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
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.
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.
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.
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 we raced pretty smart. I know I'm going to have to win every race the rest of this year to win the championship.
I know I've got to win the last three races to have a chance to win the championship. That's what I'm going to go for.
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.
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,
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.
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.