According to MSN Sports the $$$ may be less in Nascar.
"Why on Earth would Juan Pablo Montoya trade Monte Carlo and Melbourne for Darlington and Martinsville - and likely take a pay cut in the process?
The Formula One star said he's looking for a more enjoyable atmosphere and a new racing challenge, and thinks he'll find it in NASCAR next year."
And MClaren just told him to piss off right now if that's how it's going to go!
"Juan Pablo Montoya is leaving McLaren-Mercedes immediately, after deciding to switch to NASCAR next season. He'll be replaced by test driver Pedro de la Rosa for the rest of the Formula One season.
"Team McLaren Mercedes and Juan Pablo Montoya have mutually agreed for him to step down in the forthcoming races of this year's Formula 1 World Championship,'' McLaren CEO and chairman Ron Dennis said Tuesday. "We have agreed that with so many things happening in Juan Pablo's life right now, he should take some time out of the car and prepare professionally and personally for the future."
JPM has never really shown the promise he had when he left CART. Many predicted the 2nd coming of Senna when he joined the F1 circus but it never materialised. He had some great drives, but nothing spectacular. I was a Montoya fan in CART but he turned into a whining snivelling bitch like so many of the other primadonnas in F1. And the video that went around of him walking into a cameraman and then getting pissed at the guy - well, what can you say?
The whole of F1 seems so up it's own arse it's ridiculous, and it all stems from the rich dwarf at the top - Bernie. Granted he has made F1 the huge spectacle it is, but for fucks sake have just a little bit of modesty. But hey, maybe being a pompous ass (and spreading that seed throughout your organization) is the way to the top. He's made buckets of money for himself and plenty of others so what do I know.
Nick Taylor.
Knobhead.
Los Angeles, CA.
