The 2008 Formula BMW Americas season was the fifth season of Formula BMW Americas, formerly Formula BMW USA, an open wheel racing series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing.

The championship was mainly raced in USA, the only exceptions are in June for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and in November for the Brazilian Grand Prix, both as a Formula One support race. The series crowned champion Alexander Rossi.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds Jensen Motorsport 2 Velibor Jovanovic R 1–2 Corey Dalenberg 5 Amir Nasr Racing 6 Felipe Nasr R 7 12 Lucas Foresti R 7 EuroInternational 7 Ricardo Favoretto 1–4 Adrien Tambay G 5 Alfonso Toledeno 6–7 9 Giancarlo Vilarinho R All 16 Alexander Rossi All 29 David Ostella R All Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 Maxime Pelletier 1-5 17 Mikaël Grenier R All 19 Alexandre Ruiz R All 20 Jorge Gonzalvez All Euro Junior Team 11 Daniel Juncadella G 2, 4, 7 Atlantic Racing 14 Asad Rahman G R 2, 4 66 Oliver Millroy G R 2, 7 Team Autotecnica 15 Doru Sechelariu G 2 32 William Buller G 2 50 Gianmarco Raimondo R All 53 Gabby Chaves G 5 70 Ricardo Favoretto 5–7 Integra Motorsports 18 Mihai Marinescu G 2

Icon Class R Rookie Cup G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	17 May	Alexander Rossi	David Ostella	Gianmarco Raimondo	Team Autotecnica
	R2		18 May	Ricardo Favoretto	Alexander Rossi	Gianmarco Raimondo	Team Autotecnica
2	R1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	8 June	Ricardo Favoretto	Gianmarco Raimondo	Ricardo Favoretto	EuroInternational
	R2		9 June	Gianmarco Raimondo	Mikaël Grenier	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
3	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	21 June	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
	R2		22 June	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
4	R1	Lime Rock Park	11 July	Cancelled
	R2		12 July	Ricardo Favoretto	Alexander Rossi	Daniel Juncadella	EuroInternational
	R3			Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
5	R1	Road America	8 August	Alexander Rossi	Adrien Tambay	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
	R2		9 August	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
	R3		10 August	Mikaël Grenier	Gabby Chaves	Adrien Tambay	Apex-HBR Racing Team
6	R1	New Jersey Motorsports Park	27 September	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
	R2		28 September	Alexander Rossi	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
	R3			Cancelled
7	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	1 November	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational
	R2		2 November	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	EuroInternational

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver LAG CGV MOH LIM ROA NJM INT Pts 1 Alexander Rossi 10 2 3 1 1 1 C 5 1 1 1 11 1 1 C 1 1 250 2 Ricardo Favoretto 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 C 2 2 8 5 4 7 9 C 11 4 153 3 Gianmarco Raimondo 1 1 2 Ret 7 8 C 4 3 10 7 Ret 3 6 C 6 5 134 4 Mikaël Grenier 3 8 DSQ 10 6 4 C 7 4 3 9 2 8 2 C 3 Ret 126 5 Alexandre Ruiz 5 4 Ret 5 4 6 C 9 9 4 3 3 5 4 C 9 9 118 6 Giancarlo Vilarinho 8 5 7 2 9 3 C 10 8 5 10 5 2 3 C 4 Ret 116 7 Jorge Goncalvez 6 6 6 4 5 9 C 8 Ret 6 6 6 6 5 C Ret 11 90 8 Maxime Pelletier 4 3 DSQ 11 3 5 C 3 6 9 11 8 77 9 David Ostella 7 9 Ret DSQ 8 7 C 6 5 11 8 7 4 7 C 12 8 64 10 Felipe Nasr 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 5 3 25 11 Velibor Jovanovic 9 7 9 7 000 000 20 12 Alfonso Toledano 9 8 C 7 7 19 13 Lucas Foresti 10 10 6 14 Corey Dalenberg 12 Ret 9 4 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Daniel Juncadella 4 Ret C 1 7 2 2 Adrien Tambay 2 2 1 Oliver Millroy Ret 6 8 6 Doru Sechelariu 8 3 Gabby Chaves 7 4 10 Mihai Marinescu 5 Ret Asad Rahman 10 8 C 11 Ret William Buller 12 9 Pos Driver LAG CGV MOH LIM ROA NJM INT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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