The 2012 Panam GP Series season is the revival of

Panam GP Series The Panam GP Series is the replacement of the Mexican Formula Three Championship. In 2002 began as Mexican Formula Renault, but in 2005 started an internationalization process in Central America and North of South America. In 2008, the series fe ...

. This series takes their format of the defunct

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with Latin American national teams. Panam GP Series has the approval of

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and

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. The car will be the same used in the

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Cars

The car is a

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with a 1.4 L Turbo

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engine.

Teams

Latin American teams have been invited to participate.

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

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have confirmed theirs participation.

Race calendar and results

The schedule consists of seven races in North, Central and South America.

Report

Previous to first race, a test was conducted in the

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a motorsport race track in Mexico City, Mexico, named after the racing drivers Ricardo (1942–1962) and Pedro Rodríguez (1940–1971). The circuit got its name shortly after it opened when Ricardo Rodr� ...

. Gerado Nieto was the fastest driver clocked 1:19.145 in the 4 km course (181.94 km/h). Rodolfo Camarillo had the second fastest time in 1:19.183, and the

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driver, Hugo Oliveras, clocked 1:19.341.

Round 1: Mexico

The season began in

. Hugo Oliveras set the fastest time in the qualifying session. The

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ian driver,

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, was the second fastest. In the first race Merchán took the lead in the first lap, but Oliveras recovered the first place in the second lap for win the race (27:42.000, 173.8 km/h). Merchán came in second place.

Homero Richards Homero Richards (born June 8, 1976) is a Mexican race car driver from Mexico City. Richards won back-to-back championships in the Panam GP Series (Latin American Formula Renault championship), in 2004 and 2005. He made his first and only Champ C ...

and Francisco Cerullo fight for the third place, being the winner Richards. The second race was started with reverse grid, Luis Carlos Martínez in the pole, but Gerardo Nieto became the leader in the first lap to win the race (26:24.751, 181.73 km/h). Francisco Cerullo never can reach to Nieto, and finished in second place. Javier Amado, Homero Richards and Hugo Oliveras fought for the third place, finally Oliveras won the position.

Round 2: Guatemala

The second round was carried out in Guatemala. The first race was won by the local driver Andrés Saravia. Saravia had taken the pole in the qualification, and dominated all of the race. The second race was won by Gerardo Nieto, who took his second victory, and the lead of the championship.

Cars

Teams

Race calendar and results

Report

Round 1: Mexico

Round 2: Guatemala

Standings

Drivers'

Nations' Cup

References

External links