2008 Formula BMW Americas season explained

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

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

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

Icon	Class
	Rookie Cup
	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	17 May	Alexander Rossi	David Ostella	nowrap	Gianmarco Raimondo	nowrap	Team Autotecnica
1	R2	18 May	Ricardo Favoretto	Alexander Rossi	Gianmarco Raimondo	Team Autotecnica
2	R1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	8 June	Ricardo Favoretto	nowrap	Gianmarco Raimondo	Ricardo Favoretto	nowrap	EuroInternational
2	R2	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	9 June	nowrap	Gianmarco Raimondo	Mikaël Grenier	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
3	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	21 June	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
3	R2	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	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		12 July	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	nowrap	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
7	R2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	2 November	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational

Standings

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

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		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																5	3	25
11	Velibor Jovanovic	9	7	9	7														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

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

News: Millville round 14 race summary . motorsport.com . 2008-09-28 . 2009-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117032734/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=309486&FS=FBMW . 2008-11-17 . dead .