1997 FIA GT Laguna Seca 3 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Laguna Seca 3 Hours was the eleventh and final race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Laguna Seca Raceway, United States on October 26, 1997.

Layout of the Laguna Seca Raceway

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   Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	130
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek   Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	130
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3	GT1	47	Porsche AG	Allan McNish   Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	130
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff   GTC Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel   Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR	M	130
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
5	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen   Hans Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	129
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff   GTC Racing	Geoff Lees   Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	128
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Alexander Wurz   Greg Moore	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	127
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
8	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann   Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	127
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
9	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing	Jan Lammers   Mike Hezemans   Max Angelelli	Lotus Elise GT1	M	127
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
10	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff   GTC Racing	John Nielsen   Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	127
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
11	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport   Schnitzer Motorsport	Roberto Ravaglia   Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	125
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
12	GT1	30	G-Force Strandell	Geoff Lister   John Greasley   Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT1	D	124
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard   Mauro Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	123
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann   Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	M	121
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell   Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	120
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta   Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	120
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
17	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy   Richard Dean	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	116
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
18	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk   Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Klaus Horn   Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	58	Estoril Racing Team	Michel Monteiro   Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	114
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim Moser   Shane Lewis   Patrick Vuillaume	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	114
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
22	GT2	97	GMB Motorsports	Cort Wagner   Dirk Layer   Kelly Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	?	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	72	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten   Stéphane de Groodt	Porsche 911 GT2	D	108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab   Cirtek Motorsport	Robert Schirle   Christian Vann	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	107
					Ford 5.9L V8
25	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Rob Wilson   Martijn Koene	Marcos LM600	D	106
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
26 DNF	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Uwe Alzen   Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	M	66
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 DNF	GT1	29	Newcastle United Lister	Julian Bailey   Eric van de Poele	Lister Storm GTL	D	103
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
28	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried   Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	98
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick   Denis Lay	Porsche 911 GT2	P	96
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30 DNF	GT2	87	Roock Racing	Hugh Price   John Robinson   André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	M	91
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
31 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles   Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	82
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
32 DNF	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari   Lilian Bryner   Ulli Richter	Porsche 911 GT2	P	51
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
33 DNF	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad   Toni Seiler   Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	P	37
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	95	Saleen-Allen Speedlab   Cirtek Motorsport	Steve Saleen   Carlos Palau	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	22
					Ford 5.9L V8
35 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser   Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	65
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
36 DNF	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport   Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox   JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	M	12
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
37 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Wido Rössler   Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	G	11
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard   Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	10
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
39 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing	Fabien Giroix   Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	M	7
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
40 DNF	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Mark Hales   William Wykeham   David Vegher	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	2
					Rover 5.0L V8
DSQ^†	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham   Andy Wallace	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	128
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
DSQ^†	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Perry McCarthy   Olivier Grouillard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	124
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8

† – #4 and #5 David Price Racing entries were disqualified due to failing post-race technical inspection. Both cars have front brake ducts larger than those allowed by the rules.

Statistics

• Pole Position – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 1:17.941
• Fastest Lap – #7 Porsche AG – 1:19.713
• Distance – 468.223 km
• Average Speed – 155.398 km/h

External links

• – Race Results

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