2008 Formula BMW Americas season

The 2008 Formula BMW Americas season was the 5th 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.

2008 Formula BMW Americas season
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The championship is 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 are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.
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 5
Alfonso Toldeno 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 2, 4, 7
Atlantic Racing 14 Asad Rahman R 2, 4
66 Oliver Millroy R 2, 7
Team Autotecnica 15 Doru Sechelariu 2
32 William Buller 2
50 Gianmarco Raimondo R All
53 Gabby Chaves 5
70 Ricardo Favoretto 5-7
Integra Motorsports 18 Mihai Marinescu 2
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup

Results and Standings

Races
Round Event Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Monterey Festival of Speed May 17 Alexander Rossi David Ostella Gianmarco Raimondo Team Autotecnia
R2 May 18 Ricardo Favoretto Alexander Rossi Gianmarco Raimondo Team Autotecnia
2 R1 Canadian Grand Prix June 8 Ricardo Favoretto Gianmarco Raimondo Ricardo Favoretto EuroInternational
R2 June 9 Gianmarco Raimondo Mikaël Grenier Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
3 R1 EMCO Gears Classic June 21 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 June 22 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
4 R1 Northeast GP of Lime Rock July 11 Cancelled
R2 July 12 Ricardo Favoretto Alexander Rossi Daniel Juncadella EuroInternational
R3 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
5 R1 Generac 500 Road America August 8 Alexander Rossi Adrien Tambay Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 August 9 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R3 August 10 Mikaël Grenier Gabby Chaves Adrien Tambay Apex-HBR Racing Team
6 R1 Loud Energy Drink 150 September 27 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 September 28 Alexander Rossi Giancarlo Vilarinho Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R3 September 28 Cancelled
7 R1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil November 1 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 November 2 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational

Drivers
  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PP
30 24 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
  • Points are awarded as follows in events where less than 26 cars take the start of the race:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver LAG
1
 LAG
2
 CAN
1
 CAN
2
 MOH
1
 MOH
2
 LRP
1
 LRP
2
 LRP
3
 ROA
1
 ROA
2
 ROA
3
 NJM
1
 NJM
2
 NJM
3
 BRA
1
 BRA
2
 Pts Prize Money
1 Alexander Rossi 10 2 3 1 1 1 C 5 1 1 1 11 1 1 C 1 1 249 $10.800
2 Ricardo Favoretto 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 2 2 8 5 4 7 9 11 4 153 $6.750
3 Gianmarco Raimondo 1 1 2 Ret 7 8 4 3 10 7 Ret 3 6 6 5 134 $6.075
4 Mikaël Grenier 3 8 DSQ 10 6 4 7 4 3 9 2 8 2 3 Ret 128 $5.775
5 Alexandre Ruiz 5 4 Ret 5 4 6 9 9 4 3 3 5 4 9 9 118 $5.475
6 Giancarlo Vilarinho 8 5 7 2 9 3 10 8 5 10 5 2 3 4 Ret 118 $5.250
7 Jorge Goncalvez 6 6 6 4 5 9 8 Ret 6 6 6 6 5 Ret 11 90 $4.200
8 Maxime Pelletier 4 3 DSQ Ret 3 5 3 6 9 11 8 77 $3.600
9 David Ostella 7 9 Ret DSQ 8 7 6 5 11 8 7 4 7 12 8 64 $3.150
10 Felipe Nasr 5 3 25 $1.125
11 Velibor Jovanovic 9 7 9 7 20 $975
11 Alfonso Toledano 9 8 7 7 19 $900
11 Lucas Foresti 10 10 6 $300
11 Corey Dalenberg 12 Ret 9 4 $225
guest drivers ineligible for points
Daniel Juncadella 4 14 C 1 7 C 2 2 0 $0
Adrien Tambay 2 2 1 0 $0
Oliver Millroy Ret 6 8 6 0 $0
Doru Sechelariu 8 3 0 $0
Gabby Chaves 7 4 10 0 $0
Mihai Marinescu 5 15 0 $0
Asad Rahman 10 8 11 Ret 0 $0
William Buller 12 9 0 $0
Pos Driver LAG
1
 LAG
2
 CAN
1
 CAN
2
 MOH
1
 MOH
2
 LRP
1
 LRP
2
 LRP
3
 ROA
1
 ROA
2
 ROA
3
 NJM
1
 NJM
2
 NJM
3
 BRA
1
 BRA
2
 Pts Prize Money
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap
R - Rookie Cup

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References
  1. "Millville round 14 race summary". motorsport.com. 2008-09-28. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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