2012 LATAM Challenge Series

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2012 LATAM Challenge Series season is the fifth season of LATAM Challenge Series. The season started on April 22 in Guadalajara, and will finish on November 25 in Puebla. There will be nine double events, seven in Mexico and two in United States (both in Texas). The defending champion Giancarlo Serenelli migrated to Auto GP and GP2.

Drivers[edit]

The car will not have changes in this season. The cars were powered by 2019 cm3 L4 Volkswagen FSI Motors. Tatuus chassis are used. Kumho Tires supplies the tires Kumho Ecsta.[1]

Team Tires No. Driver(s) Sponsor(s) Rounds Notes
Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink K 3 Costa Rica André Solano A3 Energy Drink 1–5
20 Costa Rica James Adams 1–2
99 Mexico Daniel Forcadell A3 Energy Drink / Avante 2–3 Forcadell changed his team in the second round.
Mexico Team CSM K 7 Mexico Martín Fuentes Casino Palace 1–5
9 Mexico Oscar Arroyo 1–5
30 Mexico Santiago Creel, Jr. Roca Acero 2–3, 5
Mexico Homero Richards 4
60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo 1–4
Mexico Homero Richards 5
Mexico RE Racing K 2 Mexico Charlie Guerrero Totis 2–4
4 Venezuela Antonio Apicella Mindeporte 1–5
16 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Jackers 1–5
37 Brazil Alan Chanoski Herdez 1–5
39 Mexico Jose Carlos Sandoval 2–5
42 Venezuela Gabriel Iemma PDVSA 1–5
52 Guatemala Sebastián Arriola Guatemala 1–5
63 Venezuela José E. López Constructora VIPA 1–5
Mexico Megaracing K 99 Mexico Daniel Forcadell Avante 1
15 Colombia Juan Camilo Acosta TBA 5

Team changes[edit]

  • A3 Energy Drink entered to series with two Costa Rican drivers, the 2009 champion André Solano and James Adams.[2]

Driver changes[edit]

Leaving LATAM
Mid-season changes
  • Charlie Guerrero, son of the international driver Carlos Guerrero, debuted with RE Racing in the Round 2.[7]

Schedule[edit]

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2012 venues

The 2012 schedule has two main changes; the Guadalajara and Aguascalientes races will be run, while Monterrey was dropped from the calendar.

Round Race Title Track Date Time
Local UTC
1 R1 Guadalajara Mexico Autódromo Guadalajara, Guadalajara April 22 16:28 21:28
R2 April 23 14:16 19:16
2 R3 San Luis Potosí Mexico Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí May 20 14:40 19:40
R5 May 21 13:44 18:44
3 R5 Toluca Mexico Circuito Centro Dinámico Pegaso, Toluca June 10 14:45 19:45
R6 June 11 14:00 19:00
4 R7 Zacatecas Mexico Autódromo Internacional de Zacatecas, Guadalupe June 23 TBA TBA
R8 June 24 TBA TBA
5 R9 Aguascalientes Mexico Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes July 22 TBA TBA
R10 July 23 TBA TBA
6 R11 Distrito Federal Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City September 2 TBA TBA
R12 September 3 TBA TBA
7 R13 Houston United States MSR Houston, Angleton October 14 TBA TBA
R14 October 15 TBA TBA
8 R15 Dallas United States Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur October 21 TBA TBA
R16 October 22 TBA TBA
9 R17 Puebla Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc November 25 TBA TBA
R18 November 26 TBA TBA

Race results[edit]

Race Race Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Team
1 Mexico Guadalajara Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM
2 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing
3 Mexico San Luis Potosí Mexico Rudy Camarillo Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Costa Rica André Solano Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink
4 Mexico Martín Fuentes Mexico Martín Fuentes Mexico Team CSM
5 Mexico Toluca Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM
6 Mexico Juan Carlos Sandoval Mexico RE Racing
7 Mexico Zacatecas Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Costa Rica André Solano Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing
8 Brazil Alan Chanoski Mexico RE Racing
9 Mexico Aguascalientes Costa Rica André Solano Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Costa Rica André Solano Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink
10 Mexico Juan Carlos Sandoval Mexico RE Racing

Race summaries[edit]

Round 1: Guadalajara Grand Challenge[edit]

Autódromo de Guadalajara

The season started in Autódromo Guadalajara. Rudy Camarillo won the first event (37:05.531, 121.05 km/h).[8] In the second lap, Gabriel Iemma and Sebastián Arriola have a crash, both failed to continue the race. Francisco Cerullo finished in second place 2.964 seconds behind. Martín Fuentes in third place, 8.230 seconds behind Camarillo. The second race, the Venezuelan driver Francisco Cerullo took his maiden victory in the series (37:01.820, 121.25 km/h).[9] Cerullo suffered a puncture in the last lap, but he drove to finished ahead by 5 seconds. The podium again was conformed by Camarillo and Fuentes. Camarillo and Cerullo shared the lead of the championship with 52 points.

