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

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

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

2011 venues

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

Races

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

Round 1: Puebla Grand Challenge

Lap Chart Race 1
Lap Chart Race 2

Standings

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

  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.
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