Juan Pablo Montoya has never been one to shy away from the spotlight. His move to NASCAR only a year and a half into a McLaren contract was shocking in itself, his thoughts on the series and its drivers the cherry on this particularly explosive cake. He wasn’t pleased to be punted out of the lead of his third Grand Prix by Jos Verstappen, and Lord help you if you’re a TV cameraman who gets too close.

Montoya’s fiery exit from last weekend’s Daytona 500 made NASCAR history, as did this. Some would argue that only after his heated exchange with Kevin Harvick at Watkins Glen in 2007 was the Columbian accepted by the diehard stockcar crowd >>>

James Gent

James Gent first started as a freelance motorsport writer in the UK, before an urge to be paid a monthly wage saw him move to Dubai in late 2011. A keen motoring enthusiast, he hopes that one day his garage will hold a Lamborghini Countach, as well as a WRC Lancia Delta Integrale.

James Gent

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