Tag: Qualifying

Report: Qualifying Spielberg

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Ingo Gerstl with record lap on pole position, Ledermair on FORMULA pole

Not surprisingly Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed) set the fastest time in the second qualifying of this year. With 1:10,665 min the Toro Rosso pilot set a new BOSS GP lap record. The only downer for Gerstl: The declared goal of beating the sound barrier of 1:10 min was not achieved. Second place went to Phil Stratford (Penn Elcom Racing), who kept the GP2 armada behind him in his 1997-Benetton.

An Austrian was also the fastest pilot in the second class: Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport) picked up where he left off last year: At his comeback this afternoon (start: 3:05 p.m.) he starts from position 3 and thus has the best starting position with the FORMULA racing cars. With Ledermair in the second row, Reinhard Kofler (Top Speed) surpassed his expectations at his first appearance in the GP2 car.

Reinhard Kofler starts from row 2

Eight cars entered Qualifying 2, a seperated session for yesterday’s slower drivers. Fastest was Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed). The FORMULA leader placed 5th overall, knocking out Armando Mangini (MM International), who was in the first qualifying group.

Bianca Steiner and Andreas Fiedler fought for 7th place overall for the whole 20 minutes. Only six thousandths of a second (!) separate Fiedler (7.) and Steiner (8.). The situation between Peter Göllner and Christian Eicke was similarly close. Walter Steding (Inter Europol Competition) starts in the first race from 11, Thomas Jakoubek from 12, Karl-Heinz Becker (Becker Motorsport) had technical problems again, the German only completed three laps, he starts from 14th place.

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

Report: Qualifying Hockenheim

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Keke Platzer - General

Wenig überraschend holt der Österreicher Ingo Gerstl die Pole Position. De Plano und Schnitzenbaumer in der FORMULA nur zwei Hundertstelsekunden getrennt.

OPEN:
Nur mehr zwei der vier eingeschriebenen Autos konnten heute Samstag ins Qualifying starten: Ingo Gerstl im Toro Rosso und Phil Stratford im Benetton, den die Techniker über Nacht zum Laufen brachten. Bernd Herndlhofer und Wolfgang Jaksch mussten schon gestern ihre Autos einpacken.

Mit 1:25.2 min verbesserte Stratford seine Zeiten im Vergleich zum Vortag merklich, gegen den zehn Jahre jüngeren STR1-Cosworth von Gerstl ist natürlich kein Kraut gewachsen. Das Ziel, unter 1:20 min zu fahren, gelang dem Österreicher mit 1:19.664 min.

Da hat sich das Schrauben bezahlt gemacht: am Benetton von Phil Stratford

FORMULA:
Hier spielt die Musik, vor allem in Sachen Spannung fürs Rennen: Die schnellsten Zeiten setzten die Piloten in Qualifying 1, das den fünf schnellsten Piloten des Vortages vorbehalten ist. Florian Schnitzenbaumer im Dallara-GP2 von Top Speed führte bis kurz vor Schluss der nur achtminütigen Einheit. Salvatore de Plano, der gestern im ersten Freien Training die Bestzeit setzte, schlug in der vorletzten Runde zu, und verbesserte seine Zeit von 1:29 auf 1:27.9 min. Nur zwei Hundertstelsekunden trennten die beiden FORMULA-Piloten. De Plano ärgerte sich über einen Fehler in der ersten fliegenden Runde, ein Verbremser, der ihm fast die Pole kostete. Schnitzenbaumer rechnet mit einem engen Rennen zwischen den beiden schnellsten GP2-Piloten.

Schon mit Abstand, aber dennoch schwer zufrieden, liegt Armando Mangini (MM International) auf dem dritten Platz der FORMULA-Klasse. Der Italiener konnte, auf der von ihm ungeliebten Bahn in Hockenheim, eine gute Startposition für das erste Rennen heute Nachmittag einfahren.

Die zweite Qualifying-Gruppe wurde von Unterbrechungen gestört. Martin Kindler blieb in er Mercedes-Arena liegen, eine Radmutter hatte sich gelöst – das Auto wurde abgeschleppt.

