# 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.

## 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 |
| Team Autotecnica | 44 | Matt Lee | | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Frankie Muniz | | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 20 | David Farias | | 1–2 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 20 | Alex Navejar | | 3 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 20 | Tom Sutherland | | 4–5 |
| Gelles Racing | 3 | Adrien Herberts | | All |
| Gelles Racing | 4 | Ryan Campbell | | All |
| Gelles Racing | 5 | Sebastián Saavedra | R | All |
| Gelles Racing | 6 | John Zartarian | | All |
| Gelles Racing | 11 | Maxime Pelletier | R | All |
| Gelles Racing | 22 | Joel Jackson | R | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 7 | Steven Guerrero | R | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 8 | Race Johnson | | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 9 | Yannick Hofman | | All |
| HBR Motorsport USA | 10 | Reed Stevens | | All |
| Hearn Motorsports | 12 | Jules Duc | | 1–6 |
| Hearn Motorsports | 16 | Ryan Phinny | | All |
| Hearn Motorsports | 99 | Maryeve Dufault | | 3–4 |
| Hearn Motorsports | 99 | Marco Di Leo | | 7 |
| Atlantic Racing Team | 13 | Tobias Hegewald | | 3–4 |
| Atlantic Racing Team | 49 | Philip Major | | All |
| Haberfeld & Walker Racing | 15 | David Rangel | | 1–5, 7 |
| Haberfeld & Walker Racing | 25 | Marco Santos | | All |
| Team Apex Racing USA | 19 | Jordan Dick | R | All |
| Team Apex Racing USA | 66 | Robert Wickens | | 1–4 |
| American Spirit Grand Prix | 21 | Scott Schroeder | | All |
| EuroInternational | 23 | David Garza | R | All |
| EuroInternational | 50 | Simona de Silvestro | | All |
| EuroInternational | 55 | Stefano Coletti | | 3–4 |
| EuroInternational | 66 | Robert Wickens | | 5–7 |
| AIM Motorsport | 33 | Doug Boyer | | All |
| AIM Motorsport | 70 | Daniel Morad | R | All |
| Icon | Class |
| R | Rookie Cup |

## Races

| Round | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Lime Rock Park | 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 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 |
| 5 | R2 | San Jose | 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 |
| 6 | R2 | Denver | 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 |
| 7 | R2 | Mosport | 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 | MOH | LIM | LIM | CGV | CGV | IMS | IMS | SJO | SJO | DEN | DEN | MOS | 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 | MOH | LIM | LIM | CGV | CGV | IMS | IMS | SJO | SJO | DEN | DEN | MOS | MOS | 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 | MOH | MOH | LIM | LIM | CGV | CGV | IMS | IMS | SJO | SJO | DEN | DEN | MOS | 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 |