1997 FIA GT Nürburgring 4 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Nürburgring 4 Hours was the fourth automobile endurance motor race for LMGT cars of the 1997 FIA GT Championship. It was run at the Nürburgring, Germany on June 29, 1997.^[1]

Nürburgring (1995-2001)

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	147
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann   Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	147
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport   Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto   Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	146
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport   Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox   Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	146
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
5	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff   GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon   Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	146
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles   Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	144
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff   GTC Racing	John Nielsen   Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	144
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
8	GT1	17	JB Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen   Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT1	M	143
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut   Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	143
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck   Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	142
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	14	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers   Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	P	142
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
12	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori   Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 911 GT1	P	141
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham   Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	136
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
14	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace   James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	134
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
15	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Martin Stretton   Andrea Boldrini	Lotus Elise GT1	M	134
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen   Bruno Eichmann   Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	133
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	David Velay   Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière	McLaren F1 GTR	D	133
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
18	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell   Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	132
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
19	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad   Toni Seiler   Bert Ploeg	Porsche 911 GT2	P	132
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk   Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	131
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Ulli Richter   Enzo Calderari   Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2	P	131
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT2	73	Seikel Motorsport	Wolfgang Haugg   Fred Rosterg   Giuseppe Quargenten	Porsche 911 GT2	?	129
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra   Leonardo Maddalena   Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	129
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro   Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	129
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek   Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	127
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
26	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Bruno Michelotti   Uwe Sick   Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	127
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli   Hugh Price   John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	M	127
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
28	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried   Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	126
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard   Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	124
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
30	GT2	81	Michael Eschmann   Automobil Club Radevormwald	Michael Eschmann   Paul Hulverscheid   Gunter Döbler	Porsche 911 GT2	?	123
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
31	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi   Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	123
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
32	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta   Almo Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM-GT	D	122
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8
33	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	David Goode   Tim O'Kennedy   Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	122
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
34	GT2	75	G-Force	Geoff Lister   John Greasley   Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT2	D	112
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
35	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta   Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	101
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
36 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser   Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	83
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
37 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi   Ivan Capelli   Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT1	P	81
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix   Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	74
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
39 DNF	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger   Wolfgang Treml   Rainer Bonnetsmüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	73
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
40 DNF	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli   Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 911 GT2	?	65
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
41 DNF	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners   Stéphane Ortelli   Pedro Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1	M	49
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
42 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz   Helmut Reis   Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	43
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
43 DNF	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig   Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	42
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
44 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff   GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott   Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	28
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
45 DNF	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer   Stefan Roitmayer   Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	28
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
46 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer   Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	P	22
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
47 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project   GT1 Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat   Alexander Grau	Lotus Elise GT1	P	3
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position – Bernd Schneider (#11 AMG-Mercedes) – 1:31.488
• Fastest Lap – Bernd Schneider (#11 AMG-Mercedes) – 1:33.614
• Distance – 667.674 km
• Average Speed – 166.785 km/h

References

1. "1997 Nurburgring FIA GT". Retrieved 2 May 2022.

External links

• – Race Results

FIA GT Championship
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