Giancarlo Serenelli

Giancarlo "Gato" Serenelli Pellecchia (born 10 July 1981 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan racing driver.

Career After karting, Serenelli raced in Formula Ford in his native Venezuela, winning his first title in 2000. After racing in the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001, he reclaimed the Formula Ford title in 2002.

In 2007, Serenelli finished runner-up in the Formula Renault Panam GP series, with two wins from the nine races. In 2008, he won the LATAM Challenge Series, and after finishing runner-up in 2009 he won the title again in both 2010 and 2011.

In 2012, Serenelli returned to European competition, signing to race in the Auto GP World Series for Ombra Racing. He also signed to race in the GP2 Series with new team Venezuela GP Lazarus, where his team-mate was first Fabrizio Crestani and then Sergio Canamasas. After nine rounds of the championship, he was replaced by René Binder.

Serenelli signed with Belardi Auto Racing to make his debut in the Firestone Indy Lights series at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August 2013. He continued with the team, competing in the final four races of the season and finished tenth in points. His best finish was three seventh-place finishes in the final three races.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 1997 Formula Ford 1600 Venezuela ? ? ? ? ? ? 2nd 2000 Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Drumel Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC LT Motorsport 2002 Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st Formula Renault 2000 Italia Facondini Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 4 0 0 0 0 0 45th 2006 Formula Renault 2000 de America R/E Racing 3 0 0 0 0 14 19th 2007 Formula Renault 2000 de America R/E Racing 9 2 2 1 7 176 2nd 2008 LATAM Challenge Series R/E Racing 16 7 3 4 12 362 1st 2009 LATAM Challenge Series R/E Racing 18 4 5 6 10 318 2nd 2010 LATAM Challenge Series R/E Racing 18 5 2 6 12 356 1st 2011 LATAM Challenge Series R/E Racing 18 7 0 6 10 268 1st Super Copa León México PDVSA 16 2 1 1 7 1285 3rd 2012 GP2 Series Venezuela GP Lazarus 18 0 0 0 0 0 33rd Auto GP World Series Ombra Racing 12 0 0 0 0 34 12th2013 Firestone Indy Lights Belardi Auto Racing 4 0 0 0 0 97 10th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2005 Cram Competition ZOL1 ZOL2 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 45th 0

Complete Auto GP World Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2012 Ombra Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 ALG1 ALG2 CUR1 CUR2 SON1 SON2 12th 34

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)