Tag: Jumbo Race Festival by Max Verstappen

Zandvoort was not just a race-weekend… [video]

Camera operator Chris "at full speed".

A couple of days ago BOSS GP crews, fans and about 100.000 motorsport enthusiasts experienced a great weekend in Zandvoort (NED) at the “Jumbo Racedagen, driven by Max Verstappen”. BOSS GP was part of a fully loaded race weekend, with Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport) winning both races. For the first time this season the weekend was accompanied by  a camera-team and camera-operator Chris.

The Dutch love motorsport. And the love their national hero Max Verstappen, who is racing at the Formula 1 for the Red Bull Racing Team. The “Jumbo Racedagen, driven by Max Verstappen” in the little town on the North sea  coast, 40 km west of Amsterdam, were not only host for the Dutch F1-driver, but also for season races 3 and 4 of the BOSS GP championship 2017. The crowd of about 100.000 spectators went crazy, as soon as Max Verstappen bombed down the track. But the motorsport enthusiasts along the track loved the sound and speed of the BOSS GP as well. There was a huge crowd around the boxes of the impressing BOSS GP cars, especially around the boxes of the two local heroes, Marijn and Rinus van Kalmthout. As you can say – the Dutch really love motorsport.

BOSS GP team was lucky, to was accompanied by a camera-operator for the first time in season 2017 on the weekend in Zandvoort. Chris put the images together and created a great video, which shows, what BOSS GP is all about. Lean back and enjoy:

PS: Next chance, to experience these impressions live on your own is on 10th + 11th of June 2017 on the Circuit Paul Ricard in France. See you there!

First race: Johann Ledermair bringing the sensation to Zandvoort

Podium of season race 3 in Zandvoort 2017.

Thinking, a super-fast qualifying was a blast today, one has to find a new superlative for the sensation, that happened at the first race of the “Jumbo Race Festival” in Zandvoort on Saturday afternoon. Austrian youngster Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport) was not only dominating the FORMULA class clearly, but also beat local hero Rinus van Kalmthout (Mansell Motorsport) of the OPEN class.

Hoping for an exciting first race at the “Jumbo Race Festival” in Zandvoort expectations were fulfilled, when Johann Ledermair of the FORMULA class in his Dallara GP2 beat Rinus van Kalmthout of the OPEN class in the Dallara GP1 Evo. While Ledermair set the lap record at 1:24.193 min, Rinus van Kalmthout finished his best lap in 1:24.549 min. Both youngsters enjoyed a clear lead of the grid, topped by a spectacular overtaking of Johann Ledermair in round 10, leading the grid for the last five laps on and bringing P1 home.

„This was a real strong competition. But I think, I managed well throughout the race”, winning Johann Ledermair, who had started from position 3, analyzed his performance after the awards ceremony. “I was able, to take the second position directly after the start, but having still quite a gap to the leading Rinus von Kalmthout. I moved closer step by step, always considering the conditions of the tyres well, got the kick and finally attacked van Kalmthout. While he overtook me back instantly at the first try, I got him at the second time and it was just a “now or never, bring that home”-motivation for me. So finally, I made it and got that victory home.”

Johann Ledermair taking the P1 of season race 3 in Zandvoort 2017.

Johann Ledermair taking the P1 of season race 3 in Zandvoort 2017.

 

So P2 was owned by the youngest driver of the grid, BOSS GP-newcomer Rinus von Kalmthout. Starting from the pole positing and showing the thrilling fight with Johann Ledermair the 16 years old Dutch finished with the overall P2, owning the P1 of the OPEN class.

P2 of the FORMULA class, Mahaveer Raghunathan (Coloni Motorsport), was fine with his podium position so far and a lap record of 1:28.344 min, but not 100% happy: “I could have gone for a better result, if I wouldn’t have been blocked by another driver”, 18 years old Raghunathan was not that satisfied. “I will go for this tomorrow and improve at the race on Sunday”, the P2 from India is more than motivated for season race 4.

Happy with the P3 of the FORMULA class and his first podium position of the season was Salvatore de Plano (MM International Motorsport) with his fastest lap in 1:29.180 min, followed by BOSS GP returnee Marc Fagionatto (Zig Zag) in 1:29.853 min.

Henk de Boer (5., De Boer Manx), Peter Göllner (6., Speed Center), Florian Schnitzenbaumer (7., Top Speed), Karl-Heinz Becker (8., Becker Motorsport) and Christian Eicke (9., Speed Center) completed the ranking. ‘PETER’ couldn’t be classified with a raced amount of just 9 laps, whereas 11 laps would have been necessary for a classification (75% of laps driven by the P1 (i.e. 14)).

