Tony Kanaan
Tony Kanaan
Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, more commonly known as Tony Kanaan,is a Brazilian racing driver. He has won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 and the 2004 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. That season, he completed 3,305 laps, making him the first IndyCar Series driver to complete every possible lap in a season. He also led 889 laps in 13 separate races to establish an IndyCar Series record. He is also the only driver to lead the Indianapolis 500 in each of his first...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth31 December 1974
CitySalvador, Brazil
We're just working towards qualifying and trying to find the best setup for the Team 7-Eleven car.
She's doing her thing, and she's getting better, for sure. The next level is going to be a lot harder. I think to win a race, it's going to be really, really tough.
I was running for second. I knew how strong he was because he passed me twice.
I was running for second. I knew how strong he was because he passed me more than once. I tried to beat him on the stops. That was the only way I could really try to be ahead of him.
I guess I'm going to have to do it all the time. When you win you find that extra strength. It's unbelievable. I tried to do (the push-ups) one-handed. I almost fell with my nose in the floor.
We made a couple of changes to the Team 7-Eleven car but it didn't quite work out for us either. We kept our same lap time. I was trying really hard, but I don't think we had enough to catch Briscoe. We might have caught Helio, but he was really fast. Now we have to make a good race car.
When you have a very good car, you can do a lot of pushups after the race. I'm not blaming it on the car. I think we definitely had a competitive car, but trying to keep up with those guys made it a very hard day. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough. I'm very tired for sure.
I'm pretty sure he was under pressure (to win races) while he was still in his mother's belly, but the way he handles it (today) is unbelievable. He's very mature for his age.
It was a fun day, ... We got a chance to drive in the rain, which I had missed a lot, and I loved it. Another day in paradise, I would call it, back on the road course.
No matter what you do to prepare yourself for a road course, it's never enough. There's not a better workout.
It will be neat for both of us if it happens.
Either I missed a shift or I hit the wrong button. The team thinks I hit the pit speed limiter instead of the overtake button. What can I say? People make mistakes.
Either I missed a shift or I hit the wrong button, ... The team thinks I hit the pit speed limiter instead of the overtake button. What can I say? People make mistakes.
I have had bad days, and he capitalized a lot on them,