BOSS GP SERIES 2017 Season
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BOSS GP SERIES 2017 Season Europe’s fastest FIA Racing Series The Series The abbreviation BOSS stands for Big Open Single Seaters, which means that all race cars from former Formula 1 to GP2, IndyCar, World Series by Renault and other powerful, fast and noisy Formula vehicles are allowed to participate, making BOSS GP the fastest racing series in Europe. BOSS GP is an officially FIA recognised International Racing Series, which consists of the so called ‘OPEN’ Class and the ‘FORMULA’ Class, who crown separate champions at the end of the year. The Cars BOSS GP allows all powerful, fast and noisy Formula cars to enter the championship. This includes former Formula 1 cars (e.g. Toro Rosso STR1, Jaguar R5 F1, Benetton B197), IndyCars (e.g. Panoz DP01), GP2 (Dallara), Superleague Formula (Panoz DP09), AutoGP (Lola B05/52) and many more. In the 2016 championship season, the minimum grid had 22 cars, while the maximum was 30 cars on the Peroni Race Weekend at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. The Cars The 2017 Calendar April 21 - 23 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF GERMANY (Hockenheimring) May 19 - 21 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF THE DUNES (Circuit Park Zandvoort) June 9 - 11 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF FRANCE (Circuit Paul Ricard) July 14 - 16 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF BELGIUM (Circuit Zolder) Aug 5 - 6 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF NETHERLANDS (TT Circuit Assen) Sept 8 - 10 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF CZECH REPUBLIC (Automotodrom Brno) Sept 29 - Oct 1 BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF SAN MARINO (Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari) The Circuits Spectators Track Countries 120000 Germany 100000 Italy 80000 60000 Austria 40000 United Kingdom 20000 Spectators Czech Republic 0 Benelux France Spain BOSS GP has held race events on 17 tracks in Longest Races (kms) the past seven seasons. Most race weekends take place in Germany, Italy and the Benelux. 100 Also, the Automotodrom Brno (Czech 50 Republic) and the Red Bull Ring (Austria) are regulars. 0 Longest Races (kms) The most popular event are the Gamma Racing Days in Assen (Netherlands), where Brno Imola Assen Monza up to 120,000 fans come to the track to Spielberg watch the races. Hockenheim The Circuits The Drivers Originally an all-gentleman driver series, BOSS GP has become more and more popular over the years and is now well frequented by talented youngsters, crossing swords with the veterans. This includes drivers from the GP3 Series, the AutoGP, IndyLights, Formula Renault, Euroformula Open, etc. BOSS GP is very proud to also present former Formula One stars on some racing weekends. Fernando Alonso’s first F1 team mate Tarso Marques, for example, competed in Imola in 2016. BOSS GP CHAMPIONS Season Open Champion Formula Champion Masters Champion 2010 Klaas Zwart not awarded Karl Heinz Becker 2011 Klaas Zwart Ingo Gerstl Norbert Gruber 2012 Klaas Zwart Bernd Herndlhofer Johann Ledermair 2013 Gary Hauser Gary Hauser Hans Laub 2014 Jakub Śmiechowski Jakub Śmiechowski Hans Laub 2015 Klaas Zwart Johann Ledermair Hans Laub 2016 Ingo Gerstl Christopher Brenier not awarded The Drivers The Fanbase BOSS GP is a unique series in international motorsport regarding its open paddocks and the relaxed atmosphere, which provide every motorsport fan with the opportunity to touch, admire and be photographed with some of the world’s most famous and powerful cars, and to have a chat with their drivers and teams. At the season highlight in Assen, more than 120,000 turned out to see BOSS GP, and the series also disposes of a large fanbase on its social media channels. The Fanbase Gender Fans Age Fans 18-24 Male 25-34 Female 35-44 45-54 BOSS GP fans are predominantly male Nationality Fans and between 25-34 years of age. Most of Germany them are long-time motor racing fans, Austria who like this series because of its strong Netherlands bond to the traditions of the sport. Italy BOSS GP is a European viewer series at United Kingdom present, with a large part of fans coming France from German-speaking countries. Benelux However, with the planned TV coverage Czech Republic of some races for 2017 that may change. Other The Fanbase The Media In 2016, BOSS GP has engaged a professional agency to increase its overall media output. This season, over 500 articles in 156 different magazines from 28 countries were published on BOSS GP. 10 TV stations brought reports on this year’s championship season. The media reach of the reports reached nearly 10 million readers, pushing the QI media value of the series to EUR 9.75 million for the 2016 season. Media Source Nationality Media Germany Austria Print Benelux France Online Italy Mobile United Kingdom Czech Republic Other BOSS GP has been covered in all possible media Media Languages sources. The three major sources are print, online and mobile access. German Similarly to its fanbase, BOSS GP is represented English most in German-speaking countries, but also in Italian media published in English, Italian, French or Czech. French The TV coverage for the 2017 season is planned Czech to be in English, German and French Other respectively. The Media The Media The Partnership For the first time in 2017, BOSS GP offers presenting partnerships for the seven race weekends. Hence, companies can become the host of an entire race weekend of the series, including the name right, e.g. the Company X BOSS GP SUPER PRIX OF GERMANY, and numerous services on and off the track. Please contact us for more information on the services and fees of this opportunity. You find all contact details on the final page of this presentation. The Contact CONTACT: BOSS GP Championship c/o Christian Gaense Schleizer Str. 17 07955 Auma-Weidatal / Germany Mobile: +49 (0) 178 78 68 230 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bossgp.com.