Giancarlo Serenelli
# Giancarlo Serenelli

Giancarlo "Gato" Serenelli Pellechia (born 10 July 1981 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan racing driver.

## Career

After karting, Serenelli raced in Formula Ford in his native Venezuela, winning his first title in 2000. After racing in the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001, he reclaimed the Formula Ford title in 2002.

In 2007 he finished runner-up in the Formula Renault Panam GP series, with two wins from the nine races. In 2008 he won the LATAM Challenge Series, and after finishing runner-up in 2009 he won the title again in both 2010 and 2011.

In 2012 he returned to European competition, signing to race in the Auto GP World Series for Ombra Racing. He also signed to race in the GP2 Series with new team Venezuela GP Lazarus, where his team-mate was first Fabrizio Crestani and then Sergio Canamasas. After nine rounds of the championship, he was replaced by René Binder.

He signed with Belardi Auto Racing to make his debut in the Firestone Indy Lights series at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August 2013. He continued with the team, competing in the final four races of the season and finished 10th in points. His best finish was three seventh place finishes in the final three races.

## Racing record

### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | Formula Ford 1600 Venezuela | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2nd |
| 2000 | Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
| 2001 | Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Drumel Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2001 | Formula Renault 2000 Italia | LT Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2002 | Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Facondini Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2005 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Cram Competition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45th |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2000 de America | R/E Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2000 de America | R/E Racing | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 176 | 2nd |
| 2008 | LATAM Challenge Series | R/E Racing | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 362 | 1st |
| 2009 | LATAM Challenge Series | R/E Racing | 18 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 318 | 2nd |
| 2010 | LATAM Challenge Series | R/E Racing | 18 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 356 | 1st |
| 2011 | LATAM Challenge Series | R/E Racing | 18 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 268 | 1st |
| 2011 | Super Copa León México | PDVSA | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1285 | 3rd |
| 2012 | GP2 Series | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd |
| 2012 | Auto GP World Series | Ombra Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12th |
| 2013 | Firestone Indy Lights | Belardi Auto Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 10th |

### Complete Auto GP World Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Ombra Racing | MNZ 1 9 | MNZ 2 8 | VAL 1 11 | VAL 2 12 | MAR 1 11 | MAR 2 11 | HUN 1 4 | HUN 2 9 | ALG 1 10 | ALG 2 6 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | SON 1 6 | SON 2 Ret | 12th | 34 |

### Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Venezuela GP Lazarus | SEP FEA 23 | SEP SPR 20 | BHR1 FEA 18 | BHR1 SPR 21 | BHR2 FEA 22 | BHR2 SPR 21 | CAT FEA 25 | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA 22 | MON SPR Ret | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 16 | SIL FEA 19 | SIL SPR 16 | HOC FEA 24 | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA 20 | HUN SPR 22 | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MRN FEA | MRN SPR | 33rd | 0 |

### Indy Lights

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Belardi Auto Racing | STP | ALA | LBH | INDY | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | MDO 11 | BAL 7 | HOU 7 | FON 7 | 10th | 97 |
