Ralph Boschung
| Ralph Boschung | |
|---|---|
 Boschung at Silverstone in 2021 | |
| Nationality |  Swiss |
| Born | 23 September 1997 Monthey, Switzerland |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2017 |
| Current team | Campos Racing |
| Car number | 21 |
| Former teams | Trident, MP Motorsport |
| Starts | 78 (81 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Previous series | |
| 2015-16 2013–14 2012 | GP3 Series Formula BMW ADAC Formel Masters |
Ralph Boschung (born 23 September 1997) is a Swiss racing driver who is competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Campos Racing.[1] He is a race winner in the GP3 Series and has previously competed in Formula 2 from 2017 to 2020, for Campos, MP Motorsport and Trident.[2]
Career[]
Formula BMW Talent Cup[]
In 2012, Boschung competed in open-wheel racing, in Formula BMW Talent Cup. He ended the season fifth, five points behind champion Marvin Dienst, after winning the first race and scoring a fourth place in the second.
ADAC Formel Masters[]
In 2013, Boschung competed in ADAC Formel Masters from and ended the season seventh, having inherited a win at the Slovakiaring after the original race winner, Alessio Picariello, was given a penalty.[3] The following year he moved to Lotus, where he would partner Dennis Marschall and Joel Eriksson. Boschung achieved eight podium finishes and once again ended the season seventh in the standings, narrowly behind his teammates.
GP3 Series[]
2015
In 2015, Boschung debuted in the GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport, partnering Pål Varhaug and fellow Swiss Mathéo Tuscher.[4] Having been taken out by a rival in the opening round,[5] Boschung scored his first points in the second round at the Red Bull Ring. Following that, Boschung scored the only podium of his season when he finished third in the round at Silverstone after starting from pole position.[6] The Swiss driver went on to have a five-race long points scoring streak, and after achieving his last point of the campaign at the Bahrain International Circuit he ended his season eleventh in the championship, beating both Varhaug and Tuscher.
2016
For the 2016 season, Boschung switched to Koiranen GP, this time teaming up with Matt Parry and Matevos Isaakyan.[7] His season began with a point in Barcelona, and he followed that up with his first win in cars since 2013 by winning the sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, where he managed to stay in front of the chasing pack in rainy conditions.[8] Boschung scored further points in the feature races at Silverstone and Hungaroring in the following two events. Hovewer, after the pair of races at the Hockenheimring, where the Swiss driver didn’t score any points, he was replaced for the round at Spa-Francorchamps by Niko Kari, with the team citing financial reasons.[9] After returning to race in Monza, Boschung was forced to leave the team for good. He ended up eleventh in the standings, helping Koiranen to finish 5th in the team championship.
FIA Formula 2 Championship[]
2017[]
In March 2017 Boschung signed for Campos Racing to compete in the inaugural FIA Formula 2 Championship,[10] initially partnering Stefano Coletti and later Roberto Merhi, Robert Vișoiu and Álex Palou. Boschung parted ways with Campos before the final round at Yas Marina and was replaced by Lando Norris.[11][12] Boschung scored 11 points and finished 19th in the championship, with a best finish of seventh place at the Red Bull Ring.
2018[]
After appearing at the 2017 post-season test with MP Motorsport, Boschung signed with the team for the 2018 season alongside Roberto Merhi and later Dorian Boccolacci.[13] Boschung suffered a number of retirements during his campaign, including five consecutively, and again failed to finish the season after leaving MP Motorsport due to budgetary reasons.[14] He was replaced by Niko Kari for the rounds at Sochi and Abu Dhabi.[15] Boschung scored 17 points and placed 18th in the championship, with two seventh places being his best results.
2019[]
Boschung raced for Trident in 2019 alongside Giuliano Alesi.[14] His season was again plagued by funding problems, and he was replaced with Ryan Tveter and Dorian Boccolacci for the rounds in Austria and Britain respectively.[16][17] Boschung returned to Trident at the Hungaroring round.[18] At the Spa-Francorchamps feature race, Boschung was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of Anthoine Hubert and serious injuries for Juan Manuel Correa. The car of teammate Alesi, who was also involved in the accident, was impounded by the Belgian authorities and the team was forced to field only one car for the next round at Monza. Boschung was stood down to allow Alesi to compete.[19] Boschung again lost his seat prior to the final round in Abu Dhabi and was replaced by Christian Lundgaard.[20] Trident finished last in the teams' championship, with Boschung scoring three points and placing 19th in the drivers' championship. His best finish was ninth place at the Monaco feature race.
2020 and 2021[]
Trident fielded a new driver lineup for the 2020 season and Boschung left the series. However, in December 2020 it was announced that Boschung would return to Campos Racing to compete in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship.[21] This return was brought forward to the final round of 2020 by a series of driver moves caused by Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton's positive coronavirus test. Hamilton was replaced for the Formula One Sakhir Grand Prix by Williams driver George Russell, who was in turn replaced by Campos Formula 2 driver Jack Aitken, allowing Boschung to return to Formula 2 at the second Bahrain round.[22]
For the start of the 2021 season Boschung was partnered by Brazilian Gianluca Petecof. At the second round of the year in Monaco, Boschung qualified sixth and finished the three races in fourth, fifth and sixth places respectively. This marked his best Formula 2 race result and earnt him 22 points over the race weekend, more than he had scored in any whole Formula 2 season beforehand. The following round in Baku, Boschung finished in the points twice, scoring his best ever feature race result with fifth place. Following two point-less rounds, which included a collision with Alessio Deledda in the second Silverstone race, the Swiss driver returned to the top ten when he finished sixth in the first race at the Sochi Autodrom. At the Jeddah Feature Race, he achieved his first podium, finishing 3rd, after the race was reduced to 5 laps after 2 accidents, one involving Enzo Fittipaldi and Théo Pourchaire, another involving his new teammate Olli Caldwell and Guilherme Samaia.
