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.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Team No Driver Class Rounds Team Autotecnica 1 Robert Thorne 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 All 6 John Zartarian All 11 Maxime Pelletier All 22 Joel Jackson All HBR Motorsport USA 7 Steven Guerrero 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 All 66 Robert Wickens 1–4 American Spirit Grand Prix 21 Scott Schroeder All EuroInternational 23 David Garza 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 All Icon Class 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 11
Drivers' Championship Pos DriverMOH 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 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 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 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 0 32 Maryeve Dufault 24 23 25 26 0 Pos Driver MOH LIM CGV IMS SJO DEN MOS PtsBold – PoleItalics – 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 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
External links BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW USA Official Website BMW-Motorsport.com