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Season highlight: BOSS GP at Hockenheim F1

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Europe’s fastest racing series is part of the German Grand Prix weekend and for the first time support series of Formula 1.

The big stage
For the second time this season the Big Open Single Seater will come to Hockenheim. Like the season opener three months ago, the 20 players of the BOSS GP are bringing powerful sounds and high speed to the Motodrom. The 4.5-kilometer Grand Prix circuit will be the stage for a premiere: for the first time, the BOSS GP will drive as a support series for the Formula 1 World Championship.

The BOSS GP is for the second time this year in Hockenheim

The Protagonists

20 cars divided into two classes – that is the setting for the BOSS GP premiere at Hockenheim. In the OPEN class Formula 1 and IndyCars are allowed, the engines are unrestricted. Four brave starters of the highest class compete in the magic Motodrom: The triple BOSS GP Champion Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed) from Austria with the very first Toro Rosso Formula 1 car; the American Phil Stratford (Penn Elcom Racing) in 1997-Benetton by Jean Alesi (team mate Gerhard Berger won the 1997 German Grand Prix in the identical car); Hans Laub (Speed Center) in the Forti FG 03, a rare piece of racing history; Wolfgang Jaksch (F Xtreme Racing) in the white and red Super Aguri from 2006, with 10 cylinders and 800 hp Cosworth power.

Starting No.	Name	Team	Nat.	Car
1	Ingo Gerstl	Top Speed	AUT	Toro Rosso STR1
7	Phil Stratford	Penn Elcom Racing	USA	Benetton B197
22	Hans Laub	Speed Center	DEU	Forti FG 03
26	Wolfgang Jaksch	F Xtreme Racing Team	DEU	Super Aguri 06

Fast identes Material haben die 16 Akteure der FORMULA zur Verfügung: 14 der 16 Teilnehmer starten mit Dallara-GP2-Rennfahrzeugen, allerdings mit unterschiedlichen Aerodynamik-Ausbaustufen. Der Franzose „Piter“ und der deutsche BOSS GP-Dauerbrenner Karl-Heinz Becker starten in Boliden der World Series by Nissan bzw. Renault. Die heißesten Kandidaten auf die Siege am Wochenende sind Tabellenführer Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed) aus Deutschland und Armando Mangini (MM International) aus Italien, der das letzte Rennen in Monza gewinnen konnte. Nicht außer Acht lassen dürfen wir Bernd Herndlhofer (Top Speed), der Ex-Meister startet zum ersten Mal in diesem Jahr in der FORMULA. Nach einem Rennen Pause ist Bianca Steiner (Top Speed) zurück: Die junge Österreicherin holte zuletzt am Red Bull Ring ihr erstes Podest. Sie ist übrigens nicht die einzige Dame im Starterfeld, Veronica Cicha (H&A Racing) ist schon länger fester Bestandteil der BOSS GP.

Starting No.	Name	Team	Nat.	Car
100	Thomas Jakoubek	Top Speed	AUT	Dallara GP2
101	Peter Göllner	Speed Center	SUI	Dallara GP2
105	Wolfgang Jordan	H&A Racing	DEU	Dallara GP2
110	Bianca Steiner	Top Speed	AUT	Dallara GP2
111	“Piter”	Ray-Ban	FRA	Dallara WSbR
221	Bernd Herndlhofer	Top Speed	AUT	Dallara GP2
222	Veronica Cicha	H&A Racing	CZE	Dallara GP2
321	Andreas Fiedler	Fiedler Racing	DEU	Dallara GP2
323	Armando Mangini	MM International	ITA	Dallara GP2
324	Gianluca Ripoli	MM International	ITA	Dallara GP2
377	Luca Martucci	MM International	ITA	Dallara GP2
411	Karl-Heinz Becker	Becker Motorsport	DEU	Dallara WSbN
505	Walter Steding	Inter Europol Competition	DEU	Dallara GP2
555	Christian Eicke	Speed Center	SUI	Dallara GP2
666	Roy Glaser	Speed Center	SUI	Dallara GP2
888	Florian Schnitzenbaumer	Top Speed	DEU	Dallara GP2

