Montoya has to prepare himself for NASCAR

Juan Pablo Montoya, the former McLaren F1 driver, will move to NASCAR next season and will use the rest of the 2006 season to prepare himself for this new chalenge. Montoya signed a multi-year deal with Chip Ganassi's team. Montoya will move to Miami with his family and will there prepare him for the 2007 NASCAR season.

Montoya"We needed to commit because I was going to swap from Formula One to NASCAR, and I know I'm not going to perform in my first year. Now, yes, I will have some success in two or three races or so, but generally, it's going to be a tough season. We're all going to be learning and there's going to be mistakes made by me. I know that's going to be part of it. That's why it's a multi-year deal."

"Well, I'm sure when we go to the road courses we should do pretty well, or at least I hope so. I think I have more road course experience than any other driver here (in NASCAR). And I think going to a road course race, people will expect me to do well. We'll see. At the same time, this is a different deal and different ballpark and it's a different car - even though it's going left and right."