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FORMULA BMW AMERICAS EXPANDS 2008 CHAMPIONSHIP TO 17 ROUNDS WITH THE ADDITION OF THREE RACES
Fri Jun 20 17:00:00 CEST 2008 Press Release
Formula BMW Americas announced today that it has expanded the 2008 championship to 17 races with the scheduling of three additional races. An additional race will be held at Lime Rock Park during the rounds held at the Northeast Grand Prix, July 11-12. A third round will also be conducted at Road America during the Generac 500, August 7-10. The schedule at New Jersey Motorsport Park will also include a third race as part of the on-track activities at the Thunderbolt 150, September 27 - 28. With the addition of these three races, the series is now on par with the Formula BMW Europe and Pacific series in the number of rounds held this season. This will provide Formula BMW Americas drivers with similar preparation for the Formula BMW World Final as other Formula BMW participants around the world.
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Formula BMW Americas announced today that it has expanded the 2008
championship to 17 races with the scheduling of three additional races. An
additional race will be held at Lime Rock Park during the rounds held at the
Northeast Grand Prix, July 11-12. A third round will also be conducted at Road
America during the Generac 500, August 7-10. The schedule at New Jersey
Motorsport Park will also include a third race as part of the on-track
activities at
the Thunderbolt 150, September 27 - 28. With the addition of these three
races, the series is now on par with the Formula BMW Europe and Pacific series
in the number of rounds held this season. This will provide Formula BMW
Americas drivers with similar preparation for the Formula BMW World Final as
other Formula BMW participants around the world.
True to the goal of Formula BMW of maximizing on-track experience in the most
cost-effective way, the addition of these races to existing events, as done in
the
Formula BMW Pacific series, will provide competitors in the Formula BMW
Americas series with more wheel-to-wheel racing experience this season
without having to travel to additional race venues.
With the addition of these races, the full 2008 Formula BMW Americas schedule
is now as follows:
18th May Festival of Speed Laguna Seca 1 &
2
8th June GP Canada
Montreal 3 & 4
22nd June EMCO Gears Classic
Mid-Ohio 5 & 6
12th July Northeast Grand Prix Lime Rock
Park 7, 8 & 9
10th August Generac 500 Road
America 10,11 & 12
28th September ARCA Thunderbolt Raceway
13,14 & 15
2nd November GP Brazil
Interlagos 16 & 17
Licensing courses for the 2009 season are scheduled for July 28-29 and August
4-5. They will be held at the Formula BMW Racing Center at the Circuit de la
Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, in Valencia, Spain. Applications are now
available at www.formulabmwusa.com.
Background:
Formula BMW is the world's leading entry-level series in formula racing. In 2008
the three Formula BMW series - Formula BMW Europe, Formula BMW Pacific
and Formula BMW Americas - will be held in the key motor sport markets of
Europe, pan-Asia and North and South America. The end of the year will see the
Formula BMW World Final staged for the fourth time. The winner will be granted
the opportunity of a test drive with the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Formula BMW
will be held on the undercard of Formula One on 12 occasions. The series gives
young racing talents the chance to enter professional motor sport in a safe
racing car - the Formula BMW FB02.
The FB02 has been in use since season 2002. It is powered by a 140 hp BMW
engine that takes it to a top speed of up to 230 km/h. It ranks among the safest
vehicles in its category and exceeds the FIA safety regulations that govern this
class of car. Innovations such as the FORS (Formula Rescue Seat) were
developed by BMW Motorsport specifically for Formula BMW. Following
Formula One, Formula BMW was the first single-seater series outside the US in
which the HANS system was made mandatory.
Formula BMW drivers have the opportunity to take part in an Education and
Coaching Programme that runs parallel with the racing season. The program
includes driver coaching at the races by professional race drivers, attending a
Formula One test, fitness courses, tuition in driving technique and strategy, as
well as seminars on sponsoring and sport management.
Among the 20 team drivers in this season's Formula One, there are now four
Formula BMW graduates: Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Sebastian Vettel and Timo
Glock. The test and reserve drivers add three more to the tally, namely
Christian
Klien, Sebastien Buemi and Nicolas Hülkenberg.
In the words of BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen: "With our worldwide
Formula BMW concept, we offer drivers and teams a platform which, in this
format, is unprecedented in a junior series and which allows them to benefit
from
our Formula One involvement. Through Formula BMW the drivers are equipped
with the tools they need to assert themselves successfully in the world of
professional motor racing."
Note to editors:
Information and copyright free Formula BMW images for press purposes will be
available at the BMW Motorsport Press Club, www.press.bmw-motorsport.com
(no registration is required).
Press Contact: Press Officer Bill Cobb, Tel. +1215.295.3115, +215.431.7223
mobile, E-Mail: bill.cobb@partner.formulabmw.com.