2006 Formula BMW USA season

Last updated October 24, 2025

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]

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
	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
	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
	50	Simona de Silvestro		All
	55	Stefano Coletti		3–4
	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		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		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											0
32	Maryeve Dufault					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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References

↑ "Formula BMW USA - Mosport - Round 14 - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. September 18, 2006. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021.

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[1] "Formula BMW USA - Mosport - Round 14 - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. September 18, 2006. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021.

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