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Montoya: Being Schumi's No2 held no appeal

Despite being linked to Ferrari, Juan Pablo Montoya says he never considered signing with the Scuderia as Michael Schumacher was the clear number one. The Colombian raced in Formula 1 from 2001 until 2006, spending four years with Williams before joining McLaren in 2005. With seven grand prix wins in his first five seasons, he was at times linked to a move to Ferrari. That, though, never materialised as Montoya says he wasn't open to being Schumacher's number two. Throughout his time at Ferrari, Schumacher was handed number one billing to the detriment of whoever was his team-mate. 'If Michael Schumacher had not been there, surely I would have considered it because Ferrari is a great team...
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