![]() ![]() Whatever happens in the future remains to be seen. “I'm just going to continue working and get that result that I really want, that I know I'm capable and I know what the team is capable. ![]() As of right now, I am enjoying very much what I'm doing with Ind圜ar … and my mind is only thinking about that. “I can't put a number or date that I can say this is it. “It has to feel natural, I can't force myself,” he said. If and when the time comes for Castroneves to retire, he says he’ll know it. “Do you think I'm thinking of retiring right now? There isn't a thought of that.” “Look, I just won the Daytona 24 Hour,” he said of this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. But right now, even though his current contract with MSR ends after this season, don’t place any bets on this being Castroneves’ final 500. There are no other active two-time winners remaining, which means Castroneves may be the last member of the Four-Win Club-and potentially five-for quite some time. Montoya is very active in the developing career of his 18-year-old son, Sebastian, which potentially means Juan’s Indy 500 ship has already sailed for the last time. Juan Pablo Montoya turns 48 in September. While Castroneves believes he still has several more Indy 500 starts in him, such is not necessarily the case with two of his 40-something peers. Icon SportswireGetty Images Pagenaud replaces Jack Harvey, who turned down a multi-year deal to remain with MSR and. Foyt both raced into their 50s – Foyt was 57 when he competed in his last Indy 500 in 1992, while Andretti was 54 in his last Indy 500 in 1994 – so Castroneves would not be an anomaly. Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves are back together as teammates in 2022. Legendary drivers like Mario Andretti and A.J. Nor, after four seasons of finishing second in the final standings (2002, 2008, 20), he still hopes to finally earn that elusive first-ever Ind圜ar championship.Ĭastroneves, who has 31 Ind圜ar wins in 25 years of competition (in CART/Champ Car and Ind圜ar), has said several times that he could see himself racing for at least a few more years, which would put him into his 50s. Icon Sportswire // Getty Imagesīut arguably the most popular driver in Ind圜ar isn’t giving up on his dream of becoming the winningest driver in Indy 500 history (his previous wins were 2001, 2002, 20). Helio Castroneves shocked the racing world with his fourth Indy 500 triumph in 2021. In the other three races thus far, he’s finished between 21st and 23rd. This season, his best showing has been 10th at Texas. That win was almost in storybook fashion, as it came in his first race with MSR, a triumph that would lead to Castroneves and former Penske Racing teammate Simon Pagenaud joining forces for full-time rides with MSR in 2022.Īdmittedly since his fourth win in the 2021 500, Castroneves has struggled, with his best showing in any Ind圜ar race since then being seventh in last year’s 500. Foyt and the late Al Unser with his win in the 2021 classic. There's so many scenarios that you're like, ‘I will never see that.’ That's why we're going out there thinking that we do have a chance to repeat what we did in 2021 (winning the 500), and obviously have a better result in the road courses and street courses, as well.”Ĭastroneves is in his second full season with Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) and always gets excited about the month of May, especially since he joined the exclusive four-winners club of Rick Mears, A.J. We want to be able to show what we can get, and we can. “We want to be able to have a podium (other than his 2021 Indy 500 win, his last previous podium was in 2017, before he shifted to IMSA racing the following three seasons). Yesterday you didn’t say anything, and today you’re pregnant? How come? I’m not quite following it.Helio Castronevers, 48, has plenty of Ind圜ar goals still to check off his list. “Obviously when we got back to racing it was crazy, and when I got the pole position in 2009 – a lot of people don’t know this – that’s when Adriana said, ‘I’m pregnant’. In 2014, she competed in the New York City Marathon He told USA Today Sports, 'I am so proud of the dedication and commitment Adry has shown in both her training and fundraising. And for me it was, ‘I’ve got to keep racing, this is my life, this is the air that I breathe, you can’t take that away from me.’ Who is Helio Castroneves' fiance Adriana Henao Adriana Henao is a fitness instructor based in Florida. “It was really rough,” said Castroneves of his time in court, “especially when you don’t understand what they’re talking about… Going through that was super difficult because you don’t know what’s going to happen to your life. Castroneves is married to Adriana Henao, and they were blessed with a beautiful girl, Mikaella, on 28 th December 2009. ![]() After being acquitted of tax evasion charges in April, having missed the opening round of the season, he flew to the Grand Prix of Long Beach a day late, and two races later, he won the biggest race in the world for the third time. But Castroneves recalled, too, the waves of emotion in the build-up to the 2009 Indy win. ![]()
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