IndyCar: Canapino’s double touch on the wall that broke his car on the street in Detroit

Agostino Canapino He left the white and blue car of the Indianapolis 500 to get back on the black and green car of the Indianapolis 500 fast runs. But at his first contact with the street circuit of Detroitwhere is the Indycar He contested the seventh date, he didn’t enjoy it. He was only able to lap the track 17 times in early practice because he hit the wall side to side in turn 7 and broke his car.

“It was a bad day for me. I made a mistake in practice when we had good pace. I hit the inside wall in Turn 7 and went into the outside, breaking the car“, explained the Reef pilot about the “involuntary error” which -he claimed- helps him “keep learning”.

Even though he was only able to lap the circuit 17 times, with a time of 1m05s645 Canapino finished in 24th place in the only activity of the first day of competition. “Unfortunately I gave up many rounds and this played against me a bit. But these are things that can happen. Now to put my head back together tomorrow and try to qualify as best I can for what will be a very tough final on Sunday “, highlighted the four-times champion of road tourism.

The new street circuit of the Michigan city, back in the category after 30 years, is the shortest track of the season, with a length of 2,730 meters, made up of nine corners. Also, the pit lane area has two lanes, so fast cars will be able to stop to the left and right.

“The fact that it’s a new track is an advantage for Agustín Canapinobecause it’s the same for everyone. It was very hot, we started very well with the set up but unfortunately Agustín had a small contact with the wall which didn’t allow us to continue with the session”, highlighted the team owner, Ricardo Juncos. , Callum Ilotthe was ninth.

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.

Spaniard Alex Palou leads the tournament with 219 points, 20 more than his immediate companion, Swede Marcus Ericsson. Closing the podium, with 185 units, is Mexican Patricio O’Ward, against whom Canapino was unable to avoid a collision last Sunday in the oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with eight laps to go in his first 500.

The program of the seventh round of IndyCar

Saturday
Practice #2 – 10:30 ARG – STAR+
Ranking – 15:00 ARG – STAR+

Sunday
Race – 16:00 ARG – STAR+