Drivers getting fed up with Montoya

It was only a matter of time.

Either way you look at it, Montoya is a Rookie.

As a pilot, I can have 20,000 hours in a type, say all left seat time in a 747-400 series.

But, if I make a move to a Citation X, I still would be a " rookie" of sorts, and would need to spend a lot of time in a simulator, and right seat.

Hence the comparison.

Drivers are openly venting their frustrations about Montoya now, it looks like the honeymoon is over, it will be interesting to see who takes it upon themselves to be the " father figure" if you will, and issue some justice " Nascar Style".

My take on all of this is as follows.

It is hard to forget the mentality and everything that he has learned in the open wheel series, as these cars stick like Bees on honey. Now he moves over to slow buckets of steel that slide as easy as Bees on ice.

How does one " re-train" there minds and " re-learn" a sport?

I remember a conversation I had with a instructor of the Richard Petty Driving School, when I asked what the biggest challenge was with people coming to take the course. He said that people just go to slow in the corners, they think that the car will lose its grip and spin out. He went on further and said that people are used to a skinny 6 inch tire or so, and now they have 4 monsters a foot across.

With Montoya, he needs to understand that the incredible downforce in open wheel cars is simply not here with the cup cars, and needs to drive them like I used to drive my motorbike in the winter in Canada, slow and as upright as possible!.

So Juan Pablo Montoya, here is my advice to you.

1. Settle down

2. You dont need to impress anyone by making agressive moves.

3. Hang in the back of the pack and watch others and learn from them.

4. Drive your car like it is a fragile thing like your old open wheel cars.

In closing, remember that movie " Walking Tall"? The famous line out of that movie was " Walk softly, but carry a big stick..."

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