🗣 'Josef, the way you raced Ericsson for the win, we raced for 15th! And with no mercy' 👊 TonyKanaan relives the last lap of his Indy500 career – battling wheel-to-wheel with childhood friend h3lio Castroneves... And a bet about hair was also made 👇
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves beat his retiring rival Tony Kanaan to 15th place at the final restart on Sunday, with Kanaan claiming it was like “for the win”.start, and the 2004 IndyCar champion and 2013 Indy 500 winner retires with a total of 17 wins at the premier level in America, having also become a people’s champion.position and relived the experience on Monday night’s Indy 500 Victory Celebration banquet.
“I’m like ‘waaaaah, he might let me do it this time?’ No! He passed me on the restart and blocked me into Turn 3.”They finished just 0.2527s apart at the checkered flag. Helio added: “That was very special by the way, amazing. We started together, and then suddenly we were together again at the end on the last lap.
“We’ve talked about our pact when we were kids, that whoever made it, the other would carry their helmet bag. So Tony’s going to carry my helmet next year! I’ll pay him the minimum wage! “But it was very special, saluting Tony on the in-lap, it was like old times in go-kart day. Not only a great friend, an incredible competitor, an incredible person.”Kanaan said: “I have one request, now that I am retiring, could you stop dyeing your hair? Look at Roger [Penske], he looks awesome.”TK: “People think that I’m bald. I’m not bald, I just have bad hair.
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