2017 BOSS GP Series explained

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 3.0 V10	1	Ingo Gerstl	1, 3, 5-7
GP Racing	Panoz DP01	Judd 4.2 V10	3	Peter Milavec	1
Penn Elcom Racing	Benetton B197	Judd 4.2 V10	7	Phil Stratford	1, 4, 7
Mansell Motorsport	Dallara GP2/08 Evo	Judd 4.2 V10	11	Rinus van Kalmthout[1]	2-3, 7
	Benetton B197	Judd 4.2 V10	12	Marijn van Kalmthout	2
Team Griffith's	AGS JH23	Cosworth 3.0 V10	14	Patrick D’Aubreby	3
H&A Racing	Arrows A22	Cosworth 3.0 V10	21	Bernd Herndlhofer	1, 6
FXtreme Racing Team	Super Aguri SA06	Cosworth 3.0 V10	26	Wolfgang Jaksch	1, 3, 5-6
Team Ascari	Jaguar R5	Cosworth 3.0 V10	66	Klaas Zwart	1, 4-5
Formula Class
Speed Center - Castrol	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	101	Peter Göllner	2-3, 5-6
			555	Christian Eicke	1-3, 5-6
H&A Racing	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	105	Wolfgang Jordan	3-5
			222	Veronika Cicha	3, 5-6
FXtreme Racing Team	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome 4.0 V8			1
Easy Formula	Dallara T08	Renault 3.5 V6	111	'Peter'	1-2, 5, 7
PS Racing	Lola B05/52	Gibson Tech 3.4 V8	115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	All
			116	Nicolas Matile	7
Team Griffith's	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	127	Bruno Navarrete	3
			150	David Moretti	3
Zig-Zag	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	129	Marc Faggionato	2, 5
De Boer Manx	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	136	Henk de Boer	2-4, 6
			139	René Kouwenberg	7
Fiedler Racing	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	321	Andreas Fiedler	1, 6
MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2/11	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	323	Armando Mangini	1
	Lola B02/50	Zytek 3.0 V8			2
	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome 4.0 V8			3-7
			999	Salvatore de Plano	1-2
	Dallara GP2/11				3-7
Becker Motorsport	Dallara SN01	Nissan AER 3.4 V6	411	Karl-Heinz Becker	2-7
Jenzer Motorsport	Dallara SN01	Nissan AER 3.4 V6	430	Martin Kindler	3, 7
Team Ledermair Motorsport	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	444	Johann Ledermair	1-3, 5-7
Inter Europol Competition	Dallara GP2/05	Mecachrome 4.0 V8	505	Walter Steding	1, 4-7
Top Speed	Dallara GP2/08	Mecachrome 4.0 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
	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		PS Racing
	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		Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	Mahaveer Raghunathan
	R14		1 October

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Drivers Standings

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	HOC		ZAN		LEC		ZOL		ASS		BRN		IMO		valign=middle	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
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
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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rinus van Kalmthout racet in 700 PK sterke GP2 tegen zijn vader Marijn in de Benetton F1. Racexpress.nl. 21 May 2017.