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1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours

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Layout of the Hockenheimring GP Circuit (1994–2001)

The 1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours was the inaugural race of the FIA GT Championship, which had replaced the former BPR Global GT Series in 1997.[1][2] It was run at the Hockenheimring on April 13, 1997.[3][4]

Official results

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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 Germany BMW Motorsport
Germany Schnitzer Motorsport
Finland JJ Lehto
United Kingdom Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTR M 113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
2 GT1 3 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
France Jean-Marc Gounon
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
McLaren F1 GTR M 113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
3 GT1 2 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
Germany Thomas Bscher
Denmark John Nielsen
McLaren F1 GTR M 112
BMW S70 6.0L V12
4 GT1 6 Germany Porsche AG Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Porsche 911 GT1 M 112
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT1 16 Germany Roock Racing Germany Ralf Kelleners
France Yannick Dalmas
Porsche 911 GT1 M 111
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 GT1 18 Germany Schübel Rennsport Portugal Pedro Lamy
France Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT1 M 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT1 22 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Pierluigi Martini
Italy Christian Pescatori
Porsche 911 GT1 P 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 GT1 21 Germany Kremer Racing France Christophe Bouchut
Germany Klaus Ludwig
Sweden Carl Rosenblad
Porsche 911 GT1 G 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT1 17 France JB Racing France Emmanuel Collard
Germany Jürgen von Gartzen
Porsche 911 GT1 M 109
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 51 France Viper Team Oreca Monaco Olivier Beretta
France Philippe Gache
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 105
Chrysler 8.0L V10
11 GT1 4 United Kingdom David Price Racing United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United Kingdom James Weaver
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G 105
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
12 GT2 52 France Viper Team Oreca United States Tommy Archer
United Kingdom Justin Bell
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 104
Chrysler 8.0L V10
13 GT2 56 Germany Roock Racing Germany Claudia Hürtgen
Switzerland Bruno Eichmann
Portugal Ni Amorim
Porsche 911 GT2 M 104
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT1 25 France BBA Compétition France Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
France Olivier Thévenin
McLaren F1 GTR D 104
BMW S70 6.1L V12
15 GT2 68 Italy Rennsport Italia Italy Angelo Zadra
Italy Marco Brand
Italy Leonardo Maddalena
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 102
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT1 19 Germany Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR) Germany Gerd Ruch
Germany Alexander Burgstaller
Germany Alexander Grau
McLaren F1 GTR G 102
BMW S70 6.1L V12
17 GT2 67 Germany Konrad Motorsport France Michel Ligonnet
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Italy Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 P 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 63 Germany Krauss Motorsport Germany Bernhard Müller
Germany Michael Trunk
Porsche 911 GT2 P 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 72 Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing France Jean-Claude Lagniez
France Guy Martinolle
Porsche 911 GT2 D 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 64 Germany Kremer Racing Spain Tomás Saldaña
Spain Alfonso de Orléans
Porsche 911 GT2 G 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 GT2 73 Germany Seikel Motorsport Italy Ruggero Grassi
Italy Renato Mastropietro
Germany Fred Rosterg
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 99
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 GT2 69 Germany Proton Competition Germany Gerold Ried
Germany Ernst Gschwender
France Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 99
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23 GT2 58 France Estoril Racing Portugal Manuel Monteiro
France Michel Monteiro
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 GT2 62 Switzerland Stadler Motorsport Switzerland Uwe Sick
Switzerland Denis Lay
Germany Axel Röhr
Porsche 911 GT2 P 98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 GT2 57 Germany Roock Racing France François Lafon
France Jean-Marc Smadja
France Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 M 96
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 GT2 70 Germany Dellenbach Motorsport Germany Rainer Bonnetsmüller
Germany Günther Blieninger
Austria Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2 D 89
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 GT1 10 Germany AMG-Mercedes Italy Alessandro Nannini
Germany Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 89
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
28 GT2 53 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz
Finland Jari Nurminen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 76
Chrysler 8.0L V10
29
NC
GT2 66 Germany Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz Konrad
Austria Philipp Peter
Germany Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT2 P 75
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
GT1 1 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
United Kingdom Ray Bellm
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
McLaren F1 GTR M 57
BMW S70 6.0L V12
31
DNF
GT2 60 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Netherlands Toon van de Haterd
Netherlands Bert Ploeg
Marcos LM600 D 48
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
32
DNF
GT1 13 United Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing
France Giroix Racing
France Fabien Giroix
Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lotus Elise GT1 P 47
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
33
DNF
GT1 32 France Graham Racing France Eric Graham
France David Velay
Venturi 600LM ? 44
Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
34
DNF
GT1 23 United Kingdom GBF UK Ltd. Italy Luca Badoer
Italy Mimmo Schiattarella
Italy Mauro Martini
Lotus Elise GT1 M 42
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
35
DNF
GT2 65 Germany RWS Germany Wolfgang Münster
Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo
Italy Luca Riccitelli
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 41
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
36
DNF
GT1 20 France DAMS Panoz France Éric Bernard
France Franck Lagorce
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 M 39
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
37
DNF
GT1 15 United Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing
France Giroix Racing
France Jérôme Policand
Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala
Lotus Elise GT1 P 37
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
38
DNF
GT1 9 Germany BMW Motorsport
Germany Schnitzer Motorsport
Netherlands Peter Kox
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
McLaren F1 GTR M 29
BMW S70 6.0L V12
39
DNF
GT2 50 United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team Italy Rocky Agusta
Italy Almo Coppelli
Callaway Corvette LM-GT D 27
Chevrolet 6.3L V8
40
DNF
GT1 31 Austria Karl Augustin Austria Karl Augustin
Austria Horst Felbermayr
Italy Stefano Buttiero
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo G 24
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
41
DNF
GT1 14 United Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing
France Giroix Racing
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Lotus Elise GT1 P 23
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
42
DNF
GT2 59 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Netherlands Cor Euser
Germany Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 23
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
43
DNF
GT2 61 Switzerland Stadler Motorsport Switzerland Enzo Calderari
Switzerland Lilian Bryner
Porsche 911 GT2 P 9
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
44
DNF
GT1 11 Germany AMG-Mercedes Germany Bernd Schneider
Austria Alexander Wurz
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 5
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
45
DNF
GT2 55 Austria Karl Augustin Austria Hans-Jörg Hofer
Germany Helmut Reis
Germany Wido Rössler
Porsche 911 GT2 G 3
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT1 5 United Kingdom David Price Racing Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
DNS GT2 71 Austria GT Racing Team Italy Luigino Pagatto
Italy Luca Drudi
Porsche 911 GT2 ?
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

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  • Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:59.099
  • Fastest Lap – #8 BMW Motorsport – 2:01.711
  • Average Speed – 191.756 km/h
  • Distance – 770.999 km

References

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  1. ^ "FIA GT Championship Hockenheim 1997". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.
  2. ^ "1997 Hockenheim 4 Hours Photos". FIA GT Photography. 13 Apr 1997. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.
  3. ^ "1997 Hockenheim FIA GT". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. 26 Oct 2024. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.
  4. ^ "1997 FIA GT Championship". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. 8 Nov 2023. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.
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