Montoya to NASCAR!!!!!

[4Davey]

Gannasi just made the announcement that Juan Montoya is going to run in Cup next year!! Take that all you haters out there. Man what is going on at Maclaren!!!

[whenry]

I had to look at the calender to make sure it wasnt April 1.

[01badz28]

Gannasi just made the announcement that Juan Montoya is going to run in Cup next year!! Take that all you haters out there. Man what is going on at Maclaren!!!

Guess getting shown up by Raikkonen for two seasons has finally caused JPM to seek greener pastures...

[Tyler H]

Guess getting shown up by Raikkonen for two seasons has finally caused JPM to seek greener pastures...

Another way to say it, he's just following the "green." Nextel Cup is where the money's at, and I'm sure it's easier than his other job. All those stock cars get about the same marketing coverage on that big ole oval.....first place, last place....who can tell the difference, when the whole shebang is only a half mile long?

[4Davey]

He will be the ultimate road course "ringer"!!

[MARKP]

I can't wait. I think he will do a great job. I used to love watching him run Cart/Indy cars, especially qualifying. It'll be interesting to see how things go down when he starts "rubbing" fenders.

[01badz28]

Guess getting shown up by Raikkonen for two seasons has finally caused JPM to seek greener pastures...

Another way to say it, he's just following the "green." Nextel Cup is where the money's at, and I'm sure it's easier than his other job. All those stock cars get about the same marketing coverage on that big ole oval.....first place, last place....who can tell the difference, when the whole shebang is only a half mile long?

I don't know about that... I mean, F1 is an international series, and I think MS is still the highest paid athlete. I bet he still signed a nice deal with Ganassi (sp?) but there is still plenty of cash in F1.

It seemed like from his press interview this morning that he had just gotten burned out with F1. Definately wish him the best of luck, but it won't be enough to get me to watch the oval boys - time to find a new driver to root for.

[Dentspeed]

I think world wide there is more money in F1. I doubt anyone outside of the US watches much NAHEESCAWER. Kind of like American football vs. Soccer(Football).

[Avery]

While we are talkin about money in F1 i found this on a forum about F1. Its the money spent by F1 companies in 2003. There is also a link...


Total $2,141,100,000
$443,800,000 Ferrari
$353,300,000 Williams
$304,600,000 McLaren
$290,400,000 Toyota
$225,100,000 BAR
$206,800,000 Renault
$119,500,000 Sauber
$ 79,200,000 Jordan
$ 78,800,000 Jaguar
$ 39,600,000 Minardi

Engine budgets $931,000,000
$185,000,000 Williams
$175,000,000 Ferrari
$150,000,000 Toyota
$140,000,000 McLaren
$110,000,000 Renault
$105,000,000 BAR
$ 24,000,000 Sauber
$ 18,000,000 Jordan
$ 15,000,000 Minardi
$ 9,000,000 Jaguar

Operating the cars at tests $260,800,000
$88,000,000 Ferrari
$48,000,000 Williams
$29,100,000 McLaren
$24,700,000 Toyota
$22,000,000 BAR
$19,800,000 Sauber
$14,600,000 Renault
$ 7,500,000 Jaguar
$ 3,700,000 Jordan
$ 3,400,000 Minardi

Team salaries $194,000,000
$41,400,000 Ferrari
$32,300,000 Toyota
$30,300,000 McLaren
$24,000,000 Williams
$16,500,000 Renault
$12,800,000 BAR
$12,700,000 Sauber
$10,600,000 Jaguar
$ 8,800,000 Jordan
$ 5,300,000 Minardi

Operating the cars at races $187,300,000
$28,500,000 Ferrari
$22,500,000 Toyota
$20,800,000 Williams
$19,200,000 McLaren
$19,000,000 Renault
$18,200,000 Sauber
$17,600,000 BAR
$17,000,000 Jaguar
$16,000,000 Jordan
$ 8,500,000 Minardi

Research and development $173,000,000
$35,000,000 McLaren
$21,500,000 Toyota
$20,300,000 Williams
$20,000,000 Ferrari
$16,900,000 Renault
$16,500,000 BAR
$15,400,000 Jaguar
$14,600,000 Sauber
$12,600,000 Jordan
$ 200,000 Minardi

Driver salaries $132,000,000
$44,000,000 Ferrari
$24,000,000 BAR
$20,000,000 Williams
$13,500,000 McLaren
$ 8,000,000 Jordan
$ 7,500,000 Toyota
$ 6,800,000 Sauber
$ 6,200,000 Renault
$ 1,500,000 Jaguar
$ 500,000 Minardi

Wind tunnel operating costs $93,600,000
$15,100,000 Ferrari
$12,900,000 McLaren
$12,200,000 Williams
$11,600,000 Toyota
$10,400,000 Sauber
$10,100,000 BAR
$ 8,000,000 Renault
$ 5,500,000 Jaguar
$ 4,500,000 Jordan
$ 3,300,000 Minardi

Travel and accommodation $86,600,000
$18,000,000 Ferrari
$13,000,000 McLaren
$12,000,000 Toyota
$ 9,300,000 Williams
$ 7,900,000 BAR
$ 7,500,000 Renault
$ 6,800,000 Sauber
$ 5,300,000 Jaguar
$ 4,500,000 Jordan
$ 2,300,000 Minardi

Corporate entertaining and catering $62,850,000
$12,200,000 Williams
$ 9,700,000 Ferrari
$ 8,900,000 McLaren
$ 7,200,000 BAR
$ 6,700,000 Renault
$ 6,300,000 Toyota
$ 5,600,000 Jaguar
$ 4,300,000 Sauber
$ 1,600,000 Jordan
$ 350,000 Minardi

Car manufacturing costs $19,250,000
$4,100,000 Ferrari
$2,700,000 McLaren
$2,000,000 Toyota
$2,000,000 BAR
$1,900,000 Sauber
$1,500,000 Jordan
$1,500,000 Williams
$1,400,000 Renault
$1,400,000 Jaguar
$ 750,000 Minardi


http://www.fastmachines.com/archives/f1/001603.php

[Steve-o]

Yeah, he'll probably make less in CRAPCAR.

I'd get burned out too if I got embarassed by my teammate every race after I talked smack to every single driver in the seriers. It'll probably be more fun for him too since he'll be a media child in NASCAR and if he ever gets behind in NASCAR like he did in F1, they'll just some some mysterious debris on the track and toss up the 48th yellow of the day so he can get back on the lead lap. They also need him because he's an asshole and likes to pick fights. We all know that NASCAR is Days of Our Lives played up by the media and 38 hours of pre-race coverage so he'll scrap a little and NASCAR will laugh all the way to the bank.

[steverife]

It'll probably be more fun for him too since they actually race in NASCAR.

Fixed.

[TedV]

I went to a WWF event at the stadium and a NASCAR race broke out...

[01badz28]

The turn 1 accident at last weeks USGP makes more sense now - Montoya was just practicing bump drafting with Kimi!

[4Davey]

The turn 1 accident at last weeks USGP makes more sense now - Montoya was just practicing bump drafting with Kimi!

I wonder if that started all of this. He said he called Chip 2 weeks ago.
When was the USGP?

[01badz28]

The turn 1 accident at last weeks USGP makes more sense now - Montoya was just practicing bump drafting with Kimi!

I wonder if that started all of this. He said he called Chip 2 weeks ago.
When was the USGP?

I wouldn't be surprised, and the USGP was two weeks ago. He has also had a couple of public run ins with DC.