The man from the Reef finished 12th in the street circuit held in the Russian city.
Agustín Canapino had his great IndyCar debut, after finish in 12th place on the first date held on the street circuit of Saint Petersburg. The reef native started in 21st place in a race already ended up winning over Marcus Ericsson.
Canapino debuted in Indycar, with a good job in Saint Petersburg
The Chevrolet driver started from the 11th row with his teammate Callum Illot and quickly moved up to 17thalthough he had to stop his charge due to numerous incidents involving Félix Rosenqvist, Helio Castroneves, Santino Ferrucci, Devlin DeFrancesco, Sting Ray Rob, SImon Pagenaud and Benjamin Pedersen in the second round.
However, after the competition resumed, Canapino moved up to 15th position. Furthermore, for lap 68 he was in the top tenthanks to entering the boxes of some opponents, but at the time of his stop, he fell again, finishing 12th.
It is worth mentioning that Ericsson, the winner, took advantage of a mistake by Patricio O’Ward, who pressed the pit speed limiter on the main straight, to jump into the lead a few laps from the end and go straight to victory. The Mexican from the McLaren Arrow arrived as escort and Scott Dixon completed the podium.
Source: Tycsports
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