2018 BOSS GP Series
# 2018 BOSS GP Series

The 2018 BOSS GP season was the 24th season of the BOSS GP series. The championship began on 22 April at Hockenheim and finished on 14 October at Paul Ricard.

## Teams and Drivers

| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Open Class ||||||
| Top Speed | Toro Rosso STR1 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 1 | Ingo Gerstl | All |
| Top Speed | Toro Rosso STR1 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 2 | Markus Lehmann | 7 |
| Penn Elcom Racing | Benetton B197 | Judd 4.2 V10 | 7 | Phil Stratford | All |
| Mansell Motorsport | Dallara GP2/08 Evo | Judd 4.2 V10 | 11 | Rinus van Kalmthout | 3 |
| H&A Racing | Arrows A22 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 21 | Bernd Herndlhofer | 1 |
| Speed Center | Forti FG03 | Judd 4.0 V10 | 22 | Hans Laub | 3–4, 7 |
| F Xtreme Racing Team | Super Aguri SA06 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 26 | Wolfgang Jaksch | 1, 3–6 |
| Formula Class ||||||
| Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 100 | Thomas Jakoubek | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 121 | Reinhard Kofler | 2 |
| Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 181 | Manfred Loach | 1 |
| Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 221 | Bernd Herndlhofer | 4, 6 |
| Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 888 | Florian Schnitzenbaumer | All |
| Top Speed | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 110 | Bianca Steiner | 1–2, 4 |
| Speed Center | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 101 | Peter Göllner | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Speed Center | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 515 | Alain Valente | 2, 7 |
| Speed Center | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 555 | Christian Eicke | All |
| Speed Center | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 565 | Hans Laub | 2 |
| Speed Center | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 666 | Roy Glaser | 4–5 |
| Speed Center | Dallara T08 | Renault 3.5 V6 | 212 | John Reaks | 1 |
| H&A Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 105 | Wolfgang Jordan | 3–4 |
| H&A Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 222 | Veronika Cicha | 1, 3–6 |
| Ray-Ban | Dallara T08 | Renault 3.5 V6 | 111 | 'Piter' | 1, 3–4 |
| ZIG-ZAG Motorsport Service | Lola B05/52 | Zytek 3.0 V8 | 116 | Nicolas Matile | 6 |
| ZIG-ZAG Motorsport Service | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 129 | Marc Faggionato | 6 |
| Team Griffith's | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 150 | David Moretti | 3 |
| MRC Sport | Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 217 | Marco Ghiotto | 3, 7 |
| Fiedler Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 321 | Andreas Fiedler | 1–3, 5–7 |
| MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 323 | Armando Mangini | 1–4, 6–7 |
| MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 122 | Sergio Ghiotto | 7 |
| MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 324 | Gianluca Ripoli | 4, 7 |
| MM International Motorsport | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 999 | Salvatore de Plano | 1, 6–7 |
| Becker Motorsport | Dallara SN01 | Nissan AER 3.4 V6 | 411 | Karl-Heinz Becker | 1–4 |
| Kindler Motorsport | Dallara SN01 | Nissan AER 3.4 V6 | 430 | Martin Kindler | 1 |
| Team Ledermair Motorsport | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 444 | Johann Ledermair | 2, 4 |
| Inter Europol Competition | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 505 | Walter Steding | All |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Formula Class Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 21 April | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Florian Schnitzenbaumer |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 22 April | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Florian Schnitzenbaumer |
| 2 | R3 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 19 May | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
| 2 | R4 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 20 May | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Johann Ledermair |
| 3 | R5 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 30 June | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Marco Ghiotto |
| 3 | R6 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 1 July | | Ingo Gerstl | Wolfgang Jaksch | F Xtreme Racing Team | Armando Mangini |
| 4 | R7 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 21 July | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Roy Glaser |
| 4 | R8 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 22 July | Race Cancelled | Race Cancelled | Race Cancelled | Race Cancelled | Race Cancelled |
| 5 | R9 | TT Circuit Assen, Assen | 18 August | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Andreas Fiedler |
| 5 | R10 | TT Circuit Assen, Assen | 19 August | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Roy Glaser |
| 6 | R11 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 8 September | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Marc Faggionato |
| 6 | R12 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 9 September | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Marc Faggionato |
| 7 | R13 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 22 September | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Alain Valente |
| 7 | R14 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 23 September | | Ingo Gerstl | Ingo Gerstl | Top Speed | Salvatore De Plano |

## 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 | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | HOC | HOC | ASS | ASS | BRN | BRN | RBR | RBR | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Open Class |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ingo Gerstl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 300 |
| 2 | Phil Stratford | 2 | 2 | 8 | DNS | 2 | Ret | 3 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 240 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Jaksch | DNS | DNS | | | Ret | 1 | 5 | C | 3 | Ret | 3 | 3 | | | 105 |
| 4 | Hans Laub | | | | | DNS | DNS | Ret | C | | | | | 6 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Rinus van Kalmthout | | | | | DNS | 9 | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| | Bernd Herndlhofer | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Markus Lehmann | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | |
| Formula Class |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Florian Schnitzenbaumer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | C | DNS | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | DNS | 210 |
| 2 | Andreas Fiedler | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 196 |
| 3 | Christian Eicke | 9 | 9 | 6 | DNS | 8 | Ret | 11 | C | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 136 |
| 4 | Walter Steding | 8 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 5 | 9 | C | 8 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 7 | DNS | 125 |
| 5 | Armando Mangini | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 2 | 8 | C | | | 7 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 121 |
| 6 | Peter Göllner | 11 | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | Ret | C | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 115 |
| 7 | Veronika Cicha | 7 | Ret | | | Ret | 6 | 13 | C | 5 | 6 | 15 | Ret | | | 86 |
| 8 | Marco Ghiotto | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | Ret | 4 | 69 |
| 9 | Karl-Heinz Becker | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | C | | | | | | | 68 |
| 10 | Salvatore De Plano | 4 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 6 | DNS | Ret | 3 | 67 |
| 11 | Bianca Steiner | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | Ret | C | | | | | | | 64 |
| 12 | Roy Glaser | | | | | | | 2 | C | Ret | 3 | | | | | 50 |
| 13 | Johann Ledermair | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 50 |
| 14 | Marc Faggionato | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | 50 |
| 15 | Bernd Herndlhofer | | | | | | | 4 | C | | | 5 | Ret | | | 44 |
| 16 | Alain Valente | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 | 43 |
| 17 | Thomas Jakoubek | DNS | DNS | 7 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 12 | C | | | 13 | 10 | DNS | DNS | 43 |
| 18 | Gianluca Ripoli | | | | | | | 14 | C | | | | | 5 | 8 | 39 |
| 19 | Luca Martucci | | | | | | | 7 | C | | | | | DNS | 5 | 38 |
| 20 | 'Piter' | Ret | Ret | | | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 21 | Nicolas Matile | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 8 | | | 26 |
| 22 | Wolfgang Jordan | | | | | 6 | Ret | 15 | C | | | | | | | 24 |
| 23 | Reinhard Kofler | | | DNS | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 24 | David Moretti | | | | | Ret | 4 | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 25 | Martin Kindler | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 26 | John Reaks | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 27 | Sergio Ghiotto | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 9 | 12 |
| 28 | Hans Laub | | | Ret | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 29 | Manfred Loach | DNS | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | HOC | HOC | ASS | ASS | BRN | BRN | RBR | RBR | Points |
