1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours was the eighth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Donington Park, England on September 14, 1997.

Layout of the Donington Park

The race-winning Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	159
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	158
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
5	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	158
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
6	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR	M	157
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Geoff Lees Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	156
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
8	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	155
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
9	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	154
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
10	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	152
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	151
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	151
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
13	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	150
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
14	GT1	30	G-Force Strandell	Magnus Wallinder Geoff Lister John Greasley	Porsche 911 GT1	D	149
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	146
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	145
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Stéphane Ortelli Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	M	145
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Luca Drudi	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	144
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Pedro Chaves Ni Amorim François Lafon	Porsche 911 GT2	M	144
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	P	142
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team Elf Haberthur Racing	Patrice Goueslard Michel Neugarten Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	141
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	140
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Alfonso de Orléans-Bourbon Tomas Saldaña	Porsche 911 GT2	G	139
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Klaus Horn Günther Blieninger Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	137
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	136
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr. Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	130
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Thomas Erdos Christian Vann	Marcos LM600	D	124
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
28	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	David Goode Leonardo Maddalena Paul Thomas	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	119
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
29	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	111
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
30 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	M	82
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
31 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	80
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
32 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	73
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
33 DNF	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	56
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz Wido Rösssler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	38
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
35 DNF	GT2	82	Colin Blower Motorsport	Colin Blower Jamie Campbell-Walter	TVR Cerbera GT	D	38
					TVR-Rover 5.0L V8
36 DNF	GT1	75	G-Force Strandell	Koit Veertee Nigel Barrett	Porsche 911 GT2	D	35
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	GT2	86	Millennium Motorsport	Nick Carr Ian Astley Andy Purvis	Marcos LM600	?	34
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
38 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Peter Owen Jonathan Baker Mark Peters	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	27
					Ford 5.9L V8
39 DNF	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Ralf Kalaschek Max Angelelli Jason Yeomans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	26
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Robert Schirle David Warnock Richard Dean	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	24
					Ford 5.9L V8
41 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Marco Werner	Lotus Elise GT1	?	23
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
DNS	GT2	19	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	–
					Rover 3.9L V8
DNS	GT2	87	Roock Racing	John Robinson Robert Nearn Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	M	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:23.854
• Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:26.075
• Distance – 639.177 km
• Average Speed – 159.776 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results

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