After the adrenaline rush of Indianapolis 500 and cherish a historic performance, which ended with a retirement with eight laps to go while trying to avoid an accident in the most dangerous race in the world, Agostino Canapino seek revenge in Detroit, where IndyCar will play its seventh round.
“Indy 500 is over, we’re back on the road”warned the Juncos Hollinger Racing driver, who is facing his first season abroad after a successful past as multiple touring car champion in Argentina, including four championships in road touring cars.
in Detroit the arreciefeño will face his third experience in a street, having competed in St. Petersburg, at the start of the championship, and in Long Beach. Meanwhile, for the circuit, he will represent the return to the category after 30 years.
It will be the new road map of the city of Michigan the shortest runway of the season, 2,730 meters long, made up of nine curves. Also, the area of pit lane It has two lanes, so fast cars will be able to park on the left and right sides.
The competition will begin on Friday 2 June, with the first practice taking place at 16:00 in Argentina, the same time the race takes place on Sunday 4 June.
The Spanish Alex Pole leads the tournament with 219 points, 20 more than his immediate companion, the Swede marcus ericson. To close the podium, with 185 units, the Mexican appears Patrick O’Wardagainst which Canapino was unable to avoid the collision last Sunday in the oval of Indianapolis Speedway.
In his rookie season, the Argentine will try to make the leap in quality and place himself in the top ten for the first time or at least get close to the positions of the first two races, in which he finished 12th both on the St. Petersburg road race and the Texas oval. As for the South Americans, so far, the only one who has won in Detroit has been the Colombian Carlos Muñoz in the 2015 season.
The program of the seventh round of IndyCar
Friday
Practice #1 – 16:00 ARG – STAR+
Saturday
Practice #2 – 10:30 ARG – STAR+
Ranking – 15:00 ARG – STAR+
Sunday
Race – 16:00 ARG – STAR+
Source: Clarin
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