1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours

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. It was run at the Hockenheimring on April 13, 1997.

Layout of the Hockenheimring GP Circuit (1994–2001)

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

Statistics

• 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

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results