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Tony Kanaan will no longer be a permanent driver in 2020
A figure of the car American is gradually disappearing. Tony Kanaan, actor of Cart then ofIndyCar since 1998, will compete in only five events in 2020 with the AJ Foyt Racing team.
The Brazilian, aged 45 and veteran of the set, will be present on thisinq oval tracks: the Indianapolis 500 (May 24), Texas (June 6), Richmond (June 27), Iowa (July 18), and Gateway (August 22).
IndyCar champion in 2004, Tony Kanaan marked his discipline with his feisty temperament and his permanent good humor. Rubens Barrichello's friend (they swapped helmets during the Indy 500-GP weekend in Monaco F1 in 2006) has also achieved success at the 500 Miles in 2013:
ANNOUNCEMENT
2020 will be my last season as a primary driver in @indycar. I'll be racing the five oval races of the calendar, starting with the Indy 500 in May. I'm not retiring from motorsports, only announcing what I'm doing in 2020.#TKLastLap #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/Yvc4vEh7RO— Tony Kanaan (@TonyKanaan) January 30, 2020
Tony Kanaan did not reject the idea of competing in subsequent years in Indianapolis. But a regular pilot position is no longer on the agenda. “The first thing that comes to mind is that I was very lucky to stay at the top of this discipline for so long, he says.
I arrived in Cart at the age of 23, with dreams in my head and I can say, without a doubt, that I have achieved them all. As with everything in life, there are competing cycles. But I'm not done with the race, that's for sure. »
Medhi Casaurang
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