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
Born	Agustín Hugo Canapino (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34) Arrecifes, Argentina
IndyCar Series career
21 races run over 2 years
Team(s)	No. 78 (Juncos Hollinger Racing)
2023 position	21st
Best finish	21st (2023)
First race	2023 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2024 Sonsio Grand Prix (Indianapolis Road Course)
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

 

Canapino took his first TC 2000 win in the 2011 season.

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
2024	IndyCar Series	Juncos Hollinger Racing
Source:^[1]

* Season still in progress.

Turismo Carretera results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Numbers in ^superscript indicate heat race results)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Pts
2009	Dole Racing	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	JP Carrera Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	MDA ?^?	BAL ?^?	BUA1 9^8	NEU 25^12	TRH 18^11	RAF 6^4	POS 5^2	BUA2 9^2	RCU 2^1	SLT 2^2	9DJ 37^3	TLW 4^3	OLA 4^2	PAR 4^1	LPL 3^2	BUA3 1^1	1st	315.5
2011	Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	MDA 1^1	TLW 34^15	SLU 7^3	NEU	TRH DSQ^18	BUA1 DSQ^14	POS 6^1	RAF 35^7	RCU 27^7	JUN 8^4	PAR EXC^EXC	OLA 20^11	RGA 9^3	LPL 39^4	BAL	BUA2 34^7	24th	96.5
2012	Canapino Sports Jet Racing	Chevrolet Coupé SS	MDA 3^1	PAR1 43^11	MDZ 39^8	TLW 37^6	TRH 21^13	RCU DNS^DNS	POS 2^1	RAF 13^5	OLA 31^DNS	BUA1 6^4	PAR2 15^7	JUN 11^3	SLU 2^1	BUA2 3^2	TOA 36^1	LPL 40^6	8th	137.75
2013	Jet Racing Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	MDA 1^1	NEU DNS^11	JUN 8^3	MDZ 18^8	OLA1 13^4	TRH 41^11	POS DNS^10	RAF 35^8	BUA1 7^6	OLA2 28^5	PAR 6^4	SLU 37^DNS	CMR 39^7	TOA 38^2	TLW 40^9	BUA2 37^4	24th	235.25
2014	Jet Racing	Chevrolet Coupé SS	NEU 34^4	PAR 42^8	JUN 1^1	CCD EXC^7	TOA1 38^13	CDU 2^1	TRH 11^8	POS 21^11	AGC 29^2	OLA 2^4	RAF 8^5	SLU 35^4	LPL 7^3	TOA2 21^5	TLW 5^3	BUA 36^1	16th	311
2015	Jet Racing	Chevrolet Coupé SS	CCD 29^7	TOA1 9^1	NEU 3^1	VIE 2^2	CDU 14^7	POS 12^5	TRH1 1^1	TRH2 2^1	PAR 10^6	OLA 39	RAF 22^3	SLU 5^1	RGA 31^DNS	TOA2 4^4	CMR 3^2	LPL 8^3	5th	460.50
2016	Jet Racing	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE 13^9	NEU 1^1	TOA1 14^2	CCD 7^2	OLA 34	TRH1 8^3	TRH2 6^2	POS 13^7	CDU1 4^1	RAF 28^2	PAR 21^?	SLU 11^5	CDU2 9^5	TOA2 6^2	TLW 4^2	LPL 23^4	6th	530.25
2017	Jet Racing	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE 2^2	NEU 22^11	OLA 39^10	CDU 6^3	VMC1 1^1	POS 14^7	PAR 3^1	BUA 40	TRH 8	CCD 2^1	VMC2 2^1	RAF 4^4	TOA 3^1	CMR 2^3	LPL 4^4		1st	682.75
2018	Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE 22^9	NEU 4^3	SLU 17^4	CDU 39^13	POS 29^2	CCD 3^2	TRH 6	RAF 2^1	BUA 1	PAR 7^5	VMC 3^1	TOA 3^1	OLA 5^2	SJV 2^6	SNI 2^11		1st	710
2019	Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE 15^12	NEU1 16^10	CDU 33^8	SLU 13^5	ROS 7^4	RAF1 2^1	TRH 38^4	POS 36^2	CCD 4^3	SJV 3	RAF2 1^1	PAR 13^4	SNI 1^1	TOA 2^1	NEU2 4^4		1st	634.75
2020	Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE 36^3	NEU 3^2	SNI1 4^3	SNI2 2^1	BUA1 38^1	SNI3 3^1	LPL1 8^3	LPL2 39^4	BUA2 27^2	SJV1 33^1	SJV2 1^1						9th	301
2021	Canapino Sports	Chevrolet Coupé SS	LPL 1^1	BUA 4^1	SNI1 2^1	CDU 3^2	PAR 22^1	SNI2 7^4	CCD 15^12	SJV1 5	SJV2 3^2	POS 37^9	RAF 37^2	SLU 2^2	VIE 5^2	TOA 35^2	SJV3 7^3		3rd	444.5
2022	JP Carrera	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE 28^1	NEU 3^1	CDU 1^1	TOA1 1^1	TRH 4^2	RAF 1^1	CCD 3^2	POS 16^10	SJV1 25	PAR 11^4	SLU 20^8	CMR 2^1	SNI 19^3	TOA2 39^8	SJV2 7^4		3rd	451.25
2023	JP Carrera/JHR	Chevrolet Coupé SS	VIE	NEU	TOA1	ELC	CDU	TRH	RAF1	POS	SJV1	BUA 12^DNS	SLU 13^7	SNI 45^16	RAF2 3^3	TOA2 12^1	SJV2 3^2		32nd	172.75

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	Juncos Racing	Will Owen   René Binder   Kyle Kaiser	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	555	29th	8th

American open–wheel racing results

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 16	THE 10	LBH 15	ALA 20	IMS 21	INDY	DET	ROA	LAG	MDO	IOW	IOW	TOR	GTW	POR	MIL	MIL	NSH	20th*	48*	^[15]

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.
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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.
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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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15. "Agustín Canapino – 2024 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Agustín Canapino career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Emanuel Moriatis	Turismo Carretera champion 2010	Succeeded by Guillermo Ortelli
Preceded by Guido Falaschi	Top Race V6 champion 2010–2014	Succeeded by Matías Rodríguez
Preceded by Matías Rodríguez	Top Race V6 champion 2016-2017	Succeeded by Franco Girolami
Preceded by Guillermo Ortelli	Turismo Carretera champion 2017, 2018, 2019	Succeeded by Mariano Werner
Awards
Preceded by Delfina Pignatiello	Olimpia de Oro 2018	Succeeded by Luis Scola