drive the MP4-21 car because of its understeer, tyre temperature warming problems, and power loss caused by the switch from V10 to V8 engine regulations. ^{[78] [83]} Montoya was outpaced by Räikkönen, and scored points in five of the first nine races, including a third-place in San Marino and a second-place in Monaco. He was involved in an eight-car accident on the first lap of the United States Grand Prix, colliding with the rear of Räikkönen's car and then going into Button's Honda. Montoya left F1 following the race and was replaced by De La Rosa for the rest of the season. He was eighth in the WDC with 26 points. ^[83]

NASCAR

2006–2009

Montoya did not want to race for McLaren and preferred American-based racing; ^[26] he despised F1's politics and its car and team-based focus on victory. ^[84] He discussed moving to NASCAR with CGR with Felix Sabates in June 2006. ^{[85] [86]} Montoya spoke with his father, who persuaded him to switch series, ^[87] and signed a multi-year contract on 9 July to replace Casey Mears in CGR's No. 42 Dodge Charger from the start of 2007; Ganassi did not want to sign a younger driver. ^{[85] [88] [89]} He informed Dennis of the news and was promptly sidelined from McLaren since he made the statement without informing the team first. ^{[19] [90]} Montoya was released from his McLaren contract four weeks early thanks to DaimlerChrysler's intervention and a rumoured $5 million compensation from Ganassi. ^{[91] [92]} He rejected an offer to return to F1 with Toro Rosso after telling team principal Franz Tost that he was focused on NASCAR. ^[93] Montoya began an intensive training regimen to prepare for the following season, ^[94] and was advised by other NASCAR drivers, ^[95] including Mark Martin on how to give drivers space. ^[96]

Montoya made his stock car racing debut in the Food World 250 (part of the ARCA Re/Max Series developmental championship) at Talladega Superspeedway as preparation for his first full-time NASCAR season, ^{[87] [94] [97]} starting second and finishing third. ^[88] Montoya entered the following Prairie Meadows 250 at Iowa Speedway, finishing 24th after starting third due to a collision with Steve Wallace. ^[98] He made his NASCAR debut in the Sam's Town 250 of the Busch Series at Memphis Motorsports Park, driving CGR's No. 42 Dodge, and competed in the final three 2006 Busch Series races. ^{[99] [100]} Montoya had his best Busch Series start and finish of 2006 at Memphis, starting ninth and finishing eleventh. ^[100] He made his Nextel Cup Series debut in CGR's No. 30 Dodge at Homestead–Miami Speedway in the season-ending Ford 400 because Ganassi did not put him in Mears' No. 42 car to ensure his qualification. ^{[101] [102]} Montoya started 29th at Homestead, but his car caught fire after Ryan Newman hit the back of his vehicle, sending him into the barrier. ^[86]

Constant testing prepared him for his first full-time NASCAR season in 2007, ^[103] and developed a rapport with his crew chief Donnie Wingo. ^[104] Montoya frustrated approaching drivers by blocking them when he was one lap down. ^[105] He was outperformed by both the Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing teams resource-wise and had difficulty handling the Dodge Avenger model of the Car of Tomorrow that was unbalanced when amongst packs of cars. ^{[106] [107]} Wingo sent Montoya onto a track early in the season in a car with understeer before modifying its setup to boost speed by allowing the rear end to swing out through corners. ^[108]

He qualified 36th for the season-opening Daytona 500, ^[109] finishing 19th following handling issues and avoiding a multi-car accident on its final lap. ^[110] Following three sub-par races, Montoya earned his first career top-five finish in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway that March. ^[111] He finished seventh in the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway after colliding with Tony Stewart. ^[112] Montoya started 32nd in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway and led the final seven laps after passing Jamie McMurray for his first career Cup Series victory, becoming the series' first foreign-born driver since Earl Ross in 1974. ^{[d] [113]} He started and finished second in the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway four races later. ^[114] The rest of the season yielded two top-tens at Dover International Speedway and Martinsville Speedway for 20th in the final championship standings with 3,487 points. ^[14] He won rookie of the year honours by 24 points over David Ragan. ^[115]

Montoya drove the No. 42 CGR Dodge in 17 Busch Series races in 2007 to gain experience on tracks where he also competed in the Cup Series. ^{[116] [117]} He led a race-high 43 laps in the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez before bumping his CGR teammate Scott Pruett with eight laps remaining for his first NASCAR victory and become the first foreign-born NASCAR winner since Ron Fellows in 2001. ^[118] Montoya finished two more races in the top ten, at Atlanta and Talladega, and his best start of the season was second at Watkins Glen International, where he finished 33rd following a crash. ^[116] He drove for CGR in the renamed Nationwide Series for two rounds late in the 2008 season, finishing outside the top ten in both races. ^{[119] [120]}

