Agustín Canapino facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Agustín Canapino
Canapino in 2023
Nationality	Argentine
Born	Agustín Hugo Canapino (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34) Arrecifes, Argentina
IndyCar Series career
17 races run over 1 year
Team(s)	No. 78 (Juncos Hollinger Racing)
First race	2023 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2023 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

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).

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.

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). 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.

Canapino was awarded the Olimpia de Oro 2018 for the best Argentine sportsman of the year. 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.

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. In preparation for these demonstration runs, the team entered Canapino in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test at Sebring. Following this, Canapino was confirmed as the team's second driver for the full 2023 championship, partnering Callum Ilott.

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. He started the race in 19th place and once again finished 12th.

Personal life

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

Turismo Carretera summary

• Races: 212
• Wins: 15
• Heat wins: 52
• Debut: 8 February 2009 - Chevrolet Chevy - Mar de Ajó circuit
• First win: 28 November 2010 - Chevrolet Chevy - Buenos Aires circuit
• Last win: 29 May 2022 - Chevrolet Chevy - Rafaela circuit
• Pole positions: 8
• Podiums: 54
• Titles: 4 - 2010, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Full Seasons: 14

TC 2000 Championship/Súper TC2000 results (incomplete)

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

^† 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)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2019	Juncos Racing	Will Owen René Binder Kyle Kaiser	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	555	29th	8th

American open–wheel racing results

IndyCar Series

(key)

Indianapolis 500

See also

In Spanish: Agustín Canapino para niños