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Preview of the Formula BMW USA, Mosport

The 17-year old Daniel Morad after taking a 67-point 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 year’s Formula BMW USA title in the presence of his hometown fans.

Morad is a native of Toronto and last year’s 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 15-car 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 seventh-place finish in the first race of the weekend to grab the title over this season’s 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 second-year 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 top-10.

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 9:35-10:00am and 12:55-1:20pm. Round 13 qualifying is scheduled for 5:15-5:40pm while Round 14 qualifying will be held at 8:00-8:25am. 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)

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About the Author: 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.