BOSS GP driver Armando Mangini retires, but remains with the series.
BOSS GP veteran Armando Mangini has announced his retirement from active racing at his home race in Imola. Mangini has been part of the BOSS GP family for nine consecutive years. The Italian contested a total of 72 races in Europe’s fastest racing series. A hand injury after a practice accident prevented races number 73 and 74 in Imola. Armando took it calmly: „I wanted to stop anyway.“
Monza 2018: Mangini on his way to the biggest sporting success of his long BOSS GP career
The Italian had his biggest sporting success last year in Monza. He won the Sunday race of the FORMULA class in his Dallara GP2 car. In a chaotic race he kept a cool head and drove to victory with constant lap times. These characteristics distinguished him for many years. Without making stupid mistakes, he drove the high-performance machines at a pace that challenged his often younger teammates.
Mangini (m.) with his friend and rival Walter Steding (l.) and his mechanic Mario (r.) at the farewell party
Mangini announced his plans at a farewell party at the Cuvée Sensorium victory ceremony in the BOSS GP hospitality. „Now it’s time to give the younger ones a chance.“ As a farewell gift Armando gave his long-time competitors on the track and friends beside the racetrack bathrobes with personal imprints.
For next year, however, Mangini will remain in the BOSS GP as team manager. MM International is planning to have more than three cars at the start next season, according to Mangini. We wish him all the best – behind the pit wall and in his private life.
BOSS GP-Fahrer Armando Mangini tritt zurück, der Serie bleibt er aber erhalten.
BOSS-GP-Veteran Armando Mangini hat im Rahmen seines
Heimrennens in Imola den Abschied vom aktiven Rennsport bekanntgegeben. Neun
Jahre lang ist Mangini schon Teil der BOSS GP-Familie. Insgesamt 72 Rennen bestritt
der Italiener in Europas schnellster Rennserie. Eine Handverletzung nach einem Trainingsunfall
verhinderte die Rennen Nummer 73 und 74 in Imola. Armando nahm’s gelassen: „Ich
wollte ja sowieso schon aufhören.“
Monza 2018: Mangini am Weg zum größten sportlichen Erfolg seiner BOSS GP-Laufbahn
Der größte sportliche Erfolg gelang dem Italiener im Vorjahr in Monza. Dort gewann er das Sonntagsrennen der FORMULA-Klasse in seinem Dallara-GP2. In einem chaotischen Rennen behielt der in Pisa lebende Mangini kühlen Kopf und fuhr mit konstanten Rundenzeiten zum Sieg. Diese Eigenschaften zeichneten ihn über viele Jahre aus. Ohne dumme Fehler zu machen, bewegte er die Hochleistungsmaschinen in einem Tempo, das auch seine oft jüngeren Teamkollegen forderte.
Mangini (m.) mit seinem Rivalen und Freund Walter Steding (l.) und Mechaniker Mario (r.) bei der Abschiedsfeier in Imola
Bei seiner Abschiedsfeier Samstagabend im Rahmen der Cuvée Sensorium-Siegerehrung in der BOSS GP-Hospitality gab Mangini seine Zukunftspläne bekannt. „Jetzt ist es Zeit, den Jüngeren Platz zu machen.“ Als Abschiedsgeschenk gab’s von Armando für seine langjährigen Konkurrenten auf der Strecke und Freunde neben der Strecke Bademäntel mit persönlicher Namensaufschrift.
Mangini bleibt der BOSS GP aber als Teamchef von MM International erhalten. Nächstes Jahr soll MM International sogar mehr als drei Autos an den Start bringen, so der Wunsch von Mangini. Wir wünschen ihm auf jeden Fall alles Gute – hinter der Boxenmauer und im Privatleben.
FORMULA title decision: Bracalente wins the race, Marco Ghiotto the championship.
