Montoya: Do you really think Alonso and Vettel have forgotten how to drive?

Mercedes may now be at the front, but little has changed in Formula 1, according to former driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who left the paddock half-way through the 2006 season to begin his foray in the American series Nascar.

Now 38, the Colombian has switched to Indycar, where between his races at Long Beach and Alabama he sat down to watch the Chinese Grand Prix on television.

“I watched for five laps and then switched it off,” the winner of seven grands prix told Auto Motor und Sport.

Montoya said he did not find the Shanghai race exciting enough, adding that part of the problem is the loss of the high-revving, screaming engines of the past.

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