| Agustín Canapino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: |  Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Agustín Hugo Canapino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Agustín Hugo Canapino (pronounced as /es/; born 19 January 1990) is an Argentine racing driver racing who most recently competed for Juncos Hollinger Racing in the IndyCar Series. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera (TC).[1]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
Canapino left the team following the 2024 Honda Indy Toronto, with a statement published by Juncos on 7 August 2024.[12]
At the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Canapino was forced to retire from the race after hitting the turn 5 wall while trying to lap JHR teammate Callum Ilott, following a restart where Ilott had chosen to not pit in order to unlap himself. Following the race, fans of Canapino sent abusive messages including death threats towards Ilott on social media, leading to IndyCar releasing a statement condemning the abuse,[13] with JHR waiting until the following Tuesday to release their own statement.[14]
Following the 2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, Ilott was again the victim of abuse from Canapino fans after the two drivers had a collision on-track. JHR would release a statement, described by Marshall Pruett of RACER.com as a "tepid plea for civility" and "seemingly disinterested."[15] In an interview with RACER, JHR co-owner Ricardo Juncos would blame Ilott for not ignoring the threats, leading to Ilott departing the team.[16]
Following the 2024 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Canapino's fans would target Théo Pourchaire with death threats following another on-track incident. This third such incident lead to condemnations from Pourchaire's Arrow McLaren team, JHR's senior alliance partner.[17] Canapino would release a statement on social media in response, denying that any death threats happened, and "liked" posts on social media mocking Pourchaire.[18] [19] [20] Arrow McLaren would terminate their technical partnership with Juncos Hollinger Racing on 6 July 2024 effective immediately, citing the social media incidents as the reason;[21] Canapino would later take a "leave of absence" from the team with the ensuing social media fallout and furor, being replaced by Nolan Siegel for the XPEL Grand Prix of Road America;[22] Canapino would return to the team the race after and compete in five more races before leaving the team.
His father, Alberto Canapino, died on 15 February 2021, from COVID-19.[23] Alberto was a race car mechanic and preparer. Canapino has a younger brother, Matías, who, as of 2023, races in TC Pista.[24]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | 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 | |||||||||
| 2024 | IndyCar Series | Juncos Hollinger Racing | ||||||||
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* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Numbers in indicate heat race results)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | nowrap | Dole Racing | nowrap | Chevrolet Coupé SS | MDA 3 | BAL 4 | BUA1 31 | RCU 26 | TRH1 19 | RAF 15 | POS ? | PDF ? | 9DJ ? | TRH2 ? | BUA2 ? | PAR ? | SLU ? | OLA ? | LPL ? | BUA3 ? | 11th | 138 |
| 2010 | nowrap | JP Carrera Canapino Sports | nowrap | Chevrolet Coupé SS | MDA ? | BAL ? | BUA1 9 | NEU 25 | TRH 18 | RAF 6 | POS 5 | BUA2 9 | RCU 2 | SLT 2 | 9DJ 37 | TLW 4 | OLA 4 | PAR 4 | LPL 3 | BUA3 1 | 1st | 315.5 |
| 2011 | Canapino Sports | Chevrolet Coupé SS | MDA 1 | TLW 34 | SLU 7 | NEU | TRH DSQ | BUA1 DSQ | POS 6 | RAF 35 | RCU 27 | JUN 8 | PAR EXC | OLA 20 | RGA 9 | LPL 39 | BAL | BUA2 34 | 24th | 96.5 | ||
| 2012 | Canapino Sports Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | MDA 3 | PAR1 43 | MDZ 39 | TLW 37 | TRH 21 | RCU DNS | POS 2 | RAF 13 | OLA 31 | BUA1 6 | PAR2 15 | JUN 11 | SLU 2 | BUA2 3 | TOA 36 | LPL 40 | 8th | 137.75 | ||
| 2013 | Jet Racing Canapino Sports | Chevrolet Coupé SS | MDA 1 | NEU DNS | JUN 8 | MDZ 18 | OLA1 13 | TRH 41 | POS DNS | RAF 35 | BUA1 7 | OLA2 28 | PAR 6 | SLU 37 | CMR 39 | TOA 38 | TLW 40 | BUA2 37 | 24th | 235.25 | ||
