Montoya Wins a Somber Race

Juan Montoya won the Italian Grand Prix Sunday at Monza, on a somber day of auto racing at a track that is usually among the most boisterous in the sport.

The Colombian won for the first time in Formula One.

The race was subdued not only because of the terrorist attacks in New York and Arlington, Va., but because of Saturday’s CART race in Germany in which star driver Alex Zanardi lost his legs.

“I’m glad this weekend is over,” world championship driver Michael Schumacher said.

Montoya displayed a black band on his white-and-blue overalls at the victory ceremony.

Fans quietly applauded, with few flags waving and few horns playing--a restrained response suggested by Ferrari President Luca Di Montezemolo. One man waved a U.S. flag from the stands.

Montoya, a former CART champion in his first Formula One season, won in a Williams BMW--5.1 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Rubens Barrichello. Ralf Schumacher, in a second Williams BMW, was third. Michael Schumacher, his fourth season title already assured, was fourth.

Before the start, drivers and fans observed a minute of silence. Drivers of 11 teams lined up on a parade truck stationed in the finish line area and stood before the standing crowd.

Zanardi was in serious but stable condition at Klettwitz, Germany after doctors amputated his legs following a wreck in the American Memorial 500.

The two-time CART champion most likely will be hospitalized for about two weeks and probably stay in emergency care for a week, Dr. Gerd Schroeter said.

The 34-year-old Italian lost control of his car leaving pit lane in Saturday’s race and was struck by Alex Tagliani’s car, which was traveling about 200 mph. Tagliani had only minor injuries.

Golf

Jason Bohn went golf’s magic number one better.

The 28-year-old from Atlanta shot a 13-under 58 at Huron Oaks Country Club in Sarnia, Canada, winning the Canadian Tour’s Bayer Championship by two strokes and going one below the best round shot in a PGA Tour-sanctioned competition.

Bohn, whose 24 under total was the lowest this season in a Canadian Tour event, matched the 58 shot by Shigeki Maruyama of Japan in qualifying for the 2000 U.S. Open at the par-71 Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.

Tennis

Marat Safin won the first all-Russian final in an ATP event, defeating Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 6-2, 6-2, in the $550,000 President’s Cup at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Sandrine Testud of France won her first title in three years by defeating ailing Justine Henin of Belgium in the Big Island Championships at Waikoloa, Hawaii. Trailing 3-6, 0-2, the top-seeded Henin retired because of a thigh injury.

Jan Vacek of the Czech Republic rallied to win the Brazil Open, defeating Fernando Meligeni of Brazil, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final at Salvador.

Hockey

Free-agent center Petr Nedved agreed to terms on a new contract with the New York Rangers. Nedved, 29, led the team with 32 goals last season.

Alex Tanguay scored three goals to help the Colorado Avalanche defeat Swedish Elite League team Brynas, 5-3, at Stockholm. Before the game, players and fans observed a moment of silence in honor of the victims from last week’s terrorist attacks.

Miscellany

Muffet McGraw, women’s basketball coach of national champion Notre Dame, had a ticket to fly on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center, but her recruiting trip to California was canceled.

Sweet Stepper, a 15-1 shot that had finished fourth and seventh in his only other races, beat Delong by a half-length to win the $100,000 Barretts Juvenile at Fairplex Park.