Belatti, I saw the race. He qualified eight. The rear bodywork was too wide and the car was demoted, it could be to 18th, I don't remember. The fact is that he did well on a less than brilliant car and I'm sure that's the position he earned based on time, not on technical issues.
Besides, as a friend of mine uses to say: "Who are you going to believe? Me or your own eyes?"
As usual, I grasp from your post, on such a narrow thread, to fulfill my "latinist" agenda
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For a better biography, I could add that Roberto Guerrero held the fastest lap record at Indy for a handful of years. After that incredible qualy, that put him for some time as the fastest man in american history, he crashed on the start of lap 1 at Indy.
Let me add that it was a relief to see Juan winning that same race years later: until the last lap, Guerrero's gaffe memoires lingered on the track.
He left F1 when he found himself without a team or another seat, so he moved to a more appealing cultural environment: he earned Indy 500 and CART rookie award after moving to USA. Next year, his performance was not as expected. On Indy he had a great start, ending second twice in four years.... to follow with one of the worst streaks in modern history (mmm.... I detect what could be a pattern for colombian drivers
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Besides, for those who think that Montoya was aggresive with cars, I could explain what means to see a driver trying to qualify for 31 Formula One races (on a dog of a car, I concede) and watch him ending only 5.
The spicy part is that Roberto Guerrero married Kodak's daughter.
As for Kimi driving like Watson, I better compare him with Hunt. Both evaded the world the best they could and maybe they were (are) sort of a party animal.
Finally, it's well known that, when Kimi inscribed last year for a snowmobile race, he used the name "James Hunt". Unfortunately, Hunt never won a race starting from the back, that I know.
