TEMA: CAR RACER

ALUMNO: DIEGO SOLIER HUAMAN

INSTRUCTOR: GARRIDO VALENZUELA

JESSICA JUDITH

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INDEPENDENCIA-LIMA

2022
 Juan Pablo Montoya
(Bogotá, 1975) Colombian Corridor. Being part of the
select group of Formula 1 drivers is a company that is
within the reach of very few, because motorsport is,
without a doubt, one of the sports that demand a higher
level of demand, courage and sacrifice. If to this
difficulty is added the fact of coming from a country,
Colombia, with great legendary footballers and cyclists,
but lacking an automobile tradition comparable to that
of football, we understand the double merit of Juan
Pablo Montoya, who picked up the baton of the great
Argentine (Juan Manuel Fangio, Carlos Reutemann) and
Brazilian (Emerson Fittipaldi) pilots.  Ayrton Senna) of
the past to lead, together with the Brazilian Rubens
Barrichello, the South American representation in
Formula 1 of the new millennium.

Juan Pablo Montoya's love of motor came from his father, Pablo Montoya, an architect and racing driver who, after
winning a competition, did not resist the temptation to sit his little baby, barely three months old, to accompany him
on his triumphant return. This ritual would be repeated in the future and who knows if it would not contribute to the
child being impregnated with the world of competition on four wheels.

Pablo, the eldest of a family of four siblings (the rest are Liliana, Catalina and Federico), received a toy car as a gift
on his second anniversary; Since then it would be his most precious treasure. Precocious competitor, with only five
years he already started in a kart championship, modality in which he was proclaimed national champion in the
children's category the following year. During the 1980s, and under the tutelage of his father, he continued to drive
karts and accumulate national championships in the Junior and Komet categories.

In 1990, a fifteen-year-old Montoya crossed the Atlantic for the first time with his father; moved to Lonato (Italy)
and participated in the kart world championship in the Junior category. Thus began the international adventure of the
young and promising Colombian pilot. In 1992 he was presented with the first opportunity to participate in a higher
level competition, although for this he had to temporarily return to his country: registered in extremis by his father in
Formula Renault, his debut was brilliant, as he marked the pole position in the first race, and at the end of the season
he was runner-up after winning four of the eight races. The following year, in the Swift GTI Cup, he was saluted
with the chequered flag of winner in seven of the ten races.

In 1995, back to the Old Continent, he managed,

not without great efforts, to participate in the season
of the Vauxhall Lotus (England), in which he
obtained four victories. Thanks to this he received
an invitation to the International Formula 3 Cup
held on British soil, in which he was second. At the
age of 26 he joined the Fortec team of the British
Formula 3, with which he achieved two victories.
The next rung in his career was the Formula-3000,
but the economic cost of the category was beyond
its means. All seemed lost when a glimmer of hope
emerged: the Austrian team RSM Marko was confident in their chances. The young driver did not disappoint, as he
won victories in France, Austria and Spain, and finished the season as runner-up in the category.
The year 1998 marked a turning point in Montoya's career: integrated into the Super Nova team, he won the
International Formula-3000 Championship, while becoming a test driver for one of the leading teams in Formula 1,
Williams. In 1999 he signed a three-year contract with the Target Chip Ganassi team, with which he participated in
the CART category, a competitive modality played in the United States in which he was champion.

From then on, Montoya's fame increased to the same extent as did the official recognition of his countrymen. The
Colombian government awarded him the Cross of Boyacá, the country's highest decoration, and the specialized press
declared him best pilot of the year. The sport of motorsport was beginning to recruit an army of followers, just as in
the 1980s and 1990s the Colombian "beetles" had them in the Vuelta España, the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France.

The definitive consecration came in 2001, with his inclusion in the minority group of Formula 1 drivers, framed in
the Williams team. At the controls of one of the best machines on the circuit, he won the Italian Grand Prix at
Monza, and the following year reached third place on the podium in the final classification of the season. Meanwhile,
on October 27, 2002, Montoya married his compatriot Connie Freydell in Cartagena de Indias. Also in the 2003
season he obtained the third place in the final classification, establishing himself as a real alternative to the tyranny
of the hepta-world champion Michael Schumacher. Mythical figures of the steering wheel such as Emerson Fittipaldi
or the Scottish Jackie Stewart addressed him great praise and predicted new triumphs.

The following year, however, the shortcomings of his car harmed his competitiveness and his progression was
slowed down; He finished the 2004 season in a creditable fifth place, and signed for the McLaren-Mercedes team,
with which he would race the following two years. In 2005, a shoulder injury prevented him from participating in
two races, but he won three grands prix and finished fourth overall. But poor relations with McLaren team boss Ron
Dennis, as well as with the organisation and refereeing, would lead Montoya to leave Formula 1 in the 2006 season,
which did not even end. Not for that reason Montoya stopped driving: the same 2006 he went to the Nascar category,
in which he would continue competing in successive years. His good form was demonstrated in a feat within reach of
few: winning two consecutive editions (2007 and 2008) of the famous 24 hours of Daytona.