Juan Pablo Montoya | |||||||
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Montoya in 2014
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Nationality | Colombian | ||||||
Born | Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán September 20, 1975 Bogotá, Colombia |
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Championship titles | |||||||
1998 International F3000 Champion 1999 CART FedEx Championship Series Champion 2017 Race of Champions Champion of Champions |
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Awards | |||||||
1999 CART Rookie of the Year 2000 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year |
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IndyCar Series career | |||||||
52 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Team(s) | No. 22 (Team Penske) | ||||||
2016 position | 8th | ||||||
Best finish | 2nd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 IndyCar Grand Prix (Indianapolis) | ||||||
First win | 2000 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||
Last win | 2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg) | ||||||
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Champ Car career | |||||||
40 races run over 2 years | |||||||
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) | ||||||
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Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
Active years | 2001–2006 | ||||||
Teams | Williams, McLaren | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Monster Energy 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) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of July 19, 2015. |
Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan ˈpaβlo monˈtoʝa]; born September 20, 1975) is a Colombian racing driver. He currently competes in the Verizon IndyCar Series driving for Team Penske.
The highlights of his career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999, as well as victories in some of the most prestigious races in the world, including the Indianapolis 500 (2000, 2015), Grand Prix of Monaco (2003), 24 Hours of Daytona (2007, 2008, 2013), British Grand Prix (2005), Italian Grand Prix (2001, 2005), Grand Prix of Long Beach (1999), and the Race of Champions (2017). In motorsport racing he has set an unmatched efficacy as a rookie driver by winning at the first attempt the premier North American open-wheel CART Championship title, Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, Grand Prix of Long Beach, Italian Grand Prix, and the cross over Race of Champions. Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year, the first being Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell in 1993. He is the only active driver who has won two legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport in its original definition.