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]

2006 Formula BMW USA season

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2005

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2007

Teams and drivers

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

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

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 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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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