First BOSS GP races will be held in Imola on 11 and 12 July.
The event and travel restrictions have also affected the BOSS GP Racing Calendar in 2020. Nevertheless, there is good news: The championship can start in just a few weeks. The first two races will already be held on the weekend of 11 and 12 July at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. This makes the BOSS GP races « Forza Fanatec » in Imola the first major motor sport event in Italy after the Coronavirus crisis. By the way, the season finale in October will also take place on the former Formula 1 racetrack in Imola.
The event is hosted by the experienced organizers of Gruppo Peroni. The event will last two days, and there will also be several support races. Whether spectators will be allowed has not yet been decided. Further details will be published on www.bossgp.com in the next few days.
11/12 July Imola (Italy) Forza Fanatec
4–6 September Brno (Czech Republic) Masaryk Racing Days
25–27 September Assen (Netherlands) Cuvee Sensorium Grand Prix
9–11 October Mugello (Italy) BOSS Mugello Grand Prix
23–25 October Imola (Italy) Pirelli Grande Finale
In addition, the organizers of BOSS GP are currently making intensive efforts to hold another race on a well-known Formula 1 racetrack in August. This would ensure the originally planned twelve races on six race weekends in this year’s BOSS GP Racing Series calendar.
The scheduled BOSS GP races in Misano Adriatico and at the Hockenheimring will not take place in 2020.
The first BOSS GP race after the Corona crisis should have taken place in Misano (ITA) on June 20, 2020. The organizers in Italy have tried until the end to be able to hold the race event, if necessary, without spectators. However, as the Italian authorities have not yet given their approval, the event had to be cancelled unfortunately. The reason for the restrictions are the still ongoing regulations to contain the corona pandemic. This means that the debut of Europe’s fastest racing series on the very interesting racetrack on the Adriatic coast is postponed to next year.
Sadly, the race at the Jim Clark Revival in Hockenheim (DEU) cannot take place either. The race originally planned for April was already postponed two months ago. The organisers are aiming a spare date in autumn. However, because BOSS GP has already planned two races each in September and October, the Big Open Single Seater will not be able to compete in this year’s Hockenheim Historic.
Four race
weekends in the schedule of the 2020 BOSS GP series are currently confirmed:
4–6 September Brno (Czech Republic) Masaryk Racing Days
25–27 September Assen (Netherlands) Cuvee Sensorium Grand Prix
9–11 October Mugello (Italy) BOSS Mugello Grand Prix
23–25 October Imola (Italy) Pirelli Grande Finale
BOSS GP is in negotiations with other racetracks and organisers in order to be able to include possible substitute races in the calendar. As soon as there are any news, we will publish them on www.bossgp.com.
Good news: The BOSS GP return to Tuscany can take place from 9–11 October.
Originally scheduled as the season opener, the race in Mugello had to be postponed from March to October due to corona measures. Whether spectators will be allowed to attend the race cannot be confirmed at this time.
This means that six race weekends are still on the calendar in 2020. The season is supposed to start on 20/21 June in Misano. Followed by Brno, Assen and the Italian double Mugello and Imola in October. A new date for the Jim Clark Revival in Hockenheim will be published soon. BOSS GP is in close contact with the German organizers to make this traditional race happen.
Less than 80 days left until the first BOSS GP race in Mugello and already numerous drivers have registered for our 26th season.
The registration has only started at the beginning of January, and despite this, numerous drivers and teams have already registered for the 2020 season. The interest has rarely been as great as this year. We thank you all, who has already signed for the season!
The regulations of the
spectacular racing series are very similar to those of 2019. Only the fastest
monoposto racing cars of the past 20 years will be allowed to participate. Six
race weekends with twelve races are scheduled for Europe’s fastest racing
series this season. Starting in March with the return to Mugello, followed by
the Jim Clark Revival at the Hockenheimring, Forza Fanatec in Misano, the Cuvee
Sensorium Grand Prix in Assen, the Masaryk Racing Days in Brno and the Pirelli
Grande Final in Imola in October.
Interested drivers and
teams can request their entry form and further information from race
coordinator Malin Strandberg: race@bossgp.com or +43 650 784 07 84
Alessandro Bracalente reduces the gap to championship leader Ghiotto by winning his 4th race of the year.
Alessandro
Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center) drove unchallenged to his fourth victory of the
season in the FORMULA class. The BOSS GP rookie thus reduced the gap to Marco
Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) in the points standings from 15 to only 12
points. Now it is clear that the championship will be decided in the last race
on Sunday. Ghiotto followed Bracalente throughout the race like a shadow. Only
at the end of the race he lost the connection to Bracalente and the gap grow to
an high of four seconds at the finish line.
Luca
Martucci (ITA, MM International) showed an incredible pace at the finish. At
the beginning of the race he dropped back to 9th place, but on the last lap he
made it onto the podium. For Martucci it is his fifth visit on the podium in
2019. In a courageous last lap manoeuvre, he overtook Salvatore de Plano (ITA,
Top Speed), who seems to have bad luck on his racing boots. For de Plano it was
nevertheless the second-best result of the season and the highest finish since
the Hockenheim season opener.
