Well, here we go folks. It’s the Italian Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, and everyone is getting revved up to see the F1 cars race down the ultra-high speed Monza track.
Apparently, Lewis Hamilton is sporting a new blonde hairdo, and his team is using a new-spec engine for the race. Also, there is a new mandate by Pirelli to increase tyre pressures following the Spa tyre failures. An interesting weekend beckons, from the looks of it.
Anyway, what better way to get fired up for the Grand Prix by taking a trip down memory lane with Juan Pablo Montoya in his Williams BMW F1 car during a pre-qualifying run for the 2004 Monza F1 weekend.
As Peter Windsor narrates, this was indeed the fastest lap in F1 history recorded at Monza 11 years ago. The average lap speed was recorded at 162.95 mph (262.243 km/h), which is totally astounding. Bear in mind, Montoya set a blistering lap time of 1m19.525s back then, and just to put things in perspective, Lewis Hamilton’s 2014 pole position lap was 1m24.109s.
When one watches the video, it literally gives you goose bumps, as you listen to the wail of the glorious BMW V10 and the crackling of the traction control as Montoya wrestles the car around this iconic track on the very limit of the tyre’s adhesion.
We’ve also included a circuit guide to the Monza F1 track as well. Happy viewing from all of us at paultan.org and enjoy the F1 weekend!
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Not forgetting that he also holds the record at Sepang since 2004
A 10yr old f1car is 5s faster!!! Every 2yrs slow by 1s..f1 going backwards!!
#V10FTW
Obviously they are being influenced by toyota’s motto. Moving Backwards…
this is right after they got rid of the ‘walrus-nose’
Montoya was an ace driver (still doing well in America) in the wrong team and wrong era (Dominant Ferrari and Schumi). With that being said..
that BMW V10 was a beast of an engine.even more powerful than the dominant Ferraris … however it had massive reliability issues and a Williams Chassis not up to scratch meant it was not competitive enough… If im not mistaken he Montoya won at Monza….