Race 1
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 2 60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM 31 37:05.532
2 1 16 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing 31 +2.964
3 3 7 Mexico Martín Fuentes Mexico Team CSM 31 +8.230
Race average speed: 121.05 km/h
Lap Chart
Race 2
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 7 16 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing 31 37:01.820
2 8 60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM 31 + 5.220
3 6 7 Mexico Martín Fuentes Mexico Team CSM 31 +21.790
Race average speed: 121.25 km/h
Lap Chart

Round 2: San Luis Potosí Grand Challenge[edit]

San Luis 400 racetrack

The second race took place in the Autódromo San Luis 400 in Tangamanga Park.[10] Rudy Camarillo started in pole position. He took the lead for more than half of the race, but in the final laps was reversed by André Solano (38:39.519, 117.02 km/h), who finished in first place. Martín Fuentes came in third place, for third time in a row. James Adams had a crash with Francisco Cerullo leaving the Adams' car rear suspension broken.[11] Camarillo accumulated 78 points, 8 ahead of Francisco Cerullo, who set the fastest lap. The second race Martín Fuentes took the lead after yellow flag (39:49.352, 109.68 km/h).[12] Camarillo saw reduced his advantage over Cerullo to only 2 points.

Race 1
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 2 3 Costa Rica André Solano Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink 29 38:39.519
2 1 60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM 29 + 0.878
3 4 7 Mexico Martín Fuentes Mexico Team CSM 29 +1.431
Race average speed: 117.02 km/h
Lap Chart
Race 2
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 6 7 Mexico Martín Fuentes Mexico Team CSM 28 39:49.352
2 5 16 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing 28 + 0.832
3 7 60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM 28 +1.963
Race average speed: 109.68 km/h
Lap Chart

Round 3: Toluca Grand Challenge[edit]

CDP racetrack

The third round will be raced in the Circuito Centro Dinámico Pegaso, in Toluca. The Team CSM's driver Rudy Camarillo took the pole with lap record (0:58.965 119.05 km/h). José Carlos Sandoval will start in the front row. Rudy Camarillo won the first race leading all of the race. Juan Carlos Sandoval finished in second place followed by André Solano. Cerullo, the second in the championship, had an accident and lost positions finished in tenth place.[13] In the race two, Martín Fuentes get the reversed pole, led the race until the lap 13. When Fuentes made a mistake, and fell to 7th place. Juan Carlos Sandoval reached the first place and won his first race in the season. Francisco Cerullo finished in second place and André Solano in third. After the third weekend, Rudy Camarillo stays in the top 22 points ahead of Francisco Cerullo.

Race 1
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 1 60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM 34 38:29.271
2 2 39 Mexico Juan Carlos Sandoval Mexico RE Racing 34 +2.561
3 6 3 Costa Rica André Solano Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink 34 +4.714
Race average speed: 103.35 km/h
Lap Chart
Race 2
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 7 39 Mexico Juan Carlos Sandoval Mexico RE Racing 35 35:09.521
2 10 16 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing 35 +3.486
3 6 3 Costa Rica André Solano Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink 35 +26.001
Race average speed: 116.47 km/h
Lap Chart

Round 4: Zacatecas Grand Challenge[edit]

Zacatecas International Racetrack

The fourth round of the season will be in Zacatecas. The 2.04 km of length will be used.[14]

Race 1
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 1 16 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo Mexico RE Racing 41 39:51.114
2 2 3 Costa Rica André Solano Costa Rica A3 Energy Drink 41 +0.271
3 8 60 Mexico Rudy Camarillo Mexico Team CSM 41 +8.203
Race average speed: 125.92 km/h
Lap Chart
Race 2
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Laps Time
1 9 37 Brazil Alan Chanoski Mexico RE Racing 40
2 11 52 Guatemala Sebastián Arriola Mexico RE Racing 40
3 10 4 Venezuela Antonio Apicella Mexico RE Racing 40
Race average speed
Lap Chart


Championship standings[edit]

Rank Driver Mexico
GDL		 Mexico
SLP		 Mexico
TOL		 Mexico
ZAC		 Mexico
OAM		 Mexico
AHR		 United States
MSR		 United States
ECR		 Mexico
PUE		 Pts
1 Venezuela Francisco Cerullo 2 1 4 2 10 2 1 10 3 2 188
2 Costa Rica André Solano 4 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 2 7 1 3 162
3 Mexico Rudy Camarillo 1 2 2 3 1 6 3 12 156
4 Mexico Jose Carlos Sandoval 5 10 2 1 4 8 4 1 120
5 Mexico Martín Fuentes 3 3 3 1 8 4 7 5 11 10 116
6 Brazil Alan Chanoski 10 6 6 5 11 7 9 1 5 5 86
7 Guatemala Sebastián Arriola 9 9 7 4 6 8 11 2 9 6 72
8 Venezuela Antonio Apicella 8 7 Ret 11 4 5 10 3 13 7 62
9 Venezuela Gabriel Iemma Ret 5 11 6 5 9 5 11 6 8 58
10 Mexico Homero Richards 12 9 2 4 38
11 Mexico Oscar Arroyo 6 10 8 9 13 10 6 6 10 9 38
12 Costa Rica James Adams 5 4 Ret 7 30
13 Mexico Charlie Guerrero Ret Ret 7 12 8 4 Ret Ret 9 7 26
14 Mexico Daniel Forcadell 7 11 10 8 9 11 16
15 Venezuela José E. López Ret 8 DNS Ret 12 14 13 13 7 12 12
16 Mexico Santiago Creel, Jr. 9 12 14 13 8 11 10
Colombia Juan Camilo Acosta 12 13 0
References [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

Points are awarded to drivers on the following basis (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 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Bonus points:

  • 2 for Fastest Lap
  • 2 for Pole Position

References[edit]

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