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Preview: Forza Fanatec Mugello

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Keke Platzer - 5, General

The Italian “double” to close the 2022 BOSS GP season starts next weekend with two races in Tuscany.

Before the 28th season of Europe’s fastest racing series enters its finale in Misano (4-6 November), it is time for Mugello, one of the favourite tracks of many drivers. While last year’s championship started at Mugello, this year’s Forza Fanatec at Mugello is already entering the crucial stage. In the BOSS GP FORMULA Class, six drivers (all of them in GP2 cars) still have a mathematical chance of becoming the champion.

Simone Colombo (ITA, MM International), who made his BOSS GP debut at Mugello in 2021, has the best chance of winning the title at the moment. He leads by 33 points over defending champion Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scurderia Palladio) and the Portuguese Zdenek Chovenec-Lopez (MM International). As in Brno, however, Chovanec-Lopez will not be competing. Luca Martucci (ITA, MM International), Walter Steding (GER, Scuderia Palladio) and Giancarlo Pedetti (ITA, Nannini Racing) still have outside chances. Francesco Malavasi (ITA, Scuderia Palladio), who has only been participating in the championship since Le Castellet in the summer, was on the podium twice in Brno and should also be considered for a possible podium in Mugello. With Marc Faggionato (MCO, Zig-Zag) and Salvatore de Plano (ITA, MM International), two former race winners return to the grid, which this time also includes a former professional racing driver: Joey Foster (GBR, HS Engineering) will give his comeback in monoposto racing. A total of 17 drivers have entered for the FORMULA classification, including the French team from Zig-Zag and two Lola AutoGP cars.

Two drivers from Team Top Speed, Ingo Gerstl (AUT) and Thomas Jackermeier (GER), will be competing in the BOSS GP F1 Class. They continue their Toro Rosso duel between Gerstl’s STR1 and Jackermeier’s STR3. Harald Schlegelmilch (LVA, HS Engineering) from the OPEN class will again try to chase the Formula 1 cars in his modified World Series bolide. In the six-cylinder car class, Andreas Hasler (AUT, Hasler Motorsport) will try to keep his increasingly fast pursuer in the overall SUPER LIGHTS standings, Alexander Geier (AUT, Geier Racing), at bay. All the best ingredients for an exciting race weekend in Mugello.

Entry List:

Number	Name	Nation	Team	Class	Manufacturer	Year	Model	Engine
1	Ingo Gerstl	AUT	Team Top Speed	F1	Toro Rosso	2006	F1 – STR1	Cosworth TJ
15	Thomas Jackermeier	GER	Team Top Speed	F1	Toro Rosso	2008	F1 – STR3	Ferrari 056
10	Haralds Slegelmilhs	LVA	HS Engineering	OPEN	Dallara	2012	WSbR – T12	Gibson 4.5
12	Joey Foster	GBR	HS Engineering	FORMULA	Dallara	2012	WSbR – T12	Gibson
19	Nicolas Matile	MCO	Zig-Zag	FORMULA	Lola	2005	AutoGP	Zytek
22	Michael Aberer	AUT	AM Motorsport	FORMULA	Dallara	2005	GP2	Mecachrome
27	Marco Ghiotto	ITA	Scuderia Palladio	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
28	Bruno Jarach	ITA	Eesti Motorsport	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
29	Marc Faggionato	MCO	Zig-Zag	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
31	Paul O’Connell	IRE	HS Engineering	FORMULA	Dallara	2012	WSbR – T12	Gibson
32	Simone Colombo	ITA	MM International	FORMULA	Dallara	2017	F2	Mecachrome
37	Luca Martucci	ITA	MM International	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
43	Giancarlo Pedetti	ITA	Nannini Racing	FORMULA	Dallara	2014	GP2	Mecachrome
44	Thomas Jakoubek	AUT	Team Top Speed	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
46	Alexander Seibold	GER	Seibold Auto + Sport	FORMULA	Dallara	2005	GP2	Mecachrome
47	Walter Steding	GER	Scuderia Palladio	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
61	Jean-Christophe Peyre	FRA	Zig-Zag	FORMULA	Lola	2005	AutoGP	Zytek
66	Andreas Fiedler	GER	Fiedler Racing	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
77	Francesco Malavasi	ITA	Scuderia Palladio	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
87	Salvatore de Plano	ITA	MM International	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
34	Roberto Vanni	ITA	Walter Colacino Racing	SUPER LIGHTS	Lola	1998	F3000	Alfa Romeo
36	Walter Colacino	ITA	Walter Colacino Racing	SUPER LIGHTS	Lola	1998	F3000	Alfa Romeo
111	Alexander Geier	AUT	Geier Racing	SUPER LIGHTS	Tatuus	2003	WSbR	Nissan
115	Andreas Hasler	AUT	Hasler Motorsport	SUPER LIGHTS	Dallara	2009	WSbN	Nissan

