Communication Breakdown: The Undoing of a GP Win
After a tough beginning in a new team, Juan Pablo Montoya looked certain to silence his critics with a win at the Canadian Grand Prix, when events conspired against him. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong when McLaren failed to communicate with their driver, and the Colombian himself made a profound judgement error that resulted in his exclusion from the race. Adam Cooper witnessed the events unfold and spoke to the team principals afterwards. He brings a detailed analysis of how it all went wrong
I was watching the Canadian GP from the first corner, and when Juan Pablo Montoya appeared on the pit straight, and the safety car headed out to greet him, I could scarcely believe my eyes.
It was immediately obvious that his race was over. Even as the safety car chugged through the righthander and went up the hill, with Juan Pablo and the lapped Ralf Schumacher behind it, Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher and the rest of JPM's pursuers were coming out of the pitlane tanked up to go to the end.
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