On the track in Zandvoort 2017.

On the track in Zandvoort 2017.

 

Meanwhile the OPEN class provided a really clear arrangement: Rinus van Kalmthout on the P1 was just followed by his father, Marijn van Kalmthout (Mansell Motorsport). The experienced driver suffered problems with a tyre in round 5 and was forced to a pit stop. He finished the race with a total of 11 laps on the 11th position, nevertheless ranked in P2 of the OPEN class, since there were registered only two starters in the OPEN class at all in Zandvoort.

Results of race 1 in Zandvoort 2017.

Results of race 1 in Zandvoort 2017.

 

So, after an exciting first race day P1, Johann Ledermair, made a final statement about the key to success for winning the overall ranking at season race 3. “Winning today was also the result of an intensive practice-day on Friday and a lot of work after he second practice”, Ledermair explains. “My team did an incredible great job and put a lot of effort into the car until late into the night. Without them I couldn’t have done the race so well. We completely changed the setup of the car, after having quite a lot of problems during the first practice sessions. We made great progress at the second practice in the afternoon and after still some more changes for the race day we could progress once more for the Qualifying as well as the race.” Ledermairs coach, Oliver Saringer, was as well proud as thrilled about the performance of his Youngster: “It is a fact, that we won the OPEN class with a FORMULA car. That has never happened before”, he made the point.

The podium of the race means starting from pole position for Johann Ledermair in Sundays race. After the thrilling first race in Zandvoort, spectators and fans can look forward to another exciting battle between Ledermair and Rinus van Kalmthout again on Sunday, when the Dutch youngster will start from position 2.

Startgrid of second race in Zandvoort 2017.

Startgrid of second race in Zandvoort 2017.

 

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MORE:

Report of Qualifying in Zandvoort: bossgp.com/qualifying-in-zandvoort-hell-of-laptimes-for-the-van-kalmthouts

Report of second free practice in Zandvoort: bossgp.com/second-free-practice-results-ledermair-and-raghunathan-step-up-the-speed

Report of first free practice in Zandvoort: bossgp.com/first-free-practice-marijn-van-kalmthout-shows-his-class

Detailed statistics of practices and qualifying: Results race 1 Zandvoort 2017.

Qualifying in Zandvoort: Hell of laptimes for the van Kalmthouts

Rinus van Kalmthout, leading the Qualifying in Zandvoort 2017.

What a blast! Rinus and Marijn van Kalmthout (both Mansell Motorsport) dominate the Qualifying at the “Jumbo Race Festival” in Zandvoort in front of tens of thousands of spectators. Even a drift off the track can stop Marijn van Kalmthout from securing a great position at the starting grid for the first race of the weekend this afternoon.

16 years old Rinus van Kalmthout started fast and got the blast in his third, at the same time last, lap at Qualifying and raced with a best time of 1:23.183 min on pole position for season race 3. His father Marijn van Kalmthout even just got two rounds on the track in Zandvoort, to secure position 2 at the grid for the race on the afternoon with a 1:24.896 min in round 2. After drifting of the track in the third lap, he didn’t return on the track. Both van Kalmthouts go for the OPEN class, racing with a Dallara GP2 Evo (Rinus) and a Benetton B197 F1 (Marijn).

FORMULA class was lead by Johann Ledermair (Ledermair Motorsport) in his Dallara GP2 once more. With a best lap time of 1:25.085 min he will start from position 3, followed by Mahaveer Raghunathan (Coloni Motorsport), who drove a 1:27.671 min best time with his Lola Auto GP. Raghunathan dropped off the track during the last minutes of Qualifying, what finished the qualifying couple of minutes earlier than the scheduled time of overall 30 minutes for the whole grid.

Marijan van Kalmthout on the track in Zandvoort 2017.

Marijan van Kalmthout on the track in Zandvoort 2017.

 

After crashing at the second free practice on Friday afternoon Florian Schnitzenbaumers Top Speed team did a great job, fixing his Dallara GP2 until the Qualifying. The German did well and secured position 5 for the race this afternoon with a best of 1:28.379 min. See the detailed Qualifying results at the attached PDF-file below.

Qualifying results Zandvoort 2017.

Qualifying results Zandvoort 2017.

Overall the Qualifying led to an exciting starting grid for the first BOSS GP race of the weekend at the “Jumbo Race Festival”. Since there are no complaints about the weather with blue sky, full of sun, just a little wind and a great atmosphere by an enthusiastic crowd at the grandstands BOSS GP is looking forward to a great race. Start is scheduled for 3:10 p.m. in the afternoon.

Starting grid first race in Zandvoort 2017, season race no. 3.

Starting grid first race in Zandvoort 2017, season race no. 3.

