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.

2012 LATAM Challenge Series
Previous:	2011	Next:	2013

Drivers

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	A3 Energy Drink	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	Casino Palace	1–5
		30	Santiago Creel, Jr.	Roca Acero	2–3, 5
		30	Homero Richards		4
		60	Rudy Camarillo		1–4
		60	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	Herdez	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
Megaracing	K	15	Juan Camilo Acosta	TBA	5

Team changes

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

Driver changes

Leaving LATAM

The three times champion, Giancarlo Serenelli, left the series to run in Auto GP World Series and GP2 Series.[3]
Alex Popow left the series to run in Rolex Sports Car Series.[4]
Diego Ferreira moved to Star Mazda Championship.[5]
Diego Menchaca left the series to run in Formula Renault BARC with Fortec Motorsport.[6]

Mid-season changes

Charlie Guerrero, son of the international driver Carlos Guerrero, debuted with RE Racing in the Round 2.[7]

Schedule

México City

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

Race results

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

Race summaries

Round 1: Guadalajara Grand Challenge

Autódromo de Guadalajara

The season started in 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

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

CDP racetrack

The third round will be raced in the 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

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

Rank	Driver	GDL		SLP		TOL		ZAC		OAM		AHR		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

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[2] "Costa Rica se une al LATAM Challenge Series 2012". Sportcar.com. January 13, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

[3] "El Tricampeón del LATAM Challenge Series Powered by Volkswagen, a la Auto GP". Sportcar.com. January 17, 2012. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

[4] "El ex piloto del LATAM Challenge Series Powered by Volkswagen, Alex Popow, saldrá primero en Daytona". Sportcar.com. January 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

[5] "Diego Ferreira da el salto del LATAM Challenge Series Powered by Volkswagen a la Star Mazda". Sportcar.com. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

[6] "Diego Menchaca está listo para correr pistas europeas". Informador.com.mx. April 5, 2012.

[7] "Debuta Carlos Guerrero JR., en el "San Luis Potosí Grand Challenge"". Sportcar.com. May 18, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2012.

[8] "La primera fecha del LATAM F2000 Powered by Volkswagen es para Rudy Camarillo". Sportcar.com. April 21, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2012.

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[11] "André Solano se lleva la de cuadros en San Luis Potosí". Visión Automotriz. May 19, 2012.

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