Kurz nach der Freigabe kollidierten Manfred Loach und Andreas Fiedler in der Aufwärmrunde, der verständlicherweise böse in die Top-Speed-Box lief. Loach beschädigte sich seinen Frontflügel und musste ebenfalls sein Auto am Streckenrand parken, damit startet der flotte Österreicher nur von 13 beim BOSS-GP-Debüt; Fiedler muss von 16 wegfahren. Besser machte ihren Job Bianca Steiner (Top Speed), sie tastete sich Sekunde für Sekunde ans FORMULA-Vorderfeld an, hinter de Plano, Schnitzenbaumer und Mangini ist sie Vierte bei den FORMULA-Fahrern.

Bester Nicht-GP2 bei den FORMULA-Fahrzeugen wurde Karl-Heinz Becker, der seinen roten Worldseries-Boliden direkt vorm Quali startklar bekam und später als Zehnter losfahren wird.

Rennstart ist heute Samstag, um 17:00 Uhr.

Rennen 2 startet Sonntag, um 13:20 Uhr.

Kurz vor der Kollision: Manfred Loach vor Andreas Fiedler

OPEN class: Gerstl chasing new track record again?

Posted on September 30, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

It was a well known picture, when Qualifying was finished: Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed) on top of the grid. The Austrian was followed by Rinus van Kalmthout (Mansell Motorsport) and Phil Stratford (Penn Elcom Racing).

Is Gerstl aiming for the next track record? After setting up a new best lap time on the track in Brno three weeks ago at the “Masaryk Racing Days”, the Austrian showed some super fast laps on the track in Imola as well. With his best lap in 1:21,703 min he improved his time from practice session significantly (1:23,168). Current track record is set with 1:20,411 – it will be exciting to see, whether Gerstl can improve his speed furthermore and come close to the lap record in afternoon’s race (start: 3:40 p.m.). Definitely Gerstl will start the race from pole position.

Gerstl was followed by Rinus van Kalmthout. The young Dutch showed a great performance in his Dallara GP2 Evo as well and performed his best lap in 1:27,270, which means further improvement from the practice session. With not only the second best time in Qualifying, but also second best time of the overall grid (FORMULA and OPEN class), van Kalmthout will start from position 2 into the race on afternoon.

Rinus van Kalmthout during Qualifying on track in Imola 2017.

The OPEN class driver trio was completed by Phil Stratford. The American performed his best lap in 1:32,213, which means position 5 of the overall start grid. Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed) as well as Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport, both FORMULA class) performed faster laps than the OPEN class driver. So it is start position 5 at the first race of the weekend in Imola for Stratford.

Phil Stratford on track in Imola during Qualifying in Imola 2017.

Drivers and crews now look forward to the first race of the weekend, which will start at 3:40 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

Results of second free practice of OPEN class at “Peroni Race Weekend”:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	Gap	Laps	km/h
1	1	Ingo Gerstl	AUT	Top Speed	Toro Rosso STR1 F1	1:21,703		6	318,2
2	11	Rinus van Kalmthout	NED	Mansell Motorsport	Dallara GP2 Evo	1:27,270	5,567	5	305,6
3	7	Phil Stratford	USA	Penn Elcom Racing	Bennton B197 F1	1:32,213	10,510	3	299,7

Picture gallery of Imola 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/imola-boss-gp-superprix

Schedule Imola 2017: bossgp.com/timetable-for-the-peroni-race-weekend-in-imola-ita

OPEN class: Second free practice in Imola 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-van-kalmthout-improves-time

OPEN class: First free practice in Imola 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-gerstl-set-the-speed-at-first-free-training

OPEN class: Start list Imola 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-start-list-for-boss-gp-superprix-in-imola-ita-is-set

Standings of season 2017: bossgp.com/standings

30/09/2017

FORMULA class: Florian Schnitzenbaumer drives to the top

Posted on September 30, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

Florian Schnitzenbaumer during Qualifying in Imola 2017.

