Excellent explanation from RicardoJuncos regarding the JuncosHollinger team's errors that led to Callum_Ilott unintentionally impeding teammate AgustinCanapino in IndyCar's GPLongBeach, leading to fans issuing death threats to Ilott.
Ilott struck the Turn 1 wall on Lap 6 of the race, and had to limp around a whole lap, to get his punctured right-front tire replaced. That put him a lap down, so when the full-course caution came out for Scott Dixon being in a tire wall on Lap 20, the JHR team delayed his first scheduled stop to allow him to get his lap back on the pack that was cruising behind the safety car.
Afterward, Argentine fans were furious at what appeared to be unsportsmanlike actions from Ilott having triggered a chain-reaction of events that put out their superstar. Many even went on social media to deliver death threats to Ilott, triggering IndyCar itself to issue the following statement:Speaking to Motorsport.
“It was a moment of frustration, because we lost several seconds at the stop for Ilott. Instead of restarting 10 seconds or seven seconds behind the leader [had he made up his full lap and caught the back of the pack] he started close together and it turns out that Agustin is the leader. Callum didn't know that the leader was Agustin, either.
Juncos assured Motorsport.com that there is no bad blood between Canapino and Ilott because they understand the situation was caused by a confluence of circumstances, in which Ilott was unintentionally left in the dark. “That he has been mistreated as he was mistreated in social networks is sad, we know how the networks are. We have to understand that we Argentines are the way we are and the passion we have, which plays for the best in some cases and for the worst in others.”
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