Andreas
Fiedler (DEU, Fiedler Racing) was also involved in the fight for the podium at
the opening stage of the race. In the end he finished fifth. He scored five
championship points more than Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center), who
finished seventh. Tomorrow Haezebrouck and Fiedler will fight for third place
in the FORMULA ranking.
Marc
Faggionato (MCO, Zig-Zag) could not set any time in qualifying because his car
had not been repaired in time. That didn’t stop him from moving up to 6th place
from last position on the grid. For several laps he battled with Haezebrouck
for position.
Walter
Steding (DEU, Inter Europol) was surprisingly in the top 6 at the beginning of
the race, ahead of Martucci and Haezebrouck. With rank 8, he finished in good
midfield this time.
Nicolas
Matile (MCO, Zig-Zag) finished 9th with the only Auto GP Lola in the field.
Peter Göllner won the internal team duel between him and Christian Eicke (both
SUI, Speed Center).
Gianluca
Ripoli (ITA, MM International) and Ulf Ehninger (DEU, ESBA Racing) had to
retire early in the race. Because Ripoli stopped at the warm-up lap, he had to
start at the back of the grid at the Indy start. He tried to improve his
position in the first lap and collided with Ehninger’s Benetton in the Tosa
hairpin.
The overall
victory was again secured by Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed). Not surprisingly,
the already crowned OPEN champion in his Toro Rosso dominated the eleventh race
of the season.
The 12th
and last race of the BOSS GP anniversary season will take place tomorrow Sunday
at 2:10 p.m., before that at 10:30 a.m. is BOSS GP’s warm-up session.
The first race of BOSS GP in Brno has been postponed to Sunday, starting time 9:15 am.
The heavy rain caused Volker Ehekircher, the race director and series organiser to postpone the race scheduled for 14:50 today to Sunday. The weather forecasts promise better conditions for the second race day at the Masaryk Racing Days.
The warm-up scheduled for tomorrow will not take place, instead two BOSS GP races will be held on just one day. Race 1 starts at 9:15, race 2 at 12:55. Both races have a distance of 20 minutes.
First row for the Top Speed drivers Gerstl and Höher.
Qualifying
for races 9 and 10 of the BOSS GP 2019 was held at 11 degrees outside
temperature and in drizzle. At least the choice of tyres was easy: all the
drivers went for the Pirelli Cinturato rain tyre. Despite the difficult weather
conditions the BOSS GP pilots did a good job keeping their racing cars on the
slippery track.
As
expected, Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) in Toro Rosso STR1 took another pole
position for the two races in Brno. Next to him Christopher Höher (AUT, Top
Speed) starts from row 1 in the best FORMULA car.
Despite a
spin at the beginning of Q2 Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) got into the
right rhythm. With position 3 he starts one place ahead of rival Alessandro
Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center). Bracalente had to deal with less driving time
in Q1 for yesterday’s top 5. Although the conditions in both sessions remained
the same, the drivers from Q2 were able to rewind significantly more laps. In
the rain this is usually an advantage.
From row 3
the reigning champion Florian Schnitzenbaumer (DEU, Top Speed) and Philippe
Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) will start the races. Haezebrouck finished the
session with an even faster time, but it was cancelled due to the disregard of
a yellow flag. The same happened to four other pilots.
Last year’s
winner Marc Faggionato (MCO, Zig-Zag) ended up eighth behind Andreas Fiedler
(DEU, Fiedler Racing), Thomas Jakoubek (AUT, Top Speed) in ninth place despite
little rain experience, Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International) in 10th place
overall.
Nicolas
Matile (MCO, Zig-Zag) and Gianluca Ripoli (ITA, MM International) starting from
row 6. Walter Steding (DEU, Inter Europol), who rolled out with a defect
shortly before the end of qualifying, and Christian Eicke (SUI, Speed Center)
will start from row 7. Teammate Peter Göllner (SUI, Speed Center) missed the
qualifying session, but can start in the races.
The first
race over 20 minutes starts today at 14:50 on Saturday.
The innovative and aspiring Moravian city of Brno will host the ninth and tenth BOSS Grand Prix 2019 from 5 to 8 September.
The second largest city in the Czech Republic will host another exciting round of the Big Open Single Seater anniversary season. After TT Circuit in Assen follows with the Automotodrom Brno another racetrack famous for motorcycle races. With a track length of 5.403 kilometres, the track on the western outskirts of the city is the longest in the 2019 BOSS GP racing calendar. Fast and smooth curves alternate with a technically demanding part. Engine power is also a decisive factor, as the Czech roller coaster climbs steeply in the last third of the track.
What will the Masaryk Racing Days offer?
The BOSS GP series has arrived in the middle of championship battle. Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) could already be crowned champion in the OPEN class in Brno with an extension of the winning streak that has already lasted three races. The FORMULA class is much closer: Alessandro Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center) and Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) have the best chances there. Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) and Andreas Fiedler (DEU, Fiedler Racing) are still considered outsiders before the last four rounds in Brno and Imola. Marc Faggionato and Nicolas Matile will add an extra spice with their guest starts in Brno. Faggionato won both races last year.
