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]
Results
Races
Race summaries
Round 1: Puebla Grand Challenge
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
^ "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 .