The last two laps brought the only real excitement of the race as Raikkonen closed to within a few car lengths of Montoya on the tight curves, and Michael Schumacher was lurking a few seconds back, ready to pounce on any mistake.
"I tried to get past but it's impossible here," Raikkonen said. "It's stupid to take any risks here ... Maybe on some other circuit."
Schumacher had a simple strategy: "Sit and wait. You never know what happens. To some degree you enjoy catching up and wait for the opportunity."
But the chance never came, and the Williams-BMW team won for the first time since Malaysia last year, a span of 22 GPs when Ralf Schumacher won.
Montoya became the fifth different winner this season in seven races. Michael Schumacher has won three, and Raikkonen, Coulthard, Giancarlo Fisichella and now Montoya once each.
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