title: 2017 BOSS GP Series
text: # 2017 BOSS GP Series
  
  The 2017 BOSS GP season was the 23rd season of the BOSS GP series. The championship began on 21 April at Hockenheim and finished on 1 October at Imola.
  
  ## Teams and Drivers
  
  | Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Open Class ||||||
  | Top Speed | Toro Rosso STR1 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 1 | Ingo Gerstl | 1, 3, 5-7 |
  | GP Racing | Panoz DP01 | Judd 4.2 V10 | 3 | Peter Milavec | 1 |
  | Penn Elcom Racing | Benetton B197 | Judd 4.2 V10 | 7 | Phil Stratford | 1, 4, 7 |
  | Mansell Motorsport | Dallara GP2/08 Evo | Judd 4.2 V10 | 11 | Rinus van Kalmthout | 2-3, 7 |
  | Mansell Motorsport | Benetton B197 | Judd 4.2 V10 | 12 | Marijn van Kalmthout | 2 |
  | Team Griffith's | AGS JH23 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 14 | Patrick D’Aubreby | 3 |
  | H&A Racing | Arrows A22 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 21 | Bernd Herndlhofer | 1, 6 |
  | FXtreme Racing Team | Super Aguri SA06 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 26 | Wolfgang Jaksch | 1, 3, 5-6 |
  | Team Ascari | Jaguar R5 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 66 | Klaas Zwart | 1, 4-5 |
  | Formula Class ||||||
  | Speed Center - Castrol | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 101 | Peter Göllner | 2-3, 5-6 |
  | Speed Center - Castrol | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 555 | Christian Eicke | 1-3, 5-6 |
  | H&A Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 105 | Wolfgang Jordan | 3-5 |
  | H&A Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 222 | Veronika Cicha | 3, 5-6 |
  | FXtreme Racing Team | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 222 | Veronika Cicha | 1 |
  | Easy Formula | Dallara T08 | Renault 3.5 V6 | 111 | 'Peter' | 1-2, 5, 7 |
  | PS Racing | Lola B05/52 | Gibson Tech 3.4 V8 | 115 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | All |
  | PS Racing | Lola B05/52 | Gibson Tech 3.4 V8 | 116 | Nicolas Matile | 7 |
  | Team Griffith's | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 127 | Bruno Navarrete | 3 |
  | Team Griffith's | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 150 | David Moretti | 3 |
  | Zig-Zag | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 129 | Marc Faggionato | 2, 5 |
  | De Boer Manx | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 136 | Henk de Boer | 2-4, 6 |
  | De Boer Manx | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 139 | René Kouwenberg | 7 |
  | Fiedler Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 321 | Andreas Fiedler | 1, 6 |
  | MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 323 | Armando Mangini | 1 |
  | MM International Motorsport | Lola B02/50 | Zytek 3.0 V8 | 323 | Armando Mangini | 2 |
  | MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 323 | Armando Mangini | 3-7 |
  | MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 999 | Salvatore de Plano | 1-2 |
  | MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 999 | Salvatore de Plano | 3-7 |
  | Becker Motorsport | Dallara SN01 | Nissan AER 3.4 V6 | 411 | Karl-Heinz Becker | 2-7 |
  | Jenzer Motorsport | Dallara SN01 | Nissan AER 3.4 V6 | 430 | Martin Kindler | 3, 7 |
  | Team Ledermair Motorsport | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 444 | Johann Ledermair | 1-3, 5-7 |
  | Inter Europol Competition | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 505 | Walter Steding | 1, 4-7 |
  | Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 888 | Florian Schnitzenbaumer | 1-3, 6-7 |
  
