# 2005 Formula BMW USA season

The 2005 Formula BMW USA season was the second season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. Both the Drivers' Championship and the Rookie Cup were won by Richard Philippe.

## Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.
| Team | No | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Team Autotecnica | 1 | Richard Philippe | R | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Daniel Herrington | | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 12 | Jules Duc | R | 1–6 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 33 | Douglas Boyer | R | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 43 | John Zartarian | R | 1–4 |
| Gelles Racing | 3 | Justin Moon | R | All |
| Gelles Racing | 4 | Ryan Campbell | R | 2–7 |
| Gelles Racing | 5 | Maxime Soulet | | All |
| Gelles Racing | 6 | Darin Marcus | R | 1–6 |
| Gelles Racing | 6 | John Zartarian | R | 7 |
| Gelles Racing | | Ryan Phinny | R | 1 |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 7 | Race Johnson | R | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 8 | James Davison | R | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 9 | Tom Sutherland | | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 10 | Reed Stevens | R | All |
| Atlantic Racing Team | 11 | Adrien Herberts | R | All |
| Atlantic Racing Team | 13 | Tobias Hegewald | | 3–4 |
| Atlantic Racing Team | | Daniel Abbale | | 5–6 |
| Walker Racing | 15 | Jonathan Summerton | | 3–4 |
| Walker Racing | 25 | Paul Rees | | 3 |
| Walker Racing | | Michael Patrizi | | 6 |
| Walker Racing | | Robbie Pecorari | | 4 |
| EuroInternational | 16 | Edoardo Piscopo | R | 2–7 |
| AIM Motorsport | 18 | Rob Bunker | R | All |
| AIM Motorsport | 22 | Kevin Lacroix | R | All |
| Twintooth/BRM Motorsport | 44 | Matt Lee | R | All |
| Team Apex Racing USA | 66 | Robert Wickens | R | All |
| Burseth Racing | 98 | Derek Burseth | | 1–5, 7 |
| DRE Autosport | | Nathan DePagter | R | 1–2, 4 |
| SHD3 with Cinema Concepts | | Scott Harnell | R | 2 |
| Icon | Class |
| R | Rookie Cup |

## Races

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Winning Rookie |
| 1 | R1 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | 30 April | Richard Philippe | Richard Philippe | Kevin Lacroix | AIM Motorsport | Kevin Lacroix |
| 1 | R2 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | 1 May | Richard Philippe | Richard Philippe | Richard Philippe | Team Autotecnica | Richard Philippe |
| 2 | R1 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 21 May | Richard Philippe | Richard Philippe | Kevin Lacroix | AIM Motorsport | Kevin Lacroix |
| 2 | R2 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 22 May | Richard Philippe | Robert Wickens | Richard Philippe | Team Autotecnica | Richard Philippe |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 11 June | Tobias Hegewald | Richard Philippe | Kevin Lacroix | AIM Motorsport | Kevin Lacroix |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 12 June | Tobias Hegewald | Robert Wickens | Robert Wickens | Team Apex Racing USA | Robert Wickens |
| 4 | R1 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 18 June | Jonathan Summerton | James Davison | James Davison | HBR Motorsport USA | James Davison |
| 4 | R2 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 19 June | Jonathan Summerton | James Davison | Richard Philippe | Team Autotecnica | Richard Philippe |
| 5 | R1 | Barber Motorsports Park | 30 July | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | AIM Motorsport | Kevin Lacroix |
| 5 | R2 | Barber Motorsports Park | 31 July | Edoardo Piscopo | Edoardo Piscopo | Edoardo Piscopo | EuroInternational | Edoardo Piscopo |
| 6 | R1 | Denver | 13 August | Richard Philippe | Edoardo Piscopo | Robert Wickens | Team Apex Racing USA | Robert Wickens |
| 6 | R2 | Denver | 14 August | Robert Wickens | Reed Stevens | Edoardo Piscopo | EuroInternational | Edoardo Piscopo |
| 7 | R1 | Road Atlanta | 29 September | Kevin Lacroix | Richard Philippe | Edoardo Piscopo | EuroInternational | Edoardo Piscopo |
| 7 | R2 | Road Atlanta | 30 September | Richard Philippe | Daniel Herrington | Reed Stevens | HBR Motorsport USA | Reed Stevens |

