Tony Kanaan
Brazil

Tony  Kanaan

Arrow McLaren | SmartStop

66 Chevrolet
66

ON TRACK

  • 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner
  • 2004 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion
  • First NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver to complete every lap of every race during a season (2004).
  • Perennial fan favorite – voted Most Popular Driver in 2013.

OFF TRACK

  • Dedicated runner and cyclist who has competed in numerous triathlon and Ironman competitions, including the Ironman World Championship in 2011.
  • Counts late Formula One great Ayrton Senna as a mentor and friend. As a young go-kart racer, Kanaan beat Senna in an impromptu race at Senna’s family farm in Brazil.
  • Charitable work benefits underprivileged children in Brazil.
  • Speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and English.
  • Had a tattoo, created late in 2015 by world-class Swedish tattoo artist Niki Norberg, that depicts his greatest life achievements. Included in the design are the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s yard of bricks, the Borg-Warner Trophy – a symbol of his 2013 Indianapolis 500 win – handprints and footprints of his two oldest sons, their birthdays, the date he wed his wife, Lauren, and the top of the Rolex he won at the 2015 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
  • Competed on 2016 season episodes of prime-time game shows “Celebrity Family Feud” and “American Ninja Warrior.”
  • Given name is Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho.

STATS

Current Standing
Current
Standing
32
Season Race Wins
Race
Wins
0
Season Poles
NTT P1
Award
0
Season Championship Points
Points
18
Season Top 5 Finishes
Top 5s
0
Season Top 10 Finishes
Top 10s
0
Career Race Wins
Race Wins
17
Career Championships
Championships
1
Career Indy 500 Wins
Indy 500 Wins
1
Career Poles
Poles
15
Career Top 3 Finishes
Top 3s
79
Career top 5 Finishes
Top 5s
134

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TEAM INFO

The Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team is a growing chapter in McLaren Racing’s history book — McLaren competing in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES since 2020 for the first time since the 1970s. With a three-car lineup in 2023, the team is poised to contend for race wins and the series championship.

The team represents two determined entities – Arrow Electronics and McLaren Racing – who joined forces with a clear aim to compete for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship and Indianapolis 500 victories.

The new team’s journey began in 2020 – 40 years after McLaren last competed full-time in the INDYCAR SERIES - with an exciting and promising first season of competition, including fourth place in the Drivers’ championship and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year for Pato O’Ward, and six podiums across the team. In 2021, Pato accumulated two more victories, five podiums and third place in the Driver’s championship. Last season, in 2022, Pato claimed two additional victories and four podiums, while Felix Rosenqvist had one podium and two poles. Each driver finished second and fourth in the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500, respectively.

This 2023 season, Arrow McLaren continues to build on its success with Pato O’Ward piloting the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, Felix Rosenqvist driving the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, and with the addition of the veteran Alexander Rossi racing the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.