Qualifying for the races on the “Peroni Race Weekend” in Imola brought an interesting result for the FORMULA class.

First surprise already before first cars went on track: Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport), currently leading the FORMULA ranking, exited his race weekend due to technical problems. “We have some issues, we currently can’t solve. Going on track would be to dangerous, that’s why we decided, to exit the race weekend on this point. We will leave still today and solve the technical problems of the car after returning home”, Johann Ledermair explains.

The exit of Ledermair for the last two races of the season brings new thrill for the final Championship decision of season 2017. Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport) and Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport) will fight for the title now, as long as both of them complete their races successfully.

But first – Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed) rolled up the grid with a great performance at the Qualifying. Staying nine laps on track, the German drove his best lap in 1:30,008 min – fastest driver of the FORMULA grid, overall third fastest time of the whole grid (FORMULA and OPEN class), which means start-position 3 for the race in the afternoon (start: 3:40 p.m.).

Close behind the Top Speed driver was Mahaveer Raghunathan. The young Indian, currently ranked in position 3 of the overall ranking of the FORMULA class, arrived with high ambitions in Imola and will definitely fight with a high attitude for the Championship title 2017. With his best lap in 1:30,341 he finished Qualifying as second fastest driver of the FORMULA class with a sharp gap to Schnitzenbaumer, but on position 4 of the overall grid.

But where was De Plano? The Italian – racing on his home track – is as well highly ambitious and aiming for the title of the Champion 2017. He performed his best lap time in 1:32,754, which means third fastest driver of the FORMULA class in Qualifying, sixth fastest driver of the overall start grid. So De Plano will start from position 6 into the race on the afternoon.

Qualifying in Imola 2017: Salvatore De Plano (r.) in front of Rinus van Kalmthout and Ingo Gerstl (both OPEN class).

Armando Mangini (MM International Motorsport), Walter Steding (Inter Europol Competition), Martin Kindler (Jenzer Motorsport), René Kouwenberg (De Boer Manx), Karl-Heinz Becker (Becker Motorsport) and PETER (Ray-Ban) completed the grid, while Nicolas Matile (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport) spun of the track, his Lola Auto GP had to be recovered.

Drivers and crews now look forward to the first race of the weekend, which will start at 3:40 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

Results of Qualifying of FORMULA class at “Peroni Race Weekend”:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	Gap (s)	Laps	km/h
1	888	Florian Schnitzenbaumer	GER	Top Speed	Dallara GP2	1:30,008		9	296,4
2	115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	IND	PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport	Dallara Lola	1:30,341	0,333	2	276,7
3	999	Salvatore De Plano	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:32,754	2,746	5	288,5
4	323	Armando Mangini	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1.34,810	4,802	8	287,7
5	505	Walter Steding	GER	Inter Europol Competition	Dallara GP2	1:36,761	6,753	9	288,5
6	430	Martin Kindler	SUI	Jenzer Motorsport	Nissan World Series	1:37,096	7,088	10	262,6
7	139	René Kouwenberg	NED	De Boer Manx	Dallara GP2	1:38,480	8,472	11	285,4
8	411	Karl-Heinz Becker	GER	Becker Motorsport	Super Nissan World Series	1:41,981	11,973	9	267,8
9	111	‘PETER’	FRA	Ray-Ban	World Series by Renault	1:52,840	21,832	2	236,2
10	116	Nicolas Matile	SUI	PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport	Lola Auto GP

Picture gallery of Imola 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/imola-boss-gp-superprix

Schedule Imola 2017: bossgp.com/timetable-for-the-peroni-race-weekend-in-imola-ita

FORMULA class: Second free practice in Imola 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-de-plano-chasing-best-lap-time

FORMULA class: First free practice in Imola 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-fastest-lap-at-first-free-practice-for-raghuanthan

FORMULA class: Start list Imola 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-start-list-for-boss-gp-superprix-in-imola-ita-is-set

Standings of season 2017: bossgp.com/standings

30/09/2017

OPEN class: After Qualifying Gerstl on pole position, followed by Jaksch

Posted on September 9, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

Ingo Gerstl on track in Brno 2017 during Qualifying.

