Agustín Canapino

Agustín Hugo Canapino (Spanish pronunciation: [a.ɣusˈtin ˈu.ɣo ka.naˈpi.no]; born 19 January 1990) is an Argentine racing driver signed to Juncos Hollinger Racing in the IndyCar Series. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera (TC).[1]

Agustín Canapino
Canapino in 2023
Nationality Argentine
BornAgustín Hugo Canapino
(1990-01-19) 19 January 1990
Arrecifes, Argentina
IndyCar Series career
17 races run over 1 year
Team(s)No. 78 (Juncos Hollinger Racing)
First race2023 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race2023 Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Championship titles
2007
2008
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
2010, 2017, 2018, 2019
2016, 2021		Renault Megane Cup Argentina
TC Pista Argentina
Top Race V6



Turismo Carretera

Súper TC2000

Career overview

Touring cars

With no previous racing experience, Agustín made his debut in 2005 in the Renault Mégane one-make touring car series. He won races in 2006 and won the championship in 2007. He made his debut that year in TC 2000 and the following year in Top Race and TC Pista, a championship prior to Turismo Carretera that he won that year.[2][1]

Canapino won the TC and Top Race Torneo Clausura championships in 2010. Between 2011 and 2017 he won all the titles in Top Race (with a Mercedes-Benz prototype), except for 2015, which was won by Matías Rodríguez. Won the Súper TC 2000 championship in 2016 and 2021 with Chevrolet Argentina factory team and was a three-time TC champion between 2017 and 2019 with the Canapino Sport team (led by his father).[3] He has also run a few races at Stock Car Brasil.[1]

In 2019, he was called by Ricardo Juncos, director of Juncos Racing, to race the 24 Hours of Daytona in DPi. Along with Will Owen, René Binder and Kyle Kaiser, he finished eighth in the class. He also raced at Sebring.[4][1]

Canapino was awarded the Olimpia de Oro 2018 for the best Argentine sportsman of the year.[5] He is together with Juan Manuel Fangio, the only racing driver to win this award. He received the Olimpia de Plata of the discipline four times.[6]

IndyCar Series
Canapino (right) competing at Road America in 2023

In October 2022, his former team Juncos Racing announced that Canapino would take part in 2 demonstration runs to be held in Argentina, where Canapino would drive one of the team's Dallara IR18 IndyCars from the 2022 series, to be held in November 2022.[7] In preparation for these demonstration runs, the team entered Canapino in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test at Sebring.[8] Following this, Canapino was confirmed as the team's second driver for the full 2023 championship, partnering Callum Ilott.[9]

Canapino qualified in 21st place for his IndyCar debut at St. Petersburg, and drove through an incident-packed race to cross the line in 12th place. He was the last classified car to cross the line on the lead lap. After participating in a mandatory oval rookie test at Texas Motor Speedway, Canapino returned to the track for the second round of the season.[10] He started the race in 19th place and once again finished 12th.[11]

Personal life

His father, Alberto Canapino, died on 15 February 2021, from COVID-19.[12] Alberto was a renowned race car mechanic and preparer. Canapino has a younger brother, Matías, who currently racing in TC Pista.[13]

