2017 BOSS GP Series

{{Short description|Motorsport season}}

{{Motorsport season

|series = BOSS GP Series

|year = 2017

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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

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Team

! Chassis

! Engine

! No.

! Driver

! Rounds

colspan=6| Open Class
Top Speed

| Toro Rosso STR1

| Cosworth 3.0 V10

| 1

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| 1, 3, 5-7

GP Racing

| Panoz DP01

| Judd 4.2 V10

| 3

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Peter Milavec

| 1

Penn Elcom Racing

| Benetton B197

| Judd 4.2 V10

| 7

| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Stratford

| 1, 4, 7

rowspan=2| Mansell Motorsport

| Dallara GP2/08 Evo

| Judd 4.2 V10

| 11

| {{flagicon|NED}} Rinus van Kalmthout{{cite web|title=Rinus van Kalmthout racet in 700 PK sterke GP2 tegen zijn vader Marijn in de Benetton F1|url=http://www.racexpress.nl/formule-1/rinus-van-kalmthout-racet-in-700-pk-sterke-gp2-tegen-zijn-vader-marijn-in-de-benetton-f1/n/81407|website=Racexpress.nl|accessdate=21 May 2017}}

| 2-3, 7

Benetton B197

| Judd 4.2 V10

| 12

| {{flagicon|NED}} Marijn van Kalmthout

| 2

Team Griffith's

| AGS JH23

| Cosworth 3.0 V10

| 14

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick D’Aubreby

| 3

H&A Racing

| Arrows A22

| Cosworth 3.0 V10

| 21

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Bernd Herndlhofer

| 1, 6

FXtreme Racing Team

| Super Aguri SA06

| Cosworth 3.0 V10

| 26

| {{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Jaksch

| 1, 3, 5-6

Team Ascari

| Jaguar R5

| Cosworth 3.0 V10

| 66

| {{flagicon|NED}} Klaas Zwart

| 1, 4-5

colspan=6| Formula Class
rowspan=2| Speed Center - Castrol

| rowspan=2| Dallara GP2/08

| rowspan=2| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 101

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Peter Göllner

| 2-3, 5-6

555

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Christian Eicke

| 1-3, 5-6

rowspan=2| H&A Racing

| rowspan=2| Dallara GP2/05

| rowspan=2| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 105

| {{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Jordan

| 3-5

rowspan=2| 222

| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CZE}} Veronika Cicha

| 3, 5-6

FXtreme Racing Team

| Dallara GP2/08

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 1

Easy Formula

| Dallara T08

| Renault 3.5 V6

| 111

| {{flagicon|FRA}} 'Peter'

| 1-2, 5, 7

rowspan=2| PS Racing

| rowspan=2| Lola B05/52

| rowspan=2| Gibson Tech 3.4 V8

| 115

| {{flagicon|IND}} Mahaveer Raghunathan

| All

116

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Nicolas Matile

| 7

rowspan=2| Team Griffith's

| rowspan=2| Dallara GP2/05

| rowspan=2| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 127

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Bruno Navarrete

| 3

150

| {{flagicon|FRA}} David Moretti

| 3

Zig-Zag

| Dallara GP2/08

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 129

| {{flagicon|MCO}} Marc Faggionato

| 2, 5

rowspan=2| De Boer Manx

| rowspan=2| Dallara GP2/08

| rowspan=2| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 136

| {{flagicon|NED}} Henk de Boer

| 2-4, 6

139

| {{flagicon|NED}} René Kouwenberg

| 7

Fiedler Racing

| Dallara GP2/05

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 321

| {{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Fiedler

| 1, 6

rowspan=5| MM International Motorsport

| Dallara GP2/11

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| rowspan=3| 323

| rowspan=3| {{flagicon|ITA}} Armando Mangini

| 1

Lola B02/50

| Zytek 3.0 V8

| 2

rowspan=2| Dallara GP2/05

| rowspan=3| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 3-7

rowspan=2| 999

| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore de Plano

| 1-2

Dallara GP2/11

| 3-7

Becker Motorsport

| Dallara SN01

| Nissan AER 3.4 V6

| 411

| {{flagicon|GER}} Karl-Heinz Becker

| 2-7

Jenzer Motorsport

| Dallara SN01

| Nissan AER 3.4 V6

| 430

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Martin Kindler

| 3, 7

Team Ledermair Motorsport

| Dallara GP2/08

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 444

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

| 1-3, 5-7

Inter Europol Competition

| Dallara GP2/05

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 505

| {{flagicon|GER}} Walter Steding

| 1, 4-7

Top Speed

| Dallara GP2/08

| Mecachrome 4.0 V8

| 888

| {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Schnitzenbaumer

| 1-3, 6-7

Calendar

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colspan=2| Round

! Circuit

! Date

! Pole Position

! Fastest Lap

! Winning Driver

! Winning Team

! Formula Class Winner

rowspan=2| 1

! R1

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} Hockenheimring, Hockenheim

| 22 April

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Fiedler

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Fiedler

R2

| 23 April

|

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

rowspan=2| 2

! R3

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NED}} Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort

| 20 May

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Rinus van Kalmthout}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} Team Ledermair Motorsport}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair}}