How can it be better? The final decision for the championship title in the FORMULA class was made in the twelfth and last BOSS GP season race of 2019. Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) went into the race weekend with better chances. After Alessandro Bracalente’s (ITA, Speed Center) victory in Saturday’s race his lead reduced from 15 to 12 points. This means: Ghiotto had to be at least sixth today if Bracalente scores another victory in Sunday’s race.
Ghiotto already had a shock moment at the start of the warm-up lap when his red GP2 Dallara did not come off the spot. Lucky for Ghiotto: Because a second car also stopped, Ghiotto could line up again in the second row of the grid for the rolling start. The Scuderia Palladio was able to breathe a short sigh of relief.
The best start behind OPEN champion Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) had Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International), who almost caught Bracalente at the top. Ghiotto not only lost the place to Martucci, but also to Salvatore de Plano (ITA, Top Speed). However, Ghiotto overtook both again in the early stages and even managed to catch up with Bracalente with a couple of fast lap times. With second place he was fully on target for the title.
And it remained like that. Bracalente won the last race of the season and ended the year with an incredible result for a rookie: 5 victories, 10 podium places and only two retirements. In the end, one too many to defeat his fellow countryman Ghiotto, who also has a great score: 9 podium finishes and 2 victories, but only one DNF. After six exciting race weekends in Hockenheim, Spielberg, Monza, Assen, Brno and Imola, the new FORMULA champion Ghiotto and his opponent Bracalente finally separated by only nine points.
For the first time Marco Ghiotto is the champion of BOSS GP FORMULA class
Third place
in the race went to Martucci, who fought again with de Plano until the middle
of the race. De Plano finished fourth ahead of Andreas Fiedler, who secured
third place in the championship with a damaged gearbox.
The best
duel was delivered by Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) and Gianluca
Ripoli (ITA, MM International), with a better end for the Frenchman. Until the
last lap both were within striking distance of each other on the 4.9-kilometer
course. Towards the end of the 25-minute race, Peter Göllner (SUI, Speed
Center) also caught up with the two, but could no longer attack. He finished
the season with a respectable eighth place. Nicolas Matile (MCO, Zig-Zag)
finished ninth in the class. By the way good news for the championship: His
Team Zig-Zag Motorsport Service announced that they would be competing in more
than two races next year.
Overall winner of the race was Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed), who once again put the pedal to the medal today in his Toro Rosso STR1. Although his mechanics gave everything, Phil Stratford had to load his Benetton B197 into the van early due to a defect. Second in the OPEN class and new runner-up instead is „Piter“ (FRA, Ray-Ban), whose team managed to repair a big oil leak just before race began.
Next up: The
BOSS GP annual award ceremony will take place on 7 December in Salzburg.
Das letzte Qualifying der Saison verspricht Hochspannung bei der Titelvergabe.
Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) im Toro
Rosso STR1 holt sich die fünfte Poleposition im sechsten Rennen des Jahres.
Dahinter brachte sich Titelkandidat Alessandro Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center)
mit der schnellsten Zeit der FORMULA-Fahrer in eine gute Position fürs erste
Rennen am Samstagnachmittag (Startzeit: 15:50 Uhr). Mit 1:30.641 lag er gut
sechs Zehntel vor Tabellenführer Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio), der als
Dritter aus der zweiten Startreihe ins Rennen geht. Erst in der allerletzten
Runde fuhr Ghiotto noch weit nach vorne. Sollte Ghiotto das erste Rennen
gewinnen, muss Bracalente zumindest Sechster werden, um die Titelentscheidung
aufs letzte Rennen am Sonntag zu vertagen.
Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International)
fährt neben Ghiotto aus Startreihe 2 los. Damit jagen beim Start drei Italiener
Polesetter Ingo Gerstl durch Tamburello, Acque Minerali, Rivazza & Co. Benetton-Pilot
Phil Stratford (USA, Penn Elcom) musste das Qualifying vorzeitig abbrechen.
Schon gestern hatte es ein Leck im Getriebe gegeben. Mit nur einer schnellen Runde
qualifizierte er sich auf dem fünften Startplatz.
