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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Tough 1st turn

Man what a shame for the Mclarens and Scott Speed. I was sure hoping to watch them go further than 300 yards, what a mess, thanks Montoya! I spent the entire morning talking up F1 to some family members about the american driver, the benz's etc and they all were out in the 1st turn. Ferrari certainly ruled Indy today and not the most exciting race at the end, wished Kimi was there to challange.


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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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Unfortunately, Montoya taking out his teammate in turn 1 of the first lap at Indy isn't an uncommon occurrence (Ralf knows this).

It was a shame to lose so many strong cars from the middle of the field (2 McLarens, Honda, Williams, Sauber, Toro Rosso).
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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That was so depressing.
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after the acident and saw all the car that was knock out I shut the TV of and went on with my day.... montoya your a greedy *******o
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Old Jul 4, 2006 | 01:41 AM
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All that matterd was Ferrari getting a 1-2 woo hooo... and fonzi 5th ! why cant freaken JPM do the job right and take out fonzi ? jeez monty if ur going to take out half of the field at least do it right...howm nay times to do i have to tell u ?! in canada and now US...in France please dont fail! Take blue flag out !
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i wish they would take montoya out like they did ide and bring in Pedro de la Rosa for the rest of the season
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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i wish they would take montoya out like they did ide and bring in Pedro de la Rosa for the rest of the season
I think Montoya is a very good driver. No one has ***** like him. It's racing, stuff happens. I see nothing wrong in what he did IMO. You have to push hard, and he did. If he didnt push hard, he would have been over taken, other cars would have over taken him. He went into the turn faster the Kimi, and Kimi applied the brakes all of a suddent. Nothing you could do. Kimi went slower into the turn because of traffic....
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