1997 FIA GT Spa 4 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Spa 4 Hours was the fifth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on July 20, 1997.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (1995-2003)

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	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	101
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
2	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	101
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	99
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	99
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
5	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ralf Schumacher	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	99
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	98
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Stéphane Ortelli Pedro Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1	M	98
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8	GT1	13	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	96
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
9	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	96
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
10	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 911 GT1	P	94
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	93
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
12	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	92
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
13	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	92
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
14	GT2	75	G-Force Strandell	Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT2	D	90
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Michel Neugarten Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 911 GT2	D	89
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	89
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	89
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
18	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2	P	89
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2	M	89
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo Benno Rottenfusser	Porsche 911 GT2	?	88
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	88
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	David Velay Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Bernard Chauvin	McLaren F1 GTR	D	87
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
23	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger Wolfgang Treml Klaus Horn	Porsche 911 GT2	D	87
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	87
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
25	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	James Kaye Peter Owen Guy Smith	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	86
					Ford 5.9L V8
26	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	86
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	86
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
28	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Denis Lay Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	86
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefano Buttiero Horst Felbermayr	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	86
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	85
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
31 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project Lotus Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Jérôme Policand	Lotus Elise GT1	P	63
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
32 DNF	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Leonardo Maddalena Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	46
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
33 DNF	GT1	17	JB Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT1	M	45
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	42
					Rover 3.9L V8
35 DNF	GT2	78	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Allen Lloyd Thomas Erdos	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	37
					Ford 5.9L V8
36 DNF	GT2	67	Konrad Motorsport	Marco Spinelli Kelly Collins Barry Waddell	Porsche 911 GT2	P	36
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	27
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	23
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
39 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Kurt Thiim	Lotus Elise GT1	?	22
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT1	14	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	P	20
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
41 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	11
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
42 DNF	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	10
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
43 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1	P	3
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
44 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	0
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
45 DNF	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	0
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
46 DNF	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	0
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
DNS	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	–
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position – #8 BMW Motorsport – 2:08.984
• Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 2:12.058
• Distance – 704.374 km
• Average Speed – 174.701 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results

FIA GT Championship
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