2017 BOSS GP Series

2017 BOSS GP Series

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The 2017 BOSS GP season was the 23rd season of the BOSS GP series. The championship began on 21 April at Hockenheim and finished on 1 October at Imola.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Open Class
Top Speed	Toro Rosso STR1	Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 L V10	1	Ingo Gerstl	1, 3, 5–7
GP Racing	Panoz DP01	Judd GV 4.2 L V10	3	Peter Milavec	1
Penn Elcom Racing	Benetton B197	Judd GV 4.2 L V10	7	Phil Stratford	1, 4, 7
Mansell Motorsport	Dallara GP2/08 Evo	Judd GV 4.0 L V10	11	Rinus van Kalmthout	2–3, 7
	Benetton B197	Judd GV 4.2 L V10	12	Marijn van Kalmthout	2
Team Griffith's	AGS JH23	Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V10	14	Patrick D'Aubreby	3
H&A Racing	Arrows A22	Asiatech 001 3.0 L V10	21	Bernd Herndlhofer	1, 6
FXtreme Racing Team	Super Aguri SA06	Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 L V10	26	Wolfgang Jaksch	1, 3, 5–6
Team Ascari	Jaguar R5	Cosworth CR-6 3.0 L V10	66	Klaas Zwart	1, 4–5
Formula Class
Speed Center - Castrol	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	101	Peter Göllner	2–3, 5–6
			555	Christian Eicke	1–3, 5–6
H&A Racing	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	105	Wolfgang Jordan	3–5
			222	Veronika Cicha	3, 5–6
FXtreme Racing Team	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8			1
Easy Formula	Dallara T08	Renault VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	111	'Peter'	1–2, 5, 7
PS Racing	Lola B05/52	Gibson ZG348 3.4 L V8	115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	All
			116	Nicolas Matile	7
Team Griffith's	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	127	Bruno Navarrete	3
			150	David Moretti	3
Zig-Zag	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	129	Marc Faggionato	2, 5
De Boer Manx	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	136	Henk de Boer	2–4, 6
			139	René Kouwenberg	7
Fiedler Racing	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	321	Andreas Fiedler	1, 6
MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2/11	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	323	Armando Mangini	1
	Lola B02/50	Zytek KV 3.0 L V8			2
	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8			3–7
			999	Salvatore de Plano	1–2
	Dallara GP2/11				3–7
Becker Motorsport	Dallara SN01	AER P57 3.4 L V6	411	Karl-Heinz Becker	2–7
Jenzer Motorsport	Dallara SN01	AER P57 3.4 L V6	430	Martin Kindler	3, 7
Team Ledermair Motorsport	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	444	Johann Ledermair	1–3, 5–7
Inter Europol Competition	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	505	Walter Steding	1, 4–7
Top Speed	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome V8108 4.0 L V8	888	Florian Schnitzenbaumer	1–3, 6–7

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Formula Class Winner
1	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	22 April	Ingo Gerstl	Andreas Fiedler	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Andreas Fiedler
	R2		23 April		Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Johann Ledermair
2	R3	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	20 May	Rinus van Kalmthout	Johann Ledermair	Johann Ledermair	Team Ledermair Motorsport	Johann Ledermair
	R4		21 May		Johann Ledermair	Johann Ledermair	Team Ledermair Motorsport	Johann Ledermair
3	R5	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	10 June	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Johann Ledermair
	R6		11 June		Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Johann Ledermair
4	R7	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	15 July	Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Mahaveer Raghunathan	PS Racing	Mahaveer Raghunathan
	R8		16 July		Klaas Zwart	Phil Stratford	Penn Elcom Racing	Salvatore de Plano
5	R9	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	5 August	Ingo Gerstl	Johann Ledermair	Johann Ledermair	Ledermair Motorsport	Johann Ledermair
	R10		6 August		Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Johann Ledermair
6	R11	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	9 September	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Johann Ledermair
	R12		10 September		Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Johann Ledermair
7	R13	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	30 September	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Mahaveer Raghunathan
	R14		1 October		Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout	Mansell Motorsport	Mahaveer Raghunathan

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
All Races	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers Standings

Pos	Driver	HOC		ZAN		LEC		ZOL		ASS		BRN		IMO		Points
Open Class
1	Ingo Gerstl	1	1			1	1			DNS	1	1	1	1	DNS	200
2	Rinus van Kalmthout			2	Ret	2	2							2	1	116
3	Phil Stratford	4	3					Ret	1					5	3	111
4	Wolfgang Jaksch	DNS	5			7	4			5	9	Ret	DNS			107
5	Klaas Zwart	Ret	DNS					4†	Ret	DNS	DNS					25
6	Bernd Herndlhofer	DNS	DNS									2	DNS			22
7	Marijn van Kalmthout			11	Ret											22
8	Patrick D'Aubreby					15	Ret									18
	Peter Milavec	DNS	DNS
Formula Class
1	Mahaveer Raghunathan	5	6	3	2	5	6	1	3	2	4	5	11	3	2	263
2	Johann Ledermair	3	2	1	1	3	3			1	2	3	2	DNS	DNS	247
3	Salvatore de Plano	7	7	4	3	8	5	2	2	4	3	4	3	4	Ret	243
4	Armando Mangini	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	10	10	3	4	6	7	6	5	6	6	168
5	Florian Schnitzenbaumer	6	4	8	5	4	Ret					Ret	4	Ret	4	132
6	Karl-Heinz Becker			9	10	Ret	DNS	5	5	10	Ret	Ret	7	10	7	105
7	Christian Eicke	DNS	9	10	8	12	11			11	11	8	9			93
8	Walter Steding	DNS	DNS					6	WD	7	6	7	8	7	DSQ	74
9	Marc Faggionato			5	4					3	5					74
10	Henk de Boer			6	6	11	9	Ret	WD			9	DNS			66
11	Peter Göllner			7	7	Ret	Ret			9	8	Ret	6			64
12	Martin Kindler					13	12							9	5	51
13	Wolfgang Jordan					9	8	Ret	Ret	13	12					46
14	Veronika Cicha	DNS	10			16	Ret			8	Ret	Ret	10			39
15	David Moretti					6	7									36
16	René Kouwenberg													8	8	30
17	'Peter'	DNS	DSQ	Ret	9					12	10			Ret	DNS	26
18	Nicolas Matile													11	9	22
19	Andreas Fiedler	21	8									Ret	Ret			16
20	Bruno Navarrete					14	13									15

¹ Andreas Fielder lost the points earned for winning the Formula Class in the first Hockenheim race for using incorrect tires. He was however still credited with the win.

External links

• Official website