Start list for races at Paul Ricard in Le Castellet is set
Third station of the BOSS GP Championship season 2017 this weekend (10.-11./06.2017) is around the corner. The start list for the races in France is now set.
Host for season races 5 and 6 is the « GT Open & Euroformula Open » at the French Circuit « Paul Ricard » in Le Castellet. Last time, BOSS GP teams were racing at this track, was at the « FFSA Historic Tour » in May 2015. So drivers and crews will be back on the track, which will host a « Grand Prix of France » at the Formula 1 in 2018, ten years after the last F1-race in France was held.
14 drivers will compete in the FORMULA class this weekend. Current leader of the class, Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport, picture), will be on track again, hunting for the next podiums, as well as the second of the ranking, Mahaveer Raghunathan (Coloni Motorsport), and the third, Salvatore de Plano (MM International Motorsport). Since Veronika Cicha will race at Paul Ricard again, the races will have a female participant again for the second time this season. Well, this is the grid for the FORMULA class in Le Castellet, Paul Ricard, 2017:
| Start-No. | Name | Team | Nat. | Make | Type |
| 101 | Peter Göllner | Speed Center | SUI | Dallara | GP2 |
| 105 | Wolfgang Jordan | H&A Racing | GER | Dallara | GP2 |
| 115 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport | IND | Lola | Auto GP |
| 127 | Bruno Navarrete | Griffith’s | FRA | Dallara | GP2 |
| 136 | Henk de Boer | De Boer Manx | NED | Dallara | GP2 |
| 150 | David Moretti | Griffith’s | FRA | Dallara | GP2 |
| 222 | Veronika Cicha | H&A Racing | CZE | Dallara | GP2 |
| 323 | Armando Mangini | MM International Motorsport | ITA | Dallara | GP2 |
| 411 | Karl-Heinz Becker | Becker Motorsport | GER | Dallara | World Series by Nissan |
| 430 | Martin Kindler | Jenzer Motorsport | SUI | Dallara | World Series by Nissan |
| 444 | Johann Ledermair | Ledermair Motorsport | AUT | Dallara | GP2 |
| 555 | Christian Eicke | Speed Center | SUI | Dallara | GP2 |
| 888 | Florian Schnitzenbaumer | Top Speed | GER | Dallara | GP2 |
| 999 | Salvatore De Plano | MM International Motorsport | ITA | Dallara | GP2 |
Reigning Champion and current leader of the OPEN class, Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed), will be back on track in Le Castellet as well as Wolfgang Jaksch (F Xtreme Racing Team), who didn’t race in Zandvoort either. Also Rinus van Kalmtouth (Mansell Motorsport), who made his BOSS GP debut in Zandvoort three weeks ago, will start at Paul Ricard. The French Patrick D’Aubreby (Griffith’s) will run his first race of the BOSS GP championship 2017 on his « home track ».
| Start-No. | Name | Team | Nat. | Make | Type |
| 1 | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | AUT | Toro Rosso STR1 | F1 |
| 11 | Rinus van Kalmthout | Mansell Motorsport | NED | Dallara | GP2 Evo |
| 19 | Patrick D’Aubreby | Griffith’s | FRA | AGS JH23 | F1 |
| 26 | Wolfgang Jaksch | F Xtreme Racing Team | GER | Super Aguri SA06 | F1 |
BOSS GP will compete at seven different European venues in 2017, holding 14 races in total. Hockenheim in April and Zandvoort in May are done. Paul Picard (FRA) will set season races 5 and 6. Remaining tracks are Zolder (BEL), Assen (NED), Brno (CZE) and Imola (ITA).
More:
Find detailed statistics of current standings here: bossgp.com/standings/
All data about the last BOSS GP race at the Circuit Paul Ricard (05/2015) you find here: bossgp.com/race/historacing-tour-paul-ricard/
Find all informations about the Circuit « Paul Ricard » on this website: www.circuitpaulricard.com