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Giancarlo Serenelli

{{short description|Venezuelan racing driver (born 1981)}}

{{family name hatnote|Serenelli|Pellechia|lang=Spanish}}

{{notability|date=May 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Giancarlo Serenelli

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| nationality = {{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuelan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|7|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caracas (Venezuela)

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| prev series = Indy Lights
GP2 Series
Auto GP World Series
SEAT Leon Supercopa Mexico
LATAM Challenge Series
Formula Renault 2000 de America
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Formula Ford Venezuela

| prev series years = 2013
2012
2012
2011
2008–11
2006–07
2005
2001
1997, 2000, 02

| titles = LATAM Challenge Series
Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela

| title years = 2008, 10–11
2000, 02

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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 he 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 he returned to European competition, signing to race in the Auto GP World Series for Ombra Racing.{{cite news |url=http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0568 |title=Serenelli joins Auto GP with Ombra Racing |work=AutoGP.org |date=13 January 2012 |accessdate=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120031809/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0568 |archivedate=20 January 2012 }} 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.{{cite news|last=O'Leary|first=Jamie|title=Rene Binder replaces Giancarlo Serenelli at Lazarus GP2 team|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102048|date=2012-08-31|accessdate=2012-08-31}}

He 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 10th in points. His best finish was three seventh place finishes in the final three races.

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Races

!Wins

!Poles

!F/Laps

!Podiums

!Points

!Position

1997

|align=left| Formula Ford 1600 Venezuela

|align=left|

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

2000

|align=left| Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela

|align=left|

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

rowspan=2| 2001

|align=left rowspan=2| Formula Renault 2000 Italia

|align=left| Drumel Motorsport

|rowspan=2| 8

|rowspan=2| 0

|rowspan=2| 0

|rowspan=2| 0

|rowspan=2| 0

|rowspan=2| 0

|rowspan=2| NC

align=left| LT Motorsport
rowspan=2| 2002

|align=left| Formula Ford 2000 Venezuela

|align=left|

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

align=left| Formula Renault 2000 Italia

|align=left| Facondini Racing

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

2005

|align=left| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

|align=left| Cram Competition

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 45th

2006

|align=left| Formula Renault 2000 de America

|align=left| R/E Racing

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 14

| 19th

2007

|align=left| Formula Renault 2000 de America

|align=left| R/E Racing

| 9

| 2

| 2

| 1

| 7

| 176

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

2008

|align=left| LATAM Challenge Series

|align=left| R/E Racing

| 16

| 7

| 3

| 4

| 12

| 362

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

2009

|align=left| LATAM Challenge Series

|align=left| R/E Racing

| 18

| 4

| 5

| 6

| 10

| 318

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

2010

|align=left| LATAM Challenge Series

|align=left| R/E Racing

| 18

| 5

| 2

| 6

| 12

| 356

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

rowspan=2| 2011

|align=left| LATAM Challenge Series

|align=left| R/E Racing

| 18

| 7

| 0

| 6

| 10

| 268

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

align=left| Super Copa León México

|align=left| PDVSA

| 16

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 7

| 1285

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

rowspan=2| 2012

|align=left| GP2 Series

|align=left| Venezuela GP Lazarus

| 18

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 33rd

align=left| Auto GP World Series

|align=left| Ombra Racing

| 12

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 34

| 12th

2013

|align=left| Firestone Indy Lights

|align=left| 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! DC

! Points

2005

! nowrap| Cram Competition

|style="background:#;"| ZOL
1
{{small

}

|style="background:#;"| ZOL
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| VAL
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| VAL
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| LMS
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| LMS
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BIL
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BIL
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| OSC
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| OSC
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| DON
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| DON
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| EST
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| EST
2
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MNZ
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| MNZ
2
{{small|Ret}}

! 45th

! 0

|}

=Complete Auto GP World Series results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Pos

! Points

2012

! nowrap| Ombra Racing

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
2
{{small|6}}

| CUR
1

| CUR
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SON
2
{{small|Ret}}

! 12th

! 34

=Complete GP2 Series results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! DC

! Points

2012

! nowrap| Venezuela GP Lazarus

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SEP
FEA
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SEP
SPR
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BHR1
FEA
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BHR1
SPR
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BHR2
FEA
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BHR2
SPR
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
FEA
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| MON
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| VAL
SPR
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| HOC
FEA
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| HOC
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN
FEA
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN
SPR
{{small|22}}

| SPA
FEA

| SPA
SPR

| MNZ
FEA

| MNZ
SPR

| MRN
FEA

| MRN
SPR

! 33rd

! 0

=Indy Lights=

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! Rank

! Points

2013

! nowrap| Belardi Auto Racing

|STP

|ALA

|LBH

|INDY

|MIL

|IOW

|POC

|TOR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOH
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BAL
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|HOU
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|FON
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|10th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|97

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://giancarloserenelli.com/}} {{in lang|es}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|giancarlo-serenelli-pellechia}}

{{Belardi Auto Racing}}

{{LATAM Challenge Series' Champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Serenelli, Giancarlo}}

Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Racing drivers from Caracas

Category:Venezuelan people of Italian descent

Category:Venezuelan racing drivers

Category:Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers

Category:Formula Renault Eurocup drivers

Category:GP2 Series drivers

Category:Indy Lights drivers

Category:Latin America Formula Renault 2000 drivers

Category:Auto GP drivers

Category:Belardi Auto Racing drivers

Category:Team Lazarus drivers

Category:Ombra Racing drivers

Category:LATAM Challenge Series drivers

Category:Cram Competition drivers