It was a well known picture: Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed) set the pace also at the “Masaryk Racing Days”. The Austrian performed the fastest lap of the grid and will start from pole position at first race of the weekend in Brno on afternoon. Gerstl was followed by Wolfgang Jaksch (F Xtreme Racing Team).

Weather conditions for drivers and teams turned out well: bit cloudy and 22° at the track in southeast Czechia. The six fastest drivers after practice sessions on Friday started first on the 5,403 km long track in Brno into the Qualifying and owned the circuit for a total of eight minutes.

Read more about the free practices on Friday:

1st free practice of OPEN class in Brno 2017

2nd free practice of OPEN class in Brno 2017

As on Friday the pace of current leader of the OPEN class Ingo Gerstl was super fast. Driving his best lap in impressing 1:34,752 min in lap 1, there is a good chance for the Austrian to set up a new official track record in Brno. Current record is 1:39,093 min, set up by Gerstl himself before (note: official track records only count during races). Gerstl will start from pole position at season race 11 in Brno on afternoon (start: 3:00 p.m.).

The Austrian was followed by Wolfgang Jaksch, who performed his best lap in 1:41,986 in lap1, showing a significant gap to leader Gerstl with his Super Aguri SA06. Nevertheless the German finished the Qualifying as second fastest driver of the whole grid and will start from position 2 onto the track at afternoon.

Third OPEN class driver in Brno, Bernd Herndlhofer, went for just one lap onto the track. With a time of 1:42,581 the Austrian will start from position 4 of the overall start grid at the race in the afternoon.

Bernd Herndlhofer during Qualifying on track in Brno 2017.

The complete results of the Qualifying at “Masaryk Racing Days” in Brno 2017:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	In	Gap	Laps	km/h
1	1	Ingo Gerstl	AUT	Top Speed	Toro Rosso STR1 F1	1:34,752	1		3	205,281
2	26	Wolfgang Jaksch	GER	F Xtreme Racing Team	Super Aguri SA06 F1	1:41,986	1	7,234	4	190,720
3	21	Bernd Herndlhofer	AUT	H&A Racing Team	Arrows A22	1:42,581	1	7,829	2	189,614

Since OPEN and FORMULA class have different classifications, but drive together at the race, the whole start grid of 15 drivers will start into the race on afternoon. The phalanx of the OPEN class drivers on top is hit by by Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport) as fastest FORMULA driver, who will start from position 3, in front of OPEN class driver Bernd Herndlhofer (H&A Racing Team) on position 4.

Result Qualifying Brno 2017, OPEN class.

This is the starting grid for race 1 at the “Masaryk Racing Days” in Brno 2017:

Start grid race 1 in Brno 2017.

Picture gallery of Brno 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/brno-masaryk-racing-days-2/

Timetable for Brno 2017: bossgp.com/timetable-for-the-masaryk-racing-days-in-brno-cz/

FORMULA class: Qualifying in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-ledermair-is-fastest-at-qualifying/

OPEN class: Second free practice in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-gerstl-leading-again-jaksch-back-on-track-in-brno/

OPEN class: First free practice in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-gerstl-performes-best-at-first-free-practice-in-brno/

OPEN class: Start list at “Masaryk Racing Days” in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-start-list-for-masaryk-racing-days-in-brno-cz-is-set/

Standings of season 2017: bossgp.com/standings

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09/09/2017

FORMULA class: Ledermair is fastest at Qualifying

Posted on September 9, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

Johann Ledermair during Qualifying in Brno 2017.

A start grid of twelve drivers is racing the FORMULA class at the “Masaryk Racing Days” in Brno (CZ) for season races 11 and 12. Almost all of the “usual suspects” are ranked on the top positions of the FORMULA grid after Qualifying.

Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport), currently on position 3 of Championship ranking is obviously aiming for getting back to the top position of his class. At Qualifying in Brno he performed the fastest lap of the FORMULA drivers with 1:42,540 min instantly in first lap with his Dallara GP2, significantly improving his best lap time from the free practice session (1:47,561).

