Helio Castroneves
Helio Castroneves
Hélio Castro-Neves, better known as Hélio Castroneves, is a Brazilian auto racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 23 wins and 38 poles, and placed second in the season standings four times, third two times and fourth four times. Prior to IndyCar, Castroneves competed in the CART championship, with a highest championship points finish of fourth; he recorded six wins and seven pole positions in the series...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth10 May 1975
CitySao Paulo, Brazil
CountryBrazil
You can't make a grave move with 60 laps to go. It's a lack of patience, ... If a guy is not in the points, he doesn't have to take your points away. He went from hero to zero -- to be in the pole position and then to make a move like he did.
It was just not enough. If we were like NASCAR and had bumpers, I'm sure I would have won the race.
Paul Dana, you're in our hearts. You're family.
I don't think we ever touched. At the beginning, I think he was trying to know what I was doing and tried to see what my car was capable of doing. I respect him a lot after this race, not that I didn't respect him before. He definitely drove like a champion.
They have to worry about finishing ahead of me. I have to just finish ahead of them. At this point of the season, you don't think what might happen or keep track of the points; you just go for it, and that is what we are planning right now.
He had a great car. I don't know what he was thinking.
Even when I was in the lead, I was getting too close to the wall, trying to make up time. I drove like I stole it.
Obviously, we are extremely disappointed. I thought we were finally going to finish. I'm not sure what happened to the car.
I was trying to go as fast as I could. I didn't know I was in the lead. I was this close to the wall.
Eighty-percent driver, I think the last 20 percent is the team, or 30 percent because of pit stops.
Everybody has a destiny. That's the only thing I would tell him. He's there for a reason. He should just do the job he was hired to do.
I don't know what the heck he was thinking. He just decided to pass everybody in one corner, and he ended up taking everybody out,
I don't know what the heck he was thinking. He decided to pass everybody in one corner, and he ended up taking out everybody.
No, that would be a lame excuse, to be honest. He's a good driver, he's fast, but that was definitely a full-face error.