 Dupasquier: Montoya Would Have Won Monday June 10th, 2002 Michelin director Pierre Dupasquier has claimed that Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya would have won the Canadian Grand Prix if he hadn't suffered the technical problems that put an end to his race. Colombian Montoya, who had started from pole position, was in second place on lap 57 when he was forced to retire with an engine problem, but Dupasquier is adamant that he would have gone on to pass eventual winner Michael Schumacher in the closing laps. "From what we have seen our adversary's tyres were suffering a much greater rate of wear during the closing stages and think we could tell that from the way Schumacher was driving at a gentler pace than before," Dupasquier said. "If Juan Pablo had still been going at the end I am convinced he would have been able to challenge Michael and I am absolutely certain that he would have passed him, but that's racing. "Given the tough nature of the circuit I think our tyres have performed really well, possibly even better than they did two weeks ago in Monaco, when we won." Schumacher's victory was his sixth in eight races this season, and the German currently leads the Championship with a 43-point advantage over Montoya and teammate Ralf Schumacher.
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