2011 LATAM Challenge Series season

2011 LATAM Challenge Series season
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2011 LATAM Challenge Series season was the fourth season of LATAM Challenge Series. The season started in April 9, and finished in 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

Toluca

Puebla

Querétaro

México City

Monterrey

San Luis Potosí

Houston

Dallas

2011 venues

The 2011 schedule was presented in February.^[3] LATAM will run in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for first time, and return to Texas for two races.^[4] In May 25, LATAM organization announces 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	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. 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.
6. "Results of Puebla Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 1 –". Mylaps.com. April 9, 2012.
7. "Results of Puebla Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 2 –". Mylaps.com. April 10, 2012.
8. "Results of Monterrey Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 1 –". Mylaps.com. May 7, 2012.
9. "Results of Monterrey Grand Challenge 2011 – Carrera 2 –". Mylaps.com. May 7, 2012.