Track:

The 5.245-kilometre Mugello circuit (built in 1974) is owned by Ferrari and traditionally hosts the MotoGP. Two years ago, the track in Tuscany also hosted a Formula 1 race (winner: Lewis Hamilton). The youngsters and gentlemen of the BOSS GP Racing Series can expect fluid and fast sequences of corners embedded in a hilly topography. Last year in partly wet conditions Marco Ghiotto took a double victory in the FORMULA class, in the OPEN classification Ulf Ehninger (GER, ESBA Racing) won race 1 in a Benetton, in race 2 Ingo Gerstl in a Toro Rosso.

Timetable (CEST):

Friday, 14 October 2022
11:10–11:40 Free Practice 1
14:05–14:35 Free Practice 2

Saturday, 15 October 2022
09:55–10:25 Qualifying
15:05–15:25 Race 1 (20 minutes)

Sonntag, 16 October 2022
10:00–10:10 Warm-up
13:15–13:40 Race 2 (25 minutes)

Support races:

The Italian promoter Gruppo Peroni is again gathering numerous racing series from different categories in Mugello this year. In addition to the BOSS GP Racing Series as the main series, the Italian Topjet F2000 Trophy (together with the Drexler Formula Cup from Austria) is another single-seater racing series at the event. The Master Tricolore Prototipi features sports prototypes, the Lotus (Cup Italia) and Renault (Clio RS Cup) one-make cups and the historic GT cars of the Campionato Italiano Autostoriche will complete the line-up. The programme starts on Friday from 8:45 am (without lunch break) with practice and qualifying sessions. On Saturday and Sunday, the programme will start with the races from 9 a.m. each day.

Tickets:

Admission to the standing areas is free, the pit roof and main stand cost 10 respectively 15 euros at the box office. Discounts are available for under-18s, women and ACI club members. Children under 14 can enter for free when accompanied by an adult, and the same applies to residents of the municipalities of Scarperia and San Piero (FI).

Live Stream:

The race programme on Saturday and Sunday will be partially broadcast on promoter Gruppo Peroni’s YouTube channel.

Photos: Michael Jurtin/BOSS GP, PR & Event Keke Platzer (Poster)

Preview: Brno

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Keke Platzer - General

Next weekend (September 9–11) Europe’s fastest racing series, the BOSS GP Racing Series, returns from its summer break. Hosted by the Masaryk Racing Days at the Automotodrom in Brno.

The weekend of 9–11 September marks the start of the second half of the season for the BOSS GP Racing Series. After six races in Hockenheim, Spielberg and Le Castellet, six more races are scheduled in the next nine weeks in Brno, Mugello and Misano. Before the season ends in Italy, the unique mix of Big Open single-seaters in the Formula 1, Formula 2, World Series & Co. categories will head to Brno.

