Video: after saving the car, Canapino will start 20th in the IndyCar :: Olé

Agustín Canapino has just completed a good race in Long Beach and since Friday he is facing the action of the fourth date of the IndyCar, which moved this weekend to the Barber Motorsports Park circuit for the Alabama Grand Prixwhere the Titan qualified this Saturday.

After two practices, one of which, the first, went well or badly depending on half of the glass – he got lost but was able to control the Dallara to leave it outside the circuit but in optimal conditions – the man from Reef went out to spin in the second group of the qualy. The best of the trials had been a 13th place in the second, with 1m06s97.

After leaving the pits with new soft tires, the Argentine performed his best lap in the 10 minutes available in 1m06s6706 to finish 10th in his round, which means he will start in 20th place the game in motion; The fastest was Scott McLaughlin with 1m05s8147. His teammate at Juncos Hollinger Racing had gotten a great fifth place in the first qualifying.

The classification generates that the six fastest of each of the groups go to a second stage with 12 drivers, of which the best six go to the Fast Sixmini qualy from which the poleman for the race comes out, who in turn gets a point for the table.

The car felt really bad (Canapino).

This Sunday the activity will begin with the classic Warm Up at 11:15 and will close with the main race at 2:30 p.m.. Everything will go Star+.

“In practice we went better, I was closer to Romain Grosjean). But I don’t know what happened in qualifying, we made some changes but the car felt really bad. We are going to try to do our best in the race,” said Canapino. .

The track is considered one of the most technical on the category’s calendar, with a layout that has a length of 3,808 meters, 14 meters widewith many chances of overtaking, and a total of 17 curves. Additionally, it has a height of 45 meters, where pilots often experience drastic changes in elevation while driving.

The man from Reef participated last year in this scenario, for the fourth date of the previous season. There, the Juncos Hollinger Racing driver started 22nd and finished 26thwhen he used it for the first time and suffered from the soft tires.

After the latest changes in the classification due to the Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin exclusions (both Team Penske) for manipulating the Push To Pass system at Long Beach, Canapino gained ground in the championship. The four-time champion of Road Tourism It is now placed 15th with 29 points and is 50 units behind the leader Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing).

While, Grosjean He runs 12th with 32, and has a good track record on this circuit. In 2021 he finished 10th, in 2022, 7th and last year, 2nd.

1. Scott Dixon: 79
2. Colton Herta: 77
3. Alex Palou: 67
4. Duck O’Ward: 64
5. Will Power: 59
6. Felix Rosenqvist: 55
7. Alexander Rossi: 48
8. Kyle Kirkwood: 47
9. Rinus VeeKay: 40
10. Marcus Ericsson: 37
11. Josef Newgarden: 34
12. Romain Grosjean: 32
13. Santino Ferrucci: 31
14. Graham Rahal: 29
15. Agustín Canapino: 29
16. Kyffin Simpson: 29
17. Linus Lundqvist: 26
18. Pietro Fittipaldi: 23
19. Marcus Armstrong: 23
20. Tom Blomqvist: 23
21. Christian Lundgaard: 20
22. Callum Ilott: 19
23. Theo Pourchaire: 19
24. Jack Harvey: 18
25. Sting Ray Robb: 18
26. Christian Rasmussen: 16
27. Colin Braun: 10
28. Nolan Siegel: 10
29. Scott McLaughlin: 5