Off course Michael is strong mentally so these attacks bounced back off him and returned to Montoya who lost a lot of third party support early this season with his constant whinging in the media. Then came two races, Malaysia and Brazil, which really added fuel to the fire. In Malaysia Michael and Juan tangled at turn 1 resulting in a pit stop for Michael and a drive-thru penalty for the Colombian. Personally the penalty imposed on Juan was unjust in my opinion but never the less it added to the tension. In Brazil Montoya lost the plot totally and drove into the back of Michael in a rash move resulting in him losing any chance of winning the race.

But it was the after race comments by Montoya that shocked most. Juan went on to talk of unfair driving, revenge plots and generally threw all his toys out the pram. Since then though things seem to have calmed down very much as Michael and Juan have never came to blows on track since.

But now in recent weeks a change can be felt. It was at the British GP that Jean Todt spent an afternoon in the company of Frank Williams at his English home, nobody knows for sure why or what was the reason for Todt’s visit and it was a strange visit all the same. Recently Ross Brawn was in a press conference where he was asked about Montoya. Brawn rates the Colombian but his words that he needed a more supporting team and he was not being used to his best at Williams came as a bit of a surprise to most.

Michael Schumacher and Montoya seem to have found a more honest and friendly relationship on the track and off it. They both know that neither will give an inch when it comes to racing and the same when it comes to media talk. But Michael recently said that he would have no problems working alongside Juan at Ferrari in fact he openly welcomed it as a chance to prove that he is better. Then Juan has been saying in the media that he would not stop driving for a team that openly used team orders, as he was quick to point out that all teams do it one way or another but maybe not so open as the likes of Ferrari.