Canapino was penalized at the close and finished 18th in Laguna Seca

The IndyCar Series was presented in Laguna Seca to develop the eighth scoring date of the 2024 season. Finally, The victory was in the hands of Alex Palouwhile Agustín Canapino (Juncos Hollinger Racing), finished the race in 18th position.

The reefeño was penalized with a «Drive-Through» about the end of the competitionfollowing a touch with Kyffin Simpsonwhich later hit Graham Rahal. In this way, he had to go through the pits and lost several places in the classifier until finishing in the aforementioned 18th place.

The most outstanding at the start was Kyle Kirkwood, who jumped into the lead on the first lap after overtaking Saturday’s polesitter Alex Palou. A little further back, the start was not the best for the one from Arrecifes, who after the first two passes lost some places and fell to fifteenth place. While, Will Power (Penske) was the first to get lost, and fell to the bottom of the leaderboard.

On the seventeenth lap, the pit stops began. However, the leaders stretched their entry and Alex Palou (who previously accounted for Kirkwood) surprised when, on lap number 25, he extended his first stint even more while his pursuers filed into the pit road.

Once the Spaniard stopped, he was overtaken by Alexander Rossi who took the provisional lead of the race. Further back, Canapino lost a little more ground and was in twentieth place after the first thirty laps. While, Joseph Newgarden He received a “pass and go” penalty for a dangerous exit from the pits. And, when he was going to fulfill it, he almost ran into Marcus Ericssonwho had gotten lost and was trying to get back on the asphalt.

Subsequently, two yellow flags practically in succession. First, after the oversight of Luca GhiottoAnd in the relaunch, the Nolan Siegelwhich did not have a good debut with Arrow McLaren and crashed causing a new yellow flag.

Juncos Hollinger Racing starred in the race through Romain Grosejan, Palou escort. Passing the middle of the race, the Spaniard again completed a long stint to enter the pits again on lap number 55, and leaving in third place. At par, a new sanction for Santino Ferrucci, this time in the race (the previous one was in the Warm Up), and for having blocked Christian Rasmussen. The AJ Foyt driver had to give up six positions due to the incident.

With 25 laps remaining, Palou went through the pits again, giving up first place to Will Power. Just a few turns later, A touch between Marcus Armstrong and Christian Lundgaard ended with the Chip Ganassi Racing man’s confusion, and led to a new yellow flag.

In the final laps, engine problems led Jack Harvey to abandon the race and the entire peloton was grouped together for the final passes. But the aforementioned friction between Agustín Canapino and Kyffin Simpson led to an impact between the latter and Graham Rahal, which again stopped the race. The man from Reef received the “pass and go” while forward Alex Palou achieved a new victory, followed by Colton Herta and Alexander Rossi.

INDYCAR – LAGUNA SECA – RACE

The next commitment of the IndyCar Series will take place in Mid Ohio on July 7 (with the debut of the hybrid engines), for the ninth date of the season.