Juncos Racing released an official statement and confirmed the driver’s departure from Reef, after his absence from Road America and the Theo Pourchaire scandal.
Racing Juncos issued an official statement and confirmed the continuation of Agustín Canapinoafter his absence from the Road America test and the scandal unleashed by his encounter with Theo Pourchaire at the Detroit street circuit, on the seventh date of the season.
“Agustín Canapino will return to Laguna Seca as the driver of the No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet for the remainder of the 2024 season,” they declared in a post on social networks from the team.
For your partAgustín Canapino left a message to all fans with a video: “Hello everyone. I want to tell you that I did very well here, in Indianapolis. Last Friday, the team understood that I needed a rest and it was best not to race this weekend at Road America. They considered it inappropriate for me to ride in an Indycar with all the unexpected situations I’m in and the stress it creates in an atypical context.”
“We are already thinking of Laguna Seca to continue the good momentum and growth of the team. I repeat again, as I have made clear, to all the fans around the world, that we find the injury an insult or aggression. through a social network, wherever on the planet I insist again that we learn and build a better community together.”added the pilot from the Reef.
The scandal that broke the relationship between Canapino and Pourchaire
In the Detroit race, Theo Pouchaire launched into the first corner and crashed into Canapino’s front left tire. At that moment, The Argentine and Ricardo Juncos launched a large number of insults that could be heard on the radio. “A son of a thousand f…”heard
As a result of that episode, the Arrow McLaren team driver received death threats and, one day after the race, he posted on his personal X account (ex Twitter): “I am saddened to have received so much hate and death threats in the last 24 hours for a small incident at the Detroit GP. I hope people understand that we are all human and can make mistakes. But it is not normal to abuse people online. “Please be kind to one another,” cited his team’s statement, in which they indicated that they will not tolerate any kind of abuse or discrimination.
McLaren and Juncos Hollinger Racing have already severed relations and, in turn, the team has decided that Canapino will not race at Road America. Today, the Reef pilot returns to Laguna Seca.
Source: Tycsports
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