2010 BOSS GP Series

The 2010 BOSS GP Series was the 16th season of the premier championship for retired open-wheel racing cars and the 1st season of the BOSS GP series after it was founded by ex-EuroBOSS drivers Henk de Boer, Frits van Eerd, Marijn van Kalmthout and Klaas Zwart. The championship began on 17 April at the Hockenheimring and ended on 3 October at Dijon-Prenois.^[1]

Teams and Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Open Class
De Boer Manx[2]	Panoz DP01[2]	Cosworth XFE 2.6 L V8	1	Henk de Boer[2]	All
Van Kalmthout Racing	Benetton B197	Judd 4.0 L V10	2	Marijn van Kalmthout	All
Team Ascari	Ascari Benetton B197	Judd 4.0 L V10	3	Klaas Zwart	All
			4	Henk Thuis	3
	Ascari Benetton B196	Judd 4.0 L V10		Johnny Laursen	1–2
Tyrrell F1 Team Holland	Tyrrell 026	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 L V10	5	Frits van Eerd [nl]	3
[3]	Tyrrell 023[3]	Yamaha OX10C 3.0 L V10	6	Scott Mansell	7
			16	Abba Kogan[3]	1–2, 7
Top Speed[4]	Dallara GP2/05[4]	Mecachrome 4.0 L V8	8	Ingo Gerstl[4]	2–3, 5–7
GP Racing	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE 2.6 L V8	11	Peter Milavec	2–3
Ryschka Motorsport	G-Force GF05	Chevrolet 3.5 L V8	12	Philippe Bourgeois[5]	1–2
				Peter Versluis	3
			30	Cor Euser[6]	3–4
Rennwerk	Arrows A21	Asiatech 3.0 L V10	13	Arnold Wagner	1, 3
Woodcock Racing[7]	Arrows A21[7]	Asiatech 3.0 L V10	14	Michael Woodcock[7]	1
	Arrows A22[7]	Asiatech 3.0 L V10	15	Gary Woodcock[7]	1
[8]	Coloni C4[8]	Ford Cosworth DFR 4.0 L V8	18	Xavier Maassen[8]	3
Griffith's	Benetton B192	Ford HBA7 3.5 L V8	20	Patrick d'Aubreby	4
Masters Class
Becker Motorsport	Dallara SN01	Nissan VQ 3.5 L V6	21	Karl-Heinz Becker	2–7
	Dallara SN01	Nissan VQ 3.5 L V6	22	Carlos Antunes Tavares Dias	All
Top Speed	Dallara T05	Nissan VQ 3.5 L V6	23	Ingo Gerstl[4]	1
	Dallara SN01	Nissan VQ 3.5 L V6	24	Norbert Gruber	1–3, 6
	Dallara SN01	Nissan VQ 3.5 L V6	25	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	1
Helge Schneider Racing	Reynard 91D	Mugen Honda 3.0 L V8	28	Henry Buettner	1, 3, 6
	Reynard 91D	Mugen Honda 3.0 L V8	30	Jean-Claude Monbaron	1–2, 4, 7
	Reynard 91D	Mugen Honda 3.0 L V8	32	Dan Daly	2
	Chevron B24	Chevrolet 5.0 L V8	32	Greg Thornton	5
Zele Racing	Dallara SN01	Nissan VQ 3.5 L V6	33	Damien Charveriat	3, 5
			50	Peter Randlshofer	1, 3
Ryschka Motorsport	Lola T89/00 HU09 Lola T89/00 HU29	Cosworth DFS 2.6 L V8	65	Alain DeBlandre	All