He returned to drive CGR's No. 42 car for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. ^[121] Montoya was 32nd in the Daytona 500 despite running as high as second late in the race. ^[122] CGR's decline in performance meant he had no top ten finishes or qualified within the top ten, leading to criticism from Ganassi. ^{[123] [124]} Jimmy Elledge became Montoya's crew chief after Wingo was moved to teammate Reed Sorenson's squad before being replaced by Brian Pattie. ^[84] This irritated Montoya, who openly questioned CGR's commitment, and he requested a face-to-face meeting with Ganassi in May 2008, during which his feelings were soothed. ^{[125] [126]} They promised to work together regularly to make Montoya more competitive. ^[127] His best season result was a second-place finish in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega. ^[128] Although Montoya continued to struggle performance-wise attributed in part to the closure of teammate Franchitti's squad due to sponsorship issues, ^[129] he finished in the top ten at both road course races (sixth and fourth in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon and the Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen, respectively). ^{[130] [131]} He took pole position for the Camping World RV 400 at Kansas Speedway, but his lap was disallowed due to excessive gas pressure in his rear shock absorbers. ^[132] Montoya was 25th in the final championship standings, with 3,329 points. ^[14]

Due to the Great Recession, CGR merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) before the 2009 season to form Earnhardt Ganassi Racing (EGR), and Montoya began driving a Chevrolet Impala run by DEI. ^{[14] [84]} He rejected offers from other NASCAR teams, ^[127] and a contract from Tost to return to F1 with Toro Rosso since his family felt comfortable in the United States. ^[133] During the season, Montoya won no races but was more competitive and consistent with ten top-ten finishes and improved his qualifying performances in the first 26 races, ^[14] and drove better on most types of tracks (including oval tracks) by racing conservatively and Pattie convincing him to replace aggressive race setups and on-track risks with long-term thinking and intelligent driving. ^{[134] [135]} This was due to his car's increased power, his developing experience and patience, and Pattie's calm demeanour. ^[136] Montoya had been enough acquainted with the Car of Tomorrow by mid-2009, ^{[137] [138]} when he adjusted his driving style to slow down in order to be faster. ^[139] In the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, he qualified on pole for the first time in his Cup Series career before finishing second in the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. ^{[140] [141]} He was 10th in points after the second race at Richmond Raceway and qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. ^{[e] [142]} A pole position in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway along with six top-ten finishes put him as high as third place in the standings but was eliminated from title contention after a series of accidents. ^{[143] [144]} He was eighth overall with 6,252 points. ^[14]

2010–2014

Montoya returned to race with EGR for the 2010 season but a new car spoiler slowed him. ^{[137] [145]} He qualified better and increased his average finishing position over the first 21 races of the season, with eight top-ten finishes, two pole positions, ^[14] and the took the lead of races more frequently due to faster pace. Montoya missed out on the Sprint Cup Chase due to a series of accident, a lack of consistency, and a poor team strategy. ^{[135] [145] [146]} Montoya qualified on pole for both the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in New Hampshire and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, but crashed in both races. ^{[147] [148]} Montoya started third in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen at Watkins Glen and led 74 of the race's 90 laps to take his second (and final) Cup Series victory. ^[149] The rest of the season saw him claim five more top-ten finishes and pole position for the AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega. ^{[14] [150]} He was 17th in the final standings with 4,118 points. ^[14]

Montoya returned to the Sprint Cup Series for a fifth full-time season with EGR in the 2011 championship, ^[151] but his performance suffered as a result of NASCAR mandating a nose change. ^[137] He started 13th in the Daytona 500 and led for five laps before finishing sixth. ^[152] Montoya finished third in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway two races later, his best finish of the season. ^{[14] [153]} Montoya qualified on pole position for the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway and in the Crown Royal Presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 at Richmond in his first short oval track pole. ^{[154] [155]} Following Montoya's inconsistency in the first half of the season, which saw him drop down the points standings throughout the year, Ganassi replaced Pattie as the driver's crew chief by Jim Pohlman without Montoya's substantial participation before the Brickyard 400 that July. ^{[156] [157]} He ended the 36-race season 21st overall with 932 points after eight top-ten finishes and no race wins. ^[14]

He approached EGR regarding a long-term contract renewal in early 2011, expressing his desire to remain with the team, particularly Ganassi. ^{[158] [159]} He remained with EGR for the 2012 season and was assigned Chris Heroy as his new crew chief after Ganassi restructured his team. ^{[160] [161]} Montoya's trailing arm snapped during the season-opening Daytona 500, causing him to crash sideways into the rear of a jet dryer transporting jet fuel and catching fire. ^[162] During the season, he only had two top-ten finishes, which were eighth-place finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway and Michigan. ^[14] Montoya had his best start of the season with pole position in both the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono and in the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen. ^{[163] [164]} He was 22nd in the drivers' standings with a total of 810 points. ^[14]

Montoya remained with EGR for the 2013 season, driving the Generation 6 Chevrolet SS and switching engine manufacturers from Richard Childress Racing to Hendrick Motorsports. ^{[165] [166]} He was slowed by mechanical problems and was involved in crashes in five of the first seven races of the season. ^[167] Montoya started sixth and finished fourth in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond after leading 67 laps due to a late race caution. ^[168] Four races later, he took his best result of the season with a second-place finish in the FedEx 400 at Dover after leading 19 laps and being overtaken by Stewart with three laps to go. ^[169] Montoya was set to finish second in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma but he ran out of fuel on the final lap and finished 34th. ^[170] The rest of the season saw him secure five more top-ten finishes, with a best performance of third at Bristol. Montoya finished his final full-time Sprint Cup Series season 21st in the points standings, with 891. ^[14]