Schnellster Fahrer in Q2 war
Salvatore de Plano (ITA, Top Speed), der sich als Gesamt-Sechster
qualifizierte. Nach einer verkorksten Saison will er beim Finale noch einmal
auftrumpfen.
Andreas Fiedler (DEU, Fiedler
Racing) steigerte schon wie gewohnt von Runde zu Runde die Schlagzahl. Als kaum
jemand seine Zeiten weiter verbessern konnte, fuhr Fiedler die siebtschnellste Zeit.
Damit startet Fiedler eine Reihe
vor seinem schärfsten Konkurrenten um Rang 3 in der Meisterschaft: Philippe
Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center).
Walter Steding (DEU, Inter
Europol) bestätigte mit Rang 10 den starken Eindruck aus den Freien Trainings am
Freitag. Mit Rang 10 stellte er sein bestes Qualifyingergebnis aus diesem Jahr (Assen)
ein.
Das erste von zwei Rennen an diesem Wochenende geht über die Distanz von 20 Minuten und startet um 15:50 Uhr – laut Vorhersage bei trockenem Wetter und 22 Grad.
The last qualifying session of 2019 promises high tension in the fight for the BOSS GP FORMULA title.
Ingo Gerstl
(AUT, Top Speed) in the Toro Rosso STR1 takes his fifth pole position in the
sixth race of the year. Behind him title contender Alessandro Bracalente (ITA,
Speed Center) set the fastest time of the FORMULA drivers and put himself in a
good position for the first race on Saturday afternoon (starting time: 15:50).
With 1:30.641 he was a solid six-tenths faster than championship leader Marco
Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio), who will start the race in third place from
the second row of the grid. On the very last lap Ghiotto managed to drive into
the top-3. Should Ghiotto win the first race, Bracalente must finish at least
sixth to postpone the title decision until the last race on Sunday.
Luca
Martucci (ITA, MM International) starts from row 2 next to Ghiotto. This means
that three Italian will chase pole setter Ingo Gerstl through Tamburello, Acque
Minerali, Rivazza and Co. Benetton driver Phil Stratford (USA, Penn Elcom) had
to retire from qualifying early. There had already been a leak in the gearbox
yesterday. With just one fast lap he qualified in fifth place on the grid.
The fastest
driver in Q2 was Salvatore de Plano (ITA, Top Speed), who qualified sixth
overall. After a messed-up season, he wants to perform strongly in the finale.
Andreas
Fiedler (DEU, Fiedler Racing) increased his pace from lap to lap as usual. When
hardly anyone could further improve his lap times, Fiedler drove the seventh
fastest time. So, Fiedler starts a row
ahead of his fiercest competitor for third place in the championship: Philippe
Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center).
Walter
Steding (DEU, Inter Europol) proved the strong impression from the free
practice sessions on Friday with rank 10. With 10th place he was able to repeat
his best qualifying result of this year in Assen.
The first
of two races this weekend will have a distance of 20 minutes and begin at 3:50
p.m. – according to the forecast at dry weather and 22 degrees.
The grand finale of the BOSS GP anniversary season will take place from 11 to 13 October – back in Imola after a two-year break.
The hilly and challenging course in the Italian town of Imola is the ideal venue for this season’s finale of Europe’s fastest racing series. Built in the 1950s, the Imola circuit has seen many triumphs and tragedies. The track, named after Enzo Ferrari and his early deceased son Dino, is still a highlight for every racing driver today. Although the track has not been on the Formula 1 racing calendar for several years, the 4.9-kilometre-long asphalt track has all the ingredients of a world-class track. Imola is also the only track in the BOSS GP calendar to be driven counterclockwise. This affects the set-up of the racing cars (more left turns) as well as the pilots themselves, where the neck muscles, for example, are subjected to different stresses. At the last appearance in Imola in 2017 the race winners were Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) and Rinus van Kalmthout (NLD, Mansell Motorsport).