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Copa Mégane Argentina Pfening Competición  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
2006 Copa Mégane Argentina 14 3 2 2 4 108 3rd
2007 Copa Mégane Argentina 12 6 3 3 9 190 1st
TC 2000 Championship DTA Power Tools 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2008 TC Pista HAZ Racing Team 16 2 3 1 6 203.5 1st
TC 2000 Championship DTA Power Tools 14 0 0 0 0 10 17th
Top Race V6 Diablos Rojos Motorsport 7 2 1 1 3 112 11th
Sportteam 3 0 0 0 1
2009 Turismo Carretera Dole Racing 16 0 0 0 2 138 11th
TC 2000 Championship Equipo Petrobras 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC‡
Top Race V6 Sportteam 13 0 0 0 1 23 9th
2010 Turismo Carretera 3M JP Racing 11 0 0 0 2 315.5 1st
3M Canapino Sports 5 1 0 0 2
TC 2000 Championship Toyota Team Argentina 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC‡
Top Race V6 Copa América Sportteam 6 0 1 1 2 95 3rd
Top Race V6 Torneo Clausura 6 5 6 ? 5 138 1st
2011 Turismo Carretera 3M Racing 11 1 0 0 1 96.5 24th
TC 2000 Championship Equipo Oficial Chevrolet 2 0 0 0 0 151 4th
8 2 3 1 4
Top Race V6 Sportteam 13 4 6 2 6 90 1st
Formula 3 Sudamericana Hitech Racing Brazil 2 0 0 0 0 10 11th
2012 Turismo Carretera Canapino Sport 7 0 0 1 2 137.75 8th
JL Kun 16 Carrera 8 0 1 1 2
Súper TC2000 Equipo Chevrolet YPF 13 0 0 0 0 82.5 12th
Top Race V6 Sportteam 12 4 4 2 9 70 1st
2013 Turismo Carretera JL Kun 16 Carrera 5 1 0 1 1 235.25 24th
SpeedAgro Racing 11 0 0 0 0
Súper TC2000 Equipo Chevrolet YPF 12 3 5 1 4 149 4th
Top Race V6 Sportteam 12 3 1 1 6 78 1st
2014 Turismo Carretera Jet Racing 16 1 0 0 2 311 16th
Súper TC2000 Peugeot Lo Jack Team 13 2 2 0 4 159 5th
Top Race V6 Sportteam 12 6 9 2 9 288 1st
Top Race Series 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC‡
2015 Turismo Carretera Jet Racing 16 1 1 1 5 460.50 5th
Top Race V6 Midas Racing Team 18 7 6 4 12 302 2nd
Súper TC2000 Team Peugeot Total Argentina 13 1 3 1 6 167 3rd
Top Race NOA SDE Competición 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2016 Turismo Carretera Jet Racing 16 1 0 0 1 544.75 6th
Top Race V6 MS Sportteam 17 4 6 3 7 185 1st
Súper TC2000 Chevrolet YPF 8 2 1 1 4 248 1st
6 2 2 2 4
2017 Turismo Carretera Jet Racing 15 1 0 1 7 682.75 1st
Top Race V6 MS Sportteam 15 5 6 3 9 202 1st
Súper TC2000 Chevrolet YPF 13 3 2 0 7 191 2nd
2018 Turismo Carretera SpeedAgro Racing 15 1 0 0 6 710 1st
Top Race V6 MS Sportteam 12 1 5 2 7 168 2nd
Súper TC2000 Chevrolet YPF 19 2 6 5 10 230 2nd
Stock Car Brasil Cimed Chevrolet Team 1 0 0 0 0 5 32nd
2019 Turismo Carretera Canapino Sport 15 2 1 1 4 634.75 1st
Súper TC2000 Chevrolet YPF 12 3 2 3 3 111 5th
Top Race V6 MS Sportteam 16 2 2 2 8 246 3rd
Stock Car Brasil YPF Elaion 1 0 0 0 0 10 30th
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - DPi Juncos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 44 25th
2020 Turismo Carretera Canapino Sport 11 1 2 2 4 301 9th
Súper TC2000 Chevrolet YPF 19 3 1 2 9 150 2nd
2021 Turismo Carretera Squadra Canapino 15 1 1 0 5 461.50 3rd
Súper TC2000 Chevrolet YPF 22 4 3 7 12 221 1st
2022 Turismo Carretera JP Carrera 15 3 5 6 6 451.25 3rd
TC2000 Championship Chevrolet YPF 20 3 4 7 9 243 3rd
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 MM Team 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC‡
2023 IndyCar Series Juncos Hollinger Racing 17 0 0 0 0 180 21st
Turismo Carretera JP Carrera/JHR
Source:[1]

* Season still in progress.

