2008 Formula BMW Americas season

The 2008 Formula BMW Americas season was the fifth season of Formula BMW Americas, formerly Formula BMW USA, an open wheel racing series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing.

The championship was mainly raced in USA, the only exceptions are in June for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and in November for the Brazilian Grand Prix, both as a Formula One support race. The series crowned champion Alexander Rossi.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
  Jensen Motorsport 2   Velibor Jovanovic R 1–2
  Corey Dalenberg 5
  Amir Nasr Racing 6   Felipe Nasr R 7
12   Lucas Foresti R 7
  EuroInternational 7   Ricardo Favoretto 1–4
  Adrien Tambay G 5
  Alfonso Toledeno 6–7
9   Giancarlo Vilarinho R All
16   Alexander Rossi All
29   David Ostella R All
  Apex-HBR Racing Team 10   Maxime Pelletier 1-5
17   Mikaël Grenier R All
19   Alexandre Ruiz R All
20   Jorge Gonzalvez All
  Euro Junior Team 11   Daniel Juncadella G 2, 4, 7
  Atlantic Racing 14   Asad Rahman G R 2, 4
66   Oliver Millroy G R 2, 7
  Team Autotecnica 15   Doru Sechelariu G 2
32   William Buller G 2
50   Gianmarco Raimondo R All
53   Gabby Chaves G 5
70   Ricardo Favoretto 5–7
  Integra Motorsports 18   Mihai Marinescu G 2
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 17 May   Alexander Rossi   David Ostella   Gianmarco Raimondo   Team Autotecnica
R2 18 May   Ricardo Favoretto   Alexander Rossi   Gianmarco Raimondo   Team Autotecnica
2 R1   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 8 June   Ricardo Favoretto   Gianmarco Raimondo   Ricardo Favoretto   EuroInternational
R2 9 June   Gianmarco Raimondo   Mikaël Grenier   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
3 R1   Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 21 June   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
R2 22 June   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
4 R1   Lime Rock Park 11 July Cancelled
R2 12 July   Ricardo Favoretto   Alexander Rossi   Daniel Juncadella   EuroInternational
R3   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
5 R1   Road America 8 August   Alexander Rossi   Adrien Tambay   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
R2 9 August   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
R3 10 August   Mikaël Grenier   Gabby Chaves   Adrien Tambay   Apex-HBR Racing Team
6 R1   New Jersey Motorsports Park 27 September   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
R2 28 September   Alexander Rossi   Giancarlo Vilarinho   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
R3 Cancelled
7 R1   Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 November   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational
R2 2 November   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   Alexander Rossi   EuroInternational

Standings

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Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver LAG
 
CGV
 
MOH
 
LIM
 
ROA
 
NJM
 
INT
 
Pts
1   Alexander Rossi 10 2 3 1 1 1 C 5 1 1 1 11 1 1 C 1 1 250
2   Ricardo Favoretto 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 C 2 2 8 5 4 7 9 C 11 4 153
3   Gianmarco Raimondo 1 1 2 Ret 7 8 C 4 3 10 7 Ret 3 6 C 6 5 134
4   Mikaël Grenier 3 8 DSQ 10 6 4 C 7 4 3 9 2 8 2 C 3 Ret 126
5   Alexandre Ruiz 5 4 Ret 5 4 6 C 9 9 4 3 3 5 4 C 9 9 118
6   Giancarlo Vilarinho 8 5 7 2 9 3 C 10 8 5 10 5 2 3 C 4 Ret 116
7   Jorge Goncalvez 6 6 6 4 5 9 C 8 Ret 6 6 6 6 5 C Ret 11 90
8   Maxime Pelletier 4 3 DSQ 11 3 5 C 3 6 9 11 8 77
9   David Ostella 7 9 Ret DSQ 8 7 C 6 5 11 8 7 4 7 C 12 8 64
10   Felipe Nasr 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 5 3 25
11   Velibor Jovanovic 9 7 9 7 000 000 20
12   Alfonso Toledano 9 8 C 7 7 19
13   Lucas Foresti 10 10 6
14   Corey Dalenberg 12 Ret 9 4
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Daniel Juncadella 4 Ret C 1 7 2 2
  Adrien Tambay 2 2 1
  Oliver Millroy Ret 6 8 6
  Doru Sechelariu 8 3
  Gabby Chaves 7 4 10
  Mihai Marinescu 5 Ret
  Asad Rahman 10 8 C 11 Ret
  William Buller 12 9
Pos Driver LAG
 
CGV
 
MOH
 
LIM
 
ROA
 
NJM
 
INT
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ "Millville round 14 race summary". motorsport.com. 2008-09-28. Archived from the original on 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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