No secrets kept from Montoya

By Andrew Hooper
December 9 2003

   
No secrets kept from Montoya
 
With Juan Pablo Montoya announcing his signing for the McLaren team, commencing in 2005, there has been some concern as to whether Juan Pablo would be kept away from any developments that the team has during 2004.

MontoyaSpeculation was that Juan Pablo would be left out of any developments. For BMW Motorsport Director Dr Mario Theissen he sees no reason to keep any secrets away from him. Dr Theissen said: "We will be absolutely open to him until the end of the last race."

He added: "We are a team and teams don't have secrets. We want to win together. Can you imagine holding information from your world champion?"

As for Juan Pablo Montoya he is looking a delivering for the BMW WilliamsF1 team in 2004. Juan Pablo said that the recent BMW party: "I've had a great time in my three years so far here. No matter what the circumstance, I'm here to win. If I have the chance, I will do it." Juan Pablo also dismissed the speculation regarding the WilliamsF1 team not supporting him during the 2004 season, due to his move to McLaren in 2005.

Juan Pablo added: "They are happy about my openness [about it], and they're behind me. I'm behind them."

As for his move to McLaren, for Juan Pablo it was simply the case of moving on to something new. He said: "It's got to happen at some stage. But I've had fun at Williams and, who knows, maybe it will get even better [in 2004]."
 
 
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