IndyCar veteran Tony Kanaan appears to have shrugged off the Indianapolis run-in with Andretti Green Racing team-mate Marco Andretti that caused him to spin out of the event - although he admits that he still intends to talk to the youngster.

Kanaan had moved into the lead of the event - one of the few times that Ganassi team-mates Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon did not head the pack - when he was caught out behind the slower car of Sarah Fisher. Once around the backmarker, however, he found Andretti making a move to his inside and, keen not to take both AGR cars out of the race, stayed high. Unfortunately, that left him in the 'marbles', with the result that the 7-Eleven car spun and was collected by the luckless Fisher.

With both cars sidelined, Kanaan's initial reaction was to blame his young team-mate for the incident but, while he still holds that view, it appears that his ire has subsided in the build-up to this weekend's race in Milwaukee.

"We haven't sat down yet, [but] I haven't had a chance to see him," the Brazilian admitted to journalists, "I left right after the race, but we had a little fun in the banquet on my speech, and he had it on his speech.

"But we'll be fine. I think we share different opinions about what happened but, like I said before, it's not a big deal. It's done, it's past - we both lost the race, and we've got to move on. We have a championship to win for AGR.

"My opinion has not changed. Like I said, I do think different about what happened. I had two choices there - either I could have taken two AGR cars out of the race or one car. I think you guys saw what I decided to do.

"I don't see a problem - we don't need to sit down and talk about it to make everything square, for us to be on good terms. I don't think we have a choice here. We are going to be on good terms, no matter what, even if we agree or disagree. I think we represent a big team, we have big sponsors to report to and we have a championship to win - as a team. We'll sort it out for sure."

Asked whether he thought that the size of the four-car Andretti Green team had any bearing on relations within the squad, Kanaan admitted that there was greater opportunity for friction, especially because all four drivers were running at the head of the field.

"we're always in the front, all of us, so the probability is definitely higher," he said, "I think that's the answer - we are very competitive, we have young guys trying to prove themselves, and we have an old guy here that's probably been in their shoes before."