R4

| 21 May

|

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Team Ledermair Motorsport

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

rowspan=2| 3

! R5

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet

| 10 June

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

R6

| 11 June

|

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

rowspan=2| 4

! R7

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BEL}} Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder

| 15 July

| {{flagicon|NED}} Klaas Zwart

| {{flagicon|NED}} Klaas Zwart

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|IND}} Mahaveer Raghunathan}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} PS Racing

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|IND}} Mahaveer Raghunathan}}

R8

| 16 July

|

| {{flagicon|NED}} Klaas Zwart

| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Stratford

| {{flagicon|USA}} Penn Elcom Racing

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore de Plano

rowspan=2| 5

! R9

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NED}} TT Circuit Assen, Assen

| 5 August

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ledermair Motorsport

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

R10

| 6 August

|

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

rowspan=2| 6

! R11

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CZE}} Masaryk Circuit, Brno

| 9 September

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

R12

| 10 September

|

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

rowspan=2| 7

! R13

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola

| {{nowrap|30 September}}

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Top Speed

| {{flagicon|IND}} Mahaveer Raghunathan

R14

| 1 October

|

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Rinus van Kalmthout}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Rinus van Kalmthout}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Mansell Motorsport}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|IND}} Mahaveer Raghunathan}}

Championship standings

  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

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!colspan=18| Race

Position

!  1st 

!  2nd 

!  3rd 

!  4th 

!  5th 

!  6th 

!  7th 

!  8th 

!  9th 

!  10th 

!  11th 

!  12th 

!  13th 

!  14th 

!  15th 

!  16th 

!  17th 

All Races

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 25

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 22

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 20

| 18

| 16

| 14

| 12

| 10

| 9

| 8

| 7

| 6

| 5

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 1

=Drivers Standings=

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!valign=middle| Pos

!valign=middle| Driver

!colspan=2| HOC
{{flagicon|DEU}}

!colspan=2| ZAN
{{flagicon|NLD}}

!colspan=2| LEC
{{flagicon|FRA}}

!colspan=2| ZOL
{{flagicon|BEL}}

!colspan=2| ASS
{{flagicon|NLD}}

!colspan=2| BRN
{{flagicon|CZE}}

!colspan=2| IMO
{{flagicon|ITA}}

!valign=middle| Points

colspan=17| Open Class
1

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ingo Gerstl

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

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|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

! 200

2

|align=left| {{flagicon|NLD}} Rinus van Kalmthout

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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

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|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

! 116

3

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Stratford

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

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|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

! 111

4

|align=left| {{flagicon|DEU}} Wolfgang Jaksch

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 5

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|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4

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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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! 107

5

|align=left| {{flagicon|NLD}} Klaas Zwart

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 4†

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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! 25

6

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Bernd Herndlhofer

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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! 22

7

|align=left| {{flagicon|NLD}} Marijn van Kalmthout

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|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 11

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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! 22

8

|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick D'Aubreby

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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! 18

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Peter Milavec

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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!

colspan=17| Formula Class
1

|align=left| {{flagicon|IND}} Mahaveer Raghunathan

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2

! {{Tooltip|263|291 total, minus dropped score}}

2

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Johann Ledermair

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 3

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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

! 247

3

|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore de Plano

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

! {{Tooltip|243|265 total, minus dropped score}}

4

|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Armando Mangini

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

! 168

5

|align=left| {{flagicon|DEU}} Florian Schnitzenbaumer

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

! 132

6

|align=left| {{flagicon|DEU}} Karl-Heinz Becker

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

! 105

7

|align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} Christian Eicke

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

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! 93

8

|align=left| {{flagicon|DEU}} Walter Steding

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| WD

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| DSQ

! 74

9

|align=left| {{flagicon|MCO}} Marc Faggionato

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

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|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

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! 74

10

|align=left| {{flagicon|NLD}} Henk de Boer

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| WD

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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! 66

11

|align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} Peter Göllner

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

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! 64

12

|align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Martin Kindler

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 5

! 51

13

|align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Jordan

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12

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! 46

14

|align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Veronika Cicha

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

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! 39

15

|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} David Moretti

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7

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! 36

16

|align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} René Kouwenberg

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

! 30

17

|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} 'Peter'

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| DSQ

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

! 26

18

|align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Nicolas Matile

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9

! 22

19

|align=left| {{flagicon|DEU}} Andreas Fiedler

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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! 16

20

|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Bruno Navarrete

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13

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! 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.

References

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