German Wolfgang Jaksch (l.) comes as race winner to his home race

Season so far

Ingo Gerstl has dominated the OPEN class so far. Most recently in Monza, however, Phil Stratford in the Benetton F1 was the first to take Gerstl’s pace in the Toro Rosso F1, although Gerstl also clinched overall and class victory for the fifth time in six races up to now. In the second Monza race, both Gerstl and Stratford fell victim to a starting collision. The beneficiary of this unfortunate situation was Wolfgang Jaksch (Super Aguri F1). The German won in Monza for the first time this season, for the second time ever in the BOSS GP – right on time before his home race at Hockenheim. Hans Laub has only been on the track for testing purposes with his Forti F1 so far, and the German’s first race will take place this weekend.

The FORMULA is tighter and only slightly more silent. Four different winners in six races so far this season prove that this class is closer than ever before. In the overall standings after 6 of 14 races Schnitzenbaumer (120 points) leads ahead of Fiedler (101) and Mangini (87).

Timetable: BOSS GP at Grosser Preis von Deutschland

Friday, 20 July 2018
13:00–13:25: Free Practice 1
18:30–18:55: Free Practice 2

Saturday, 21 July 2018
10:40–11:10: Qualifying
18:00–18:25: Race 1

Sunday, 22. July 2018
11:10–11:40: Race 2

Highlight clips: Hockenheim & Spielberg

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

The best scenes from our 2018 races in Germany and Austria are available on our YouTube channel @bossgpofficial.

1st event: Hockenheim Historic

Video: 7 Berge Filmwerkstatt

2nd event: Rundstreckentrophy Spielberg

Video: 7 Berge Filmwerkstatt

Video: WeraceTV

Video-Highlights: Hockenheim & Spielberg

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Die besten Szenen der ersten beiden Rennwochenenden in Deutschland und Österreich gibt es auf unserem YouTube-Kanal @bossgpofficial.

1. Station: Hockenheim Historic

Video: 7 Berge Filmwerkstatt

2. Station: Rundstreckentrophy Spielberg

Video: 7 Berge Filmwerkstatt

Video: WeraceTV

Race Guide Hockenheim

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Immer Bescheid wissen, was läuft: Mit der BOSS GP beim Hockenheim Historic – Das Jim Clark Revival

Trainings-, Qualifying- und Rennergebnisse

Breaking News mit Twitter @bossgp2010

Detailergebnisse mit Sektoranalyse und Startaufstellungen

Zur BOSS-GP-Gesamtwertung

Zum Livetiming

Aktuelle Fotos gibt es in unserer Galerie

Hockenheim Historic 2018

Die besten Fotos und Videos auf Instagram @bossgp2010

Zeitplan BOSS GP

Freitag, 20. April 2018

10:00 Uhr–10:25 Uhr: Freies Training 1
16:15 Uhr–16:40 Uhr: Freies Training 2

Samstag, 21. April 2018

10:35 Uhr–11:05 Uhr: Qualifying
17:00 Uhr–17:20 Uhr: Rennen 1

Sonntag, 22. April 2018

13:20 Uhr–13:40 Uhr: Rennen 2

Race Guide Hockenheim

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General, Uncategorized

What’s up? All links you need for the BOSS GP at Hockenheim Historic – The Jim Clark Revival

Results

Breaking News on Twitter @bossgp2010

Sector times and Starting grid

BOSS GP standings

Livetiming

Pictures from race weekend up-to-date in our gallery

Hockenheim Historic 2018

Best-of pics and videos on Instagram @bossgp2010

Schedule BOSS GP

Friday: April 20, 2018

10:00 am-10:25 am: Free practice 1
16:15-16:40: Free practice 2

Saturday: April 21, 2018

10:35 am-11:05 am: Qualifying
17:00-17:20: Race 1

Sunday: April 22, 2018

13:20-13:40: Race 2

BOSS GP part of 2018 German Grand Prix weekend

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Ingo Gerstl in his STR1-F1 car in front of a packed crowd

The sensation is perfect: BOSS GP will be driving as support series at the German Formula 1 Grand Prix – from July 20 to 22, 2018 at the Hockenheimring.

