| In a recent interview for
the British publication Motoring News BMW WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo
Montoya has commented on his relationship with WilliamsF1 team-mate Ralf
Schumacher. Juan Pablo feels that Ralf changes his style of driving when it
comes to racing with Juan Pablo, and this is an aspect of their relationship
that he can not understand.
Juan
Pablo would use several examples of Ralf's driving to make his point. At the
United States Grand Prix Ralf would challenge Juan Pablo's late braking move
which would see him spin and hit the back of the Colombians FW24. Juan Pablo
believes that this incident cost the team a podium finish.
In the article Juan Pablo said: "Sometimes you see harder racing from Ralf
with me than with anybody else. You don't see Ralf changing lines to block
Michael [Schumacher] down the straight, do you?
"The only guy he changes his racing against to be harder is me, and that
shouldn't be. If you are racing hard with me then you should race hard with
everybody. It is not like I am nice to everybody except Ralf."
Montoya also discussed the use of team orders. He felt that the WilliamsF1
team does little to help its own cause by sticking to its stance against
team orders. It has always been the case that WilliamsF1 prefer to see their
drivers race and will only use team orders if their is no alternative.
Juan Pablo said: "For the fans it is better, and that is probably what Frank
[Williams] and Patrick [Head] want, they want to see some racing.
"But from a team perspective we are actually worse off than Ferrari. At the
Nürburgring if I hadn't moved out of the way [Ralf] would have taken me off.
"At Monza he went straight and got a penalty and when he was going to let me
by the way he wanted to, it was his fault that Rubens [Barrichello] went
by."
Whether Juan Pablo will
endear himself to not only Ralf Schumacher with his comments is
questionable. Some may see it as simply another round in the war of words
between himself and Ralf. |