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2012 LATAM Challenge Series

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
  A3 Energy Drink K 3   André Solano A3 Energy Drink 1–5
20   James Adams 1–2
99   Daniel Forcadell A3 Energy Drink / Avante 2–3 Forcadell changed his team in the second round.
  Team CSM K 7   Martín Fuentes Casino Palace 1–5
9   Oscar Arroyo 1–5
30   Santiago Creel, Jr. Roca Acero 2–3, 5
  Homero Richards 4
60   Rudy Camarillo 1–4
  Homero Richards 5
  RE Racing K 2   Charlie Guerrero Totis 2–4
4   Antonio Apicella Mindeporte 1–5
16   Francisco Cerullo Jackers 1–5
37   Alan Chanoski Herdez 1–5
39   Jose Carlos Sandoval 2–5
42   Gabriel Iemma PDVSA 1–5
52   Sebastián Arriola Guatemala 1–5
63   José E. López Constructora VIPA 1–5
  Megaracing K 99   Daniel Forcadell Avante 1
15   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   Autódromo Guadalajara, Guadalajara April 22 16:28 21:28
R2 April 23 14:16 19:16
2 R3 San Luis Potosí   Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí May 20 14:40 19:40
R5 May 21 13:44 18:44
3 R5 Toluca   Circuito Centro Dinámico Pegaso, Toluca June 10 14:45 19:45
R6 June 11 14:00 19:00
4 R7 Zacatecas   Autódromo Internacional de Zacatecas, Guadalupe June 23 TBA TBA
R8 June 24 TBA TBA
5 R9 Aguascalientes   Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes July 22 TBA TBA
R10 July 23 TBA TBA
6 R11 Distrito Federal   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City September 2 TBA TBA
R12 September 3 TBA TBA
7 R13 Houston   MSR Houston, Angleton October 14 TBA TBA
R14 October 15 TBA TBA
8 R15 Dallas   Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur October 21 TBA TBA
R16 October 22 TBA TBA
9 R17 Puebla   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   Guadalajara   Francisco Cerullo   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
2   Francisco Cerullo   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing
3   San Luis Potosí   Rudy Camarillo   Francisco Cerullo   André Solano   A3 Energy Drink
4   Martín Fuentes   Martín Fuentes   Team CSM
5   Toluca   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM
6   Juan Carlos Sandoval   RE Racing
7   Zacatecas   Francisco Cerullo   André Solano   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing
8   Alan Chanoski   RE Racing
9   Aguascalientes   André Solano   Francisco Cerullo   André Solano   A3 Energy Drink
10   Juan Carlos Sandoval   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   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM 31 37:05.532
2 1 16   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing 31 +2.964
3 3 7   Martín Fuentes   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   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing 31 37:01.820
2 8 60   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM 31 + 5.220
3 6 7   Martín Fuentes   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   André Solano   A3 Energy Drink 29 38:39.519
2 1 60   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM 29 + 0.878
3 4 7   Martín Fuentes   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   Martín Fuentes   Team CSM 28 39:49.352
2 5 16   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing 28 + 0.832
3 7 60   Rudy Camarillo   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   Rudy Camarillo   Team CSM 34 38:29.271
2 2 39   Juan Carlos Sandoval   RE Racing 34 +2.561
3 6 3   André Solano   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   Juan Carlos Sandoval   RE Racing 35 35:09.521
2 10 16   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing 35 +3.486
3 6 3   André Solano   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   Francisco Cerullo   RE Racing 41 39:51.114
2 2 3   André Solano   A3 Energy Drink 41 +0.271
3 8 60   Rudy Camarillo   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   Alan Chanoski   RE Racing 40
2 11 52   Sebastián Arriola   RE Racing 40
3 10 4   Antonio Apicella   RE Racing 40
Race average speed
Lap Chart


Championship standings edit

Rank Driver  
GDL		  
SLP		  
TOL		  
ZAC		  
OAM		  
AHR		  
MSR		  
ECR		  
PUE		 Pts
1   Francisco Cerullo 2 1 4 2 10 2 1 10 3 2 188
2   André Solano 4 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 2 7 1 3 162
3   Rudy Camarillo 1 2 2 3 1 6 3 12 156
4   Jose Carlos Sandoval 5 10 2 1 4 8 4 1 120
5   Martín Fuentes 3 3 3 1 8 4 7 5 11 10 116
6   Alan Chanoski 10 6 6 5 11 7 9 1 5 5 86
7   Sebastián Arriola 9 9 7 4 6 8 11 2 9 6 72
8   Antonio Apicella 8 7 Ret 11 4 5 10 3 13 7 62
9   Gabriel Iemma Ret 5 11 6 5 9 5 11 6 8 58
10   Homero Richards 12 9 2 4 38
11   Oscar Arroyo 6 10 8 9 13 10 6 6 10 9 38
12   James Adams 5 4 Ret 7 30
13   Charlie Guerrero Ret Ret 7 12 8 4 Ret Ret 9 7 26
14   Daniel Forcadell 7 11 10 8 9 11 16
15   José E. López Ret 8 DNS Ret 12 14 13 13 7 12 12
16   Santiago Creel, Jr. 9 12 14 13 8 11 10
  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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