Follow our live coverage from the whole event with pictures and video-impressions on our Instagram (bossgp2010) as well as Snapchat (bossgp2010) accounts.

MORE:

Report of second free practice in Zandvoort: bossgp.com/second-free-practice-results-ledermair-and-raghunathan-step-up-the-speed

Report of first free practice in Zandvoort: bossgp.com/first-free-practice-marijn-van-kalmthout-shows-his-class

Detailed statistics of practices and qualifying: Practice and qualifying results Zandvoort 2017.

Registrierung für Zandvoort endet am 11. Mai 2017

BOSS GP on track in Hockenheim 2017.

Die ersten beiden Rennen der BOSS GP Saison 2017 sind gerade Geschichte, da steht das nächste Rennwochenende bereits vor der Tür: Der “Jumbo Familie Racedagen”, bzw. das Jumbo Race Festival by Max Verstappen auf der Rennstrecke in Zandvoort (Niederlange) ist Austragungsort für die Rennen 3 und 4 der BOSS GP Meisterschaft 2017. Die Veranstaltung findet vom 19. bis 21. Mai 2017 statt.

Gut 30 km westlich von der niederländischen Hauptstadt Amsterdam gelegen erwartet die Rennstrecke Park Zandvoort die BOSS GP Fahrer und Teams für zwei aufregende Rennen. BOSS GP wird dabei ein wichtiger Teil der “Jumbo Familie Racedagen” sein, die Motorsportfans der verschiedensten Altersstufen anziehen. Neben verschiedenen Präsentationen, so u.a. von Formel 1 Fahrer und Namensgeber der Veranstaltung, Max Verstappen, werden verschiedene Rennen bei den Jumbo Days in Zandvoort ausgetragen. Die BOSS GP Fahrer werden dabei nicht nur um die nächsten Podiumplätze der Saison fahren, sondern zugleich auch den Zuschauern und Fans zeigen, was purer Motorsport, welche Geräuschkulisse, welche Geschwindigkeiten BOSS GP bedeuten. Rennen 3 der Saison findet am Samstag (20/05/2017) statt, Rennen 4 am Sonntag (21/05/2017).

Die Registrierung für die Rennen in Zandvoort läuft gegenwärtig und noch bis kommenden Donnerstag, den 11. Mai 2017. Die Registrierung erfolgt online unter diesem Link: bossgp.com/registration/zandvoort-2017/

Zandvort ist die zweite Station der BOSS GP Championship Saison 2017. Insgesamt wird der Champion 2017 in 14 Rennen auf sieben Stationen ermittelt, die über ganz Europa verteilt stattfinden. Von Deutschland über die Niederlande, Frankreich, Belgien, Tschechei bis hin zu Italien. Der Saisonauftakt fand vom 21. bis 23. April in Hockenheim statt. Mehr Informationen zu den beiden Rennen gibt es hier: bossgp.com/de/race/hockenheim-historic-2017/

Das BOSS GP Team sowie die Motorsportfans und Zuschauer in Zandvoort freuen sich auf ein spannendes Starterfeld in Zandvoort!

Registration-end for Zandvoort on 11th of May

BOSS GP on track in Hockenheim 2017.

First two races of season 2017 are done, the next ones are right behind the corner: The “Jumbo Familie Racedagen”, i.e. the Jumbo Race Festival by Max Verstappen, at the Zandvoort Circuit (Netherlands) will be the venue for race 3 and 4 of BOSS GP Championship 2017. The event will take place from 19th to 21st of May 2017.

About 30 km in the west of Netherlands capital Amsterdam the Circuit Park Zandvoort is awaiting the BOSS GP drivers and teams for two spectacular races. BOSS GP will be an important part of the “Jumbo Familie Racedagen”, which will attract motorsport enthusiasts of all ages. In addition to different demonstrations, e.g. by Formula 1 driver and event name giver Max Verstappen, a couple of races will take place at the Jumbo Days in Zandvoort. BOSS GP will not only race for the next podiums of the season, but also show spectators and fans, what pure motorsport, noise and speed mean. Race 3 of  the BOSS GP season is scheduled for Saturday (20/05/2017), race 4 for Sunday (21/05/2017).

Driver registration for the races in Zandvoort is currently going on and will end next Thursday, 11th of May 2017. Registration can be done online, just follow this link: bossgp.com/registration/zandvoort-2017/

Zandvoort is the second stop of the Championship 2017 season. Seven races all over Europe with stations in Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Czech Republic and Italy will make up the complete 2017 BOSS GP Championship season. First two races of the season are done

The BOSS GP team as well as fans and spectators look forward to an exciting starting grid on the track of Zandvoort!