Midway through the 2014 Sprint Cup Series, he drove Team Penske's third No. 12 Ford Fusion in two races (the Quicken Loans 400 in Michigan and the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis). ^[171] Montoya finished outside of the top ten positions in both races. ^[14]

IndyCar Series

2014–2016

He was told in August 2013 that EGR would not renew his contract for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, ^{[172] [173]} and talked to Andretti Autosport about driving for them in the IndyCar Series as well as Furniture Row Racing in lieu of Kurt Busch in NASCAR, but he declined both offers. ^[174] Montoya joined Penske in the 2014 IndyCar Series after meeting president Tim Cindric at Michigan that year. ^[175] He shed 20 kg (44 lb) since the previous summer, modified his workout programme to increase his fitness in order to cope with the demands of open-wheel car racing, which he had to reacquaint himself with, and Team Penske acquired sponsorship financing to run his car in eight of the planned races. ^{[176] [177]}

Montoya drove the No. 2 Dallara DW12-Chevrolet car. ^[14] He performed well on oval circuits but qualified worse on road and street circuits due to a lack of pre-season testing on Firestone's alternate Red compound tyre, which was not made accessible to teams by the manufacturer or IndyCar, but could improve his finishing position. ^[178] Montoya had five top-ten finishes in the season's first ten races, including a second-place in the first race at the Grand Prix of Houston. ^{[14] [179]} He qualified on pole for the Pocono IndyCar 500 and overtook Tony Kanaan with four laps remaining to win the fastest 500-mile race in IndyCar history with an average speed of 202.402 mph (325.734 km/h) and his first IndyCar victory in nearly 14 years. ^[180] Montoya finished the season with three more top-fives, including a second-place at Milwaukee, and was fourth overall with 586 points. ^{[14] [179]}

He continued driving for Penske in the 2015 IndyCar Series, ^[181] improving his performance in qualifying from the previous season. ^[182] Montoya started fourth and led the final 27 laps of the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, holding off Penske teammate Will Power to win the race and take the points lead. ^[183] He qualified on pole for the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana at NOLA Motorsports Park and led 31 laps before pit stops and two caution periods dropped him to fifth place. ^[184] Montoya then finished third in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Grand Prix of Indianapolis. ^[181] His season highlight was winning the Indianapolis 500 for the second time. ^[f] Montoya battled Power and CGR's Scott Dixon for the win in the final laps, eventually passing Power with three laps to go. ^[185] Following that, he continuously finished in the top ten in the next six rounds as he drove conservatively until an accident at Iowa caused by suspension failure dropped him to 24th, although he retained the points lead due to other drivers' issues. ^{[181] [182] [186]} Montoya's third-place finish at Pocono made him one of six drivers eligible for the championship at the season-ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. ^[187] He finished sixth following a collision with Power and ended the season with the same number of points as Dixon (556) but lost the championship on tiebreak to Dixon, who had won three races to Montoya's two. ^[188]

For the 2016 IndyCar Series, he raced for Penske. ^[189] Montoya's average qualifying performance dropped from the previous season, ^[190] however he occasionally raced quicker during a race after a poor qualifying. ^[191] He started third and led 44 of the 110 laps of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg before passing teammate Simon Pagenaud to win. ^[192] Montoya started third and led 56 laps in the following Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix in Phoenix when a flat tyre forced an early pit stop and left him to ninth place, moving Pagenaud into the championship lead. ^[193] He took three more top-tens before an early racing collision in the Indianapolis 500 left him in 33rd, putting him in a points deficit. Montoya end the season with five top-tens, and he placed third at Sonoma for eighth in the drivers' standings with 433 points. ^{[189] [191]}

2017–2022

Cindric informed him in July 2016 that his future at Penske did not necessarily imply that he would race for them full-time in IndyCar. ^[194] Montoya was given a spot in Penske's fifth entry for the 2017 Indianapolis 500, but he discussed returning to CGR as well as joining Ed Carpenter Racing, A. J. Foyt Racing, or Andretti Autosport for the entire season. He did not reach an agreement with any other teams and remained at Penske for the Indianapolis 500 because he felt the team would give him the best chance of winning. ^{[195] [196]} Montoya entered both the IndyCar Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 in the 2017 IndyCar Series. He finished tenth in the first round and sixth in the Indianapolis 500 despite running out of fuel before a pit stop. ^{[14] [197]}

IndyCar chose Montoya to be the test driver of Chevrolet's specification of the Dallara universal aerodynamic kit at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Iowa Speedway, and a street circuit simulation at Sebring International Raceway before the kit's debut in the 2018 season. ^[198] He talked about driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the 2018 Indianapolis 500, but team owner Sam Schmidt was told that team owner Roger Penske had vetoed such an agreement. Montoya would miss the race, focusing solely on his sports car career. ^[199] Montoya talked to McLaren CEO Zak Brown about racing for his team in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, but could not do so as he was under contract to Penske. ^[200]

Montoya drove Arrow McLaren SP's No. 86 Dallara-Chevrolet third car in the 2021 IndyCar Series for the GMR Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500. ^{[14] [201]} He qualified outside the top 20 in both races and finished 21st and 9th, respectively. ^[14] Montoya drove the No. 6 Arrow McLaren SP car in both the GMR Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 during the 2022 season. ^[202] He finished 24th in the weather-affected GMR Grand Prix following an accident, ^[203] and 11th in the Indianapolis 500 after starting 30th. ^[204]