Turismo Carretera summary

TC 2000 Championship/Súper TC2000 results (incomplete)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
2007 DTA Chevrolet Astra II CR GR BB SMM SJU SÃO COR SFE SRA VIE BA OBE SL
Ret		 PDE NC† 0
2008 DTA Power Tools Chevrolet Astra II PAR
Ret		 SAL
Ret		 GR
7		 SFE
Ret		 SJU
Ret		 RES
11		 COR
21		 BA
Ret		 OBE
13		 TRH
12		 VIE
Ret		 SMM
Ret		 PDF
14		 PDE
8		 17th 10
2009 Equipo Petrobras Honda Civic VIII COR GR OBE SMM TRH
5		 RES BA
8		 CEN SFE1 SFE2 SJU1 SJU2 PDF
3		 NC† 0
2010 Toyota Team Argentina Toyota Corolla X PDE SMM GR COR RES TRH LRJ SFE1 SFE2 CEN OBE BA
2		 PDF NC† 0
2011 Equipo Oficial Chevrolet Chevrolet Vectra III GR
8		 SFE1
WD		 SFE2
WD		 4th 151
Chevrolet Cruze SMM
DNS		 SJU
12		 RES
12		 COR
1		 TRH
12		 MOU
Ret		 TRE
1		 JUN
6		 PDF
3		 PAR
2

† As Canapino was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2018 Cimed Racing Chevrolet Cruze INT
1
 CUR
1
 CUR
2
 VEL
1
 VEL
2
 LON
1
 LON
2
 SCZ
1		 SCZ
2		 GOI
1
12		 MOU
1
 MOU
2
 CAS
1
 CAS
2
 VCA
1
 VCA
2
 TAR
1		 TAR
2		 GOI
1
 GOI
2
 INT
1
 32nd 5
2019 YPF Elaion Chevrolet Cruze VEL
1		 VCA
1		 VCA
2		 GOI
1		 GOI
2		 LON
1		 LON
2		 SCZ
1
11		 SCZ
2
Ret		 MOU
1		 MOU
2		 INT
1
 VEL
1		 VEL
2		 CAS
1		 CAS
2		 VCA
1		 VCA
2		 GOI
1		 GOI
2		 INT
1		 30th 10

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2019 Juncos Racing DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
8		 SEB
10		 LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 25th 44

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2019 United States Juncos Racing United States Will Owen
Austria René Binder
United States Kyle Kaiser		 Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 555 29th 8th

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref
2023 Juncos Hollinger Racing Dallara DW12 78 Chevrolet STP
12		 TXS
12		 LBH
25		 ALA
26		 IMS
21		 INDY
26		 DET
14		 ROA
19		 MDO
23		 TOR
12		 IOW
16		 IOW
26		 NSH
20		 IMS
21		 GTW
22		 POR
26		 LAG
14		 21st 180 [14]
2024 STP
 TRM
 LBH
 ALA
 IMS
 INDY
 DET
 ROA
 LAG
 MDO
 IOW
 IOW
 TOR
 GTW
 POR
 MIL
 MIL
 NSH
 - 0

Indianapolis 500
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2023 Dallara Chevrolet 26 26 Juncos Hollinger Racing

References
  1. "Agustín Canapino | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. "P1 #127 - CANAPINO POR CANAPINO (Parte 2) - 08/01/2020". YouTube.
  3. "Alberto Canapino puede volver a los autódromos de la ACTC - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. Clarín.com (5 December 2018). "Agustín Canapino correrá las 24 Horas de Daytona". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. "Agustín Canapino ganó el Olimpia de Oro". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. "Canapino se quedó con el Olimpia de Plata en automovilismo - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. Malsher-Lopez, David (4 October 2022). "Canapino to demo Juncos Hollinger IndyCar in Argentina". Motorsport. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. Pruett, Marshall (12 October 2022). "Blomqvist tops five-car IndyCar test at Sebring". Racer.com.
  9. Pruett, Marshall (12 January 2023). "Canapino joins Juncos Hollinger for 2023 IndyCar season". RACER. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  10. "Canapino Coming to Grips with New Sensations on Texas Oval". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  11. mdzol.com. "IndyCar: qué dijo Agustín Canapino luego de hacer historia en Texas". MdzOnline (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  12. "Falleció Alberto Canapino | Diario Mendoza Sur - Diario de San Rafael" (in Spanish). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  13. "El homenaje del hijo de Alberto Canapino será debutar en TC Pista a 6 días de la muerte de su papá". Clarín. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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