Esteban Gutiérrez won the first intermediate heat for the Formula BMW World Final 2008 in Mexico City (MX). His team-mate, Michael Christensen (DK), finished second, and is the best-placed Rookie of the day. Eurointernational's Juncadella crossed the line in third after 16 laps.
In the second heat, Gutiérrez and Juncadella finished in reverse order with Alexander Rossi (US), who is also racing for Eurointernational, coming second in the middle of the two drivers from Formula BMW Europe. Pla was also on pole position for the second heat. However, a jump start and the resulting drive-through penalty saw his hopes for victory end early in the race. A second-place finish in the third heat was enough for Esteban Gutiérrez (MX) to secure pole position for the climax of the weekend's racing. In the last intermediate heat the local hero could only be beaten by his team-mate, Michael Christensen (DK). Mikael Grenier (CA) finished third for the Apex-HBR Racing Team. In the points' standings which determine the starting grid for the highlight of the Formula BMW season, Gutiérrez only has five points to his tally, thus leading Christensen by two points. Daniel Juncadella (ES/Eurointernational), who will line up in the second row of the grid next to Formula BMW Americas' overall winner, Alexander Rossi (US/Eurointernational). The Formula BMW World Final will start at 14:50hrs local time (20:50hrs GMT). The winner will get the chance to drive a BMW Sauber F1 Team Formula One car. Results Heat 1 Pos Driver Team Time 1 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing 25:45.802 mins 2 Michael Christensen Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.714 secs 3 Daniel Juncadella Eurointernational +2.285 4 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational +2.659 5 Mikael Grenier Apex-HBR Racing Team +5.399 ... 11 Maxime Pelletier Autotecnica +14.718 ... Results Heat 2 Pos Driver Team Time 1 Daniel Juncadella Eurointernational 25:47.862 mins 2 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational +1.686 secs 3 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing +3.338 ... 10 Mikael Grenier Apex-HBR Racing Team +16.411 ... 13 Maxime Pelletier Autotecnica +26.102 ... Results Heat 3 Pos. Driver Team Time 1 Michael Christensen Josef Kaufmann Racing 26:30.379 mins 2 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.225 secs 3 Mikael Grenier Apex-HBR Racing Team +1.409 ... 20 Maxime Pelletier Autotecnica +1 lap Starting grid: 1st Esteban Gutiérrez, 2nd Michael Christensen, 3rd Daniel Juncadella, 4th Alexander Rossi, 5th Ollie Millroy, 6th Mikael Grenier, 7th. Jazeman Jaafar, 8th Jim Pla, 9th Giancarlo Vilarinho, 10th Gianmarco Raimondo. Recent Articles
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