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.
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.
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.
That's how I planned my race. It could have cost me, but I think in the long term that's what helped me win the race.
It's not like this is the first year it's been like this; it's been like that for 30 years,
For me, I'll take the competition. Those who kept saying we had the best engine, well, now it's all the same. So they have something to prove to us.
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.
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.
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.