Race results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Masters Class Winner
1	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	17 April	Marijn van Kalmthout	Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Ingo Gerstl
	R2		18 April		Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Ingo Gerstl
2	R3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	22 May	Klaas Zwart	Marijn van Kalmthout	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Alain DeBlandre
	R4		23 May		Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Dan Daly
3	R5	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	5 June	Marijn van Kalmthout	Marijn van Kalmthout	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Karl-Heinz Becker
	R6		6 June		Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Karl-Heinz Becker
4	R7	Nürburgring, Nürburg	19 June	Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Karl-Heinz Becker
	R8		20 June		Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Karl-Heinz Becker
5	R9	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	18 July	Marijn van Kalmthout	Marijn van Kalmthout	Marijn van Kalmthout	Van Kalmthout Racing	Karl-Heinz Becker
	R10				Marijn van Kalmthout	Marijn van Kalmthout	Van Kalmthout Racing	Karl-Heinz Becker
6	R11	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	18 September	Klaas Zwart	Marijn van Kalmthout	Marijn van Kalmthout	Van Kalmthout Racing	Karl-Heinz Becker
	R12		19 September		Marijn van Kalmthout	Marijn van Kalmthout	Van Kalmthout Racing	Karl-Heinz Becker
7	R13	Dijon-Prenois, Prenois	2 October	Scott Mansell	Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Alain DeBlandre
	R14		3 October		Klaas Zwart	Klaas Zwart	Team Ascari	Karl-Heinz Becker

Championship standings

Drivers Standings

Pos Driver HOC SPA ZAN NÜR ZOL ASS DIJ Points Open Class[9][1] 1 Klaas Zwart 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret Ret 2 3 1 1 234 2 Marijn van Kalmthout 8 7 2 2 11 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 221 3 Henk de Boer 3 2 5 3 5 5 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 208 4 Ingo Gerstl 4 4 7 7 2 2 3 2 Ret DNS 156 5 Cor Euser 4 4 5 5 52 6 Arnold Wagner 2 DNS 3 3 50 7 Abba Kagon 6 3 6 DNS 3 49 8 Philippe Bourgeois 7 4 7 5 44 9 Johnny Laursen 5 5 8 6 42 10 Peter Milavec 3 7 8 9 40 11 Patrick d'Aubreby 3 3 32 12 Frits van Eerd [nl] 2 Ret 24 13 Michael Woodcock 4 6 24 14 Henk Thuis 6 6 20 15 Scott Mansell 2 18 16 Peter Versluis 9 8 15 17 Gary Woodcock 9 8 15 18 Xavier Maassen 10 DNS 5 Masters Class[9][10] 1 Karl-Heinz Becker 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 228 2 Carlos Antunes Tavares Dias 2 2 2 3 3 3 DNS 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 220 3 Alain DeBlandre 4 4 1 4 4 DNS 2 2 4 Ret 4 4 1 3 208 4 Norbert Gruber 5 5 4 5 7 Ret Ret 3 122 5 Jean-Claude Monbaron 6 6 3 6 3 Ret Ret 4 88 6 Henry Buettner 7 7 5 4 3 Ret 79 7 Damien Charveriat 2 2 2 2 72 8 Peter Randlshofer 3 3 6 5 52 9 Dan Daly 6 1 30 10 Ingo Gerstl 1 1 0 11 Greg Thornton Ret DNS 0 12 Vladimir Arabadzhiev DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver HOC SPA ZAN NÜR ZOL ASS DIJ Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

References

1. "BOSS GP - Open 2010 standings". Driver Database.
2. "BOSS GP: Henk de Boer 'big angry guy between the ladies'". autosport.nl. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
3. "BOSS GP: Abba Kogan - Tyrrell 023: a real enthusiast". autosport.nl. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
4. "BOSS GP: Ingo Gerstl, from motocross to Formula 1". autosport.nl. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
5. "#12 Philippe Bourgois, G-Force Indycar". autosport.com. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
6. "BOSS GP: Cor Euser: 'What can those old guys still give gas'". autosport.nl. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
7. "BOSS GP: Michael and Garry Woodcock, brothers in arms". autosport.nl. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
8. "Xavier Maassen about the BOSS GP: 'I always wanted to drive Formula 1'". autosport.nl. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
9. "CHAMPIONS 2010". bossgp.com.
10. "BOSS GP - Masters class 2010 standings". Driver Database.

External links

• Official website