Why the BOSS GP Grande Finale is worth visiting?
The sixth round of the season with races 11 and 12 will decide the championship title in the FORMULA class. While Toro Rosso driver Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) has defended his title in the OPEN classification prematurely, two Italians in their Formula 2 cars fight for the first place in the FORMULA ranking: Marco Ghiotto (Scuderia Palladio) goes after three second places en suite into the final round with a lead of 15 points over Alessandro Bracalente (Speed Center). A technical retirement at the last race in Brno meant that Bracalente is now the chaser. 50 points can still be scored in Imola, so Andreas Fiedler (DEU, Fiedler Racing) has still theoretical chances for the title. Practically he is fighting for third place against Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center). Who may put on the „crown“, will be determined at the very latest next Sunday.
In addition to BOSS GP, modern and historic sports car and touring car series are part of an exciting race weekend. The Renault Clio Cup, Lotus Cup and Alfa Revival Cup will, as usual, ensure exciting motorsport too.
BOSS GP schedule Imola
Friday, 11 October 2019: 10:45–11:15 Free Practice 1 (30 Minutes) 15:40–16:10 Free Practice 2 (30 Minutes)
Saturday, 12 October 2019: 10:50–11:20 Qualifying (Q1: 8 Minutes/Break: 2 Minutes/Q2: 20 Minutes) 15:50–16:25 Race 1 (20 Minutes)
Bracalente übernimmt nach Sieg die FORMULA-Tabellenführung.
Gestern warf ihn eine Strafe
zurück, heute war es sein Tag: Alessandro Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center) konnte
beim 8. Saisonrennen ungefährdet den Sieg in der FORMULA-Klasse einfahren. Am
Start verteidigte er im Unterschied zu gestern seine Spitzenposition. Zwar
folgte ihm Marco Ghiotto (ITA, MM International) das ganze Rennen über, doch
für einen Überholversuch reichte es nie. Das Duell um die Meisterschaft spitzt
sich nach diesem Wochenende jedenfalls zu: Bracalente liegt bei noch vier zu
fahrenden Rennen nur neun Punkte vor Ghiotto.
Dritter bei den FORMULA-Boliden wurde
Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International). Auch ihm wurde gestern eine Strafe zum
Verhängnis, heute landete er verdient auf dem Podest. Die Top-3 im heutigen
Rennen unterstreichen die derzeitige Dominanz der Italiener in dieser Klasse. Bester
Nicht-Italiener wurde Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) als Vierter. Ein
Podest ist beim Sonnyboy mit Le-Mans-Erfahrung nur eine Frage der Zeit.
Gianluca Ripoli (ITA, MM
International), Sieger von Rennen 1, wurde heute vor Teamkollege Armando Mangini
Sechster. Andreas Fiedler startete aus der Boxengasse schon mit Rückstand ins
Rennen. Wie gewohnt lieferte er einen Aufholjagd, die ihn bis auf Rang 8
vorbrachte. Weitere interessante Zweikämpfe lieferten sich Christian Eicke (SUI,
Speed Center) und Walter Steding (DEU, Inter Europol). Eicke nutzte eine
Überrundung, um an Steding vorbeizugehen und Rang 8 zu sichern.
Zur OPEN-Kategorie: Ingo Gerstl (AUT,
Top Speed) dominierte in Assen beide Rennen. Hans Laub (DEU, Speed Center) war
glücklich, endlich wieder bei einem Rennen dabei zu sein. Sowohl er als auch
sein Forti-Formel-1 hielten durch und wurden mit Platz 2 belohnt. Als Dritter
aufs Podium durfte „Piter“ (FRA, Ray-Ban), der damit als fleißiger
Punktesammler hinter Gerstl auf Rang 2 der Meisterschaft liegt.
