Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (AP) Argentine driver Agustín Canapino’s future in IndyCar is uncertain when his team pulled him from Road America shortly before the first session.
Juncos Hollinger Racing didn’t think Canapino was focused enough to compete in the aftermath of his third social media scandal in a year. The team has not confirmed if Canapino would return to the No. 78 Chevrolet when IndyCar returns at Laguna Seca in California later this month.
WHO IS HE?
Canapino, 32, is in his second season with the IndyCar series with Juncos Hollinger Racing, a team founded by fellow Argentine Ricardo Juncos. Canapino has won 15 national championships in Argentina and earned the 2018 Olimpia de Oro award winner as Argentine sportsman of the year.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Théo Pourchaire, a 20-year-old French driver for Arrow McLaren, made contact with Canapino’s car on a restart late during the Detroit Grand Prix on June 2. The incident didn’t knock either driver out of the race, but Pourchaire received an avoidable contact penalty.
Pourchaire said afterward that he had received online death threats.
“I’m sad I received so much hate and death threats in the last 24 hours for such a small incident in the Detroit GP,” Pourchaire wrote on social media. “I hope people can understand that we are all humans and we can make mistakes. But it’s not normal to abuse people online. Please be kind to each other.”
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