BMW Motorsport - Formula BMW Season Review 2006.

1. Talent support at the highest level. 2 2. Review - Profile: Formula
BMW Germany. 4 3. Review - Profile: Formula BMW UK Championship. 6 4.
Review - Profile: Formula BMW Asia. 8 5. Review - Profile: Formula BMW
USA. 10 6. Statistics 2006. 12 7. Vietoris wins 2006 DELL Formula BMW
World Final. 16 8. Press Contact. 18 First experiences in a competitive
field. Exciting races, close decisions and highly gifted drivers: the
BMW talent promotion represented by the four international Formula BMW
championships once again succeeded in wowing the motor racing fans
throughout the 2006 season. In Germany, Great Britain, Asia and North
America, numerous promising young guns contested the series to gain
their first single-seater racing experiences - and successes.
"Formula BMW has got a major significance", says BMW
Motorsport Director Mario Theissen. "For young drivers that have
outgrown kart racing, it represents the ideal opportunity for making
their next step on the motor racing ladder." The successful
Formula BMW concept is tailor-made for young drivers who may be as
young as 15 years. As equality of opportunities is set in stone in the
regulations, the talent of the drivers represents the crucial factor.
All the drivers contest the races with the Formula BMW FB02 car.
Furthermore, the unique BMW education and coaching programme provides
the entrants with the ammunition for a successful career. This
programme comprises the professional tutelage in numerous motor racing
areas such as car set-up, driving skills and tactics, fitness and
nutrition or dealing with sponsors and the media. Every year, the young
drivers are supported by experienced instructors such as Andy Priaulx
(GBR) and the two BMW Team Germany WTCC drivers Jörg Müller
(GER) and Dirk Müller (GER).