Ex-Formula 1 star Juan Pablo Montoya was definitely the best driver in this weekend’s Telcel-Motorola 200. His car seemed to be the fastest, he was his dominant aggressive self once again, and in the end he won the race. But leave it to Montoya to make his first NASCAR win a controversial one.

ESPN’s Terry Blount said it best, when he stated this was classic Montoya: putting together unmatched skill and unwise aggressiveness. There definitely was plenty of controversy in this victory. First, Montoya was most probably let off the hook when he blended into the field questionably under a yellow caution, after pitting with 27 laps remaining - an incident which eventual third place driver Boris Said was complaining about vigorously after the race. But the controversies did not end there.

According to eventual second place finisher Danny Hamlin, Montoya jumped the restart three times in the final six laps. Hamlin pursued his case further than Blount, as he took the issue to Busch Series officials after the race.

The complaints above are to be expected, as there can be serious tension between rival drivers in the Busch Series. Yet Montoya managed to alienate almost everyone on this day when with eight laps to go, and his teammate Scott Pruett leading with him running second, he rammed his teammate off course to take the lead. It was an overly aggressive, unwise move. Even Pruett admitted that he was aware of his teammate closing in on him, and that Montoya, with the fresh tyres, was far quicker than him. Scott is known as a good teammate. I’m pretty sure he would have happily settled for second place, and let Juan Pablo go by, once he realised he was holding him up.

Due to the spin, Pruett finished only fifth. He called Montoya’s costly manoeuvre a rookie mistake, that a racer as experienced as Montoya, or a true champion should not make. After the race Pruett spouted profanities and then simply stated that was just bad driving from Montoya’s part, despite him winning the race.

In all fairness, the Colombian was apologetic following the race. He admitted the move was an overzealous one. Pruett, refused to accept the apology and he later reiterated: "We could have been 1-2. We were both the class of the field. If he's faster, I'm not going to fight him. He had fresher tyres. I wouldn't have fought him for it. This was just bad driving."

Hamlin and Said both had good views of the incident and they weren’t so hard on Montoya. Hamlin thought that Juan Pablo made a common mistake, he was probably less patient than he should have been, but the overtaking was possible and once they got into the turn there was no escaping the contact. Said saw the manoeuvre as a mistake, but he stated that the incident did not change the outcome all that much, as he believed that following Montoya both Hamlin and he would have taken over Pruett as Scott was having tire problems. Brad Parrott, Montoya’s crew chief, summed it up best when he said he did not know how to celebrate, because he was glad that they had won, yet upset that they took out a teammate.

In the end, Montoya is proving in the U.S. what he has already proven worldwide in Formula 1: He has immense talent, he is a spectacular driver, yet he will not make many friends among other drivers because of an overtly reckless racing style.