Augustine Canapino lived a satisfactory day this Thursday in its premiere in an oval of IndyCarand nothing less than in one of the fastest and most difficult of the calendar as it is the one of Texas Motor Speedwaylocated 40 kilometers from the city of Fort Worth.
The Argentine driver, who debuted with a 12th place in the first round of the 2023 IndyCar season in Saint Petersburg, completed a total of 86 laps in a day that was interrupted by inclement weather and which had to end earlier than expected due to a Tornado alert in the area.
Because of this, both Canapino and Benjamin Petersen y Sting Ray Robbthe other rookie drivers this year in IndyCar also present at the test, will turn again on Friday to complete the planned work programme.
“Everything went very well, everything as planned,” he began. Ricardo Juncos review of the day Motorsport.com. “We were able to put three sets of tyres. Unfortunately the weather was not with us, so we had intermittent rain, and then we had to stop much earlier than expected because of a tornado, so tomorrow we will continue with two more hours of track. there are two sets of tires left, the other two teams are on the same one”.
Regarding the work of Canapino, the founder and co-owner of Juncos Hollinger Racing He commented: “Agustín turned very well. With the first set of tires he went flat out in turns 3 and 4, and with the second set he did the entire lap at full speed. He reached a top speed of 222mph and an average speed of 216mph. The truth is that He felt quite satisfied, confident with the car, physically well, perfect also with the turning lines. The truth is that it was a very good day and we were even able to test a couple of things in the car that will be very useful for the team “.
The activity on the track on Friday will mainly focus on the traffic in the race between Canapino, Petersen and Robb.
“Tomorrow we have to spin a little more. We have two more sets of tires and we will try to spin a little in traffic with the other two cars to create a bit more of a race situation. That will be with a set-up of more downforce to be able to look for turning lines behind the other cars, which is the most important thing, and work a little more with the bars and tools that Agustín has on top of the car. In general terms it was very good, we met all the objectives, so I am very satisfied with the team and everything that Agustín has been doing”, concluded Juncos.