Good news for all Formula 1 fans
The BOSS GP complements the programme of this summer’s German Grand Prix. This is the first time that Europe’s fastest racing series will take part in the support programme of the Formula 1 World Championship, which will celebrate its comeback in Germany in 2018 after a one-year break.

The hearty eight-cylinder sound of the GP2 racing cars, the no less exciting sounding World Series by Renault engines, the infernal, loud 12-cylinder Superleague Formula 1 engines and of course the breathtaking and incomparably high-revving ten-cylinder engines of Formula 1 “scream” together in the BOSS GP in the truest sense of the word. All together they offer action-packed, fast and vocal motorsport at its finest, which in this form is unparalleled in the global motorsport universe.

In addition to Formula 1 and BOSS GP, the Hockenheimring Grand Prix weekend also features Europe’s fastest cup series, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, and the young guns from ADAC Formula 4.

Formel-1-Autos, wie etwa jener Benetton aus dem Jahr 1997, fahren in der BOSS GP um die Wette.

Formula 1 cars like the 1997 Benetton, will be driven in race speed around the Hockenheimring circuit

Get tickets now
Tickets can be booked in the online ticket shop at www.hockenheimring.de or via the ticket hotline +49 6205 950 222. Children up to and including 6 years of age have free admission (no seat entitlement), children and young people under 16 years pay only 45 Euro (Sunday) and 50 Euro (weekend) on each seat, with the exception of the south grandstand.

BOSS GP calendar 2018:

20–22 April Hockenheim (DEU)
18–20 May Spielberg (AUT)
29 June–1 July Monza (ITA)
20–22 July Hockenheim (DEU)
17–19 August Assen (NED)
7–9 September Brünn (CZE)
12–14 October Le Castellet (FRA)

Die Sehnsucht der Fans nach Rennautos mit Speed und Sound ist groß, etwa beim BOSS-GP-Rennen in Assen

Fans love the speed and sound of Formula One’s V10 and V8 era

BOSS GP bei der Formel 1

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Die Sensation ist perfekt: BOSS GP fährt mit der Formel 1 beim Grand Prix von Deutschland – von 20. bis 22. Juli 2018 am Hockenheimring.

Gute Nachrichten für alle Formel-1-Fans
Die BOSS GP ergänzt das Programm des Großen Preises von Deutschland in diesem Sommer. Damit fährt Europas schnellste Rennserie zum ersten Mal im Rahmen der Formel-1-Weltmeisterschaft, die 2018 nach einem Jahr Pause ihr Comeback in Deutschland feiert.

Der kernige Achtzylinder-Sound der GP2-Boliden, die nicht minder aufregend klingenden Aggregate der World Series by Renault, die infernalisch-lauten 12-Zylinder Superleague-Formula-Triebwerke und natürlich die atemberaubenden und unvergleichlich hochdrehenden Zehnzylinder-Triebwerke der Formel 1 „schreien“ in der BOSS GP im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes gemeinsam um die Wette. Alle zusammen bieten sie actiongeladenen, schnellen und stimmgewaltigen Motorsport vom Feinsten, welcher in dieser Form im globalen Motorsportuniversum seinesgleichen sucht.

Weitere Programmpunkte am Grand-Prix-Wochenende am Hockenheimring sind neben der Formel 1 und BOSS GP Europas schnellster Markenpokal, der Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, und die Nachwuchs-Kaderschmiede ADAC Formel 4.

