COLOMBIA: FORMULA ONE DRIVER JUAN PABLO MONTOYA SAYS HE WILL STAY WITH WILLIAMS THROUGHOUT 2004

Record ID: 335948

  • Title: COLOMBIA: FORMULA ONE DRIVER JUAN PABLO MONTOYA SAYS HE WILL STAY WITH WILLIAMS THROUGHOUT 2004
  • Date: 6th August 2003
  • Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AUGUST 6, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA ARRIVES 2. HOMELESS GIRL'S FACE 3. MONTOYA GREETING GIRL 4. HOMELESS BOY SHOWING MONTOYA'S PICTURE 5. VARIOUS OF MONTOYA AND HIS WIFE TALKING WITH CRAFTSMAN 6. MONTOYA AND WIFE LOOKING AT HANDCRAFTS 7. FOLLOWERS STARING AT MONTOYA
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
  • Country: Colombia
  • Reuters ID: LVAF285E7RML6ELMEZ3PQZ6YMNJJ
  • Story Text: Colombian Formula One pilot Juan Pablo Montoya is
    still short of admitting he could be the next world
    champion.


    Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya said on
    Thursday (August 7) that he will remain with the Williams
    team throughout 2004, but that he's already to explore his
    options.

    "I have a contract with Williams until the end of 2004.

    For 2005, I have talked to various teams, because the truth
    is that I am a free man, the truth is that I have to look
    into my options," the Colombian pilot said. "I have to see
    what will happen with Ferrari, what will happen with Mc
    Laren, what will happen with Williams, what will happen
    with Toyota. Looking into the future, Toyota seems a very
    interesting option, because Toyota has an unlimited
    project, so the things they can accomplish can be amazing."
    Commenting on his next race in Hungary at the end of
    August, Montoya said the Williams team is ahead of the
    game.

    "Monaco has the same style as Hungary, and we won this
    year in Monaco. So the chances that we'll do fine (in
    Hungary) are very high, very very high, and the current
    temperatures must improve the performance of the tires,"
    Montoya said, but added that the tricky part of Hungary's
    race is the tracks condition. "That's the million
    dollar question: the tires should work fine, but it's also
    about Hungary's exclusive pavement, a track they almost
    never use. One of the major problems in Hungary is that the
    track has a lot of dirt."
    Despite of winning on Sunday (August 3) the German
    Grand Prix, at the news conference Montoya said that being
    the world's champion in 2003 will not be easy.

    "I'm in a very strong position compared to Michael
    (Schumacher), but I don't want to rely on that or say that
    I will be champion this year until I do win. It's very
    difficult to say, I prefer to wait and see if I win the
    championship. Either I win it or not, I did the best I
    could."
    The ten points Montoya picked up with victory in the
    German Grand Prix on Sunday put the Colombian second in the
    Formula One World Championship standings, just six points
    behind leader Michael Schumacher with four races to go.


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