In the BOSS GP F1 Class, that is the classification for Formula 1 cars, four cars have been entered. Among them are three Toro Rossos, including the STR1 of championship leader Ingo Gerstl (AUT, Top Speed), who has won all races so far this season. In Sebastien Vettel’s premiere winning car, the Toro Rosso STR3 with a Ferrari engine, Thomas Jackermeier (GER, Top Speed) wants to break this streak in Brno. Racing fans can especially look forward to a rare piece of motorsport history in the form of the green and yellow Lotus T127. The Formula 1 car from 2010 is equipped with a Cosworth V8 engine and will be entered by Team Top Speed. The ex-car of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen is driven by Austrian Thomas Jakoubek.

In the absence of championship leader Zdenek Chovanec Lopez (PRT), FORMULA title defender Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) is aiming for his first win of the season. In the battle for the championship, however, Ghiotto’s compatriot Simone Colombo (MM International) could put himself in the best starting position. After three events, he is only twelve points behind Chovanec-Lopez, but already 35 ahead of Marco Ghiotto. Salvatore de Plano (ITA, MM International), who has won races with a GP2 in the past, has also been named. After a longer break from racing, he also wants to have a say in the fight for the podium.

In the BOSS GP SUPER LIGHTS, Alexander Geier (Geier Racing) in an older 2003 Tatuus-Renault and Andreas Hasler (Hasler Motorsport) will continue their inner-Austrian duel in the six-cylinder car class.

Entry list:

Nummer	Name	Nation	Team	Klasse	Marke	Baujahr	Modell	Motor
1	Ingo Gerstl	AUT	Team Top Speed	F1	Toro Rosso	2006	F1 – STR1	Cosworth TJ
2	Florian Schnitzenbaumer	GER	Team Top Speed	F1	Toro Rosso	2006	F1 – STR1	Cosworth TJ
15	Thomas Jackermeier	GER	Team Top Speed	F1	Toro Rosso	2008	F1 – TR3	Ferrari 056
19	Thomas Jakoubek	AUT	Team Top Speed	F1	Lotus	2010	F1 – T127	Cosworth CA
22	Michael Aberer	AUT	AM Motorsport	FORMULA	Dallara	2005	GP2	Mecachrome
27	Marco Ghiotto	ITA	Scuderia Palladio	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
28	Bruno Jarach	ITA	Eesti Motorsport	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
32	Simone Colombo	ITA	MM International	FORMULA	Dallara	2017	F2	Mecachrome
37	Luca Martucci	ITA	MM International	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
43	Giancarlo Pedetti	ITA	Nannini Racing	FORMULA	Dallara	2014	GP2	Mecachrome
44	Thomas Jakoubek	AUT	Team Top Speed	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
46	Alexander Seibold	GER	Seibold Auto + Sport	FORMULA	Dallara	2005	GP2	Mecachrome
47	Walter Steding	GER	Scuderia Palladio	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
87	Salvatore de Plano	ITA	MM International	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
66	Andreas Fiedler	GER	Fiedler Racing	FORMULA	Dallara	2008	GP2	Mecachrome
77	Francesco Malavasi	ITA	Scuderia Palladio	FORMULA	Dallara	2011	GP2	Mecachrome
111	Alexander Geier	AUT	Geier Racing	SUPER LIGHTS	Tattus	2003	WSbRenault	Renault
115	Andreas Hasler	AUT	Hasler Motorsport	SUPER LIGHTS	Dallara	2009	WSbNissan	AER

Race track:

With a track length of 5.403 kilometres, the former MotoGP circuit is also the second longest circuit of the year after Circuit Paul Ricard (5.8 km long). Fast and fluid corners alternate with a technically demanding section. Engine power is also a decisive factor because the Czech rollercoaster goes steeply uphill in the last third of the track. Here you not only see what the cars are capable of, but also which driver can control his vehicle best.