Formel-1-Autos, wie etwa jener Benetton aus dem Jahr 1997, werden in der BOSS GP rennmäßig bewegt.

Jetzt Tickets holen
Im Online-Ticketshop unter www.hockenheimring.de oder über die Tickethotline der Hockenheim-Ring GmbH unter +49 6205 950 222 können Tickets platzgenau gebucht werden. Übrigens haben Kinder bis einschließlich 6 Jahren freien Eintritt (ohne Sitzplatzanspruch), Kinder und Jugendliche unter 16 Jahren zahlen auf jedem Platz, mit Ausnahme Südtribüne Oberrang, nur 45 Euro (Sonntag) bzw. 50 Euro (Wochenende).

Alle Renntermine der BOSS GP 2018:

20.–22. April Hockenheim (DEU)
18.–20. Mai Spielberg (AUT)
29. Juni–1. Juli Monza (ITA)
20.–22. Juli Hockenheim (DEU)
17.–19. August Assen (NED)
7.–9. September Brünn (CZE)
12.–14. Oktober Le Castellet (FRA)

Die Sehnsucht der Fans nach Rennautos mit Speed und Sound ist groß, etwa beim BOSS-GP-Rennen in Assen; Ingo Gerstl im Toro Rosso (l.), Klaas Zwaart im Jaguar (r.)

Report: Race 1 Hockenheim

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

f.l. Team member of Salvatore de Plano, Florian Schnitzenbaumer, Armando Mangini

This race was not boring, perhaps even a bit too spectacular: Ingo Gerstl wins the open class as expected, Florian Schnitzenbaumer becomes first FORMULA driver despite an accident with de Plano.

The chronology of the race:

Pre-start: Interruptions during the long day at Hockenheim Historic lead to a delayed start of the BOSS GP.

Shortly after 5:30 pm – more than half an hour later than planned – BOSS GP starts the first race of the weekend: The Pirelli Safety Car led the field to a flying start. Thomas Jakoubek was missing, the Austrian had a braking problem in qualifying, he withdrew from the first race of the weekend.

Florian Schnitzenbaumer (second in FORMULA starting grid behind Salvatore de Plano) could not get away at first, but he was able to get back in position in time before the flying start.

Manfred Loach had to park his Dallara GP2 after only a few hundred metres, after an accident in qualifying he would only have started from 13 – also his place remained empty at the start, the oil temperature in the Top Speed car was too high.

Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed) and Phil Stratford (Penn Elcom Racing) took the lead.

Schnitzenbaumer overtook de Plano, who countered, but the German finally passed him in the Mercedes Arena.

Peter Göllner (Speed Center) spun at the beginning of turn 1, but the Swiss could continue.

From 16th on the grid Andreas Fiedler (Fiedler Racing) really made meters in his green GP2, after three laps he was already seventh, behind debutant Bianca Steiner.

Only a short time later Steiner turned on the same spot as Fiedler, and she was also able to resume her journey at the very end of the field.

Leading drivers Gerstl and Stratford drove the same lap times in the first third of the race. Gerstl announced after qualifying that he would “slow down a bit”.

Lap 4: Two cars, “Piter” and Karl-Heinz Becker, stand independently of each other in the hairpin. “Piter” after a spin, Becker for technical infirmity. “Piter” could drive on, Becker had to stop his home race – the consequence: SAFETY CAR

Right before the Safety Car Veronika Cicha moved up to 8th place, the Czech GP2 pilot started from 14.

Start frei für die neue Saison der BOSS GP

Green flag for the new BOSS GP season

RESTART in turn 6: Gerstl-Stratford, Schnitzenbaumer-de Plano and Mangini-Fiedler are the battle groups at the front.

Three minutes before the end, two crashed racing cars: In the Mercedes Arena de Plano’s car stands tattered on the track – the left front wheel bends. The Polesetter is cared for by the medical team and brought to the Medical Center. The latest news says he’s okay.

