2011 LATAM Challenge Series
# 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. He also runs in Super Copa Telcel.

## Cars

For this season the cars were powered by 2019 $cm^3$ L4 Volkswagen FSI Motors. Tatuus chassis are used. Kumho Tires supplies the tires.

## Drivers

| Team | Tires | No. | Driver(s) | Sponsor(s) | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Megaracing | K | 11 | Alfonso Celis Jr. | | 1–2, 5 |
| Megaracing | K | 15 | Gabriel Iemma | | 1–6 |
| Ram racing | K | 17 | Alex Popow | Avior Airlines | All |
| Ram racing | K | 23 | Juan Pablo Sierra | Estrella Roja | 1, 2, 4, 6–9 |
| Re Racing | K | 13 | Diego Menchaca | GMI | |
| Re Racing | K | 16 | Diego Ferreira | Gobierno de Aragua | |
| Re Racing | K | 22 | Gerardo Nieto | Gas Express Nieto | |
| Re Racing | K | 45 | Giancarlo Serenelli | PDVSA | |
| Re Racing | K | 55 | Christopher Ramirez | Kola Loka | |
| Re Racing | K | 57 | Francisco Cerullo | Jackers | |
| Team CSM | K | 7 | Martin Fuentes | El palacio de los numeros | 1–2 |
| Team CSM | K | 9 | Oscar Paredes Arroyo | El palacio de los numeros | 1–2 |
| Team CSM | K | 60 | Rudy Camarillo | Rocacero | 1–2 |
| Urban racing | K | 18 | David Farias | Daewoo | |

## Schedule

The 2011 schedule was presented in February. LATAM will run in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for first time, and return to Texas for two races. On May 25, LATAM organization announces a change in the third race from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Toluca by the track conditions.

| Round | Round | Race Title | Track | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Puebla | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc | April 9 |
| 1 | R2 | Puebla | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc | April 10 |
| 2 | R1 | Monterrey | Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca | May 7 |
| 2 | R2 | Monterrey | Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca | May 8 |
| 3 | R1 | Toluca | Centro Dinámico Pegaso, Toluca | June 11 |
| 3 | R2 | Toluca | Centro Dinámico Pegaso, Toluca | June 12 |
| 4 | R1 | Distrito Federal | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | July 2 |
| 4 | R2 | Distrito Federal | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | July 3 |
| 5 | R1 | San Luis Potosí | Autódromo Tangamanga II, San Luis Potosí | July 30 |
| 5 | R2 | San Luis Potosí | Autódromo Tangamanga II, San Luis Potosí | July 31 |
| 6 | R1 | Dallas | Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur | September 10 |
| 6 | R2 | Dallas | Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur | September 11 |
| 7 | R1 | Houston | MSR Houston, Angleton | September 17 |
| 7 | R2 | Houston | MSR Houston, Angleton | September 18 |
| 8 | R1 | Querétaro | Autódromo de Querétaro, El Marqués | October 29 |
| 8 | R2 | Querétaro | Autódromo de Querétaro, El Marqués | October 30 |
| 9 | R1 | Puebla | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc | November 19 |
| 9 | R2 | Puebla | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc | November 20 |

## Results

### Races

| No. | No. | Race | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Puebla | Rudy Camarillo | Martín Fuentes | Martín Fuentes | Team CSM |
| 1 | R2 | Puebla | | Rudy Camarillo | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 2 | R1 | Monterrey | Rudy Camarillo | Rudy Camarillo | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 2 | R2 | Monterrey | | Rudy Camarillo | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 3 | R1 | Toluca | Gerardo Nieto | ?? | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 3 | R2 | Toluca | | ?? | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 4 | R1 | Mexico City | David Farias | ?? | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 4 | R2 | Mexico City | | ?? | Gerardo Nieto | Team Re Racing |
| 5 | R1 | San Luis Potosí | Sebastían Ramírez | ?? | Rudy Camarillo | Team CSM |
| 5 | R2 | San Luis Potosí | | ?? | Giancarlo Serenelli | Team Re Racing |
| 6 | R1 | Dallas | Rudy Camarillo | Giancarlo Serenelli | Giancarlo Serenelli | Team Re Racing |
| 6 | R2 | Dallas | | Giancarlo Serenelli | Homero Richards | Team Re Racing |
| 7 | R1 | Houston | Diego Menchaca | Giancarlo Serenelli | Giancarlo Serenelli | Team Re Racing |
| 7 | R2 | Houston | | Giancarlo Serenelli | Giancarlo Serenelli | Team Re Racing |
| 8 | R1 | Querétaro | Rudy Camarillo | ?? | Giancarlo Serenelli | Team Re Racing |
| 8 | R2 | Querétaro | | ?? | Giancarlo Serenelli | Team Re Racing |

## Race summaries

### Round 1: Puebla Grand Challenge

| Lap Chart Race 1 | Lap Chart Race 2 |
| - | - |

## Standings

| Rank | Driver | PUE | PUE | MTY | MTY | TOL | TOL | MEX | MEX | SLP | SLP | DAL | DAL | HOU | HOU | QRO | QRO | PUE | PUE | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| 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 | 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