Sports car racing

Montoya made his professional endurance debut in the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona (part of the Rolex Sports Car Series), winning after 668 laps in the No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) Riley MkXI- Lexus Daytona Prototype (DP) car he shared with Salvador Durán and Pruett. ^[205] The following year, he won the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona for the second successive year, this time with Franchitti, Pruett and Memo Rojas after 695 laps. ^[206] Montoya returned to CGRFS for the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona, partnering with Pruett and Rojas in a Riley MkXX-Lexus DP car and finishing second overall after losing the win to Brumos Racing by a record-close 0.167 seconds. ^{[207] [208]} He partook in the 24 Hours of Daytona in the No. 2 Riley MkXX-BMW with Dixon, Franchitti and McMurray from 2010 to 2012. They were 37th in 2010 after mechanical failure, but came second and fourth in 2011 and 2012, respectively. ^{[207] [209] [210]}

Montoya, Dixon, and McMurray finished fourth in the Rolex Sports Car Series' three-hour Brickyard Grand Prix in Indianapolis in July 2012. ^{[211] [212]} He, Charlie Kimball, Pruett and Rojas won the 2013 24 Hours of Daytona in CGRFS' No. 01 Riley MkXXVI-BMW DP car, completing 709 laps. ^{[207] [213]} Montoya was invited by Porsche to participate in the post-season FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) rookie test in a 919 Hybrid at the Bahrain International Circuit in November 2015. ^[214] He guest tested a Risi Competizione-entered Ferrari 488 GTE in a test session at Sebring the month before the 2017 12 Hours of Sebring (part of the IMSA SportsCar Championship). ^[215] To prepare for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship in a Acura ARX-05 car in the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) category, Montoya drove the final round of the 2017 season, the Petit Le Mans, in the No. 6 Oreca 07- Gibson Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) car alongside Hélio Castroneves and Pagenaud. ^{[207] [216]} Their car started on pole position and finished third overall after Castroneves collided with Matteo Cressoni's Ferrari. ^{[207] [217]}

He officially joined Penske's IMSA programme in August 2017, having previously expressed interest in IMSA. ^[218] Montoya shared the No. 6 car by Dane Cameron for the season and Pagenaud for three endurance races. ^[207] Mechanical issues hampered his performance in the first two races, the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. ^{[219] [220]} Montoya took pole position for the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix and led 23 laps before finishing fifth. ^[221] He finished in the top ten five more times before crashing in the second hour of the Petit Le Mans, leaving his car 32nd overall. ^{[207] [222]} Montoya was fifth in both the Prototype Drivers' Championship (251 points) and the North American Endurance Cup (NAEC). ^[223] In June, he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans début in United Autosports' No. 32 Ligier JS P217-Gibson car with Hugo de Sadeleer and Will Owen. ^[224] The car finished third in LMP2 and seventh overall. ^[225]

Montoya returned to Penske for the 2019 season in the new DPi category, accompanied by Cameron for the year and Pagenaud for three endurance events. ^[207] His performance improved as he and Cameron focused more on a common chassis setup that did not favour one driver over another. ^[226] Montoya finished no worse than ninth in the first three races of the season before his first IMSA victory in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio after leading 88 laps from third. ^{[227] [228]} He took his second successive win in the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit, starting from pole position. ^[229] Montoya then took three straight podium finishes before winning the Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca after leading a race-high 75 laps. ^{[227] [230]} Finishing fourth at the season-ending Petit Le Mans earned him and Cameron the DPi Drivers' Championship with 302 points, and they were sixth in the NAEC. ^{[223] [231]}

For the 2020 championship, Montoya returned to Penske's programme and was paired with Cameron for that year, with Pagenaud serving as the endurance driver. He started the season fourth at the 24 Hours of Daytona and finished no worse than ninth in the final eight rounds and qualifying on pole three times. ^[232] He took sixth in the DPi Drivers' Championship with 247 points and was third in the NAEC. ^[223] Montoya drove the No. 21 DragonSpeed USA Oreca 07-Gibson entry for the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Timothé Buret and Rojas after an arrangement with Pipo Derani fell through. ^[233] The car was retired after 192 laps due to a misfire. ^[234]

Montoya joined Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian in the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship as an endurance driver of its No. 60 Acura ARX-05 car alongside A. J. Allmendinger, Cameron, Castroneves, and Olivier Pla and was part of DragonSpeed USA's No. 21 WEC team with Ben Hanley and Henrik Hedman. ^{[235] [236]} He finished in the top ten of all three IMSA races he entered. ^[207] Montoya finished fourth in the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Pro/Am Drivers with 138 points in the 2021 WEC season after finishing no lower than fifth in each of the season's six races and winning his class in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[237] He was invited to compete in the European Le Mans Series' (ELMS) 4 Hours of Monza for DragonSpeed with Hanley and Hedman in July, finishing 17th overall. ^{[238] [239]}