Timetable (CEST):

Friday, 9 September 2022
12:35–13:05 Free Practice 1
15:35–16:05 Free Practice 2

Saturday, 10 September 2022
09:50–10:20 Qualifying
14:00–14:30 Race 1 (20 minutes)

Sunday, 11 September 2022
09:50–10:00 Warm-up
12:50–13:30 Race 2 (25 minutes)

Christopher Höher dedicate his win in Brno 2019 to his recently deceased father

Supporting program:

In addition to the headliner BOSS GP, other racing series will round off the programme from Friday to Sunday, including Drexler Formula Cup, ESET V4 Cup with the TCR Eastern Europe and Renault Clio Cup Bohemia and historic racing classes (HAIGO).

Tickets:

Children under 12 are admitted free of charge, day tickets are available for 13 euros, weekend tickets cost 17 euros. Parking at the open grandstands is free of charge. All tickets can be purchased at the box office on site.

Pictures: Angelo Poletto & Michael Jurtin/BOSS GP, Dirk Hartung/Autosport.at

Preview: Le Castellet

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Keke Platzer - General

The BOSS GP Racing Series is coming to Le Castellet with a top-class starting field for the French Historic Grand Prix (June 17-19, 2022). Racing legends await teams and drivers there.

Just two weeks after the races at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, the BOSS GP Racing Series continues its European tour in France. The fourth edition of the Grand Prix de France Historique at Circuit Paul Ricard provides the ideal setting to bring the past back to life. Located near the sea, between Marseille and Toulon, fans and drivers can expect an event full of awakened memories.

With a bombastic grid of over 25 cars, including Formula 1 race cars from Toro Rosso, Jaguar and Benetton, IndyCars and monopostos from Formula 2, GP2, World Series and Auto GP, Europe’s fastest racing series will contest rounds 5 and 6 of the season at Le Castellet. Also taking part are four Frenchmen: Didier Sirgue (Jaguar R2), David Moretti (GP2), Jean-Christophe Peyre (Auto GP) and Alain Girardet (WSbR), joined by Nicolas Matile (Auto GP) and Marc Faggionato (GP2), who will be competing under a Monegasque license.

Entry list:

Race Track:

The 5.8-kilometer Circuit Paul Ricard is a track that is demanding from a driving point of view and at the same time has some high-speed passages to offer. Well situated climatically, with around 180 different track variations and extremely safe, the circuit is a paradise for test drives for good reason. The Big Open Single Seater’s last race here was held in 2017.

Timetable (CEST):

Friday, 17 June 2022
11:00–11:25 Free Practice 1
15:45–16:10 Free Practice 2

Saturday, 18 June 2022
10:10–10:40 Qualifying
15:30–15:50 Race 1 (20 minutes)

Sunday, 19 June 2022
09:35–09:45 Warm-up
15:30–15:55 Race 2 (25 minutes)

Supporting program:

The fourth edition of the event is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the FFSA (French Automobile Sports Association) and the fabulous history of Formula 1. In addition to the BOSS GP Racing Series, the program includes races with legendary cars from the 1970s (Historic F1). Furthermore, there will be races of the Historic Formula 2 (built before 1979), Formula 3 and Formula Renault Classic and Formula Ford 1600 with no less than 45 starters. Under the title “100 km du GPFH”, older and younger GTs and sports prototypes will also be competing.

A total of twelve races, spread over Saturday and Sunday, are on the racing program. Numerous other Formula 1 vehicles will be on display in the paddock. Fans can also do their own laps in F1 simulators or learn something new at the F1 technology exhibition. The paddock is freely accessible to visitors. No wonder that this also attracts numerous French motorsport stars to the Cote d’Azur. Jean Alesi, Rene Arnoux, Yannick Dalmas, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Patrick Tambay, Pascal Fabre, Jean-Marc Gounon, Patrick Gaillard and others have announced their visit.

Tickets & TV broadcast:

Tickets are available from 25 euros, for more details visit www.gpfrance.com/en/french-historic-grand-prix/ticketing

Admission is daily from 9 am.

The program on Sunday will also be broadcast on French television, on the channel Automoto La chaîne.

Pictures: Angelo Poletto/BOSS GP, Jean-Marie Biadatti, Bernard Canonne

Preview Misano

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Keke Platzer - 5, General

For the first time, Europe’s fastest racing series visits the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli this weekend. Will the lap record fall at the Forza Fanatec event?