## Standings

Points were awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | LAG | LAG | MOH | MOH | CGV | CGV | IMS | IMS | BAR | BAR | DEN | DEN | ATL | ATL | Pts |
| 1 | Richard Philippe | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 151 |
| 2 | Kevin Lacroix | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 142 |
| 3 | Robert Wickens | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 124 |
| 4 | Reed Stevens | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 110 |
| 5 | Edoardo Piscopo | | | 16 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 12 | DSQ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 108 |
| 6 | James Davison | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | WD | WD | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 104 |
| 7 | Maxime Soulet | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 98 |
| 8 | Rob Bunker | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 41 |
| 9 | Tom Sutherland | 9 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 10 | Race Johnson | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 11 | Justin Moon | 11 | 6 | 14 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 12 | Daniel Herrington | 14 | Ret | 5 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 13 | John Zartarian | 4 | 16 | 4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | | | | | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| 14 | Jonathan Summerton | | | | | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | 22 |
| 15 | Tobias Hegewald | | | | | Ret | 3 | 4 | DSQ | | | | | | | 22 |
| 16 | Matt Lee | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | DSQ | 8 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 17 | Douglas Boyer | 12 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| 18 | Michael Patrizi | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Ret | | | 8 |
| 19 | Adrien Herberts | 16 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 6 | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| 20 | Darin Marcus | 15 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 14 | | | 7 |
| 21 | Paul Rees | | | | | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 22 | Ryan Campbell | 000 | 000 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
| 23 | Derek Burseth | 17 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 19 | | | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| 24 | Ryan Phinny | 13 | 18 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 0 |
| 25 | Jules Duc | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | Ret | 14 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 15 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 26 | Nathan DePagter | 19 | 15 | Ret | 15 | | | 16 | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Daniel Abbale | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 17 | 13 | | | 0 |
| – | Robbie Pecorari | | | | | | | Ret | DSQ | | | | | | | – |
| – | Scott Harnell | | | Ret | WD | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| Pos | Driver | LAG | LAG | MOH | MOH | CGV | CGV | IMS | IMS | BAR | BAR | DEN | DEN | ATL | ATL | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Rookie Cup

| Pos | Driver | LAG | LAG | MOH | MOH | CGV | CGV | IMS | IMS | BAR | BAR | DEN | DEN | ATL | ATL | Pts |
| 1 | Richard Philippe | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 160 |
| 2 | Kevin Lacroix | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 150 |
| 3 | Robert Wickens | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 140 |
| 4 | Reed Stevens | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 124 |
| 5 | James Davison | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | WD | WD | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 117 |
| 6 | Edoardo Piscopo | | | 13 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | DSQ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 116 |
| 7 | Rob Bunker | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 62 |
| 8 | Race Johnson | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 61 |
| 9 | Justin Moon | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 45 |
| 10 | John Zartarian | 3 | 13 | 3 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | | | | | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 11 | Matt Lee | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | DSQ | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 12 | Douglas Boyer | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
| 13 | Tobias Hegewald | | | | | Ret | 3 | 4 | DSQ | | | | | | | 22 |
| 14 | Darin Marcus | 12 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 14 | | | 20 |
| 15 | Adrien Herberts | 13 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 19 |
| 16 | Ryan Campbell | 000 | 000 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 4 |
| 17 | Jules Duc | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | Ret | | | 2 |
| 18 | Ryan Phinny | 11 | 15 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 0 |
| 19 | Nathan DePagter | 15 | 12 | Ret | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Scott Harnell | | | Ret | WD | | | | | | | | | | | – |