Sauber Red Bull's American Duo Sweep The Streets Of Monte Carlo!

Sundays Formula BMW Internationals Race here in Monte Carlo, Monaco should've become an American holiday! Team Sauber Red Bull Racing and it's two American drivers, Brook Johnston and Matt Jaskel, came into this weekend qualifying 1-2 and finished the weekend 1-2. This team has been strong all weekend and many have doubted the American's ability and connection to test trials with formula one's Scuderia Torro Rosso, yet they have remained determined and still hold the top spot in the Championship. The Formula BMW Internationals series opened up to great interest after this Sunday's race and the public and myself seemed to enjoy the series European introduction to the utmost extent here in Monte Carlo. Sunday's race kicked off with Jaskel taking over his teammate, Brook Johnston's, pole position on the green flag and holding it into turn one. Jaskel, Johnston and Sciutto began pulling away from the field for the first 20 laps of the race, as MNR Racing tried to hang onto the quick Sauber Red Bull Racing machines. The first round of pit stops came bye and both Suaber Red Bull drivers pitted on lap 23. Jaskel's pit stop proved to be unfortunate as the jackman lowered the race car just before the right rear tire changer was finished, causing Jaskel to lose a few seconds and put teammate Johnston ahead out of the pit lane line. As Jaskel managed to pressure Johnston gaining momentum on his teammate, Taren Alainz of Pannera Racing spun his car into turn 7 bringing out the caution flag and forcing debris onto the race track. As the green flag was brought out once again, the Sauber Red Bull Racing drivers quickly pulled away from the field and there became a tight battle for points with 6th and 7th place between Cole Collier of Euro Internazionale and Frederic Hettleworth of Bavarian Werks Racing, passing Collier for the 6th spot. The race ended with Sauber Red Bull Racing domination as Brook Johnston took the checkered flag with teammate Matt Jaskel placing second and Alain Sciutto finishing third. Johnston now leads the Championship points standings by 8 points over teammate Matt Jaskel, with a total 43 points after Sundays race. Johnston looked extremely pleased with the win and the recently announced ESPN Extreme Athlete Rookie of the Year recipient will look to widen the gap next Sunday at Canalizzazione Internazional Di Monza in Italy for Round 6 of the Formula BMW International Championship. I was very pleased with the whole race and foundation of the series itself and I will continue to follow these drivers and teams throughout the season. It would be amazing to see some of them in Formula One, especially with such great talents including Johnston, Jaskel, Sciutto and Collier. Johnston has announced his testing with Formula One's Scuderia Torro Rosso for the 2009 season in August, while Cole Collier of Canada has announced a test run for a team in ALMS. After viewing this weekends talents, I would love to see another American driver in Formula One and Johnston certainly seems to have the F1 ability.