| 2014 | Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | NEU 34 | PAR 42 | JUN 1 | CCD EXC | TOA1 38 | CDU 2 | TRH 11 | POS 21 | AGC 29 | OLA 2 | RAF 8 | SLU 35 | LPL 7 | TOA2 21 | TLW 5 | BUA 36 | 16th | 311 | ||
| 2015 | Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | CCD 29 | TOA1 9 | NEU 3 | VIE 2 | CDU 14 | POS 12 | TRH1 1 | TRH2 2 | PAR 10 | OLA 39 | RAF 22 | SLU 5 | RGA 31 | TOA2 4 | CMR 3 | LPL 8 | 5th | 460.50 | ||
| 2016 | Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | VIE 13 | NEU 1 | TOA1 14 | CCD 7 | OLA 34 | TRH1 8 | TRH2 6 | POS 13 | CDU1 4 | RAF 28 | PAR 21 | SLU 11 | CDU2 9 | TOA2 6 | TLW 4 | LPL 23 | 6th | 530.25 | ||
| 2017 | Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | VIE 2 | NEU 22 | OLA 39 | CDU 6 | VMC1 1 | POS 14 | PAR 3 | BUA 40 | TRH 8 | CCD 2 | VMC2 2 | RAF 4 | TOA 3 | CMR 2 | LPL 4 | 1st | 682.75 | |||
| 2018 | Canapino Sports | Chevrolet Coupé SS | VIE 22 | NEU 4 | SLU 17 | CDU 39 | POS 29 | CCD 3 | TRH 6 | RAF 2 | BUA 1 | PAR 7 | VMC 3 | TOA 3 | OLA 5 | SJV 2 | SNI 2 | 1st | 710 | |||
| 2019 | Canapino Sports | Chevrolet Coupé SS | VIE 15 | NEU1 16 | CDU 33 | SLU 13 | ROS 7 | RAF1 2 | TRH 38 | POS 36 | CCD 4 | SJV 3 | RAF2 1 | PAR 13 | SNI 1 | TOA 2 | NEU2 4 | 1st | 634.75 | |||
| 2020 | Canapino Sports | Chevrolet Coupé SS | VIE 36 | NEU 3 | SNI1 4 | SNI2 2 | BUA1 38 | SNI3 3 | LPL1 8 | LPL2 39 | BUA2 27 | SJV1 33 | SJV2 1 | 9th | 301 | |||||||
| 2021 | nowrap | Canapino Sports | nowrap | Chevrolet Coupé SS | LPL 1 | BUA 4 | SNI1 2 | CDU 3 | PAR 22 | SNI2 7 | CCD 15 | SJV1 5 | SJV2 3 | POS 37 | RAF 37 | SLU 2 | VIE 5 | TOA 35 | SJV3 7 | 3rd | 444.5 | |
| 2022 | JP Carrera | Chevrolet Coupé SS | VIE 28 | NEU 3 | CDU 1 | TOA1 1 | TRH 4 | RAF 1 | CCD 3 | POS 16 | SJV1 25 | PAR 11 | SLU 20 | CMR 2 | SNI 19 | TOA2 39 | SJV2 7 | 3rd | 451.25 | |||
| 2023 | JP Carrera/JHR | VIE | NEU | TOA1 | ELC | CDU | TRH | RAF1 | POS | SJV1 | BUA 12 | SLU 13 | SNI 45 | RAF2 3 | TOA2 12 | SJV2 3 | 32nd | 172.75 |
(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 | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | nowrap | DTA | nowrap | Chevrolet Astra II | CR | GR | BB | SMM | SJU | SÃO | COR | SFE | SRA | VIE | BA | OBE | SL | PDE | NC† | 0 |
| 2008 | nowrap | DTA Power Tools | nowrap | Chevrolet Astra II | PAR | SAL | GR | SFE | SJU | RES | COR | BA | OBE | TRH | VIE | SMM | PDF | PDE | 17th | 10 |
| 2009 | nowrap | Equipo Petrobras | nowrap | Honda Civic VIII | COR | GR | OBE | SMM | TRH | RES | BA | CEN | SFE1 | SFE2 | SJU1 | SJU2 | PDF | NC† | 0 | |
| 2010 | nowrap | Toyota Team Argentina | nowrap | Toyota Corolla X | PDE | SMM | GR | COR | RES | TRH | LRJ | SFE1 | SFE2 | CEN | OBE | BA | NC† | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Equipo Oficial Chevrolet | nowrap | Chevrolet Vectra III | GR | SFE1 | SFE2 | 4th | 151 | ||||||||||||
| nowrap | Chevrolet Cruze | SMM | SJU | RES | COR | TRH | MOU | TRE | JUN | PDF | PAR |
(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 | ||
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| 2018 | nowrap | Cimed Racing | nowrap | Chevrolet Cruze | INT 1 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | LON 1 | LON 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | GOI 1 | 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 | nowrap | YPF Elaion | nowrap | Chevrolet Cruze | VEL 1 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | LON 1 | LON 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | 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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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| 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 | TXS | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | ROA | MDO | TOR | IOW | IOW | NSH | IMS | GTW | POR | LAG | 21st | 180 | [25] | |
| 2024 | STP | THE | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | ROA | LAG | MDO | IOW | IOW | TOR | GTW | POR | MIL | MIL | NSH | 24th* | 109* | [26] |
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 26 | align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 26 | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
| 2024 | 22 | align=center style="background:#cfcfff;" | 22 |