2004 Formula BMW USA season explained

The 2004 Formula BMW USA season was the inaugural season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The Overall Championship was won by Andreas Wirth as the Rookie Cup was won by James Hinchcliffe.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
HBR Motorsport USA	2	Jonathan Summerton	All
HBR Motorsport USA	8	Andreas Wirth	All
Vitesse Farm Racing	3		All
Jensen MotorSport	4	Daniel Herrington	2, 4
	14	Morgan Spurgas	3
		Gerardo Bonilla	1
		Robbie Montinola	5, 7
		Alan Sciuto	1
Team Autotecnica	5	Matt Jaskol	All
Team Autotecnica	15	Alexis Fenton	All
Team PTG Motorsport	7	Tom Sutherland	All
	10	Lawson Aschenbach	2–7
	16	Tommy Milner	All
	71	Billy Johnson	All
		Joey Hand	1
Atlantic Racing Team	9	Trevor Daley	1–3
	12	Federico Montoya	2–3
	13	Kyle Herder	1–3, 5–7
	19	Dominik Jackson	2–3
	48	Brian Frisselle	1–3
	98	Derek Burseth	1–3
PoleVision Racing	48	Brian Frisselle	4–7
PoleVision Racing	98	Derek Burseth	4–7
AIM Motorsport	56	James Hinchcliffe	All

Races

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Lime Rock Park	29 May	Matt Jaskol	Matt Jaskol	Andreas Wirth	HBR Motorsport USA	James Hinchcliffe
1	R2	Lime Rock Park	31 May	Matt Jaskol	no data	Andreas Wirth	HBR Motorsport USA	James Hinchcliffe
2	R1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	12 June	James Hinchcliffe	Andreas Wirth	Jonathan Summerton	HBR Motorsport USA	Jonathan Summerton
2	R2	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	13 June	James Hinchcliffe	Jonathan Summerton	Matt Jaskol	Team Autotecnica	James Hinchcliffe
3	R1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	19 June
3	R2	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	20 June	Jonathan Summerton	Matt Jaskol	Matt Jaskol	Team Autotecnica	James Hinchcliffe
4	R1		2 July	Tommy Milner	Andreas Wirth	Jonathan Summerton	HBR Motorsport USA	Jonathan Summerton
4	R2		3 July	Jonathan Summerton	Tommy Milner	Jonathan Summerton	HBR Motorsport USA	Jonathan Summerton
5	R1	Road America	7 August	James Hinchcliffe	Andreas Wirth	Andreas Wirth	HBR Motorsport USA	Graham Rahal
5	R2	Road America	8 August	Jonathan Summerton	Jonathan Summerton	James Hinchcliffe	AIM Motorsport	James Hinchcliffe
6	R1	Denver	14 August	Andreas Wirth	Andreas Wirth	James Hinchcliffe	AIM Motorsport	James Hinchcliffe
6	R2	Denver	15 August	James Hinchcliffe	Andreas Wirth	James Hinchcliffe	AIM Motorsport	James Hinchcliffe
7	R1			Andreas Wirth	Matt Jaskol	Andreas Wirth	HBR Motorsport USA	Jonathan Summerton
7	R2			Matt Jaskol	Matt Jaskol	Matt Jaskol	Team Autotecnica	Jonathan Summerton

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	LIM		CGV		IMS		CLE		ROA		DEN		LAG		Pts
1	Andreas Wirth	1	1	5	3	2	2	4	2	1	3	3	4	1	3	201
2	James Hinchcliffe	2	5	2	2	4	3	2	3	Ret	1	1	1	3	11	174
3		4	15	1	5	1	4	1	1	12†	2	5	9	2	2	163
4	Matt Jaskol	12	2	3	1	15†	1	3	Ret	3	4	2	2	4	1	161
5	Billy Johnson	5	6	6	4	5	5	7	7	5	5	8	7	5	8	88
6	Brian Frisselle	6	3	14	WD	10	6	6	4	2	6	10	11	8	9	68
7	Graham Rahal	10	12	12	Ret	9	10	8	6	4	7	4	3	6	5	63
8	Tommy Milner	8	8	8	7	6	12	5	5	Ret	9	6	6	11	10	50
9	Lawson Aschenbach			16	6	8	11	9	9	6	8	7	5	Ret	4	44
10	Kyle Herder	15	11	4	8	12	8			8	11	9	8	7	6	34
11	Joey Hand	3	4													22
12	Dominik Jackson			7	9	3	9									20
13	Tom Sutherland	13	13	11	10	11	13	10	8	7	14	11	10	10	7	15
14	Federico Montoya			9	Ret	7	7									10
15	Gerardo Bonilla	7	7													8
16	Robbie Montinola									9	10			9	12	5
17	Trevor Daley	9	9	Ret	WD	Ret	14									4
18	Daniel Herrington			10	Ret			Ret	10							2
19	Derek Burseth	14	16	13	12	Ret	16	Ret	11	10	13	13	13	13	14	1
20	Alan Sciuto	11	10													1
21	Alexis Fenton	16	14	15	11	13	15	Ret	Ret	11†	12	12	12	12	13	0
22	Morgan Spurgas					14	17									0
Pos	Driver	LIM		CGV		IMS		CLE		ROA		DEN		LAG		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	LIM		CGV		IMS		CLE		ROA		DEN		LAG		Pts
1	James Hinchcliffe	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	Ret	1	1	1	2	5	223
2	Jonathan Summerton	2	8	1	2	1	2	1	1	5†	2	3	4	1	1	213
3	Graham Rahal	5	5	7	Ret	5	4	4	4	1	3	2	2	3	2	147
4	Tommy Milner	3	2	3	3	3	5	3	3	Ret	4	4	3	5	4	145
5	Tom Sutherland	7	6	6	4	6	6	5	5	2	7	5	5	4	3	111
6	Alexis Fenton	9	7	9	5	7	8	Ret	Ret	4†	5	6	6	6	6	65
7	Derek Burseth	8	9	8	6	Ret	9	Ret	7	3	6	7	7	7	7	54
8	Federico Montoya			4	Ret	4	3									32
9	Trevor Daley	4	3	Ret	WD	Ret	7									26
10	Alan Sciuto	6	4													16
11	Daniel Herrington			5	Ret			Ret	6							14

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 12 September 2004. Formula BMW USA - Round 14 - Laguna Seca - Race. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927192351/https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0004713EN/formula-bmw-usa-round-14-laguna-seca-race. 27 September 2021. www.press.bmwgroup.com.