Stateside Round-Up: NASCAR returns and IndyCar preview
14 April, 2021
Martin Truex Jr won for the third time in the last four races at Martinsville when NASCAR returned last weekend, while IndyCar gets underway in Alabama on Sunday.
Truex was engrossed in a tight battle with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, making the pass for the lead stick with 15-laps to go. Hamlin fell off the pace and got caught up in a fight with Chase Elliott for second place, with 2020 champion Elliott coming home runner-up at the flag.
Speaking in Victory Lane, Truex said: “This place has become a playground for us I guess. We didn’t have the best car all day, but we just kept working on it and never quit on it.”
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Miserable Schumi ‘made Montoya’s day’ PlanetF1 25/01/2021 © Getty Images Juan Pablo Montoya
Back when he was racing in Formula 1, Juan Pablo Montoya said ruining Michael Schumacher’s day was the making of his.
Having served as a test driver for the Williams team, Montoya landed his first seat in Formula 1 with the BMW Williams outfit ahead of the 2001 campaign.
His first season in the series with Williams saw him partner Ralf Schumacher, and Montoya cited him as the toughest driver he had every come up against, despite in the future having the likes of Kimi Raikkonen for a team-mate.
“Honestly when I went to Formula 1, Ralf Schumacher was so quick and he made my life really miserable at the beginning and then made me a better driver,” said Montoya in an interview with The Race.