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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.
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 |
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 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 |
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 | ||
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| 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 | 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 |
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.
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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.
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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.
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The fourth round of the season will be in Zacatecas. The 2.04 km of length will be used. [14]
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| Rank | Driver | GDL | SLP | TOL | ZAC | OAM | AHR | MSR | ECR | PUE | Pts | |||||||||
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| 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:
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