De Plano had previously collided with Florian Schnitzenbaumer in the fight for victory in class. De Plano tried to pass Schnitzenbaumers Dallara GP2 on the outside during the braking phase, the wheels touched. De Plano jumped over the right rear wheel of Schnitzenbaumer and then came to a stop without barrier impact.

Andreas Fiedler spun into the gravel bed at the entrance of Motodrom, he also got stuck.

Red Flag, no restart. The result will be counted one lap before the Red Flag, full points will be awarded.

The final result is as follows:

OPEN:

Gerstl
Stratford

FORMULA

Schnitzenbaumer
de Plano
Mangini
Fiedler
Cicha
Steding
Eicke
Steiner
Göllner
Kindler

Report: 1. Rennen Hockenheim

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Fad war dieses Rennen nicht, vielleicht sogar ein bisschen zu spektakulär: Ingo Gerstl gewinnt wie erwartet die offene Klasse, Florian Schnitzenbaumer wird trotz Unfall erster FORMULA-Fahrer.

Die Chronologie des Rennens:

Vorstart: Unterbrechungen im Laufe des langen Tages beim Hockenheim Historic, führen zu einem verspäteten Rennstart der BOSS GP.

Um kurz nach 17:30 Uhr – mehr als eine halbe Stunde später als geplant – der Start zum ersten Rennen des Wochenendes: Das Pirelli-Safety-Car führte das Feld zum fliegenden Start. Thomas Jakoubek fehlte, der Österreicher hatte im Qualifying ein Bremsproblem, er verzichtete auf einen Start im ersten Rennen des Wochenendes.

Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Startposition 2 in der FORMULA hinter Salvatore de Plano) kam erst einmal nicht weg, er konnte sich aber noch rechtzeitig vor dem fliegenden Start wieder in seiner Position einreihen.

Manfred Loach musste seinen Dallara-GP2 nach nur wenigen hundert Metern abstellen, nach einem Unfall im Qualifying (“Ein Bock von mir”) wäre er nur von 13 gestartet – auch sein Platz blieb beim Rennstart leer, die Öltemperatur beim Top-Speed-Auto war zu hoch.

Durch die ersten Kurven kamen alle problemlos, vorne setzten sich Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed) und Phil Stratford (Penn Elcom Racing) ab.

Schnitzenbaumer überholte de Plano, dieser konterte, in der Mercedes-Kurve zog der Deutsche dann aber endgültig vorbei.

Peter Göllner (Speed Center) drehte sich in der Anfangsphase ausgangs Kurve 1, der Schweizer konnte aber weiterfahren.

Von Startplatz 16 machte Andreas Fiedler (Fiedler Racing) im giftgrünen GP2 richtig Meter, nach drei Runden war er schon Siebenter, hinter Debütantin Bianca Steiner.

Nur wenig später drehte sich Steiner an derselben Stelle wie Fiedler, auch sie konnte ganz am Ende des Feldes die Fahrt wieder aufnehmen.

Die Führenden Gerstl und Stratford fuhren im ersten Drittel des Rennens dieselben Rundenzeiten. Gerstl kündigte schon nach dem Qualifying an, „etwas langsamer zu machen“.

Runde 4: Zwei Autos stehen, „Piter“ und Karl-Heinz Becker, unabhängig voneinander in der Spitzkehre. „Piter“ nach einem Dreher; Becker wegen technischen Gebrechens. „Piter“ konnte weiterfahren, Becker musste beim Heimspiel abstellen – die Konsequenz: Safety-Car

Veronika Cicha war zur Rennhalbzeit schon auf Platz 8 nach vor gefahren. Die tschechische GP2-Pilotin startete von 14.

Start frei für die neue Saison der BOSS GP

Restart in Runde 6: Gerstl-Stratford, Schnitzenbaumer-de Plano und Mangini-Fiedler sind die Kampfgrüppchen an der Spitze.

