BOSS GP
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| File:Logo-boss-gp-25.jpg BOSS GP Series | |
| Category | Single seaters |
|---|---|
| Country | Europe |
| Inaugural season | 1995 |
| Constructors | |
| Tyre suppliers | Pirelli |
| Drivers' champion | Open Class: Ingo GerstlFormula Class:  Marco Ghiotto |
| Official website | BOSS GP |
 Current season | |
The BOSS GP Series is a motor racing series in Europe. The category originated in 1995 as the BOSS Formula series and evolved into the EuroBOSS Series.
BOSS is an acronym that stands for Big Open Single Seaters.
History
The BOSS series was founded in 1995 under the regulations of the RAC Motor Sports Association and raced mainly in Great Britain. Later it was renamed to European BOSS (shortened by the competitors to EuroBOSS) following the involvement of Paul Stoddart's European Aviation and their expansion into European circuits. It mainly saw grids of around 12–15 cars but on occasions as few as five cars have competed. Common EuroBOSS entries include Formula One machines from Benetton, Jordan, Tyrrell, Minardi and on occasions a V12 Ferrari has appeared. Other frequent entrants are Lola and Reynard CART chassis, the 1997-2002 Panoz (aka G-Force) and Dallara IndyCar chassis, and from 2012, the 2003-2011 Dallara and Panoz Champ Car chassis after the new IndyCar formula began. The Panoz Champ Car DP01 chassis from 2007 is also now legal.
After the 2009 season, drivers Marijn van Kalmthout, Klaas Zwart, Henk de Boer and Frits van Eerd decided to split off and organize their own race series. For 2010 EuroBOSS and BOSS GP both existed. EuroBOSS saw small fields and decided to cancel the last 3 rounds. BOSS GP, on the other hand, flourished with many drivers making the switch to the new series. Subsequently most of the entries have been recent secondary level single seaters such as GP2 cars and Renault World Series cars with a small number of Formula 1 cars. As of 2013 two rounds of the BOSS GP series form an official German championship sanctioned by the DMSB. In the 2018 season, BOSS GP drove for the first time at the Grand Prix Germany in July as a support series of the Formula 1 and in September at the Red Bull Ring in Austria as part of the DTM-Weekend.
Similar series
EuroBOSS is the European equivalent of USBOSS and OZBOSS. EuroBOSS tends to have mainly F1 Cars, while USBOSS mainly comprises Indy and Champ Cars and OZBOSS tends to have Formula 4000 or equivalent.
Cars
Over the years the classes have been updated. Nowadays relative new cars like the Dallara GP2/08 (GP2), Dallara T08 (WSbR) and Lola B05/52 (A1GP/Auto GP/FA1) are allowed in the series. For 2010 EuroBOSS allowed the Tatuus N.T07 International Formula Master car to race in the series. The car was never allowed in the BOSS GP series.
| BOSS GP OPEN-Class |
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| Entitled types: Formula 1 cars built from 1996, Lotus T125, FZED, Champ Car and IndyCar built from 2008 |
| BOSS GP FORMULA-Class |
| Entitled types: GP2/F2, Auto GP, A1GP, FA1, Superleague Formula, World Series by Nissan/RenaultV8 |
| BOSS GP PRESTIGE-Class |
| Entitled types: World Series by Nissan/RenaultV6, Formula 3000 build from 2002 |
Champions
BOSS Formula & EuroBOSS
| Season | Champion | Team Champion |
|---|---|---|
| BOSS Formula | ||
| 1995 |  Klaus Panchyrz
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Mönninghoff Racing
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| 1996 |  Johan Rajamaki
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Rajamaki Racing
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| 1997 |  Nigel Greensall
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European Aviation
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| 1998 | Nigel Greensall
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European Aviation
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| 1999 | Tony Worswick
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Worswick Engineering
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| 2000 | Dave Hutchinson
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Kockney Koi Yamitsu
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| EuroBOSS | ||
| 2001 | Tony Worswick
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Worswick Engineering
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| 2002 |  Earl Goddard
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Kockney Koi Yamitsu
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| 2003 |  Klaas Zwart
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Team Ascari
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| 2004 | Scott Mansell
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Mansell Motorsport
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| 2005 |  Patrick d’Aubreby
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Team Griffiths/Team Ascari
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| 2006 | Klaas Zwart
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Team Ascari
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| 2007 | Klaas Zwart
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Team Ascari
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| 2008 | Ingo Gerstl
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TopSpeed
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| 2009 | Henk de Boer
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De Boer Manx
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| 2010 | Damien Charveriat
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Zele Racing
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BOSS GP Series
| Season | Open Champion | Team Champion | Secondary Class Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Klaas Zwart
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Team Ascari
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M: Karl Heinz Becker
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| 2011 | Klaas Zwart
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Team Ascari
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F: Ingo Gerstl M: Norbert Gruber
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| 2012 | Klaas Zwart
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Team Ascari
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F: Bernd Herndlhofer M: Johann Ledermair
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| 2013 |  Gary Hauser
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Racing Experience
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F: Gary Hauser M: Hans Laub
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| 2014 |  Jakub Śmiechowski
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Inter Europol Competition
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F: Jakub Śmiechowski M: Hans Laub
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| 2015 | Klaas Zwart
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not awarded | F: Johann Ledermair M: Hans Laub
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| 2016 | Ingo Gerstl
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not awarded | F: Christopher Brenier
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| 2017 | Ingo Gerstl
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not awarded | F:  Mahaveer Raghunathan
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| 2018 | Ingo Gerstl
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not awarded | F: Florian Schnitzenbaumer
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| 2019 | Ingo Gerstl
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not awarded | F: Marco Ghiotto
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References
External links
The FIA-approved international BOSS GP Series is for 25 years the fastest race series in Europe and one of the most spectacular series in the international motorsport world.