in august that year, he was given an outing with motaworld racing to race at the eighth meeting of the formula bmw uk championship. despite retiring from the first race, ricciardo recovered to finish eighth in the second race and took three championship points in his only entry in the british championship. at the end of the year, he entered the formula bmw world final with fortec motorsport where he finished in fifth position, 14 seconds off winner christian vietoris.