Montoya shared the No. 81 DragonSpeed – 10Star Oreca LMP2 car for six points-scoring races in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Hedman and his son Sebastián. ^[240] He finished no lower than eighth in class in those six events and won his category in the Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. ^{[241] [242]} Montoya finished fourth in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1878 points and seventh in the NAEC. ^[243] He was scheduled to enter three races of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship in Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Oreca car alongside Eric Lux. ^[244] Montoya returned to compete with DragonSpeed in the entire ELMS season in 2023 alongside Hedman and Sebastián, ^[245] ending the season seventh in the LMP2 Pro-Am points standings with 44 scored and a best class finish of fifth twice. ^[241]

Race of Champions

Montoya has twice competed in the Race of Champions. ^[246] He had previously declined invites to the event, but agreed to compete in the 2017 Race of Champions at Marlins Park in Miami on his wife's suggestion, and won the Race of Champions by defeating Tom Kristensen 2–0 in the final. ^{[247] [248]} Team Colombia's Montoya and Gabby Chaves were eliminated in the Nations Cup semi-finals by Team Germany's Sebastian Vettel. ^[249] He was eliminated by Kristensen in the Race of Champions quarterfinals, and he and Castroneves finished second against Team Germany's Timo Bernhard and René Rast in the Nations Cup at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh in 2018. ^[250]

Driving style

He has had an aggressive driving style since childhood, ^[10] which led to him being involved in numerous incidents in NASCAR. ^[251] Driver Derek Daly wrote that Montoya lacked technical knowledge of a racing car because he was not taught by a championship or a racing squad and needed two or three engineers to compensate for his inability to provide accurate technical feedback, which became more apparent as his F1 career progressed. He observed that the driver denied having such a flaw and frequently blamed other variables for his poor performance. Daly, however, stated that Montoya relied heavily on reflexes and intuition during his youth racing and CART career. Autosport's Nigel Roebuck observed in November 2004 that Montoya was emotionally driven and impervious to being pressured from behind. ^[252]

Non-racing ventures and recognition

Montoya has been represented by the management firms CSS Stellar and William Morris Agency. ^{[253] [254]} He has been an ambassador for the Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, ^[255] and the Miami Grand Prix. ^[256] Montoya was made a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations (UN) in October 2001 and helped to raise funding for the World Food Programme to feed children displaced by the Colombian conflict. ^[257] Upon becoming an UN Goodwill Ambassador, ^[258] he and his wife established the non-profit Fundación Formula Sonrisas (English: Formula Smiles Foundation) in 2003 and focuses on reducing gender and social equality by educating children living in the deprived areas of Colombia through sport and physical education. ^{[259] [260]}

Montoya married law graduate Connie Freydell in Cartagena, Colombia on 26 October 2002. ^{[2] [4]} They have three children, ^[19] one of them, Sebastián, is also a racing driver. ^[261] He builds and flies radio-controlled aircraft. ^[262] Montoya made a cameo appearance as a racing driver in the 2001 film Driven. ^[263] He began working for Motorsport.tv as a presenter providing insight and opinions in news programmes and be part of its creative team for long-form documentaries in May 2021. ^[264] In early November 2013, the Internal Revenue Service stated that he owed US$2.7 million in additional taxes and penalties due to disallowed deductions from 2007 and 2008. ^[265] Montoya stated that he had earned $800,000 more than his reported income, but filed a challenge to the audit in the United States Tax Court. ^[266]

He received the Order of Boyacá and the Order of José Acevedo y Gómez in 1999; ^[267] the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year in 2000; ^[268] the Rookie of the Year and the International Driver of the Year at the Autosport Awards in 2001 and 2003; ^{[269] [270]} and the Colombian Athlete of the Year in 2001; ^[271] Montoya also won the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year, ^[272] the Ibero-American Community Trophy as the best Ibero-American athlete and the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy "in recognition of his achievements for his debut season in Formula One last year" in 2002. ^{[273] [274]} He was voted the top Latin American driver at the Premios Fox Sports Awards in both 2003 and 2005. ^[275] Montoya was inducted into the Miami Sports Hall of Champions in 2011 and the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame in 2018. ^{[276] [277]} The Kartódromo Juan Pablo Montoya in Tocancipá is named after him. ^[278]