Drei Minuten vor dem Ende dann zwei verunfallte Rennautos: In der Mercedes-Kurve steht de Planos Auto ramponiert auf der Bahn – das linke Vorderrad ist eingeknickt. Der Pole-Mann wird vom Krankenteam versorgt und ins Medical Center gebracht. Nach neuesten Meldungen ist er o.k.

De Plano war zuvor mit Florian Schnitzenbaumer im Kampf um Klassenrang 1 kollidiert. De Plano versuchte in der Anbremsphase außen an Schnitzenbaumers Dallara-GP2 vorbeizuziehen, dabei berührten sich die Räder. De Plano sprang über das rechte Hinterrad von Schnitzenbaumer und kam danach ohne Einschlag zum Stehen.

Andreas Fiedler drehte sich Eingangs Motodrom ins Kiesbett, auch er blieb stecken.

Abbruch, kein Restart. Gewertet wird das Ergebnis eine Runde vor der Roten Flagge, volle Punkte werden vergeben.

Das Endergebnis lautet wie folgt:

OPEN:

Gerstl
Stratford

FORMULA

Schnitzenbaumer
de Plano
Mangini
Fiedler
Cicha
Steding
Eicke
Steiner
Göllner
Kindler

Report: Qualifying Hockenheim

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Not surprisingly, the Austrian Ingo Gerstl takes pole position. De Plano and Schnitzenbaumer in the FORMULA only seperated by two hundredths of a second.

OPEN:
Only two of the four registered cars could start into qualifying today: Ingo Gerstl in his Toro Rosso and Phil Stratford in the Benetton, which the technicians managed to repair overnight. Bernd Herndlhofer and Wolfgang Jaksch had to pack their cars yesterday.

With 1:25.2 min Stratford improved his times in comparison to the previous day noticeably, against the ten years younger STR1-Cosworth of Gerstl of course no cure grew. The Austrian managed to finish under 1:20 with 1:19.664 min.

Phil Stratford’s Benetton is repaired and back on track

FORMULA:
This is where the music plays, especially when it comes to the excitement of the race: The fastest times were set by the drivers in Qualifying 1, which is reserved for the five fastest drivers from yesterday’s practice. Florian Schnitzenbaumer in the Dallara-GP2 of Top Speed led until shortly before the end of the only eight-minute session. Salvatore de Plano, who set the best time in the first free practice yesterday, beat the German in the penultimate lap and improved his time from 1:29 to 1:27.9 min. Only two hundredths of a second separated the two FORMULA pilots. De Plano was annoyed about a mistake in the first flying lap in the braking of the second corner, which almost cost him his pole. Schnitzenbaumer expects a close race between the two GP2 drivers.

Armando Mangini (MM International) is already in third place in the FORMULA class by far, but still very satisfied. On the track at Hockenheim, which he did not like, the Italian managed to get a good starting position for the first race this afternoon.

The second qualifying group was disturbed by interruptions. Martin Kindler stopped in the Mercedes Arena, a wheel nut had come loose – the car was towed away.

Shortly after the release Manfred Loach and Andreas Fiedler collided in the warm-up lap. Understandably Fiedler ran badly into the top speed pits. Loach damaged his front wing and also had to park his car at the side of the track, so the fast Austrian only starts from 13 at his BOSS GP debut; Fiedler has to start far more back from 16. Bianca Steiner (Top Speed) did a better job, she came close to the FORMULA front runners; behind de Plano, Schnitzenbaumer and Mangini she is fourth in the FORMULA class.

Best non-GP2 of the FORMULA racers was Karl-Heinz Becker, who got his red Worldseries car ready right before the qualification and will start later as tenth.

The first race starts today at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Race 2 starts Sunday at 13:20.

Right before they collide: Manfred Loach in front of Andreas Fiedler