  ## Calendar
  
  | Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Formula Class Winner |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 22 April | Ingo Gerstl | Andreas Fiedler | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Andreas Fiedler |
  | 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 23 April | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
  | 2 | R3 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 20 May | Rinus van Kalmthout | Johann Ledermair | Johann Ledermair | Team Ledermair Motorsport | Johann Ledermair |
  | 2 | R4 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 21 May | | Johann Ledermair | Johann Ledermair | Team Ledermair Motorsport | Johann Ledermair |
  | 3 | R5 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 10 June | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
  | 3 | R6 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 11 June | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
  | 4 | R7 | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 15 July | Klaas Zwart | Klaas Zwart | Mahaveer Raghunathan | PS Racing | Mahaveer Raghunathan |
  | 4 | R8 | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 16 July | | Klaas Zwart | Phil Stratford | Penn Elcom Racing | Salvatore de Plano |
  | 5 | R9 | TT Circuit Assen, Assen | 5 August | Ingo Gerstl | Johann Ledermair | Johann Ledermair | Ledermair Motorsport | Johann Ledermair |
  | 5 | R10 | TT Circuit Assen, Assen | 6 August | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
  | 6 | R11 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 9 September | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
  | 6 | R12 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 10 September | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
  | 7 | R13 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 30 September | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Mahaveer Raghunathan |
  | 7 | R14 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 1 October | | Rinus van Kalmthout | Rinus van Kalmthout | Mansell Motorsport | Mahaveer Raghunathan |
  
  ## Championship standings
  
  * Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
  
  Race :
  
  | Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | All Races | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
  
  ### Drivers Standings
  
  | Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | ZAN | ZAN | LEC | LEC | ZOL | ZOL | ASS | ASS | BRN | BRN | IMO | IMO | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Open Class |||||||||||||||||
  | 1 | Ingo Gerstl | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNS | 200 |
  | 2 | Rinus van Kalmthout | | | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 116 |
  | 3 | Phil Stratford | 4 | 3 | | | | | Ret | 1 | | | | | 5 | 3 | 111 |
  | 4 | Wolfgang Jaksch | DNS | 5 | | | 7 | 4 | | | 5 | 9 | Ret | DNS | | | 107 |
  | 5 | Klaas Zwart | Ret | DNS | | | | | 4† | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | 25 |
  | 6 | Bernd Herndlhofer | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 2 | DNS | | | 22 |
  | 7 | Marijn van Kalmthout | | | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
  | 8 | Patrick D'Aubreby | | | | | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 18 |
  | | Peter Milavec | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Formula Class |||||||||||||||||
  | 1 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 263 |
  | 2 | Johann Ledermair | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 247 |
  | 3 | Salvatore de Plano | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 243 |
  | 4 | Armando Mangini | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 168 |
  | 5 | Florian Schnitzenbaumer | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | Ret | | | | | Ret | 4 | Ret | 4 | 132 |
  | 6 | Karl-Heinz Becker | | | 9 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 5 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 10 | 7 | 105 |
  | 7 | Christian Eicke | DNS | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 | | | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | | | 93 |
  | 8 | Walter Steding | DNS | DNS | | | | | 6 | WD | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | DSQ | 74 |
  | 9 | Marc Faggionato | | | 5 | 4 | | | | | 3 | 5 | | | | | 74 |
  | 10 | Henk de Boer | | | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | Ret | WD | | | 9 | DNS | | | 66 |
  | 11 | Peter Göllner | | | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | | | 9 | 8 | Ret | 6 | | | 64 |
  | 12 | Martin Kindler | | | | | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | 9 | 5 | 51 |
  | 13 | Wolfgang Jordan | | | | | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | | | | | 46 |
  | 14 | Veronika Cicha | DNS | 10 | | | 16 | Ret | | | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | | | 39 |
  | 15 | David Moretti | | | | | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 36 |
  | 16 | René Kouwenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | 30 |
  | 17 | 'Peter' | DNS | DSQ | Ret | 9 | | | | | 12 | 10 | | | Ret | DNS | 26 |
  | 18 | Nicolas Matile | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 9 | 22 |
  | 19 | Andreas Fiedler | $2^1$ | 8 | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | 16 |
  | 20 | Bruno Navarrete | | | | | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 15 |
  
  $^1$ Andreas Fielder lost the points earned for winning the Formula Class in the first Hockenheim race for using incorrect tires. He was however still credited with the win.
  
  