1. Ralph Boschung is a race winner in the GP3 Series and has previously competed in Formula 2 from 2017 to 2023, for Campos, MP Motorsport and Trident.
101 Facts About Ralph Boschung
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In 2012, Boschung made his debut in open-wheel racing, competing in the Formula BMW Talent Cup.
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Ralph Boschung ended the season fifth, five points behind champion Marvin Dienst, after winning the first race and scoring a fourth place in the second.
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In 2013, Ralph Boschung competed in ADAC Formel Masters with Team KUG Motorsport and ended the season seventh, having inherited a win at the Slovakiaring after the original race winner and that year's champion, Alessio Picariello, was given a penalty.
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Ralph Boschung started the season with a podium at the Oschersleben, finishing third.
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Ralph Boschung even had a run of finishing on the podium at all three races at the Red Bull Ring.
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Altogether, Ralph Boschung achieved eight podium finishes throughout the season but did not manage a single win.
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Ralph Boschung ended the season seventh in the standings, narrowly behind his teammates.
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In 2015, Ralph Boschung debuted in the GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport, partnering Pal Varhaug and fellow Swiss Matheo Tuscher.
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Ralph Boschung's season began with a point in Barcelona, after achieving his best qualifying so far in ninth.
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Ralph Boschung then 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.
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Ralph Boschung scored further points in the feature races at Silverstone and Hungaroring in the following two events.
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Ralph Boschung returned to racing in Monza, finishing outside the points in 18th and ninth.
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However, Ralph Boschung was forced to leave the team for good after that round, missing the final two rounds.
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Ralph Boschung ended up eleventh in the standings, helping Koiranen to finish 5th in the team championship.
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In March 2017 Ralph Boschung signed for Campos Racing to compete in the inaugural FIA Formula 2 Championship, initially partnering Stefano Coletti and later Roberto Merhi, Robert Visoiu and Alex Palou.
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Ralph Boschung finished out of the points during the first three rounds of the season, netting a highest finish of 12th thrice.
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Ralph Boschung finally took his first Formula 2 points at the Baku round, finishing eighth in the feature race.
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Ralph Boschung lost the lead on the first lap, before a DRS failure saw him slowly tumble down the rankings.
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Ralph Boschung finished ninth before a disqualification from Jordan King saw him promoted to eighth, adding a point to his tally.
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Ralph Boschung picked his highest finish of the season with seventh in the feature race at the Red Bull Ring.
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Ralph Boschung carried on with damage but finally retired from good on lap 16.
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Ralph Boschung was set for a top 3 qualifying finish at the Hungaroring, but problems left him 14th on the grid.
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Ralph Boschung was set to claim another points finish, running in ninth during the feature race, but he was forced off track by Jordan King and lost five places.
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Ralph Boschung had no luck in the sprint race; suffering a clutch issue at the start and finishing 16th.
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Ralph Boschung challenged for points at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza, but his efforts went unrewarded.
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Ralph Boschung parted ways with Campos before the final round at Yas Marina and was replaced by that year's FIA Formula 3 European champion Lando Norris.
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Ralph Boschung had a great start to the season, scoring points in the first race of the season in Bahrain.
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Ralph Boschung then followed it up with seventh in the sprint race, thanks to a lightning start.
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Ralph Boschung had another double points finish in Baku, qualifying in the top 10.
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Ralph Boschung progressed to seventh in the feature race, and lined second for the sprint race.
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Ralph Boschung dropped to ninth due to excessive tyre wear, but was upgraded to eighth after Sergio Sette Camara was disqualified.
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From Spain to France, Ralph Boschung suffered five consecutive retirements ranging from racing incidents to car issues.
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Ralph Boschung drove clean races to finish ninth and eighth in the feature and sprint races respectively.
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Ralph Boschung had point-less rounds in Budapest and Spa-Francorchamps compunded with more retirements.
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Ralph Boschung started on pole for the sprint and suffered a poor start, before contact with Sean Gelael ended Boschung's race on lap 5.
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Ralph Boschung failed to finish the season after leaving MP Motorsport due to budgetary reasons.
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Ralph Boschung was replaced by Niko Kari for the rounds at Sochi and Abu Dhabi.
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Ralph Boschung finished 14th in the sprint race, whilst suffering from tyre degradation.
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Ralph Boschung had no luck in the sprint, being hit by Tatiana Calderon saw his weekend to a close.
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Ralph Boschung maintained his top 10 qualifying form at Barcelona in eighth before being promoted to seventh for the feature race.
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Ralph Boschung ran on the alternate strategy starting on the hards, and finished tenth, scoring his and Trident's first points finish of the year.
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In Monaco, Ralph Boschung scored points in the feature race, finishing ninth having started 14th.
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Ralph Boschung had a weekend to forget in France, being eliminated in the start chaos in the feature race and finishing 15th in the sprint.
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Ralph Boschung returned to Trident at the Hungaroring round, where he retired with an engine failure in the feature race and finished 18th in the sprint.
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At the Spa-Francorchamps feature race, Ralph Boschung was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of Anthoine Hubert and serious injuries for Juan Manuel Correa.
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Ralph Boschung returned to racing in Sochi, finishing 14th and 12th in the feature and sprint races respectively.
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Ralph Boschung again lost his seat prior to the final round in Abu Dhabi and was replaced by Christian Lundgaard.
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Trident finished last in the teams' championship, with Ralph Boschung scoring three points and placing 19th in the drivers' championship.
