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. 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.
Drivers
Team Tires No. Driver(s) Sponsor(s) Rounds NotesMegaracing11 Alfonso Celis Jr.1–2, 515 Gabriel Iemma 1–6Ram racing17 Alex PopowAvior AirlinesAll23 Juan Pablo SierraEstrella Roja1, 2, 4, 6–9Re Racing13 Diego MenchacaGMI16 Diego FerreiraGobierno de Aragua22 Gerardo NietoGas Express Nieto45 Giancarlo SerenelliPDVSA55 Christopher RamirezKola Loka57 Francisco CerulloJackersTeam CSM7 Martin FuentesEl palacio de los numeros1–29 Oscar Paredes Arroyo1–260 Rudy CamarilloRocacero1–2Urban racing18 David FariasDaewoo
Schedule
The 2011 schedule was presented in February. LATAM ran in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for first time, and returned to Texas for two races. On May 25, LATAM organization announced a change in the third race from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Toluca by the track conditions.
RoundRace titleTrackDate1R1Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, AmozocApril 9R2April 102R1Monterrey Autódromo Monterrey, ApodacaMay 7R2May 83R1Toluca Circuito Centro Dinámico Pegaso, TolucaJune 11R2June 124R1Distrito Federal Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityJuly 2R2July 35R1San Luis Potosí Autódromo Tangamanga II, San Luis PotosíJuly 30R2July 316R1Dallas Eagles Canyon Raceway, DecaturSeptember 10R2September 117R1Houston MSR Houston, Angleton September 17R2September 188R1Querétaro Autódromo de Querétaro, El MarquésOctober 29R2October 309R1Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, AmozocNovember 19R2November 20
Results
Races No.RacePole positionFastest lapWinnerTeam1R1 Puebla Rudy Camarillo Martín Fuentes Martín Fuentes Team CSMR2 Rudy Camarillo Rudy Camarillo Team CSM2R1 Monterrey Rudy Camarillo Rudy Camarillo Rudy Camarillo Team CSMR2 Rudy Camarillo Rudy Camarillo Team CSM3R1 Toluca Gerardo Nieto?? Rudy Camarillo Team CSMR2?? Rudy Camarillo Team CSM4R1 Mexico City David Farias?? Rudy Camarillo Team CSMR2?? Gerardo Nieto Team Re Racing5R1 San Luis Potosí Sebastían Ramírez?? Rudy Camarillo Team CSMR2?? Giancarlo Serenelli Team Re Racing6R1 Dallas Rudy Camarillo Giancarlo Serenelli Giancarlo Serenelli Team Re RacingR2 Giancarlo Serenelli Homero Richards Team Re Racing7R1 Houston Diego Menchaca Giancarlo Serenelli Giancarlo Serenelli Team Re RacingR2 Giancarlo Serenelli Giancarlo Serenelli Team Re Racing8R1 Querétaro Rudy Camarillo?? Giancarlo Serenelli Team Re RacingR2?? Giancarlo Serenelli Team Re Racing
Race summaries
Round 1: Puebla Grand Challenge
Standings RankDriverPUEMTYTOLMEXSLPDALHOUQROPUEPtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21 Rudy Camarillo211111161438421134 2982 Martín Fuentes126410222362294496 2023 Giancarlo Serenelli73731213811511911111 1664 Diego Menchaca44557391561145353117 1325 Francisco Cerullo591072557829373555 1266 Christopher Ramirez9133101174473 26242 1167 Alex Popow 842312732711610 823 1088 Gerardo Nieto35299461 909 David Farias131286663545 7108 8010 Diego Ferreira67913481014 54871069 7411 Juan Pablo Sierra126138 139 67586716 3612 Oscar P. Arroyo810121251011101298106119812 3013 Homero Richards 141371 2814 Hugo Oliveras 10121212 1015 Gabriel Iemma11 1111891481012 11 14 816 Alfonso Celis Jr.101114 910 617 Sebastian Ramírez 118 218 Victor Alfaro 131115131314 15 019 Jorge Cevallos 1216 020 Santiago Tovar 12 021 Sebastian Arriola 119 13 0 Andrés Gutiérrez 10 0 Jose Carlos Sandoval 11 0 References
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