🗣️'He passed me on the restart and blocked me into Turn 3!' Helio Castroneves beat retiring IndyCar rival Tony Kanaan to finish 15th in Sunday's Indy500 after battling on the final restart like it was 'for the win,' according to Kanaan ⬇️
Helio Castroneves beat retiring IndyCar rival Tony Kanaan to finish 15th in Sunday's Indianapolis 500 after battling on the final restart like it was “for the win,” according to Kanaan.Kanaan called time on his open-wheel racing career last weekend with his 390He agreed a one-race deal with Arrow McLaren to make a 22nd Indy 500 appearance after finishing third with Chip Ganassi Racing last season.
Childhood friends Kanaan and four-times Indy 500-winning compatriot Castroneves found themselves racing for 15“It’s my last race, and with two laps to go, I’m 15“I hear ‘Helio’. I’m like ‘no, that can’t be right man, we’re not going to do this now’…” “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.
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