Ledermair was followed by Mahaveer Raghunathan (MM International Motorsport, Dallara GP2), who performed his best lap in lap 2 with 1:44,829 (gap: 2,289 sec). A real close gap of only 0,56 sec behind Raghunathan, Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed) was finishing his best lap at in 1:45,388 with his Dallara GP2..

So it’s the trio of Ledermair, Raghunathan and Schnitzenbaumer, who lead the FORMULA field of the BOSS GP after Qualifying and will start from positions 3, 5 and 6 of the overall start grid. Surprisingly Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport), who showed strong and increasing performances during the last races and always taking a spot at the Top 3 trio, finished Qualifying this time on position five (1:46,502), with teammate Armando Mangini (MM International Motorsport) in front of him ranked fourth of the FORMULA class at Qualifying with his best lap in 1:45,743.

Salvatore De Plano (l.) and Andreas Fiedler (r.) during Qualifying in Brno 2017.

On next positions followed Henk de Boer (De Boer Manx), Andreas Fiedler (H&A Racing), Peter Göllner (Speed Center), Walter Steding (Inter Europol Competition), Christian Eicke (Speed Center), Karl-Heinz Becker (Becker Motorsport) and Veronika Cicha (H&A Racing).

It was Göllner, who caused two red flag phases during Qualifying, when he spun off the track twice. Nevertheless the Swiss managed to bring home a good personal lap record, which finally brought him position 11 on the start grid for the race on afternoon (start: 3:00 p.m.).

The overall results of Qualifying of FORMULA class at “Masaryk Racing Days”:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	In	Gap (s)	Laps	km/h
1	444	Johann Ledermair	AUT	Ledermair Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:42,540	1		4	189,690
2	115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	IND	PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport	Dallara Lola	1:44,829	2	2,289	4	185,548
3	888	Florian Schnitzenbaumer	GER	Top Speed	Dallara GP2	1:45,388	3	2,848	4	184,564
4	323	Armando Mangini	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:45,743	6	3,203	6	183,944
5	999	Salvatore De Plano	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:46,502	3	3,962	7	182,633
6	136	Henk de Boer	NED	De Boer Manx	Dallara GP2	1:48,187	3	5,647	4	179,789
7	321	Andreas Fiedler	GER	H&A Racing	Dallara GP2	1:48,627	1	6,087	7	179,060
8	101	Peter Göllner	SUI	Speed Center	Dallara GP2	1:48,954	2	6,414	6	178,523
9	505	Walter Steding	GER	Inter Europol Competition	Dallara GP2	1:49,237	1	6,697	2	178,061
10	555	Christian Eicke	SUI	Speed Center	Dallara GP2	1:49,748	6	7,208	8	177,231
11	411	Karl-Heinz Becker	GER	Becker Motorsport	World Series by Nissan	1:51,401	1	8,861	2	174,602
12	222	Veronika Cicha	CZ	H&A Racing Team	Dallara GP2	1:52,067	3	9,527	4	173,564

Since OPEN and FORMULA class have different classifications, but drive together at the race, the whole start grid of 15 drivers will start into the race on afternoon. Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed, OPEN class) once more this season owns the pole position. Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport) as fastest FORMULA driver will start from position 3, still in front of OPEN class driver Bernd Herndlhofer (H&A Racing Team) on position 4.

Result Qualifying Brno 2017, FORMULA class.

This is the complete start grid for race 1 at the “Masaryk Racing Days” in Brno 2017:

Start grid race 1 in Brno 2017.

Picture gallery of Brno 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/brno-masaryk-racing-days-2/

Timetable Brno 2017: bossgp.com/timetable-for-the-masaryk-racing-days-in-brno-cz/

OPEN class: Qualifying in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-after-qualifying-gerstl-on-pole-position-followed-by-jaksch/

FORMULA class: Second free practice in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-early-finish-for-ledermair-and-fiedler-de-plano-showing-speed-at-second-free-practice/

FORMULA class: First free practice in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-raghunathan-shows-fastest-lap-during-first-free-practice/

FORMULA class: Start list at “Masaryk Racing Days” in Brno 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-start-list-for-the-masaryk-racing-days-in-brno-cz-is-set/

Standings of season 2017: bossgp.com/standings

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09/09/2017

FORMULA Class: Qualifying in Assen – Ledermair schnellster FORMULA Fahrer

Posted on August 5, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

Johann Ledermair on track in Assen 2017.

