Welcome to the official website of Ian Costa. Ian is a talented and gifted driver who was recently awarded a coveted BMW Junior Factory scholarship for the 2007 Formula BMW USA racing series.
Follow Ian on the 2007 race circuit through his personal race diary and experience the highs and lows of the action-packed race weekends.
Front Royal, Virginia, December 17th, 2006
Testing season for Gelles Racing is in full swing with five drivers having tested last week in Savannah and more to come this week in Houston. The team is very busy getting both the Champ Car Atlantic and BMW USA race cars ready for new drivers and the results have been very exciting thus far. Team owner Bob Gelles will not announce any drivers before the Holiday Season; some already signed while negotiations are almost completed for others in both series. Meanwhile, there are still seats to be filled and more interesting drivers to evaluate.
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September 27, 2006... BMW of North America, LLC announced today the names of the five young drivers that will be awarded a 2007 Formula BMW USA Junior scholarship. Each will receive $40,000 towards participation in the 2007 Formula BMW USA championship and automatic free enrollment in Formula BMW USA Education and Coaching Program.
Returning from the two-day scholarship shoot-out held at the Formula BMW Racing Center at the Circuit de la Communitat in Valencia, Spain on September 18 and 19 are Ian Costa (17), of Danville, Calif.; Timothy Hollowell (17), of Indianapolis, Ind.; Eric Morrow (17), of Indianapolis, Ind. and Jeffrey Petriello (18), of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The fifth scholarship was awarded to Daniel Morad (16), of Markham, Ontario, Canada. As the 2006 Rookie Champion, Morad will receive a Junior scholarship for 2007 and return for a second year with Formula BMW USA.
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