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2022[]
In November 2021 Campos announced that Boschung would be remaining with the team for the 2022 campaign.[23]
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
| Season | Series | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Swiss Romand Championship — Mini | 4th |
| 2011 | Grand Prix Open Karting — KF3 | 29th |
| Bridgestone Cup European Final — KF3 | 34th |
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Formula BMW Talent Cup | N/A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5th |
| 2013 | ADAC Formel Masters | Team KUG Motorsport | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 122 | 7th |
| 2014 | ADAC Formel Masters | Lotus | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 160 | 7th |
| 2015 | GP3 Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11th |
| 2016 | GP3 Series | Koiranen GP | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 11th |
| 2017 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19th |
| 2018 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | MP Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18th |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Trident | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19th |
| 2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
| 2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 59.5 | 10th |
| 2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing |
Complete ADAC Formel Masters results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Team KUG Motorsport | OSC 1 10 |
OSC 2 11 |
OSC 3 8 |
SPA 1 6 |
SPA 2 13 |
SPA 3 3 |
SAC 1 Ret |
SAC 2 Ret |
SAC 3 14 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 3 |
NÜR 3 7 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 Ret |
RBR 3 8 |
LAU 1 6 |
LAU 2 5 |
LAU 3 3 |
SVK 1 3 |
SVK 2 4 |
SVK 3 1 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 Ret |
HOC 3 5 |
7th | 122 |
| 2014 | Lotus | OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 5 |
OSC 3 3 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 3 |
ZAN 3 Ret |
LAU 1 5 |
LAU 2 Ret |
LAU 3 3 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 3 |
RBR 3 3 |
SVK 1 6 |
SVK 2 3 |
SVK 3 12 |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 2 |
NÜR 3 13 |
SAC 1 8 |
SAC 2 11 |
SAC 3 8 |
HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 13 |
HOC 3 Ret |
7th | 160 |
Complete GP3 Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jenzer Motorsport | CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 14 |
RBR FEA 8 |
RBR SPR 8 |
SIL FEA 8 |
SIL SPR 3 |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 8 |
SPA FEA 9 |
SPA SPR 8 |
MNZ FEA 9 |
MNZ SPR 7 |
SOC FEA 11 |
SOC SPR DNS |
BHR FEA 10 |
BHR SPR 9 |
YMC FEA 12 |
YMC SPR 11 |
11th | 28 |
| 2016 | Koiranen GP | CAT FEA 10 |
CAT SPR 10 |
RBR FEA 4 |
RBR SPR 1 |
SIL FEA 6 |
SIL SPR 12 |
HUN FEA 5 |
HUN SPR 22 |
HOC FEA 15 |
HOC SPR Ret |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA 18 |
MNZ SPR 9 |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
11th | 48 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.
References[]
- ^ Wood, Elliot (1 December 2020). "Ralph Boschung to make F2 return with Campos in 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Ralph Boschung fastest on day two at Estoril". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (15 September 2013). "Boschung inherits maiden ADAC Formel Masters victory". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ David, Gruz (5 March 2015). "Jenzer retain Matheo Tuscher, add Ralph Boschung for GP3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ David, Gruz (31 December 2015). "2015 GP3 Series season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Allen, Peter (5 July 2015). "Kevin Ceccon wins second GP3 race at Silverstone". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Allen, Peter (22 March 2016). "Ralph Boschung makes Koiranen switch in GP3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Allen, Peter (3 July 2016). "Boschung gets first GP3 win from rain-limited race two at Spielberg". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Allen, Peter (25 August 2016). "Kari in for Boschung for Spa GP3 round, Tunjo returns". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Ralph Boschung joins Campos Racing for 2017 FIA Formula 2 season". FIA Formula 2 Championship. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Allen, Peter (3 November 2017). "Ralph Boschung vacates Campos F2 seat before Abu Dhabi". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Allen, Peter (12 November 2017). "Lando Norris to make Formula 2 debut in Abu Dhabi with Campos". formulascout.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ Suttill, Josh (5 March 2018). "Ralph Boschung switches to MP Motorsport for second F2 campaign". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ a b Waring, Bethonie (11 March 2019). "Ralph Boschung back in Formula 2 with Trident". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Allen, Peter (25 September 2018). "Niko Kari steps up to F2 for final two rounds of 2018 with MP Motorsport". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (27 June 2019). "Trident hands Ryan Tveter F2 debut, replaces cash-strapped Ralph Boschung". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Allen, Peter (10 July 2019). "Dorian Boccolacci back in F2 for Silverstone with Trident". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (31 July 2020). "Ralph Boschung makes F2 return, Giorgio Carrara back in FIA F3". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Larkam, Lewis (4 September 2019). "Trident to run one car at Monza due to Hubert crash investigation". crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (20 November 2019). "Christian Lundgaard to make F2 debut with Trident at Abu Dhabi". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (1 December 2020). "Ralph Boschung to make F2 return with Campos in 2021". formulascout.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Boxall-Legge, Jake (3 December 2020). "Boschung to replace Williams F1-bound Aitken at Campos for Bahrain F2 finale". autosport.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Boschung to remain with Campos for 2022 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
External links[]
- Official website
- Ralph Boschung career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Swiss racing drivers
- ADAC Formel Masters drivers
- GP3 Series drivers from Switzerland
- FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
- Motopark Academy drivers
- Jenzer Motorsport drivers
- Koiranen GP drivers
- Campos Racing drivers
- MP Motorsport drivers
- Trident Racing drivers