Zwölf Fahrer gehen in der BOSS GP Formula Class bei den “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen (NED) für die Saisonrennen 9 und 10 an den Start. Einmal mehr führten die “üblichen Verdächtigen” das FORMULA Feld beim Qualifying an.

Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport), der die Gesamtführung in der FORMULA Class während seiner Abwesenheit in Zolder (BEL) im Juli vor einigen Wochen an Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport) hatte abgeben müssen, setzt offensichtlich alles daran, sich die Spitzenposition in Assen zurück zu holen. Der Österreicher zeigte im Qualifying the schnellste Runde im FORMULA Starterfeld mit 1:25,192 im Dallara GP2 in seiner fünften Runde. Damit verbesserte er seine im freien Training erzielte Bestzeit noch einmal (1:25,829).

Ledermair wurde dicht gefolgt von Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport, Dallara GP2), der seine beste Zeit in Runde 4 mit 1:26,731 fuhr. Mit einem Abstand von nur 0,375 min hinter De Plano folgte der im Gesamtranking der Klasse aktuell Führende, Raghunathan. Er fuhr im Qualifying eine Bestrundenzeit von 1:27,106 im Lola Auto GP und verbesserte seine Zeit aus dem freien Training noch einmal deutlich.

Einmal mehr ist es also das Trio Ledermair, De Plano und Raghunathan, welches das FORMULA Class Startfeld der BOSS GP nach dem Qualifying anführt und die Top-Platzierungen im Rennen belegt.

Das Spitzentrio wird gefolgt von Veronika Cicha (H&A Racing), die ein ganz starkes Qualifying fuhr und ihre beste Runde im Dallara GP2 mit 1:32,604 fuhr. Armando Mangini (MM International Motorsport, Dallara GP2), Marc Fagionetto (Team Zig Zag, Dallara GP2), Walter Steding (Inter Europol Competion, Dallara GP2), Peter Göllner (Speed Center, Dallara GP2) und Wolfang Jordan (H&A Racing, Dallara GP2) folgten auf den weiteren Positionen. Ebenso wie ‘PETER’ (Team Ray Ban), der im freien Training mit seinem Dallara World Series by Renault glücklos blieb, das Qualifying jedoch souverän absolvierte, sowie Christian Eicke (Speed Center, Dallara GP2).

Karl-Heinz Becker musste das Qualifying hingegen nach technischen Problemen bereits in der ersten Runde beenden.

Die Ergebnisse des Qualifyings bei den “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	In	Gap	Laps	km/h
1	444	Johann Ledermair	AUT	Ledermair Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:25,192	5		6	192,48
2	999	Salvatore De Plano	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:26,731	4	1,539	5	189,07
3	115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	IND	PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport	Lola Auto GP	1:27,106	5	0,375	6	188,25
4	222	Veronika Cicha	CZE	H&A Racing	Dallara GP2	1:32,604	5	5,498	6	177,08
5	323	Armando Mangini	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:32,920	4	0,316	6	176,47
6	129	Marc Fagionatto	MC	Team Zig Zag	Dallara GP2	1:33,555	4	0,635	6	175,28
7	505	Walter Steding	GER	Inter Europol Competition	Dallara GP2	1:33,615	5	0,060	6	175,16
8	101	Peter Göllner	SUI	Speed Center	Dallara GP2	1:34,152	6	0,537	7	174,17
9	105	Wolfgang Jordan	GER	H&A Racing	Dallara GP2	1:36,181	9	2,029	10	170,49
10	111	‘PETER’	FRA	Team Ray Ban	Dallara World Series by Renault	1:37,663	4	1,482	6	167,90
11	555	Christian Eicke	SUI	Speed Center	Dallara GP2	1:38,566	4	0,903	9	166,37
12	411	Karl-Heinz Becker	GER	Becker Motorsport	Dallara World Series by Nissan

