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.
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 think we raced pretty smart. People are racing so hard for the front, and I just think we saved a lot of fuel and that was going to help us win the race. I had a very consistent car. The team did a great job. I'm ready to do it again.
I think it was a great team effort, ... We all worked pretty hard toward getting the pole. It was an awkward day in qualifying. Just we tried, we definitely tried. We have a good setup, we just need to see, see what's going to happen on race day.