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Ecclestone tried to lure Montoya back to F1

Jun.22 Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone once tried to convince Juan Pablo Montoya to return to the sport. Out of favour at McLaren, the Colombian scrapped his six-year-old Formula 1 career in mid-2006 in favour of a long-term Nascar deal. Montoya, now 44, says he never regretted the move. "When I left, the matter was already closed because there was nothing good for me in Formula 1 and I signed a five-year contract with Chip Ganassi," he told the Colombian sports broadcaster Antena 2. "After that Bernie Ecclestone called me but I didn't want to go back to Europe. He just said 'ah, ok, thanks'." Montoya thinks he might have eventually raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari,...
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