Agustin Canapino Finishes 22nd in Historic IndyCar Race: Grosjean’s Maneuver That Could Have Ended in Serious Crash

Agustin Canapino finished in 22nd place on day nine IndyCar finished on Mid-Ohio Speedway This Sunday, the Argentine started and finished in the same position, despite having a bigger lead in some parts of the race. Dallara-Chevrolet. It is worth remembering that after this event, hybrid technology debuted in the North American category, retaining the internal combustion engine with a power of about 750 horsepower and adding another electric one. Team Ricardo Juncos Before the competition, he had only two days to test this new product.

Canapino He qualified 22nd and sounded the alarm the previous day, warning that “we’re not picking up speed, but it’s good that we have time in the midfield and we’ll try to recover in the long race.”

But he gained two places early in the race and maintained good pace. He coped well with the soft tyres, the ones that have better grip on the asphalt and therefore more traction and speed. He reached 13th place, but his tyres wore out and he lost pace. On lap 23, he pitted for a change of tyres and was fitted with the hard compound.

After 38 of 82 laps Canapino He moved up to 18th place, and on the 50th round he made a second stop and again got the hard tyres. On the last stint Agustin He was unable to move forward and actually dropped to twenty-second place at the 3,634-meter distance. In the epilogue, he appeared among the leaders who turned around and Canapino He ran to avoid any accidents.

The multiple Argentine champion finished 22nd, ahead of his teammate, Romain Grosjeanwho got lost and recklessly returned to the track, where, fortunately, he was not attacked by those fighting in front. “We finished in 22nd place. We were unlucky with the yellow flag strategy (neutralization). We were able to finish and we will try to improve the situation in the next race,” said Agustin.

By the way, the main characters in the fight for victory were two drivers who fought for pole and were the best in the overall standings of the weekend, the Mexican Duck O’Ward (McLaren Arrow) and Spanish Alex Palu (Chip Ganassi Racing), which showed the best result in the Fast 6, which includes the six fastest cars in the classification.

The Iberian started ahead, but they both came out for the second pit stop at the same time, and the Aztec team changed tyres and refueled faster. Pato took the lead, and this was the key moment in the race, as he led and later was able to defend against the European, who, although he kept him at bay, had no real chance of overtaking him.

O’Ward He took his second win of the season after winning the season opener in St. Petersburg. It was his sixth win in the North American division. Palu He was second and remains at the top of the championship with 285 points to the Australian’s 262. Will Power (Team Penske) and 253 New Zealanders Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing).

There will be no break in the competition as next weekend there will be two races, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, on a small oval. Iowa 1.4 kilometers. Over there. Agustin Canapino will strive to improve its performance.