2006 Formula BMW USA season

The 2006 Formula BMW USA season was the third season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The Overall Championship was won by Robert Wickens as the Rookie Cup was won by Daniel Morad.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
  Team Autotecnica 1   Robert Thorne R All
44   Matt Lee All
  Jensen MotorSport 2   Frankie Muniz All
20   David Farias 1–2
  Alex Navejar 3
  Tom Sutherland 4–5
  Gelles Racing 3   Adrien Herberts All
4   Ryan Campbell All
5   Sebastián Saavedra R All
6   John Zartarian All
11   Maxime Pelletier R All
22   Joel Jackson R All
  HBR Motorsport USA 7   Steven Guerrero R All
8   Race Johnson All
9   Yannick Hofman All
10   Reed Stevens All
  Hearn Motorsports 12   Jules Duc 1–6
16   Ryan Phinny All
99   Maryeve Dufault 3–4
  Marco Di Leo 7
  Atlantic Racing Team 13   Tobias Hegewald 3–4
49   Philip Major All
  Haberfeld & Walker Racing 15   David Rangel 1–5, 7
25   Marco Santos All
  Team Apex Racing USA 19   Jordan Dick R All
66   Robert Wickens 1–4
  American Spirit Grand Prix 21   Scott Schroeder All
  EuroInternational 23   David Garza R All
50   Simona de Silvestro All
55   Stefano Coletti 3–4
66   Robert Wickens 5–7
  AIM Motorsport 33   Doug Boyer All
70   Daniel Morad R All
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup

Races

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1   Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 20 May   David Garza   Simona de Silvestro   Reed Stevens   HBR Motorsport USA   David Garza
R2 21 May   David Garza   John Zartarian   Daniel Morad   AIM Motorsport   Daniel Morad
2 R1   Lime Rock Park 27 May   Daniel Morad   Daniel Morad   Robert Wickens   Team Apex Racing USA   Sebastián Saavedra
R2 29 May   Matt Lee   Sebastián Saavedra   Simona de Silvestro   EuroInternational   Daniel Morad
3 R1   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 24 June   Stefano Coletti   Simona de Silvestro   Stefano Coletti   EuroInternational   Daniel Morad
R2 25 June   Stefano Coletti   Stefano Coletti   Stefano Coletti   EuroInternational   Maxime Pelletier
4 R1   Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 July   Matt Lee   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens   Team Apex Racing USA   Sebastián Saavedra
R2 2 July   Matt Lee   Stefano Coletti   Stefano Coletti   EuroInternational   Sebastián Saavedra
5 R1   San Jose 29 July   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens   Reed Stevens   HBR Motorsport USA   David Garza
R2 30 July   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens   Team Apex Racing USA   Daniel Morad
6 R1   Denver 12 August   Matt Lee   Matt Lee   Matt Lee   Team Autotecnica   Daniel Morad
R2 13 August   Matt Lee   Ryan Phinny   Reed Stevens   HBR Motorsport USA   Daniel Morad
7 R1   Mosport 2 September   Race Johnson   Matt Lee   Reed Stevens   HBR Motorsport USA   Daniel Morad
R2 3 September   Robert Wickens   Matt Lee   Matt Lee   Team Autotecnica   Robert Thorne

Standings

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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

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Pos Driver MOH
 
LIM
 
CGV
 
IMS
 
SJO
 
DEN
 
MOS
 
Pts
1   Robert Wickens 2 18 1 7 3 9 1 2 17 1 4 3 4 6 149
2   Matt Lee 24 20 7 2 2 2 4 4 11 2 1 9 3 1 143
3   Reed Stevens 1 24 3 12 5 16 DNS 27 1 3 2 1 1 2 142
4   Simona de Silvestro 4 25 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 4 21 6 2 10 133
5   Stefano Coletti 1 1 2 1 77
6   Daniel Morad 14 1 24 3 6 26 13 13 24 5 5 4 6 9 72
7   John Zartarian 8 2 16 4 9 27 18 18 6 6 3 7 5 8 69
8   Race Johnson 6 7 6 6 8 25 27 16 5 8 8 11 20 4 47
9   David Garza 3 8 5 17 21 15 12 10 3 9 10 8 14 25 44
10   Ryan Phinny 13 12 12 20 DSQ 5 6 6 10 22 6 2 10 11 43
11   Sebastián Saavedra 9 5 4 10 14 29 8 9 16 23 7 5 9 23 40
12   Adrien Herberts 7 3 18 9 26 12 17 24 25 12 20 10 13 3 31
13   Tom Sutherland 7 15 2 7 23
14   Tobias Hegewald 10 6 5 5 23
15   Doug Boyer 5 22 14 14 25 4 DNS 25 8 24 23 12 12 21 21
16   Maxime Pelletier 10 11 8 5 13 11 14 12 7 11 14 16 21 7 20
17   Ryan Campbell 11 4 13 13 7 28 15 14 19 10 12 14 25 15 15
18   Robert Thorne 12 9 9 15 DSQ 18 19 23 21 25 9 17 23 5 14
19   Scott Schroeder 18 6 11 24 15 13 10 8 9 19 16 20 15 24 12
20   Yannick Hofman 21 14 25 23 17 7 22 7 22 14 13 13 11 18 8
21   Philip Major 16 21 19 11 12 8 9 11 23 16 11 15 24 22 5
22   Jordan Dick 19 10 10 8 11 24 26 17 12 20 22 24 16 12 5
23   Marco Di Leo 7 14 4
24   Steven Guerrero 22 23 15 19 19 14 11 28 13 15 24 18 8 16 3
25   Alex Navejar 18 10 1
26   Joel Jackson 25 DNS 22 16 16 21 21 29 14 13 18 19 22 17 0
27   David Rangel 26 15 23 25 22 19 23 20 26 26 18 13 0
28   Jules Duc 17 13 DSQ 21 23 20 20 22 18 18 19 23 0
29   Marco Santos 15 19 21 22 20 17 24 21 15 17 15 21 19 20 0
30   Frankie Muniz 20 17 20 18 DSQ 22 16 19 20 21 17 22 17 19 0
31   David Farias 23 16 17 DNS 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 0
32   Maryeve Dufault 000 000 000 000 24 23 25 26 0
Pos Driver MOH
 
LIM
 
CGV
 
IMS
 
SJO
 
DEN
 
MOS
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

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Pos Driver MOH
 
LIM
 
CGV
 
IMS
 
SJO
 
DEN
 
MOS
 
Pts
1   Daniel Morad 5 1 8 1 1 7 4 4 8 1 1 1 1 3 189
2   Sebastián Saavedra 2 2 1 4 4 NC 1 1 6 7 2 2 3 7 166
3   Maxime Pelletier 3 6 3 2 3 1 5 3 2 3 5 4 6 2 163
4   David Garza 1 3 2 7 7 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 NC 161
5   Robert Thorne 4 4 4 5 DSQ 4 6 6 7 NC 3 5 NC 1 104
6   Jordan Dick 6 5 5 3 2 6 NC 5 3 6 7 NC 5 4 103
7   Steven Guerrero 7 NC 6 8 6 2 2 NC 4 5 NC 6 2 5 96
8   Joel Jackson 8 DNS 7 6 5 5 7 NC 5 4 6 7 7 6 71

References

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  1. ^ "Formula BMW USA - Mosport - Round 14 - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. 18 September 2006. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021.
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