Will you still watch F1 now that Juan Pablo Montoya has switched to NASCAR?

Question

Has Formula 1 failed to show JPM's driving skills?

Answer 1

JPM's driving style is a little too full on for F1. His biggest issue no matter what team he's been in seems to have been reliability - he drives them too hard. F1 is losing an entertaining driver (when he's off the pit wall) but to be honest, I think he's going to be much better suited to NASCAR

Answer 2

I'm afraid I don't really get the question.

You seem to be implying that JPM was the best thing about Formula One. And now that he's gone, is it a sport worth watching?

Sorry, but there's nothing like F1, it's the best sport in the world - hands down.

As for Montoya leaving, I think he made a good and bad decision. He's a driver who has been in a subtle decline since he entered the sport. He's never been able to couple his talent with his head - or lack thereof. He was suppose to be the heir apparent to Schumacher when he burst into the sport in 2001 but he has since been eclipsed, and convincingly, by Alonso and Raikkonen as the best young drivers in the sport. It's pretty obvious that he's been the biggest bust since Jacques Villenueve (who at least won a Championship) despite all his skills. 7 wins in 6 years driving great cars(Williams and McLaren)? He has no excuse.

Also, I think he's going to get a rude awakening in NASCAR. It's a completely different "racing" style than F1 - if you want to call NASCAR racing. It's really just a glorified endurance race with cars that react like pigs - a true waste of talent for man of Montoya's reflexes.

In any event, it's not about skill with Montoya, it never has been. Everyone in F1 is a great driver, but the truly special ones have that X-factor; something that pushes you over the top aside from skill. Montoya never had that in F1 and if his career proved anything, it's that he was never as mentally tough as he came off.

I say, good riddance from F1 Juan Pablo...see you in the IRL after you fail miserably in NASCAR.

Answer 3

Definitely yes! F1 is the pinnacle of motor sports. Nothing else turns, accelerates, and performs like an F1 machine.

Juan never really established himself in F1 and I'm not sure if that was because of his driving style or the frailty of the cars he drove but NASCAR will better suit Juan Pablo. Good luck to him.

Answer 4

I will continue to watch F1, because my favorite driver is Fernando Alonso.

Formula 1 may have failed to show Montoya's real driving skills, because he never was in a truly competitive team. If he had Alonso's R25/R26 or Schumacher's Ferraris (except the F2005, which was a disappointment) he would have surely made his mark.

Answer 5

I only watched IRL and Nascar before this anyways. If F1 let one of their (presumably on my part) best drivers go I'm sure they failed to show his skills.

Answer 6

yeah i don't really like NASCAR becuase there just going in circles and F1 is the biggest sport in the world except 4 soccer nothing is like a F1 machine

Answer 7

I never liked F1 anyway. Im a nascar fan.

Answer 8

Not much else on TV on Sunday morning in my neck of the woods, so I'll still watch F1(even if it's just a parade half the time).

Answer 9

I'll still watch it, but JPM and JV have always been my fave's. When JV goes then there will be no personalities left. But I enjoy watching the racing, so I'll still tune in.

Answer 10

Of course, it just means i'll be watching more Nascar!!.
Perhaps his driving style is more suited to Nascar,i do'nt
know. i'd watch him even if he was driving a pedal car!.