This weekend the Colombian played in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Social media exploded with the victory in its category, with the title in the endurance championship the Colombian opted for the triple crown.
The controversy arose because the critics of motorsport said that winning the triple crown is to win the overall classification, his team, Dragonspeed USA finished in 16th place, although the Bogota driver won this weekend in the LMP2 Pro- am category, where they even took the podium.
Juan Pablo Montoya was champion of the CART series in 1999 and achieved ten victories in two seasons with Ganassi, and then went on to race in Formula 1. He was third in 2002 and 2003 with Williams, and fourth in 2005 with McLaren, accumulating a total of seven victories and 30 podiums, including the Monaco Grand Prix.
Montoya returned to the United States in 2006 to compete in the NASCAR Cup for Ganassi, where he was the first foreigner to qualify for the Chase for the Cup in 2009. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2007, 2008 and 2013, and came second in 2009 and 2011, also for Ganassi.
Since 2014 he competes in IndyCar Series for the Penske team with which he won the runner-up in 2015 and fourth place in 2014; in this category he won the Indianapolis 500 miles in 2000 and 2015.
Step to IMSA with the Penske team, running the last race of 2017 reaching pole position and reaching the podium in third place, having a contract for the entire 2018 season and being champion of this series in 2019 .