The 2016 BOSS GP season was the 22nd season of the BOSS GP series. The championship began on 17 April at Hockenheim and finished on 10 October at Imola.
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Open Class | |||||
Ascari Racing | Jaguar R5 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 1 | ![]() | 1–4 |
Top Speed | Toro Rosso STR1 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 2 | ![]() | 1–5 |
Super Aguri SA06 | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 26 | ![]() | 1–2 | |
GP Racing | Panoz DP01 | Judd 4.2 V10 | 3 | ![]() | All |
H&A Racing | Benetton B197 | Judd 4.0 V10 | 5 | ![]() | 1–3, 5 |
21 | ![]() | 1–3 | |||
25 | ![]() | 3 | |||
26 | ![]() | 3–4 | |||
VES Racing | Minardi PS04B | Cosworth 3.0 V10 | 10 | ![]() | 1, 3–4, 6 |
Benetton B199 | Judd 4.0 V10 | 5 | |||
Benetton B197 | Judd 4.2 V10 | 20 | ![]() | 6 | |
Speed Center - Castrol | Forti FG03 | Judd 4.0 V10 | 22 | ![]() | 2–5 |
Formula Class | |||||
Top Speed | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 100 | ![]() | 3, 5–6 |
888 | ![]() | 3–5 | |||
222 | ![]() | 1 | |||
Speed Center - Castrol | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 101 | ![]() | 1–5 |
555 | ![]() | All | |||
Dallara T08 | Renault 3.5 V6 | 666 | ![]() | 1, 3–4, 6 | |
Racing Experience | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 102 | ![]() | 3–4 |
103 | ![]() | 3, 6 | |||
320 | ![]() | 1, 4 | |||
Hoffmann Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 110 | ![]() | 1–4, 6 |
PS Racing | Lola B05/52 | Gibson Tech 3.4 V8 | 115 | ![]() | 3–6 |
116 | ![]() | 6 | |||
Easy Formula | Panoz DP09B | Menard CT 4.2 V12 | 117 | ![]() | All |
118 | ![]() | All | |||
Jenzer Motorsport | Dallara T08 | Renault 3.5 V6 | 121 | ![]() | 1 |
919 | ![]() | 1 | |||
Dallara SN01 | Nissan AER 3.4 V6 | 430 | ![]() | 1, 3, 6 | |
Inter Europol Competition | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 122 | ![]() | 1–5 |
Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 333 | ![]() | 6 | |
Griffith's | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 126 | ![]() | 3 |
Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 150 | ![]() | 3 | |
De Boer Manx | Dallara GP2/08 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 136 | ![]() | 2–6 |
Torino Squadra Corse | Lola B05/52 | Gibson Tech 3.4 V8 | 155 | ![]() | 3–6 |
H&A Racing | Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 222 | ![]() | 3–5 |
242 | ![]() | 5 | |||
MM International Motorsport | Lola B02/50 | Zytek 3.0 V8 | 323 | ![]() | All |
Dallara GP2/05 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 999 | ![]() | All | |
Becker Motorsport | Dallara SN01 | Nissan AER 3.4 V6 | 411 | ![]() | All |
Zele Racing | Lola B05/52 | Gibson Tech 3.4 V8 | 444 | ![]() | 6 |
789 | ![]() | 3–5 | |||
Reims Developpement Automobile | Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome 4.0 V8 | 777 | ![]() | 1–2, 4 |
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Formula Class Winner | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() | 16 April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
R2 | 17 April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
2 | R3 | ![]() | 14 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
R4 | 15 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
3 | R5 | ![]() | 2 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
R6 | 3 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
4 | R7 | ![]() | 6 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
R8 | 7 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
5 | R9 | ![]() | 10 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
R10 | 11 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
6 | R11 | ![]() | 8 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
R12 | 9 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Race | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Pos | Driver | HOC ![]() | RBR ![]() | MNZ ![]() | ASS ![]() | BRN ![]() | IMO ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Class | ||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 222 | ||
2 | ![]() | 9 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 212 |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | DNS | 7 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 168 | ||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 22 | Ret | 2 | 15† | 121 | ||||
5 | ![]() | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13† | 90 | ||||
6 | ![]() | 19 | DNS | DNS | 15 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 80 | |||||
7 | ![]() | DNS | 11 | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 76 | ||||
8 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | DNS | 3 | Ret | 60 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 47 | ||||||||||
![]() | DNS | DNS | ||||||||||||
Formula Class | ||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | 223 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 169 | ||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 152 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 119 |
5 | ![]() | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 118 | ||||
6 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 108 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 100 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() | 11 | DNS | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 99 | ||
9 | ![]() | 16 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 19† | 16 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 90 |
10 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | 13 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 79 | ||
11 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 3 | Ret | 74 | ||||||
12 | ![]() | 15 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 17 | DNS | Ret | 9 | 9 | 73 | ||
13 | ![]() | Ret | 14 | 7 | 7 | 19 | Ret | 14 | DNS | 12 | Ret | 73 | ||
14 | ![]() | 3 | Ret | 2 | DSQ | 3 | Ret | 72 | ||||||
15 | ![]() | 14 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 65 | ||||
16 | ![]() | 18 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 17 | 15 | 54 |
17 | ![]() | Ret | 17 | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 18 | Ret | 11 | 18 | 12 | 53 |
18 | ![]() | 12 | 12 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 14 | 12 | 41 | ||||
19 | ![]() | Ret | 13 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 39 | ||||||
20 | ![]() | 11 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 37 | ||||||||
21 | ![]() | Ret | 8 | 19 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||
22 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||||
23 | ![]() | 20 | 7 | DNS | 7 | Ret | Ret | 31 | ||||||
24 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
25 | ![]() | 13 | 15 | 18 | ||||||||||
26 | ![]() | 17 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
27 | ![]() | Ret | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||
28 | ![]() | 17 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||
29 | ![]() | Ret | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||
![]() | Ret | Ret |
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