The Argentine Agustín Canapino (Dallara-Chevrolet) culminated in the fourteenth position the IndyCar motorsport competition that took place this Sunday at a street circuit in Detroit, for the seventh date of the annual calendar of the traditional category of monopostos in the United States.
The 33-year-old rider from Arrecife had started in the twentieth location and developed an interesting race plan that allowed him to remain solid in the second peloton of a demand that included 101 laps, to the layout of 2,736 meters of extension
The four-time Turismo Carretera champion, with a unit of the Juncos Hollinger Racing team, closed his work in the Top 15, 21.421 behind the winner, the Spaniard Alex Palou (Dallara-Honda).
Alex Palou, the winner in Detroit. Photo: AP
Canapino executed a good start that allowed him, neutralizations through, to advance in the qualifier, with an acceptable performance, turning around 64 seconds per lap.
In this way, and before the delay of several motorists who preceded him by income to the pits, the Argentine came to be located in ninth place, averaging turn 30.
However, when he stopped in the pits to refuel and change tires, the No. 78 Dallara-Chevrolet began to descend in the standings.
Even a small friction he had with the American Colton Herta (Dallara-Honda) prevented Canapino from going for the top ten places and had to settle for fourteenth place, behind the Frenchman Simon Pagenaud (Dallara-Honda).
Palou kept up a fierce fight with Australian Will Power (Dallara-Chevrolet), who finished second, at 1:184. The third step of the podium was for the Swede Felix Rosenqvist (Dallara-Chevrolet), at 4:767.
All squeezed into the street map of Detroit. Photo: AP
New Zealander Scott Dixon (Dallara-Honda) finished fourth, at 7:568, while American Alexander Rossi (Dallara-Chevrolet), who came to be escorted in the final stretch of the race, arrived in fifth place, just under 10 seconds behind.
The championship standings were as follows: Palou 273 points; Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) 222; Josef Newgarden (United States), 203; Scott Dixon (New Zealand), 194; Pato O' Ward (Mexico), 191; Alexander Rossi (United States), 176; Scott McLaughlin (New Zealand), 175. And Canapino? It occupies the twenty-fourth place in the contest, with 77 units.
The next race, the eighth of the season, will be on Sunday 18 in the town of Elkhart Lake, state of Wisconsin, with 55 laps of the 6,515-meter rope racetrack.
Source: agencies
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