Beide BOSS GP Klassen – OPEN und FORMULA Class – werden getrennt voneinander gewertet. Das Starterfeld von nun 14 Fahrern geht jedoch auch im Rennen zusammen auf die Strecke. Von der Pole Position startet OPEN Class Fahrer Ingo Gerstl (Team Top Speed). Ihm folgen die FORMULA Class Fahrer Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport, Position 2), Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport, 3) und Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport, 4). Rennbegin ist 17:59 Uhr.

Startaufstellung für Rennen 1 bei den “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017:

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Fotogalerie Assen 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/assen-gamma-racing-days

OPEN Class: Qualifying “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/de/open-class-qualifying-in-assen-gerstl-erneut-auf-pole-position

FORMULA Class: Freies Training “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/de/formula-class-fruehes-ende-nach-crash-ledermair-zurueck-auf-der-strecke-und-an-der-spitze

FORMULA Class: Startliste “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/de/formula-class-startliste-fuer-die-gamma-racing-days-in-assen-ned-steht-fest

Aktuelle Ergebnisse Saison 2017: bossgp.com/de/ergebnisse

05/08/2017

FORMULA class: Qualifying in Assen – Ledermair fastest FORMULA driver

Posted on August 5, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

A start grid of twelve drivers is racing the FORMULA class at the “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen (NED) for season races 9 and 10. The “usual suspects” lead the field of the FORMULA drivers at Qualifying.

Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport), loosing the overall leading position of the FORMULA class while absent in Zolder (BEL) in July a couple of weeks before, obviously is aiming for getting back to the top position of his class. He performed the fastest lap of the FORMULA class field at Qualifying, with 1:25,192 min in his fifth lap with his Dallara GP2, still improving his best lap time from the free practice session (1:25,829).

Ledermair was sharply followed by Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport, Dallara GP2), who performed his best lap in lap 4 with 1:26,731. A gap of only 0,375 min behind De Plano, Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport) was finishing his best lap at Qualifying in 1:27,106 with his Lola Auto GP, improving his lap time from free practice significantly.

So it’s once more the trio of Ledermair, De Plano and Raghunathan leading the FORMULA field of the BOSS GP after Qualifying and starting from the front positions of the start grid.

They are followed by Veronika Cicha (H&A Racing), who showed a great Qualifying and finished her best lap in her Dallara GP2 with 1:32,604. Armando Mangini (MM International Motorsport, Dallara GP2), Marc Faggionato (Zig Zag, Dallara GP2), Walter Steding (Inter Europol Competion, Dallara GP2), Peter Göllner (Speed Center, Dallara GP2), Wolfang Jordan (H&A Racing, Dallara GP2) took the next positions, as well as ‘PETER’ (Ray-Ban), who wasn’t lucky at the free practice with his Dallara World Series by Renault, but finished well at the Qualifying, and Christian Eicke (Speed Center, Dallara GP2).

Karl-Heinz Becker left Qualifying already at first lap, due to technical reasons.

These are the results of the Qualifying:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	In	Gap	Laps	km/h
1	444	Johann Ledermair	AUT	Ledermair Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:25,192	5		6	192,48
2	999	Salvatore De Plano	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:26,731	4	1,539	5	189,07
3	115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	IND	PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport	Lola Auto GP	1:27,106	5	0,375	6	188,25
4	222	Veronika Cicha	CZE	H&A Racing	Dallara GP2	1:32,604	5	5,498	6	177,08
5	323	Armando Mangini	ITA	MM International Motorsport	Dallara GP2	1:32,920	4	0,316	6	176,47
6	129	Marc Faggionato	MC	Zig Zag	Dallara GP2	1:33,555	4	0,635	6	175,28
7	505	Walter Steding	GER	Inter Europol Competition	Dallara GP2	1:33,615	5	0,060	6	175,16
8	101	Peter Göllner	SUI	Speed Center	Dallara GP2	1:34,152	6	0,537	7	174,17
9	105	Wolfgang Jordan	GER	H&A Racing	Dallara GP2	1:36,181	9	2,029	10	170,49
10	111	‘PETER’	FRA	Ray-Ban	Dallara World Series by Renault	1:37,663	4	1,482	6	167,90
11	555	Christian Eicke	SUI	Speed Center	Dallara GP2	1:38,566	4	0,903	9	166,37
12	411	Karl-Heinz Becker	GER	Becker Motorsport	Dallara World Series by Nissan

