2007 Formula BMW USA season explained

The 2007 Formula BMW USA season was the fourth season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The Overall Championship was won by Daniel Morad as Esteban Gutiérrez was the highest classified rookie.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
EuroInternational	4	Yannick Hofman	All
	5	Sebastián Saavedra	1–4
	50	Adrien Tambay	3, 6
	70	Daniel Morad	All
Gelles Racing	6	Matt Ferris	1
	8	Robert Thorne	1
	9	Keenan Schmitke	1
	11	Maxime Pelletier	1
Hearn Motorsports	6	Matt Ferris	4
	12	Eric Morrow	All
	16	Alexander Rossi	1–3
		Bill Goshen	5
		Jordan Lynch	6
Team Autotecnica	7	Esteban Gutiérrez	All
Team Autotecnica	14	Philip Major	All
Team Apex Racing USA	8	Robert Thorne	2–7
	16	Alexander Rossi	4–7
	27	Lindsey Adams	1–3
	66	Felipe Polehtto	1
HBR Motorsport USA	11	Maxime Pelletier	2–7
	34	Ricardo Favoretto	All
	90	Steven Guerrero	All
Team KMA Racing	13	Jeffrey Petriello	1–5
	31	Timothy Hollowell	2–7
	53	Mike Hill	All
	55	Julia Landauer	All
JD Racing	19	Jordan Dick	All
TADD Motorsports	31	Timothy Hollowell	1
Jensen MotorSport		Michael Vincec	2

Races

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Miller Motorsport Park	18 May	nowrap	Esteban Gutiérrez	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	EuroInternational	Jeffrey Petriello
1	R2	Miller Motorsport Park	19 May	Esteban Gutiérrez	Alexander Rossi	nowrap	Esteban Gutiérrez	nowrap	Team Autotecnica	Esteban Gutiérrez
2	R1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	9 June	Esteban Gutiérrez	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	EuroInternational	Esteban Gutiérrez
2	R2	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	10 June	Esteban Gutiérrez	nowrap	Esteban Gutiérrez	Daniel Morad	EuroInternational	nowrap	Esteban Gutiérrez
3	R1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	16 June	Esteban Gutiérrez	nowrap	Sebastián Saavedra	Daniel Morad	EuroInternational	Esteban Gutiérrez
3	R2	17 June	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sebastián Saavedra	Esteban Gutiérrez	Team Autotecnica	Esteban Gutiérrez
4	R1	Lime Rock Park	7 July	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	nowrap	Sebastián Saavedra	EuroInternational	Jeffrey Petriello
4	R2	Lime Rock Park	7 July	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	EuroInternational	Eric Morrow
5	R1	San Jose	28 July	Alexander Rossi	Maxime Pelletier	Alexander Rossi	Team Apex Racing USA	Eric Morrow
5	R2	San Jose	29 July	Esteban Gutiérrez	Daniel Morad	Esteban Gutiérrez	Team Autotecnica	Esteban Gutiérrez
6	R1	Road America	11 August	Philip Major	Esteban Gutiérrez	Alexander Rossi	Team Apex Racing USA	Esteban Gutiérrez
6	R2	Road America	12 August	Esteban Gutiérrez	Adrien Tambay	Esteban Gutiérrez	Team Autotecnica	Esteban Gutiérrez
7	R1	Mosport	nowrap	25 August	Esteban Gutiérrez	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	nowrap	Team Apex Racing USA	Timothy Hollowell
7	R2	Mosport	26 August	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	Daniel Morad	EuroInternational	Esteban Gutiérrez

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	PP
Points	45	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MMP		CGV		IMS		LIM		SJO		ROA		MOS		Pts
1	Daniel Morad	1	2	1	1	1	2	7	1	11†	2	15†	3	4	1	524
2	Esteban Gutiérrez	4	1	2	6	3	1	Ret	17	DSQ	1	2	1	12	2	436
3	Alexander Rossi	3	4	13†	10	4	6	16	3	1	Ret	1	9	1	6	410
4	Maxime Pelletier	17	9	14†	7	2	3	2	5	2	4	16†	14	9	3	382
5	Steven Guerrero	8	3	Ret	9	6	9	3	6	10†	6	5	7	8	5	378
6	Robert Thorne	7	7	5	5	Ret	16†	9	4	3	13	7	5	2	8	367
7	Yannick Hofman	11	11	6	4	10	10	12	7	5	12	9	6	3	7	363
8	Ricardo Favoretto	5	5	DNS	11	16	4	10	12	4	3	4	x16†	7	4	345
9	Jordan Dick	10	8	7	12	7	7	5	8	12†	8	11	13	11	9	332
10	Philip Major	12	18	4	3	Ret	17	8	11	Ret	5	6	4	6	10	298
11	Eric Morrow	18	12	8	Ret	12	13	13	10	6	7	8	10	14†	11	262
12		6	16	3	2	9	5	1	2							258
13	Jeffrey Petriello	2	6	11	8	8	8	4	15	7	DNS					242
14	Timothy Hollowell	14	14	10	13	13	15†	14	14	13†	9	10	12	10	12	242
15	Mike Hill	16	17†	9	16	11	11	11	13	Ret	14†	12	11	13	14†	210
16	Julia Landauer	20†	Ret	Ret	14	14	12	15	16	9	11	14	8	5	13	202
17	Adrien Tambay					5	Ret					3	2			109
18	Lindsey Adams	13	13	12	17	15	14									84
19	Matt Ferris	19†	10					6	9							80
20	Bill Goshen									8	10					48
21	Felipe Polehtto	9	19													28
22	Jordan Lynch											13	15			28
23	Keenan Schmitke	15	15													24
24	Michael Vincec			Ret	15											12
Pos	Driver	MMP		CGV		IMS		LIM		SJO		ROA		MOS		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Formula BMW USA 2007 standings. live. 18 September 2021. www.driverdb.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20140924192241/https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-bmw-usa/2007/ . 2014-09-24 .