From 18 to 20 June, Misano will be the venue for round 3 of the BOSS GP Racing Series 2021. For the first time, the Big Open Single Seaters will stop at the Adriatic Sea and offer the pilots the unique chance to attack the lap record on the modern racetrack within sight of the popular seaside resort of Rimini. The current lap record is 1:25.380, set 13 years ago by Clivio Piccione during an Auto GP series race.

For many BOSS GP drivers, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is new territory, as it is for the series in its 27th season. Two 30 minutes free practice sessions on Friday should help to familiarise with the 4.2-kilometre-long racetrack. To be on the safe side, one or the other pilot also put in a few practice sessions in the racing simulator.

The track has been in operation since 1972, the biggest reconstruction took place in 2006 and 2007, when the direction of the track was turned (now clockwise) to create more space for run-off areas. The track now has the highest safety standards, as do all the other tracks on the BOSS GP Racing Series calendar. Last weekend, the World Superbike Championship raced at Misano, other highlights in the 2021 schedule are the MotoGP and Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe events.

Schedule BOSS GP Forza Fanatec Misano:

Friday, 18 June 2021
10:35–11:05 Free Practice 1
14:10–14:40 Free Practice 2

Saturday, 19 June 2021
10:05–10:35 Qualifying (8+20 minutes)
16:45–17:05 Race 1 (20 minutes) LIVESTREAM

Sunday, 20 June 2021
09:30–09:40 Warm-up
15:10–15:35 Race 2 (25 minutes) LIVESTREAM

Photos: Misano World Circuit

Preview & Guide Imola

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Keke Platzer - 5, General

BOSS GP brings back world-class motorsport to Italy this weekend.

The 26th BOSS GP racing season kicks off with Forza Fanatec in Imola (July 11th-12th), where the season finale is set to take place just 15 weeks later. The BOSS GP races are the first major motorsport event in Italy after the lockdown. Just like the races in Spa at the beginning of August (1-2), the meeting is a two-day event without spectators on site.

In Imola, there are a couple of new drivers and cars on the grid. All eyes are certainly on the 22-year-old Italian Riccardo Ponzio, who will make his debut with a 2002 Formula 1 car from Jaguar. With Ulf Ehninger (Benetton B197) and OPEN champion Ingo Gerstl (Toro Rosso STR1) two more Formula 1 cars are in the mix.

Other debutants are Austrian hill-climb specialist Christian Ferstl, former touring car ace Roman Hoffmann (both GP2) and Michael Aberer (AUT, WSbR). Also participating for the first time in the FORMULA class are Estonian Bruno Jarach and Italian Roberto Vanni, who will compete in the only Formula 3000 car.

They will take on champion Marco Ghiotto (Scuderia Palladio), Luca Martucci (MM International) and Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed), among others. We can also be excited about the first appearance of Salvatore De Plano in the A1GP Lola car of Coloni.

The new dry tyre from Pirelli in purple also makes its debut. This tyre is intended to enable experienced drivers to achieve faster lap times and make it easier for less experienced drivers to handle the “black gold”.

Modern and historic sports car and touring car series will round up the Gruppo Peroni event, as well as the Lotus Cup and the Alfa Revival Cup.

When are the BOSS GP cars on track?

Saturday, 11 July 2020:
10:35–11:05 Free Practice 1 (30 minutes)
12:50–13:20 Free Practice 2 (30 minutes)
16:10–16:40 Qualifying (Q1 20 minutes, Q2 8 minutes)

Sunday, 12 July 2020:
11:15–11:35 Race 1 (20 minutes)
16:15–16:40 Race 2 (25 minutes)

Where can fans follow the races online?

Gruppo Peroni livestream on www.youtube.com/user/PeroniRace
Livetiming and results on www.autodromoimola.it/live-timing-imola
All results on bossgp.com as well
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