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Points	Position
1994	Barber Saab Pro Series	N/A	12	2	1	114	3rd
1995	British Formula Vauxhall	Paul Stewart Racing	14	3	3	125	3rd
1996	British Formula 3	Fortec Motorsport	16	2	1	137	5th
	International Touring Car Championship	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	2	0	0	0	NC
1997	International Formula 3000	RSM Marko	9	3	3	37.5	2nd
	Formula One	Rothmans Williams Renault	Test driver
1998	International Formula 3000	Super Nova Racing	12	4	7	65	1st
	Formula One	Winfield Williams	Test driver
1999	CART	Chip Ganassi Racing	20	7	7	212	1st
2000	CART	Chip Ganassi Racing	20	3	7	126	9th
	Indy Racing League		1	1	0	54	25th
2001	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	17	1	3	31	6th
2002	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	17	0	7	50	3rd
2003	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	16	2	1	82	3rd
2004	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	18	1	0	58	5th
2005	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes	16	3	2	60	4th
2006	Formula One	Team McLaren Mercedes	10	0	0	26	8th
	NASCAR Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	4	0	0	438	68th
	NASCAR Nextel Cup		1	0	0	61	69th
2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup	Chip Ganassi Racing	36	1	0	3487	20th
	24 Hours of Daytona		1	1	0	N/A	1st
	NASCAR Busch Series		17	1	0	1689	36th
2008	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Chip Ganassi Racing	2	0	0	230	86th
	NASCAR Sprint Cup		36	0	0	3329	25th
	Rolex 24 at Daytona		1	1	0	N/A	1st
2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	36	0	2	6252	8th
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	0	0	N/A	2nd
2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	36	1	3	4118	17th
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	0	0	N/A	15th
2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	36	0	2	932	21st
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	0	0	N/A	2nd
2012	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	0	0	N/A	4th
	Rolex Sports Car Series		2	0	0	56	21st
	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	36	0	2	810	22nd
2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	36	0	0	894	21st
	Rolex 24 at Daytona	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	0	0	N/A	1st
2014	IndyCar Series	Team Penske	18	1	1	586	4th
	NASCAR Sprint Cup		2	0	0	26	48th
2015	IndyCar Series	Team Penske	16	2	2	556	2nd
2016	IndyCar Series	Team Penske	16	1	0	433	8th
2017	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	Team Penske	1	0	0	30	30th
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	Acura Team Penske	10	0	1	251	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	United Autosports	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	Acura Team Penske	10	3	3	302	1st
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	Acura Team Penske	9	0	1	247	6th
2021	IndyCar Series	Arrow McLaren SP	2	0	0	53	31st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	4	0	0	912	14th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	6	0	0	42.5	11th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2		1	0	0	0.5	34th
2022	IndyCar Series	Arrow McLaren SP	2	0	0	44	31st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed - 10 Star	6	1	0	1878	4th
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am	DragonSpeed USA	6	0	0	44	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Rick Ware Racing	1	0	0	286	26th
Source: [279]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1997	RSM Marko	SIL Ret	PAU 1	HEL Ret	NÜR 4	PER 11	HOC 5	A1R 1	SPA DSQ	MUG 3	JER 1			2nd	37.5
1998	Super Nova Racing	OSC 15	IMO Ret	CAT 1	SIL 1	MON 6	PAU 1	A1R 2	HOC 3	HUN 3	SPA 2	PER 1	NÜR 3	1st	65
Sources: [241] [280]

CART Championship Series

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points	Ref
1999	Ganassi	Reynard	Honda	MIA 10	MOT 13	LBH 1	NAZ 1	RIO 1	GAT 11	MIL 10	POR 2	CLE 1	ROA 13	TOR 22	MCH 2	DET 17	MDO 1	CHI 1	VAN 1	LAG 8	HOU 25	SUR 16	FON 4	1st	212	[281]
2000	Ganassi	Lola	Toyota	MIA 23	LBH 19	RIO 22	MOT 7	NAZ 4	MIL 1	DET 18	POR 17	CLE 6	TOR 24	MCH 1	CHI 12	MDO 24	ROA 16	VAN 17	LAG 6	GAT 1	HOU 2	SUR 24	FON 10	9th	126	[282]

IndyCar Series

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2000	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	9	Oldsmobile	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY 1	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TXS										25th	54	[283]
2014	Team Penske	Dallara DW12	2	Chevrolet	STP 15	LBH 4	ALA 21	IMS 16	INDY 5	DET 12	DET 13	TEX 3	HOU 2	HOU 7	POC 1	IOW 16	TOR 18	TOR 19	MDO 11	MIL 2	SNM 5	FON 4	4th	586	[284]
2015					STP 1	NLA 5	LBH 3	ALA 14	IMS 3	INDY 1	DET 10	DET 10	TEX 4	TOR 7	FON 4	MIL 4	IOW 24	MDO 11	POC 3	SNM 6			2nda	556	[285]
2016					STP 1	PHX 9	LBH 4	ALA 5	IMS 8	INDY 33	DET 3	DET 20	RDA 7	IOW 20	TOR 20	MDO 11	POC 8	TXS 9	WGL 13	SNM 3			8th	433	[286]
2017			22		STP	LBH	ALA	PHX	IMS 10	INDY 6	DET	DET	TXS	ROA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	GTW	WGL	SNM		24th	93	[287]
2021	Arrow McLaren SP		86		ALA	STP	TXS	TXS	IMS 21	INDY 9	DET	DET	ROA	MDO	NSH	IMS	GTW	POR	LAG	LBH			31st	53	[288]
2022			6		STP	TXS	LBH	ALA	IMS 24	INDY 11	DET	ROA	MDO	TOR	IOW	IOW	IMS	NSH	GTW	POR	LAG		31st	44	[289]

^a Montoya lost the title to Scott Dixon on a tiebreaker, after both tied on 556 points. He won two races compared to Dixon's three.

