2011 LATAM Challenge Series
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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
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  |
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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