Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wa2002 weFormula One, Montoya ndiye akanga ari akanakisisa pane vamwe vose sezvo kutonga kwaFerrari kwakasiya pasina nzvimbo iri nani kupfuura yechitatu. Schumacher naRubens Barrichello vakakunda makwikwi 15 pa17. Kunyange zvazvo asina kukunda mujaho, kusiyana naCoulthard nemumwe wake Ralf Schumacher, Montoya aiva mumwe wevatyairi vashomanana kuti vakwikwidzane naSchumacher panzira. Sa2001, akasimuka nokuda kwekufamba kwake kwakasimba kwekupfuura paWorld Champion, kunyange zvazvo kakawanda akarasikirwa nenzvimbo kuburikidza nekurwisana neGermany. Nokuda kwokukwanisa, BMW WilliamsF1 FW24 yaigona kugadzirirwa kushandisa matai ayo zvinobudirira zvikuru kupfuura vakwikwidzi vayo uye kugadzira kubata kukuru. Nechombo ichi, Montoya akakwanisa kuwana nzvimbo nomwe dzepamusoro, kazhinji achiisa nguva yake yepamusoro mumasekondi okupedzisira chaiwo emusangano wacho. Akagadzira avhareji yekumhanyisa kumhanya kupfuura imwe denderedzwa (259.83 km / h) panguva yekukodzera ye2002 Italian Grand Prix
kuMonza. Pakazara, akapedza mwaka ari pachinzvimbo chechitatu muDrivers 'Championship.