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Old 9th March 2004, 19:32   #1
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Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/s...160985,00.html

"If there was a fug of ennui hanging around Montoya, it lifted the instant he got behind the wheel of the BMW M5, provided for the day. Only his big brown eyes were visible as he roared off from the pits, and one of them, I could have sworn, was fixed on me, his whey-faced passenger, as he hurtled towards the first bend at 150mph. Then, maybe 70 yards from the curve, he slammed on the brake and a whoosh of gravity hit me in the stomach. We careened round the corner, and he threw the car to the other side of the bend, chasing down some cones so that they seemed to disappear under the car. So precise is his driving that they were still there as we shot off down the next straight, the speedometer sweeping up once more. My heart rate soared then fell as Montoya screeched to a halt, turned to me, and said: 'You don't have to hold on to the door. It will stay shut by itself.'"
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Old 9th March 2004, 19:49   #2
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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

Ouch, any reporter nails still stuck in the door handle ?

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Old 9th March 2004, 20:48   #3
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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

I'd like to see if Montoya can do that in a Mercedes next year...

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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

What I wouldnt pay to be there. I thought I could leave some bend marks in the passanger grab handles in my old E39, but I think that Montoya would take the cake. Thanks for the link!
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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

Wow that would be quite something, I wonder if he has driven the E60?

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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

Getting a passenger ride with Montoya in a M5, that's stuff that dreams are made of (kind of).
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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

'You don't have to hold on to the door. It will stay shut by itself.'

Sounds like the famous white knockle grip....
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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

Hah! This all sounds too familiar...

Press being tossed around in an M5... Apparently Madonna had enough


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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

Thanks for the link to that article. I'm a big JPM fan. ....Till 2005
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Re: Journalist get to ride with Montoya in the M5

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I'd like to see if Montoya can do that in a Mercedes next year...

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