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Ralph Boschung tested for MP Motorsport during the 2019 post-season testing, the team he raced during the 2018 championship.
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Trident fielded a new driver lineup for the 2020 season and Ralph Boschung left the series.
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Ralph Boschung finished 14th in the feature race and retired in the sprint, to rank 25th overall.
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Ralph Boschung finished 15th in the feature race, leaving the weekend without a single point.
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In Sprint Race 1, Ralph Boschung finished an excellent fourth, after Christian Lundgaard retired.
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In Sprint Race 2, Ralph Boschung finished fifth and in the feature race finished sixth after nearly passing Guanyu Zhou for fifth in the end.
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Ralph Boschung was passed by Marcus Armstrong at the start and later Dan Ticktum and Theo Pourchaire.
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Ralph Boschung had a difficult second sprint, as he was hit from Pourchaire behind, damaging his suspension.
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Ralph Boschung stayed clear of chaos in the feature race to come home in fifth, his best ever feature race result thus far.
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Ralph Boschung had no pace in the races, he finished 14th in the first sprint.
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Ralph Boschung was running well in the opening laps but sustained front wing damage in an incident with Ticktum and was forced to pit.
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Ralph Boschung had a luckless feature race, he had a slow pit stop and two laps later the safety car was called out and most of the field pitted.
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Ralph Boschung soon was back in the top 10, but soon fell out of it as drivers on fresher tyres passed him.
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Ralph Boschung ended the race in 15th, to cap off a frustrating weekend.
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Ralph Boschung started the only sprint in sixth maintaining his position until the end.
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Ralph Boschung had a brilliant start in the feature race, jumping Zhou and Jehan Daruvala into third.
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Ralph Boschung was set for his maiden F2 podium until lap 23, where he slid wide at turn 14 and lost third to Daruvala.
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Ralph Boschung had further woes as with just three laps to go, a puncture forced him to retire.
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In November 2021 LTO Network and Ralph Boschung announced partnership to lead motorsports into the Metaverse Using NFT2.0 Technology.
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At the Yas Marina season finale, Ralph Boschung equalled his best qualifying of fifth.
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Ralph Boschung crossed the finish line ninth in sprint race 1, which gave him a front row start for sprint race 2.
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Ralph Boschung was overtaken by Guanyu Zhou on lap 3 but was back in second place on lap 11 when Armstrong retired.
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Ralph Boschung finished the feature race in ninth place after managing to defend his position during the final few laps.
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In November 2021 Campos announced that Ralph Boschung would be remaining with the team for the 2022 campaign, partnering new Alpine junior Olli Caldwell.
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Ralph Boschung made a superb start in the sprint race as he was up to second on the first lap, having started sixth.
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Ralph Boschung made another epic start in the feature race, improving to second place.
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Ralph Boschung drove a controlled drive and stayed out of trouble to finish fourth once more.
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Ralph Boschung finished eighth in the sprint race but was given a 20-second time penalty after being out of position during the starting grid, demoting all the way to 15th.
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Ralph Boschung then used his talent to again qualify fourth.
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Ralph Boschung was running sixth in the sprint race until lap 9 when Felipe Drugovich overtook him, and he soon retired from the race with a fuel pump issue a lap later.
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Ralph Boschung was able to turn his fortunes in the feature race, making another lightning getaway to move into second on the opening lap behind Roy Nissany.
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Theo Pourchaire overtook him after the pit stops, and after Nissany crashed out, Ralph Boschung was in a net second place.
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Just a week later, Ralph Boschung raced in Monaco, qualifying tenth following penalties and was set to start on reverse pole.
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Ralph Boschung returned to racing in Baku, despite continuing to suffer from neck pain.
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Ralph Boschung was deemed guilty, and a three-place grid drop saw Boschung line up 21st for the feature race.
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Ralph Boschung mastered tyre wear as he ran the soft tyre for more than half of the race, and finished ninth.
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Ralph Boschung was replaced by Roberto Merhi, who last drove with Campos in 2018.
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Ralph Boschung topped practice and qualified tenth for the feature race.
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Ralph Boschung took advantage of reverse grid pole to achieve his second podium of the season with third place in Saturday's sprint race.
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Ralph Boschung capped off his weekend with a 14th place in the feature race.
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In Zandvoort Ralph Boschung had an uneventful weekend, a poor qualifying result only bringing him 17th and 15th places in the sprint and feature races respectively.
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Ralph Boschung had an unfortunate showing in Monza, he retired in the sprint race was involved in an incident with Clement Novalak which bent his steering after starting 13th.
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Ralph Boschung was penalised for the incident and was demoted three place for the feature race.
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Ralph Boschung was then issued another three-place grid drop for the next race.
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Ralph Boschung again failed to score points in the Yas Marina round.
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Ralph Boschung was classified 15th in the standings with 40 points.
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Ralph Boschung remained with Campos Racing for a third successive season in 2023, this time being joined by Kush Maini.
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The start of the season brought with it success unseen before, as Ralph Boschung took the lead of the sprint race from reverse grid pole in Bahrain, maintaining his position to take his maiden victory in Formula 2 on his 96th race start.
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Since then, Ralph Boschung failed to score points for the next eight rounds.
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In Spa-Francorchamps, Ralph Boschung returned to the top 10 in qualifying with seventh, having taken advantage of unpredictable rainy conditions.
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Ralph Boschung finished 16th in the standings, with 37 points.
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Ralph Boschung was the only driver to have contested in every season of the modern era in the FIA Formula 2 Championship up to that point.