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 Class Rounds
Canada Jensen Motorsport 2 Serbia Velibor Jovanovic R 1–2
United States Corey Dalenberg 5
Brazil Amir Nasr Racing 6 Brazil Felipe Nasr R 7
12 Brazil Lucas Foresti R 7
United States EuroInternational 7 Brazil Ricardo Favoretto 1–4
France Adrien Tambay G 5
Mexico Alfonso Toledeno 6–7
9 Brazil Giancarlo Vilarinho R All
16 United States Alexander Rossi All
29 Canada David Ostella R All
United States Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 Canada Maxime Pelletier 1-5
17 Canada Mikaël Grenier R All
19 Brazil Alexandre Ruiz R All
20 Venezuela Jorge Gonzalvez All
Italy Euro Junior Team 11 Spain Daniel Juncadella G 2, 4, 7
Canada Atlantic Racing 14 United Arab Emirates Asad Rahman G R 2, 4
66 United Kingdom Oliver Millroy G R 2, 7
Canada Team Autotecnica 15 Romania Doru Sechelariu G 2
32 United Kingdom William Buller G 2
50 Canada Gianmarco Raimondo R All
53 Colombia Gabby Chaves G 5
70 Brazil Ricardo Favoretto 5–7
United States Integra Motorsports 18 Romania Mihai Marinescu G 2
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 United States Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 17 May United States Alexander Rossi Canada David Ostella Canada Gianmarco Raimondo Canada Team Autotecnica
R2 18 May Brazil Ricardo Favoretto United States Alexander Rossi Canada Gianmarco Raimondo Canada Team Autotecnica
2 R1 Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 8 June Brazil Ricardo Favoretto Canada Gianmarco Raimondo Brazil Ricardo Favoretto United States EuroInternational
R2 9 June Canada Gianmarco Raimondo Canada Mikaël Grenier United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
3 R1 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 21 June United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
R2 22 June United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
4 R1 United States Lime Rock Park 11 July Cancelled
R2 12 July Brazil Ricardo Favoretto United States Alexander Rossi Spain Daniel Juncadella United States EuroInternational
R3 United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
5 R1 United States Road America 8 August United States Alexander Rossi France Adrien Tambay United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
R2 9 August United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
R3 10 August Canada Mikaël Grenier Colombia Gabby Chaves France Adrien Tambay United States Apex-HBR Racing Team
6 R1 United States New Jersey Motorsports Park 27 September United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
R2 28 September United States Alexander Rossi Brazil Giancarlo Vilarinho United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
R3 Cancelled
7 R1 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 November United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States EuroInternational
R2 2 November United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi United States 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
United States		 CGV
Canada		 MOH
United States		 LIM
United States		 ROA
United States		 NJM
United States		 INT
Brazil		 Pts
1 United States Alexander Rossi 10 2 3 1 1 1 C 5 1 1 1 11 1 1 C 1 1 250
2 Brazil Ricardo Favoretto 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 C 2 2 8 5 4 7 9 C 11 4 153
3 Canada Gianmarco Raimondo 1 1 2 Ret 7 8 C 4 3 10 7 Ret 3 6 C 6 5 134
4 Canada Mikaël Grenier 3 8 DSQ 10 6 4 C 7 4 3 9 2 8 2 C 3 Ret 126
5 Brazil Alexandre Ruiz 5 4 Ret 5 4 6 C 9 9 4 3 3 5 4 C 9 9 118
6 Brazil Giancarlo Vilarinho 8 5 7 2 9 3 C 10 8 5 10 5 2 3 C 4 Ret 116
7 Venezuela Jorge Goncalvez 6 6 6 4 5 9 C 8 Ret 6 6 6 6 5 C Ret 11 90
8 Canada Maxime Pelletier 4 3 DSQ 11 3 5 C 3 6 9 11 8 77
9 Canada David Ostella 7 9 Ret DSQ 8 7 C 6 5 11 8 7 4 7 C 12 8 64
10 Brazil Felipe Nasr 5 3 25
11 Serbia Velibor Jovanovic 9 7 9 7 20
12 Mexico Alfonso Toledano 9 8 C 7 7 19
13 Brazil Lucas Foresti 10 10 6
14 United States Corey Dalenberg 12 Ret 9 4
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Spain Daniel Juncadella 4 Ret C 1 7 2 2
France Adrien Tambay 2 2 1
United Kingdom Oliver Millroy Ret 6 8 6
Romania Doru Sechelariu 8 3
Colombia Gabby Chaves 7 4 10
Romania Mihai Marinescu 5 Ret
United Arab Emirates Asad Rahman 10 8 C 11 Ret
United Kingdom William Buller 12 9
Pos Driver LAG
United States		 CGV
Canada		 MOH
United States		 LIM
United States		 ROA
United States		 NJM
United States		 INT
Brazil		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

References

  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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