Nach der Sommerpause geht’s für
die BOSS GP in Brünn (6.–8. September) weiter. Auf der tschechischen Achterbahn
könnte in der OPEN-Klasse eine Vorentscheidung fallen, in der FORMULA kommt es
zur Entscheidung ziemlich sicher erst beim Finale in Imola (11.–13. Oktober).
After victory, Bracalente takes the lead in the FORMULA standings.
Yesterday a
penalty dropped him back, today it was his day: Alessandro Bracalente (ITA,
Speed Center) was able to win the 8th race of the season in the FORMULA class.
At the start he defended his top position in contrast to yesterday. Marco
Ghiotto (ITA, MM International) followed him throughout the race, but it was
never enough to overtake him. The duel for the championship is getting tougher
after this weekend: Bracalente is only nine points ahead of Ghiotto in four
races to go.
Luca
Martucci (ITA, MM International) came third in the FORMULA category. Yesterday
a penalty was also his misfortune, today he landed deservedly on the podium.
The top 3 in today’s race underline the current dominance of the Italians in
this class. Best non-Italian was Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) in
fourth place. A podium finish for the sonnyboy with Le Mans experience is only
a matter of time.
Gianluca
Ripoli (ITA, MM International), winner of race 1, finished sixth today ahead of
team-mate Armando Mangini. Andreas Fiedler started the race from the pit lane
already lagging behind. As usual, he delivered a race to catch up, which
brought him up to 8th place. Christian Eicke (SUI, Speed Center) and Walter
Steding (DEU, Inter Europol) fought further interesting duels. Eicke used a
lapping by another car to pass Steding and secure 8th place.
OPEN category: Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) dominated both races in Assen. Hans Laub (DEU, Speed Center) was happy to finally be in race mode again. Both he and his Forti Formula 1 kept going and were rewarded with 2nd place. Third place on the podium went to „Piter“ (FRA, Ray-Ban), who is now behind Gerstl in second place of the championship.
After the
summer break the BOSS GP continues in Brno (6–8 September). On the Czech roller
coaster a preliminary decision could be made in the OPEN class, in the FORMULA
the decision in terms of championship will be made quite certainly at the final
event in Imola (11th–13th October).
Actionreiches 7. Saisonrennen der BOSS GP 2019 am TT Circuit.
Beginnen wir mit der Sensation des
heutigen Renntages: Gianluca Ripoli (ITA, MM International) gewinnt überraschend
sein allererstes BOSS GP-Rennen. Schon im Qualifying bahnte sich eine Überraschung
an, mit Klassenrang 4 gelang ihm sein bisher bestes Zeittrainingsergebnis. Im
Rennen blieb er im Unterschied zu seinen unmittelbaren Gegnern fehlerfrei und profitierte
außerdem von einer 10-Sekunden-Strafe für Alessandro Bracalente (ITA, Speed
Center), der einen Großteil des Rennens geführt hatte.
Nachdem der erste Start abgebrochen
wurde (ein Fahrer drehte sich in der Aufwärmrunde) wurde das Feld auf der
Start-und-Ziel-Geraden gestoppt. Beim Restart sprangen nicht alle Autos
rechtzeitig an, die Crews arbeiteten darum auch nach dem 30-Sekunden-Signal
noch an den Autos, was laut Reglement nicht erlaubt ist. Bracalente bekam – wie
einige andere auch – eine Zeitstrafe aufs Ergebnis addiert.
Die Führung in der FORMULA-Klasse übernahm nach dem Rennstart zunächst Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio). Noch in der ersten Rennhalbzeit zog Polesetter Bracalente wieder an Ghiotto vorbei. Das anschließende Duell der beiden Titelfavoriten war aber ein kurzes, denn Ghiotto machte einen für ihn seltenen Fehler und drehte sich ins Aus. So gewann Ripoli letztlich vor Braclente und Armando Mangini (ITA, MM International). Mangini machte es wie so oft, behielt einen kühlen Kopf und fuhr ohne größeren Schnitzer ins Ziel. Das bescherte dem Veteranen Rang 3 in der FORMULA.
Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed
Center) und Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International) rutschten vom Podest, auch ihnen
wurden Strafen nach einem starken Rennen zum Verhängnis. Andreas Fiedler (DEU,
Fiedler Racing) war lange Zeit in Reichweite zum FORMULA-Podium unterwegs, doch
in der Schlussphase verlor er plötzlich deutlich an Geschwindigkeit und damit
auch einige Positionen (7. FORMULA)
OPEN-Podium im ersten Rennen in Assen: v.l. „Piter“, Gerstl and Laub
Noch zur großen OPEN-Klasse der Formel-1-Autos:
Ingo Gerstl kontrollierte im Toro Rosso STR1 das Rennen von Runde 1 an und
baute mit dem fünften Saisonsieg die Gesamtführung aus. Hans Laub (DEU, Speed Center)
wurde im Forti FG03 Zweiter. Der Fahrer und Mechaniker in einer Person ließ das
Qualifying am Vormittag aus und startete vom letzten Startplatz aus eine tolle
Aufholjagd im Rennen und überholte zahlreiche FORMULA-Boliden im Rennen. „Piter“
(FRA, Ray-Ban) freute sich mit Rang 3 über einen weiteren Pokal in seiner
Sammlung.
Morgen folgt Saisonrennen 8. Zuvor
gibt’s um 9:45 Uhr noch ein zehnminütiges Warm-up, das Rennen der Big Open Single
Seater folgt dann vor dem DTM-Rennen um 11:50 Uhr.
Action-packed 7th season race of the BOSS GP 2019 at the TT Circuit.
Let’s start
with the sensation of today’s race day: Gianluca Ripoli (ITA, MM International)
surprisingly wins for the very first time a race in BOSS GP. Already in the
qualifying a surprise was on the horizon, with class rank 4 he achieved his best
qualifying result so far. In the race, unlike his immediate opponents, he
remained free of mistakes and benefited from a 10-second penalty for Alessandro
Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center), who had led most of the race.
After the
first start was aborted (a driver spun in the warm-up lap) the field was forced
to stop on the start-finish straight. At the restart, not all engines started
in time, so the crews were working on it even after the 30-second signal – which
is not allowed according to the regulations. Bracalents got – like some of the
other drivers – a time penalty added to the result.
Marco
Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) took the lead in the FORMULA class after a
good start of the race. Still in the first half pole setter Bracalente passed
Ghiotto again. The subsequent duel between the two title favourites was a short
one, however, as Ghiotto made a rare mistake and spun off the track. Ripoli
finally won ahead of Bracalente and Armando Mangini (ITA, MM International).
Mangini did it as so often, kept a cool head and crossed the finish line
without any major troubles. This brings the veteran 3th place in the FORMULA
ranking.
Philippe
Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) and Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International)
dropped from the podium due to penalties after a strong race. Andreas Fiedler
(DEU, Fiedler Racing) was within reach of the FORMULA podium for a long time,
but in the final phase he suddenly lost a lot of speed and thus some positions
(7th place).
OPEN podium in Race 1 at Assen: f.l. „Piter“, Gerstl and Laub
In the OPEN
class for Formula 1 cars Ingo Gerstl controlled the race from lap 1 onwards in
his Toro Rosso STR1 and extended the overall lead with his fifth victory of the
season. Hans Laub (DEU, Speed Center) finished second in the Forti FG03. The
driver and mechanic in one person skipped qualifying in the morning and started
a great race to catch up from the last grid position and overtook numerous
FORMULA racers in the race. „Piter“ (FRA, Ray-Ban) was happy about
another trophy in his collection with 3rd place.
Tomorrow
will be the 8th race of the season. At 9:45 a.m. the Big Open Single Seater line-up
for a ten-minute warm-up session. The race itself starts at 11:50 a.m.,
directly before the DTM’s main race.
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