Preview Of The Formula Bmw Usa Mosport
The 17year old Daniel Morad after taking a 67point lead in the overall standings and qualifying into the final two rounds of the 2007 Formula BMW USA Championship at Motosport International Raceway sponsored by the maker of high quality BMW catalytic converter BMW this coming weekend is hoping to win this years Formula BMW USA title in the presence of his hometown fans.
Morad is a native of Toronto and last years rookie champion. He is having a remarkable season this year standing on the podium nine times of which five of them are on the top step.
Morad is one of the seven drivers who competed in the 15car field at Mosport last year. His experience on the track seems to assure that he will be able to obtain high scores this weekend. He only needs a seventhplace finish in the first race of the weekend to grab the title over this seasons Rookie Champion Esteban Gutierrez from Team Autotecnica which is the only driver with the chance to beat Morad. Gutierrez is also very young aging 16 years old only. He is from Monterey Mexico and has post a record eight poles and secured the Rookie title with his fourth win of the season in Round 12 at Road America.
The other three drivers who could challenge Gutierrez in the Overall points include Alexander Rossi from Team Apex Racing USA and HBR Motorsport Team USA teammates Maxime Pelletier and Steven Guerrero. Rossi is from California and has come on strong in the closing stages of the season winning two of the last four races. He is currently third in Overall points. Meanwhile the secondyear Formula BMW USA drivers Pelletier and Guerrero ranks fourth and fifth respectively were able to obtain four podium finishes and have never finished out of the top10.
Last August 23 2007 was the official test day while the final Formula BMW USA weekend of the 2007 season starts this Friday with practice sessions at 9:3510:00am and 12:551:20pm. Round 13 qualifying is scheduled for 5:155:40pm while Round 14 qualifying will be held at 8:008:25am. Round 13 is on Saturday at 5:00pm. The Round 14 is scheduled the next day Sunday at 1:30 pm.
Here are the Championship points after 12 of 14 races:
1. Daniel Morad EUROINTERNATIONAL 444
2. Esteban Gutierrez Team Autotecnica 377
3. Alexander Rossi Team Apex Racing USA 335
4. Maxime Pelletier HBR Motorsport Team USA 321
5. Steven Guerrero HBR Motorsport Team USA 320
6. Robert Thorne Team Apex Racing USA 301
7. Yannick Hofman EUROINTERNATIONAL 298
8. Jordan Dick JD Racing 288
9. Ricardo Favoretto HBR Motorsport Team USA 283
10. Sebastian Saavedra EUROINTERNATIONAL 258
11. Philip Major Team Autotecnica 246
12. Jeffrey Petriello Team KMA Racing 242
13. Eric Morrow Hearn Motorsports 228
14. Tim Hollowell Team KMA Racing 202
15. Mike Hill Team KMA Racing 180 16. Julia Landauer Team KMA Racing 154
17. Adrien Tambay EUROINTERNATIONAL 109
18. Lindsey Adams Team Apex Racing USA 84
19. Matt Ferris Gelles Racing 80 20. Billy Goshen Hearn Motorsports 48
21. Felipe Polehtto Team Apex Racing USA 28
21. Jordan Lynch Hearn Motorsports 28
22. Keenan Schmitke Gelles Racing 24
23. Michael Vincec Jensen Motorsports 12
Rookies:
1. Esteban Gutierrez 377
2. Ricardo Favoretto 283
3. Jeffrey Petirello Team KMA Racing 242
4. Eric Morrow 228
5. Tim Hollowell 202
6. Adrien Tambay 109
7. Keenan Schmitke 24
7. Michael Vincec Jensen Motorsports 12
About the writer: Evander Klum is a Business Administration graduate who hails from Alabama. He enjoys extreme sports and he is also a car racing fanatic. At present he works as a marketing manager at an advertising agency in Cleveland.
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