Since OPEN and FORMULA class have different classifications, but drive together at the same race, the whole start grid of 14 drivers will start at the same race. Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed, OPEN class) once more this season will start from pole position. He is followed by FORMULA class drivers Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport), Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport) and Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport).

This is the starting grid for race 1 at the “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017:

Picture gallery of Assen 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/assen-gamma-racing-days

FORMULA class: Free practice at “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-early-finish-after-a-crash-ledermair-back-on-track-and-top-of-the-field

FORMULA class: Start list at “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/formula-class-start-list-for-the-gamma-racing-days-in-assen-ned-is-set

Standings of season 2017: bossgp.com/standings

05/08/2017

OPEN class: Qualifying in Assen – Gerstl saves pole position

Posted on August 5, 2017 by adminWordpress - General

After his awful crash during free practice in the morning, Klaas Zwart (Team Ascari) is out of the “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen for this weekend. Luckily the local hero wasn’t injured. Finally two OPEN class drivers were remaining for the Qualifying, since Bernd Herndlhofer (H&A Racing) had to cancel the races due to technical reasons already before just arriving in Assen. It is now a battle between Ingo Gerstl (Team Top Speed) and Wolfgang Jaksch (F Xtreme Racing Team) for the podium.

Apart from Zwarts cancellation of the remaining race weekend, the Qualifying at the “Gamma Racing Days” went smoothly. Drivers had to deal with difficult weather conditions: Sun and light rain alternated. At the beginning of the Qualifying a few drops fell down – a good challenge for teams and driver, finding the best setup for these conditions.

Ingo Gerstl was the first driver on the 4,555 km long track, showing a sovereign and fast performance in his Toro Rosso STR1 and securing the pole position for the race in the evening once more this season. He drove his best lap time in lap 6 with 1:23,228 min. Wolfgang Jaksch followed with quite a gap and a best lap time in 1:31,272 in his Super Aguri SA06, nevertheless improving his lap record from the free practice. Gerstl passed seven laps in total, Jaksch six laps.

Wolfgang Jaksch on track in Assen 2017 with his Super Aguri SA06.

These are the results of the Qualifying:

Position	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Car	Fastest lap (min)	In	Gap	Laps	km/h
1	1	Ingo Gerstl	AUT	Top Speed	Toro Rosso STR1 F1	1:23,228	6		7	197,03
2	26	Wolfgang Jaksch	GER	F Xtreme Racing Team	Super Aguri SA06 F1	1:31,272	5	8,044	6	179,66

Since OPEN and FORMULA class have different classifications, but drive together at the same race, the whole start grid of 14 drivers will start at the same race. So Gerstl once more this season owns the pole position, followed by FORMULA class drivers Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport), Salvatore De Plano (MM International Motorsport) and Mahaveer Raghunathan (PS Racing by Coloni Motorsport). Wolfgang Jaksch will start from position 5 at the race (season race 9) in the evening, which will start at 5:59 p.m.

This is the starting grid for race 1 at the “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017:

Picture gallery of Assen 2017: bossgp.com/gallery/assen-gamma-racing-days

OPEN class: Free practice at “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-free-practice-ends-with-a-horrific-crash-by-klaas-zwart

OPEN class: Start list at “Gamma Racing Days” in Assen 2017: bossgp.com/open-class-start-list-for-the-gamma-racing-days-in-assen-ned-is-set

Standings of season 2017: bossgp.com/standings

05/08/2017

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