Season review 2024 SUPER LIGHTS
Stephan Glaser, a BOSS GP newcomer, won the title. The competition had no chance against the Swiss driver's nine race wins.
The SUPER LIGHTS class was once again a playground for monopostos with V6 engines and older Formula 3000 cars in the 2024 season. The latter impressed with their sound, H-shift and spectacular slides. Both regular driver Stefan Eisinger-Sewald (Red Rose Racing) and BOSS GP rookie Stefan Scho proved with several podium finishes that Formula 3000 is far from being a thing of the past. Even though the Austrian Eisinger-Sewald and his team had to struggle with several technical problems on his Ralt and therefore had to withdraw from the title fight at an early stage.
First race, first victory: Stefan Scho at the Nürburgring 2024
The German Stefan Scho, formerly active in Formula 3, among others, brought a dark red Lola-F3000 with a V8 Cosworth engine to the start. At his home race at the Nürburgring, he made a perfect debut: first place in both races. He followed this up with two second places in Assen and is planning further outings in the BOSS GP Racing Series in 2025.
Last season's champion, Henry Clausnitzer (WF Racing), stayed in the title fight for a long time. The Lusatian continues to drive a V6 Formula Renault from Tatuus (built in 2003). The eye-catching livery in the style of the 2005/2006 Renault F1 world champion team once again attracted a lot of attention last season. After a solid start to the season, Clausnitzer was set back by several technical problems on the race weekends, but numerous night shifts with his crew finally got the car running again and again. The efforts paid off, with second place in the overall standings behind Stephan Glaser, another top result.
Glaser in front, followed by Scho (left) and one of the GP2 cars from the FORMULA classification. Behind them are Eisinger-Sewald (left), Stadelmann (centre) and Clausnitzer (right) in a three-way battle
Glaser, who came into the series with monoposto experience, was quickly recognised by his SUPER LIGHTS rivals. With the comparatively modern World Series V6 (built in 2008), entered by Jo Zeller Racing, he was usually too fast for the competition. With the exception of the race weekend at the Nürburgring, he managed at least one race win at every circuit. Even a retirement at the last race in Misano could not change his title win.
Further splashes of colour were provided by the starts of ace Walter Colacino (ITA), the comeback of former champion Andreas Hasler (AUT) including a brilliant victory at the finale in Misano and the performances of Jody Stadelmann (SUI) in the Formula Nippon. In the 2025 season, the SUPER LIGHTS class will remain a guarantee for varied motorsport with exciting racing cars from all over the world.
Jody Stadelmann with the Formula Nippon formerly used in Japan, built by the US company G-Force