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	2	1	Chip Ganassi Racing
2014	Dallara	Chevrolet	10	5	Team Penske
2015	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	1	Team Penske
2016	Dallara	Chevrolet	17	33	Team Penske
2017	Dallara	Chevrolet	18	6	Team Penske
2021	Dallara	Chevrolet	24	9	Arrow McLaren SP
2022	Dallara	Chevrolet	30	11	Arrow McLaren SP
Source: [290]

Indianapolis 500 records

Most races between victories Ten* drivers have intervals between race victories extending five or more races.
Years	Career Victories		Ref
15	2000	2015	[291]

Most laps led by rookie Eight drivers have led one quarter (50 laps / 125 miles) or further race distance in their first year of competition.
Laps	Percent Race Led	Year	Start Pos	Final Pos	Ref
167	83.5%	2000	2	1	[292]

Complete Formula One results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2001	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW23	BMW P81 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 2	AUT Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 2	FRA Ret	GBR 4	GER Ret	HUN 8	BEL Ret	ITA 1	USA Ret	JPN 2			6th	31
2002	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW24	BMW P82 3.0 V10	AUS 2	MAL 2	BRA 5	SMR 4	ESP 2	AUT 3	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	GBR 3	FRA 4	GER 2	HUN 11	BEL 3	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 4			3rd	50
2003	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW25	BMW P83 3.0 V10	AUS 2	MAL 12	BRA Ret	SMR 7	ESP 4	AUT Ret	MON 1	CAN 3	EUR 2	FRA 2	GBR 2	GER 1	HUN 3	ITA 2	USA 6	JPN Ret				3rd	82
2004	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW26	BMW P84 3.0 V10	AUS 5	MAL 2	BHR 13	SMR 3	ESP Ret	MON 4	EUR 8	CAN DSQ	USA DSQ	FRA 8	GBR 5	GER 5	HUN 4	BEL Ret	ITA 5	CHN 5	JPN 7	BRA 1		5th	58
2005	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes FO 110R 3.0 V10	AUS 6	MAL 4	BHR	SMR	ESP 7	MON 5	EUR 7	CAN DSQ	USA DNS	FRA Ret	GBR 1	GER 2								4th	60
	Team McLaren Mercedes															HUN Ret	TUR 3	ITA 1	BEL 14†	BRA 1	JPN Ret	CHN Ret
2006	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-21	Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8	BHR 5	MAL 4	AUS Ret	SMR 3	EUR Ret	ESP Ret	MON 2	GBR 6	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	CHN	JPN	BRA		8th	26
Sources: [241] [280] [293]

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Formula One records

Montoya set the record for the highest average lap speed during qualifying for the 2004 Italian Grand Prix, at 262.242 km/h (162.950 mph). He held the record until the 2018 Italian Grand Prix, held at the same venue, after Kimi Räikkönen set a lap time with an average speed of 263.587 km/h (163.785 mph). ^[294]

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2006	Chip Ganassi Racing	30	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM 34	69th	61	[295]
2007		42		DAY 19	CAL 26	LVS 22	ATL 5	BRI 32	MAR 16	TEX 8	PHO 33	TAL 31	RCH 26	DAR 23	CLT 28	DOV 31	POC 20	MCH 43	SON 1	NHA 19	DAY 32	CHI 15	IND 2	POC 16	GLN 39	MCH 26	BRI 17	CAL 33	RCH 41	NHA 23	DOV 10	KAN 28	TAL 15	CLT 37	MAR 8	ATL 34	TEX 25	PHO 17	HOM 15	20th	3487	[296]
2008				DAY 32	CAL 20	LVS 19	ATL 16	BRI 15	MAR 13	TEX 19	PHO 16	TAL 2	RCH 32	DAR 23	CLT 30	DOV 12	POC 38	MCH 38	SON 6	NHA 32	DAY 38	CHI 18	IND 38	POC 40	GLN 4	MCH 25	BRI 19	CAL 20	RCH 31	NHA 17	DOV 39	KAN 20	TAL 25	CLT 34	MAR 14	ATL 40	TEX 43	PHO 17	HOM 17	25th	3329	[297]
2009	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing		Chevy	DAY 14	CAL 11	LVS 31	ATL 27	BRI 9	MAR 12	TEX 7	PHO 24	TAL 20	RCH 10	DAR 20	CLT 8	DOV 30	POC 8	MCH 6	SON 6	NHA 12	DAY 9	CHI 10	IND 11*	POC 2	GLN 6	MCH 19	BRI 25	ATL 3	RCH 19	NHA 3*	DOV 4	KAN 4	CAL 3	CLT 35	MAR 3	TAL 19	TEX 37	PHO 8	HOM 38	8th	6252	[298]
2010				DAY 10	CAL 37	LVS 37	ATL 3	BRI 26	MAR 36	PHO 5	TEX 34	TAL 3	RCH 6	DAR 5	DOV 35	CLT 38	POC 8	MCH 13	SON 10	NHA 34	DAY 27	CHI 16	IND 32*	POC 16	GLN 1*	MCH 7	BRI 7	ATL 9	RCH 7	NHA 16	DOV 14	KAN 29	CAL 14	CLT 11	MAR 19	TAL 3	TEX 28	PHO 16	HOM 35	17th	4118	[299]
2011				DAY 6	PHO 19	LVS 3	BRI 24	CAL 10	MAR 4	TEX 13	TAL 30	RCH 29	DAR 23	DOV 32	CLT 12	KAN 17	POC 7	MCH 30	SON 22	DAY 9	KEN 15	NHA 30	IND 28	POC 32	GLN 7	MCH 25	BRI 19	ATL 15	RCH 15	CHI 14	NHA 9	DOV 22	KAN 23	CLT 14	TAL 23	MAR 22	TEX 18	PHO 15	HOM 31	21st	932	[300]
2012				DAY 36	PHO 11	LVS 25	BRI 8	CAL 17	MAR 21	TEX 16	KAN 12	RCH 12	TAL 32	DAR 24	CLT 20	DOV 28	POC 17	MCH 8	SON 34	KEN 14	DAY 28	NHA 25	IND 21	POC 20	GLN 33	MCH 26	BRI 13	ATL 21	RCH 20	CHI 23	NHA 22	DOV 26	TAL 38	CLT 19	KAN 16	MAR 20	TEX 34	PHO 12	HOM 28	22nd	810	[301]
2013				DAY 39	PHO 12	LVS 19	BRI 30	CAL 38	MAR 26	TEX 20	KAN 27	RCH 4	TAL 25	DAR 8	CLT 18	DOV 2	POC 14	MCH 20	SON 34	KEN 16	DAY 39	NHA 24	IND 9	POC 28	GLN 5	MCH 11	BRI 3	ATL 7	RCH 16	CHI 32	NHA 19	DOV 23	KAN 18	CLT 12	TAL 41	MAR 13	TEX 20	PHO 6	HOM 18	21st	894	[302]
2014	Team Penske	12	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH 18	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND 23	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	48th	47	[303]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	36	19
2008			15	32
2009	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	8	14
2010			8	10
2011			13	6
2012			35	36
2013			7	39
Sources: [241] [280]

