The 2007 Formula BMW USA season was the fourth season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The Overall Championship was won by Daniel Morad as Esteban Gutiérrez was the highest classified rookie.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Team No Driver Class Rounds EuroInternational 4 Yannick Hofman All 5 Sebastián Saavedra 1–4 50 Adrien Tambay 3, 6 70 Daniel Morad All Gelles Racing 6 Matt Ferris 1 8 Robert Thorne 1 9 Keenan Schmitke 1 11 Maxime Pelletier 1 Hearn Motorsports 6 Matt Ferris 4 12 Eric Morrow All 16 Alexander Rossi 1–3 Bill Goshen 5 Jordan Lynch 6 Team Autotecnica 7 Esteban Gutiérrez All 14 Philip Major All Team Apex Racing USA 8 Robert Thorne 2–7 16 Alexander Rossi 4–7 27 Lindsey Adams 1–3 66 Felipe Polehtto 1 HBR Motorsport USA 11 Maxime Pelletier 2–7 34 Ricardo Favoretto All 90 Steven Guerrero All Team KMA Racing 13 Jeffrey Petriello 1–5 31 Timothy Hollowell 2–7 53 Mike Hill All 55 Julia Landauer All JD Racing 19 Jordan Dick All TADD Motorsports 31 Timothy Hollowell 1 Jensen MotorSport Michael Vincec 2 Icon Class Rookie Cup
Races Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 Miller Motorsport Park 18 May Esteban Gutiérrez Daniel Morad Daniel Morad EuroInternational Jeffrey Petriello R2 19 May Esteban Gutiérrez Alexander Rossi Esteban Gutiérrez Team Autotecnica Esteban Gutiérrez 2 R1 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 9 June Esteban Gutiérrez Daniel Morad Daniel Morad EuroInternational Esteban Gutiérrez R2 10 June Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Daniel Morad EuroInternational Esteban Gutiérrez 3 R1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 16 June Esteban Gutiérrez Sebastián Saavedra Daniel Morad EuroInternational Esteban Gutiérrez R2 17 June Esteban Gutiérrez Sebastián Saavedra Esteban Gutiérrez Team Autotecnica Esteban Gutiérrez 4 R1 Lime Rock Park 7 July Daniel Morad Daniel Morad Sebastián Saavedra EuroInternational Jeffrey Petriello R2 7 July Daniel Morad Daniel Morad Daniel Morad EuroInternational Eric Morrow 5 R1 San Jose 28 July Alexander Rossi Maxime Pelletier Alexander Rossi Team Apex Racing USA Eric Morrow R2 29 July Esteban Gutiérrez Daniel Morad Esteban Gutiérrez Team Autotecnica Esteban Gutiérrez 6 R1 Road America 11 August Philip Major Esteban Gutiérrez Alexander Rossi Team Apex Racing USA Esteban Gutiérrez R2 12 August Esteban Gutiérrez Adrien Tambay Esteban Gutiérrez Team Autotecnica Esteban Gutiérrez 7 R1 Mosport 25 August Esteban Gutiérrez Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Team Apex Racing USA Timothy Hollowell R2 26 August Daniel Morad Daniel Morad Daniel Morad EuroInternational Esteban Gutiérrez
Standings Points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th PP Points 45 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' Championship Pos DriverMMP CGV IMS LIM SJO ROA MOS Pts 1 Daniel Morad 1 2 1 1 1 2 7 1 11† 2 15† 3 4 1 524 2 Esteban Gutiérrez 4 1 2 6 3 1 Ret 17 DSQ 1 2 1 12 2 436 3 Alexander Rossi 3 4 13† 10 4 6 16 3 1 Ret 1 9 1 6 410 4 Maxime Pelletier 17 9 14† 7 2 3 2 5 2 4 16† 14 9 3 382 5 Steven Guerrero 8 3 Ret 9 6 9 3 6 10† 6 5 7 8 5 378 6 Robert Thorne 7 7 5 5 Ret 16† 9 4 3 13 7 5 2 8 367 7 Yannick Hofman 11 11 6 4 10 10 12 7 5 12 9 6 3 7 363 8 Ricardo Favoretto 5 5 DNS 11 16 4 10 12 4 3 4 x16† 7 4 345 9 Jordan Dick 10 8 7 12 7 7 5 8 12† 8 11 13 11 9 332 10 Philip Major 12 18 4 3 Ret 17 8 11 Ret 5 6 4 6 10 298 11 Eric Morrow 18 12 8 Ret 12 13 13 10 6 7 8 10 14† 11 262 12 6 16 3 2 9 5 1 2 258 13 Jeffrey Petriello 2 6 11 8 8 8 4 15 7 DNS 242 14 Timothy Hollowell 14 14 10 13 13 15† 14 14 13† 9 10 12 10 12 242 15 Mike Hill 16 17† 9 16 11 11 11 13 Ret 14† 12 11 13 14† 210 16 Julia Landauer 20† Ret Ret 14 14 12 15 16 9 11 14 8 5 13 202 17 Adrien Tambay 5 Ret 3 2 109 18 Lindsey Adams 13 13 12 17 15 14 84 19 Matt Ferris 19† 10 6 9 80 20 Bill Goshen 8 10 48 21 Felipe Polehtto 9 19 28 22 Jordan Lynch 13 15 28 23 Keenan Schmitke 15 15 24 24 Michael Vincec Ret 15 12 Pos Driver MMP CGV IMS LIM SJO ROA MOS PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
References
External links BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW USA Official Website BMW-Motorsport.com