1997 FIA GT Helsinki 3 Hours

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Layout of the Helsinki Thunder street circuit for 1997 Helsinki Thunder track map--1997 version.svg
Layout of the Helsinki Thunder street circuit for 1997

The 1997 FIA GT Helsinki 3 Hours was the third race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at a temporary street circuit in Helsinki, Finland on May 25, 1997, jointly with the Formula 3000.

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Due to the upcoming of the Le Mans 24 hours race, many teams opted not to participate in this event. This included the factory Porsche, Lotus and Chrysler squads.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1GT18 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport
Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTR M 113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
2GT116 Flag of Germany.svg Roock Racing Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT1 M 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3GT12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gulf Team Davidoff
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTC Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Bscher
Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
McLaren F1 GTR M 110
BMW S70 6.0L V12
4GT11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gulf Team Davidoff
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTC Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel
McLaren F1 GTR M 109
BMW S70 6.0L V12
5GT124 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBF UK Ltd. Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Martini
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Boldrini
Lotus Elise GT1 M 109
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
6GT122 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Pescatori
Porsche 911 GT1 P 108
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7GT126 Flag of Germany.svg Konrad Motorsport Flag of Austria.svg Franz Konrad
Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi
Flag of Italy.svg Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1 P 108
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8GT111 Flag of Germany.svg AMG-Mercedes Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 107
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
9GT256 Flag of Germany.svg Roock Racing Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Hürtgen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bruno Eichmann
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Ni Amorim
Porsche 911 GT2 M 106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10GT259 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcos Racing International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor Euser
Flag of Germany.svg Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 106
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
11GT131 Flag of Austria.svg Augustin Motorsport Flag of Austria.svg Karl Augustin
Flag of Austria.svg Horst Felbermayr
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Buttiero
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo G 103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12GT263 Flag of Germany.svg Krauss Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Michael Trunk
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 P 103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13GT19 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Ravaglia
McLaren F1 GTR M 101
BMW S70 6.0L V12
14GT253 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chamberlain Engineering Flag of Finland.svg Pertti Lievonen
Flag of Finland.svg Jari Nurminen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 100
Chrysler 8.0L V10
15GT255 Flag of Austria.svg Augustin Motorsport Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Jurasz
Flag of Germany.svg Helmut Reis
Flag of Germany.svg Wido Rössler
Porsche 911 GT2 G 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16GT110 Flag of Germany.svg AMG-Mercedes Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Ludwig
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 98
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
17GT115 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Racing Franck Muller
Flag of France.svg Giroix Racing
Flag of France.svg Fabien Giroix
Flag of Thailand.svg Ratanakul Prutirat
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lotus Elise GT1 P 97
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
18GT269 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of Germany.svg Gerold Ried
Flag of France.svg Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 94
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19GT260 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcos Racing International Flag of Finland.svg Ville-Pertti Teuronen
Flag of Finland.svg Teijo Lahti
Marcos LM600 D 93
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
20GT123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBF UK Ltd. Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer
Flag of Italy.svg Mimmo Schiattarella
Lotus Elise GT1 M 83
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
21
DNF
GT257 Flag of Germany.svg Roock Racing Flag of France.svg François Lafon
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier
Porsche 911 GT2 M 65
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
GT280 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Morgan Motor Company Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Morgan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Wykeham
Morgan Plus 8 GTR D 31
Rover V8 3.9L V8
23
DNF
GT266 Flag of Germany.svg Konrad Motorsport Flag of France.svg Michel Ligonnet
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Spinelli
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 P 30
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

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