2008 Formula BMW Americas season

2008 Formula BMW Americas season
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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.

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
Jensen Motorsport	2	Corey Dalenberg		5
Amir Nasr Racing	6	Felipe Nasr	R	7
Amir Nasr Racing	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
Atlantic Racing	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
1	R2	Monterey Festival of Speed	May 18	Ricardo Favoretto	Alexander Rossi	Gianmarco Raimondo	Team Autotecnia
2	R1	Canadian Grand Prix	June 8	Ricardo Favoretto	Gianmarco Raimondo	Ricardo Favoretto	EuroInternational
2	R2	Canadian Grand Prix	June 9	Gianmarco Raimondo	Mikaël Grenier	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
3	R1	EMCO Gears Classic	June 21	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
3	R2	EMCO Gears Classic	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		July 12	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
7	R2	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap
R - Rookie Cup

References

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

External links

Formula BMW

Formula BMW Talent Cup 2011 2012 2013

Formula BMW Asia/Pacific/JK Racing Asia 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Formula BMW Europe 2008 2009 2010

Formula BMW USA/Americas 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Formula BMW World Final 2005 2006 2007 2008

Formula BMW ADAC 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Formula BMW UK 2004 2005 2006 2007

Formula Lista Junior/Formula LO 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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