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2006	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 11	TEX 28	PHO 20	HOM 14	68th	438	[304]
2007				DAY 40	CAL 39	MXC 1	LVS 20	ATL 8	BRI 14	NSH	TEX 30	PHO 21	TAL 7	RCH 11	DAR 15	CLT 40	DOV 14	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 34	DAY 30	CHI 21	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 33	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	36th	1689	[305]
2008		40		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX 15	PHO		86th	230	[306]
		42																																				HOM 17

ARCA Re/Max Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2006	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH	MCH	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL 3	IOW 24	84th	350	[307]

Grand-Am

Daytona Prototype

Bold – Pole Position. (Overall Finish/Class Finish).

Year	Team	No.	Engine	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	01	Lexus 5.0L V8	Riley Technologies MkXI	DAY (1)	MEX	HOM	VIR	LGA	WGL	MDO	DAY	IOW	BAR	MON	WGL	SON	MIL	52nd	35
2008				Riley Technologies MkXX	DAY (1)	HOM	MEX	VIR	LGA	WGL	MDO	DAY	BAR	MON	WGL	SON	NJ	MIL	45th	35
2009				Riley Technologies Mk. XX	DAY (2)	VIR	NJ	LGA	WGL	MDO	DAY	BAR	WGL	MON	MIL	HOM			45th	32
2010		02	BMW 5.0L V8		DAY (37/15)	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGL	MDO	DAY	NJ	WGL	MON	MIL			41st	16
2011					DAY (2)	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGL	ELK	LGA	NJ	WGL	MON	MDO			24th	32
2012				Riley Technologies Mk. XXVI	DAY (4)	BAR	HOM	NJ	BEL	MDO	ELK	WGL	IMS (4)	WGL	MON	LGA	LRP		21st	56
2013		01			DAY (1)	AUS	BAR	ATL	BEL	MDO	WGL	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LRP			41st	35
Sources: [241] [308]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2017	Team Penske	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 3	30th	30
2018	Acura Team Penske	P	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 10	SEB 14	LBH 5	MDO 2	DET 3	WGL 3	MOS 10	ELK 5	LGA 3	PET 13	5th	251
2019	Acura Team Penske	DPi	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 6	SEB 9	LBH 3	MDO 1	DET 1	WGL 3	MOS 3	ELK 2	LGA 1	PET 4	1st	302
2020	Acura Team Penske	DPi	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	DAY 4	SEB 6	ELK 8	ATL 6	MDO 7	PET 3	LGA 2	SEB 2		6th	247
2021	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	DPi	Acura ARX-05	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 3	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	LBH	PET 6	14th	912
2022	DragonSpeed - 10 Star	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY	SEB 8	LGA 3	MDO 1	WGL 5	ELK 6	PET 2				4th	1878
2023	Rick Ware Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LGA 5	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET				26th	286
Sources: [241] [308]

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	United Autosports	Hugo de Sadeleer Will Owen	Ligier JS P217- Gibson	LMP2	365	7th	3rd
2020	DragonSpeed USA	Timothé Buret Memo Rojas	Oreca 07- Gibson	LMP2	192	DNF	DNF
2021	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley	Oreca 07- Gibson	LMP2	356	15th	10th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			1st
Sources: [308] [309]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 7	ALG 8	MNZ 6	LMS 10	BHR 11	BHR 10	11th	42.5
		LMP2 Pro-Am			SPA 3	ALG 2	MNZ 2	LMS 1	BHR 5	BHR 4	4th	138
Sources: [241] [310]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ 17	SPA	ALG	34th	0.5
2023	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2 Pro-Am	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 7	LEC 7	ARA 7	SPA 7	ALG 5	ALG 5	7th	44
Source: [241] [308]

Notes

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External links

• Media related to Juan Pablo Montoya at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Juan Pablo Montoya career summary at DriverDB.com
• Juan Pablo Montoya at IMDb
• Juan Pablo Montoya driver statistics at Racing-Reference