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 |
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Megaracing | K | 11 | Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. | 1–2, 5 | ||
15 | Venezuela Gabriel Iemma | 1–6 | ||||
Ram racing | K | 17 | Venezuela Alex Popow | Avior Airlines | All | |
23 | Mexico Juan Pablo Sierra | Estrella Roja | 1, 2, 4, 6–9 | |||
Re Racing | K | 13 | Mexico Diego Menchaca | GMI | ||
16 | Mexico Diego Ferreira | Gobierno de Aragua | ||||
22 | Mexico Gerardo Nieto | Gas Express Nieto | ||||
45 | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | PDVSA | ||||
55 | Mexico Christopher Ramirez | Kola Loka | ||||
57 | Venezuela Francisco Cerullo | Jackers | ||||
Team CSM | K | 7 | Mexico Martin Fuentes | El palacio de los numeros | 1–2 | |
9 | Mexico Oscar Paredes Arroyo | 1–2 | ||||
60 | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Rocacero | 1–2 | |||
Urban racing | K | 18 | Mexico David Farias | Daewoo |
Schedule
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 | |
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1 | R1 | Puebla | Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc | April 9 |
R2 | April 10 | |||
2 | R1 | Monterrey | Mexico Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca | May 7 |
R2 | May 8 | |||
3 | R1 | Toluca | Mexico Circuito Centro Dinámico Pegaso, Toluca | June 11 |
R2 | June 12 | |||
4 | R1 | Distrito Federal | Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | July 2 |
R2 | July 3 | |||
5 | R1 | San Luis Potosí | Mexico Autódromo Tangamanga II, San Luis Potosí | July 30 |
R2 | July 31 | |||
6 | R1 | Dallas | United States Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur | September 10 |
R2 | September 11 | |||
7 | R1 | Houston | United States MSR Houston, Angleton | September 17 |
R2 | September 18 | |||
8 | R1 | Querétaro | Mexico Autódromo de Querétaro, El Marqués | October 29 |
R2 | October 30 | |||
9 | R1 | Puebla | Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc | November 19 |
R2 | November 20 |
Results
Races
No. | Race | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | Team | |
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1 | R1 | Mexico Puebla | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Martín Fuentes | Mexico Martín Fuentes | Mexico Team CSM |
R2 | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM | |||
2 | R1 | Mexico Monterrey | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM |
R2 | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM | |||
3 | R1 | Mexico Toluca | Mexico Gerardo Nieto | ?? | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM |
R2 | ?? | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM | |||
4 | R1 | Mexico Mexico City | Mexico David Farias | ?? | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM |
R2 | ?? | Mexico Gerardo Nieto | Mexico Team Re Racing | |||
5 | R1 | Mexico San Luis Potosí | Mexico Sebastían Ramírez | ?? | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Mexico Team CSM |
R2 | ?? | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Team Re Racing | |||
6 | R1 | United States Dallas | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Team Re Racing |
R2 | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Homero Richards | Mexico Team Re Racing | |||
7 | R1 | United States Houston | Mexico Diego Menchaca | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Team Re Racing |
R2 | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Team Re Racing | |||
8 | R1 | Mexico Querétaro | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | ?? | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Team Re Racing |
R2 | ?? | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | Mexico Team Re Racing |
Race summaries
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Standings
Rank | Driver | Mexico PUE |
Mexico MTY |
Mexico TOL |
Mexico MEX |
Mexico SLP |
United States DAL |
United States HOU |
Mexico QRO |
Mexico PUE |
Pts | |||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Mexico Rudy Camarillo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 298 | |
2 | Mexico Martín Fuentes | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 202 | |
3 | Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 166 | |
4 | Mexico Diego Menchaca | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 132 | |
5 | Venezuela Francisco Cerullo | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 126 | |
6 | Mexico Christopher Ramirez | 9 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 116 | |||
7 | Venezuela Alex Popow | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 108 | |||
8 | Mexico Gerardo Nieto | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 90 | ||||||||||
9 | Mexico David Farias | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 80 | |||||
10 | Venezuela Diego Ferreira | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 74 | |||
11 | Mexico Juan Pablo Sierra | 12 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 36 | |||||
12 | Mexico Oscar P. Arroyo | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |
13 | Mexico Homero Richards | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
14 | Mexico Hugo Oliveras | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
15 | Mexico Gabriel Iemma | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 8 | |||||||
16 | Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||||
17 | Mexico Sebastian Ramírez | 11 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Mexico Victor Alfaro | 13 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||
19 | Mexico Jorge Cevallos | 12 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
20 | Mexico Santiago Tovar | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
21 | Guatemala Sebastian Arriola | 11 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mexico 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
- ↑ "Giancarlo Serenelli consigue su tercer título del LATAM Challenge Series". Sportcar.com. November 21, 2011.
- ↑ "Ficha Técnica". www.latamchallengeseries.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ↑ "LATAM Challenge Series anuncia su calendario 2011". Sportcar. February 2, 2011.
- ↑ "El LATAM se presentará en el Hermanos Rodríguez y volverá a Estados Unidos en el 2011". Sportcar. December 14, 2010.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.