2011 LATAM Challenge Series

2011 LATAM Challenge Series season was the fourth season of LATAM Challenge Series. The season started on April 9, and finished on November 20. There was nine double events, seven in Mexico and two in USA (both in Texas). The Venezuelan driver Giancarlo Serenelli retained the championship with seven victories in the season.[1] He also runs in Super Copa Telcel.

Cars

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For this season the cars were powered by 2019 cm3 L4 Volkswagen FSI Motors. Tatuus chassis are used. Kumho Tires supplies the tires.[2]

Drivers

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Team Tires No. Driver(s) Sponsor(s) Rounds Notes
Megaracing K 11   Alfonso Celis Jr. 1–2, 5
15   Gabriel Iemma 1–6
Ram racing K 17   Alex Popow Avior Airlines All
23   Juan Pablo Sierra Estrella Roja 1, 2, 4, 6–9
Re Racing K 13   Diego Menchaca GMI
16   Diego Ferreira Gobierno de Aragua
22   Gerardo Nieto Gas Express Nieto
45   Giancarlo Serenelli PDVSA
55   Christopher Ramirez Kola Loka
57   Francisco Cerullo Jackers
Team CSM K 7   Martin Fuentes El palacio de los numeros 1–2
9   Oscar Paredes Arroyo 1–2
60   Rudy Camarillo Rocacero 1–2
Urban racing K 18   David Farias Daewoo

Schedule

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The 2011 schedule was presented in February.[3] LATAM ran in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for first time, and returned to Texas for two races.[4] On May 25, LATAM organization announced a change in the third race from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Toluca by the track conditions.[5]

Round Race Title Track Date
1 R1 Puebla   Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc April 9
R2 April 10
2 R1 Monterrey   Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca May 7
R2 May 8
3 R1 Toluca   Circuito Centro Dinámico Pegaso, Toluca June 11
R2 June 12
4 R1 Distrito Federal   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City July 2
R2 July 3
5 R1 San Luis Potosí   Autódromo Tangamanga II, San Luis Potosí July 30
R2 July 31
6 R1 Dallas   Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur September 10
R2 September 11
7 R1 Houston   MSR Houston, Angleton September 17
R2 September 18
8 R1 Querétaro   Autódromo de Querétaro, El Marqués October 29
R2 October 30
9 R1 Puebla   Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc November 19
R2 November 20

Results

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Races

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No. Race Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Team
1 R1   Puebla   Rudy Camarillo   Martín Fuentes   Martín Fuentes   Team CSM
R2   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
2 R1   Monterrey   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
R2   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
3 R1   Toluca   Gerardo Nieto ??   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
R2 ??   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
4 R1   Mexico City   David Farias ??   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
R2 ??   Gerardo Nieto   Team Re Racing
5 R1   San Luis Potosí   Sebastían Ramírez ??   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
R2 ??   Giancarlo Serenelli   Team Re Racing
6 R1   Dallas   Rudy Camarillo   Giancarlo Serenelli   Giancarlo Serenelli   Team Re Racing
R2   Giancarlo Serenelli   Homero Richards   Team Re Racing
7 R1   Houston   Diego Menchaca   Giancarlo Serenelli   Giancarlo Serenelli   Team Re Racing
R2   Giancarlo Serenelli   Giancarlo Serenelli   Team Re Racing
8 R1   Querétaro   Rudy Camarillo ??   Giancarlo Serenelli   Team Re Racing
R2 ??   Giancarlo Serenelli   Team Re Racing

Race summaries

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Round 1: Puebla Grand Challenge

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Lap Chart Race 1
Lap Chart Race 2

Standings

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Rank Driver  
PUE
 
MTY
 
TOL
 
MEX
 
SLP
 
DAL
 
HOU
 
QRO
 
PUE
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Rudy Camarillo 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 4 3 8 4 2 11 3 4 298
2   Martín Fuentes 1 2 6 4 10 2 2 2 3 6 2 2 9 4 4 9 6 202
3   Giancarlo Serenelli 7 3 7 3 12 13 8 11 5 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 166
4   Diego Menchaca 4 4 5 5 7 3 9 15 6 11 4 5 3 5 3 11 7 132
5   Francisco Cerullo 5 9 10 7 2 5 5 7 8 2 9 3 7 3 5 5 5 126
6   Christopher Ramirez 9 13 3 10 11 7 4 4 7 3 2 6 2 4 2 116
7   Alex Popow 8 4 2 3 12 7 3 2 7 11 6 10 8 2 3 108
8   Gerardo Nieto 3 5 2 9 9 4 6 1 90
9   David Farias 13 12 8 6 6 6 3 5 4 5 7 10 8 80
10   Diego Ferreira 6 7 9 13 4 8 10 14 5 4 8 7 10 6 9 74
11   Juan Pablo Sierra 12 6 13 8 13 9 6 7 5 8 6 7 16 36
12   Oscar P. Arroyo 8 10 12 12 5 10 11 10 12 9 8 10 6 11 9 8 12 30
13   Homero Richards 14 13 7 1 28
14   Hugo Oliveras 10 12 12 12 10
15   Gabriel Iemma 11 11 11 8 9 14 8 10 12 11 14 8
16   Alfonso Celis Jr. 10 11 14 9 10 6
17   Sebastian Ramírez 11 8 2
18   Victor Alfaro 13 11 15 13 13 14 15 0
19   Jorge Cevallos 12 16 0
20   Santiago Tovar 12 0
21   Sebastian Arriola 11 9 13 0
  Andrés Gutiérrez 10 0
  Jose Carlos Sandoval 11 0
References [6] [7] [8] [9]

Point scoring system:

  • Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Saturday race Points 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2
Sunday race Points 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0

Bonus points:

  • 2 for Fastest Lap
  • 2 for Pole Position

References

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  1. ^ "Giancarlo Serenelli consigue su tercer título del LATAM Challenge Series". Sportcar.com. November 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Ficha Técnica". www.latamchallengeseries.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "LATAM Challenge Series anuncia su calendario 2011". Sportcar. February 2, 2011.
  4. ^ "El LATAM se presentará en el Hermanos Rodríguez y volverá a Estados Unidos en el 2011". Sportcar. December 14, 2010.
  5. ^ "Toluca recibirá por vez primera al LATAM Challenge Series Powered by Volkswagen". Latam. May 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  6. ^ "Results of Puebla Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 1 –". Mylaps.com. April 9, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  7. ^ "Results of Puebla Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 2 –". Mylaps.com. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  8. ^ "Results of Monterrey Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 1 –". Mylaps.com. May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  9. ^ "Results of Monterrey Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 2 –". Mylaps.com. May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.