In addition to the headliner BOSS GP, there will be much more racing from Thursday to Sunday: Sports Car and P9 Challenge, Drexler Formula Cup, ESET V4 Cup with TCR, Suzuki Swift Cup Europe and historic racing classes (HAIGO). The racing fans can look forward to a total of 19 races at the weekend.
BOSS GP schedule Brno
Thursday, 5 September 2019: 14:00–14:25 Test 1 (25 Minutes) 16:30–16:55 Test 2 (25 Minutes)
Friday, 6 September 2019: 12:20–12:50 Free Practice 1 (30 Minutes) 15:45–16:15 Free Practice 2 (30 Minutes)
Saturday, 7 September 2019: 10:00–10:30 Qualifying (Q1: 8 Minutes/Break: 2 Minutes/Q2: 20 Minutes) 14:50–15:25 Race 1 (20 Minutes)
The weekend ticket for the ten- and eight-cylinder roaring costs 300 Czech crowns (=12 Euro) at the box office. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.automotodrombrno.cz/en/masaryk-racing-days-2019 Free choice of seats on all open grandstands and standing areas, access to the paddock is included in all tickets.
Where can I find the BOSS GP race cars and pilots?
The teams and drivers of the BOSS GP are in the pits with numbers 2 to 11. Some cars are parked in the paddock next to the BOSS GP hospitality.
How can I follow the BOSS GP from Brno online?
All results from practice, qualifying and the races on bossgp.com
Cuvee Sensorium is from now on the Official Champagne Partner of BOSS GP.
The high-class ambience of the DTM was ideal for BOSS GP to present a new series partner in a gala event: « Champagne is part of motorsport. Our bottles are ideal accessories for special, we call them Sensorial Moments, as they often occur in motorsport », explains Janna Sonntag from Cuvee Sensorium the cooperation with BOSS GP.
Champagne showers
These champagne bottles, which have been available since last year, are unique: instead of glass, the bottles are made of porcelain. « High-quality packaging for high-quality content » is Sonntag’s description of the company’s idea. The champagne itself comes from a family-run house with 120 years of experience. « Cuvee Sensorium is currently sold directly on request via the website www.champagne-sensorium.com or shops in Monaco, France and the U.S.”
More details on the partnership of BOSS GP and Cuvee Sensorium Champagne will be published later this year.
Marco Ghiotto wins again in FORMULA and Ingo Gerstl strikes back in the OPEN category.
It was the
counterattack of the record champion: After Phil Stratford (USA, Penn Elcom)
had beaten Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed) for the second time this year
yesterday, Stratford had no chance today. Gerstl took his fourth victory of the
season with a dominant performance in his Toro Rosso STR1 and thus extends the
overall lead again.
Phil
Stratford tried to follow Gerstl, but yesterday’s winner suddenly stopped in
lap 9. A technical problem on the Benetton B197 forced Stratford to stop
between the two Lesmo corners.
In the
FORMULA class Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) repeated his victory of
yesterday. Only a safety car shortly before the end made him sweat, otherwise
the uncle of Formula 2 driver Luca Ghiotto had everything under control. Ghiotto
is now the championship leader in the BOSS GP FORMULA category for the first
time after his double victory this race weekend.
Marco
Ghiotto: « Today it was easy. For the set-up I played it safe and didn’t
adjust the rear wing as flat as yesterday. To win again at the home race here
in Monza is a sensational experience for the team and for me as an
Italian ».
Sunday’s podium: f.l. Bracalente, M. Ghiotto, OPEN winner Gerstl, Fiedler
Alessandro
Bracalente (ITA, Speed Center) had a day to forget yesterday. Without points
and very mad he went to bed yesterday. In today’s second race he managed to
return to the podium with second place in his class. He also had to thank his
German team Speed Center, who screwed several cars at the same time late at
night. Although Bracalente has lost the lead in the points standings to Marco
Ghiotto, with second place in today’s Sunday race he remains within striking
distance for the coming races.
Andreas
Fiedler (DEU, Fiedler Racing) showed, as he did yesterday, a race to catch up
at its best. Started from last place, he overtook one competitor after the
other lap after lap. After overtaking Walter Steding (DEU, Inter Europol) and
Gianluca Ripoli (ITA, MM International) he was already fifth in class in lap 4.
In lap 6 he overtook Philippe Haezebrouck (FRA, Speed Center) and Luca Martucci
(ITA, MM International). Having reached class rank 3, the distance to Marco
Ghiotto and Bracalente was too big to start another attack.
Martucci
finally finished fourth in his class and was the best of the Italian MM
International team. Teammate Ripoli finished 5th, ahead of Salvatore de Plano
(ITA, Top Speed).
Phillipe
Haezebrouck had a much harder time today. After a strong fourth place
yesterday, he was handed back in the race today and finished seventh in
FORMULA.
Armando
Mangini (ITA, MM International) was also a long time in the lead, a technical
defect led to his early retirement.
The next BOSS GP will take place in five weeks. In Assen the Big Open Single Seater will start in the program of the famous and very popular touring cars of DTM. Tickets for the weekend are available from 49 Euro on www.dtm.com/en/tickets/assen-2019
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