1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours

Last updated November 02, 2024

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

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	113
1	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	113
2	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	113
2	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	113
3	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR	M	112
3	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	112
4	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1	M	112
4	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	112
5	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1	M	111
5	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	111
6	GT1	18	Schübel Rennsport	Pedro Lamy Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	M	110
6	GT1	18	Schübel Rennsport	Pedro Lamy Bob Wollek	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	110
7	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	110
7	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	110
8	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Klaus Ludwig Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	110
8	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Klaus Ludwig Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	G	110
9	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT1	M	109
9	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	109
10	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	105
10	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	105
11	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	105
11	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	G	105
12	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Tommy Archer Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	104
12	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Tommy Archer Justin Bell	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	104
13	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	104
13	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	104
14	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Olivier Thévenin	McLaren F1 GTR	D	104
14	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Olivier Thévenin	BMW S70 6.1L V12	D	104
15	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Marco Brand Leonardo Maddalena	Porsche 911 GT2	?	102
15	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Marco Brand Leonardo Maddalena	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	102
16	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Gerd Ruch Alexander Burgstaller Alexander Grau	McLaren F1 GTR	G	102
16	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Gerd Ruch Alexander Burgstaller Alexander Grau	BMW S70 6.1L V12	G	102
17	GT2	67	Konrad Motorsport	Michel Ligonnet Toni Seiler Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	P	101
17	GT2	67	Konrad Motorsport	Michel Ligonnet Toni Seiler Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	101
18	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	P	101
18	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	101
19	GT2	72	Elf Haberthur Racing	Jean-Claude Lagniez Guy Martinolle	Porsche 911 GT2	D	100
19	GT2	72	Elf Haberthur Racing	Jean-Claude Lagniez Guy Martinolle	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	100
20	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Tomás Saldaña Alfonso de Orléans	Porsche 911 GT2	G	100
20	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Tomás Saldaña Alfonso de Orléans	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	100
21	GT2	73	Seikel Motorsport	Ruggero Grassi Renato Mastropietro Fred Rosterg	Porsche 911 GT2	?	99
21	GT2	73	Seikel Motorsport	Ruggero Grassi Renato Mastropietro Fred Rosterg	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	99
22	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Ernst Gschwender Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	99
22	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Ernst Gschwender Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	99
23	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	98
23	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	98
24	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Denis Lay Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	98
24	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Denis Lay Axel Röhr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	98
25	GT2	57	Roock Racing	François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	M	96
25	GT2	57	Roock Racing	François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	96
26	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Rainer Bonnetsmüller Günther Blieninger Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	D	89
26	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Rainer Bonnetsmüller Günther Blieninger Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	89
27	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Alessandro Nannini Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	89
27	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Alessandro Nannini Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	89
28	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Jari Nurminen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	76
28	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Jari Nurminen	Chrysler 8.0L V10	G	76
29 NC	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Philipp Peter Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT2	P	75
29 NC	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Philipp Peter Uwe Alzen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	75
30 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Ray Bellm Andrew Gilbert-Scott	McLaren F1 GTR	M	57
30 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Ray Bellm Andrew Gilbert-Scott	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	57
31 DNF	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Toon van de Haterd Bert Ploeg	Marcos LM600	D	48
31 DNF	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Toon van de Haterd Bert Ploeg	Chevrolet 5.9L V8	D	48
32 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing Giroix Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	47
32 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing Giroix Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	47
33 DNF	GT1	32	Graham Racing	Eric Graham David Velay	Venturi 600LM	?	44
33 DNF	GT1	32	Graham Racing	Eric Graham David Velay	Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6	?	44
34 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella Mauro Martini	Lotus Elise GT1	M	42
34 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella Mauro Martini	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8	M	42
35 DNF	GT2	65	RWS	Wolfgang Münster Raffaele Sangiuolo Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT2	?	41
35 DNF	GT2	65	RWS	Wolfgang Münster Raffaele Sangiuolo Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	41
36 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	39
36 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	M	39
37 DNF	GT1	15	GT1 Lotus Racing Giroix Racing	Jérôme Policand Maurizio Sandro Sala	Lotus Elise GT1	P	37
37 DNF	GT1	15	GT1 Lotus Racing Giroix Racing	Jérôme Policand Maurizio Sandro Sala	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	37
38 DNF	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	29
38 DNF	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	29
39 DNF	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM-GT	D	27
39 DNF	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	D	27
40 DNF	GT1	31	Karl Augustin	Karl Augustin Horst Felbermayr Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	24
40 DNF	GT1	31	Karl Augustin	Karl Augustin Horst Felbermayr Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	24
41 DNF	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing Giroix Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	P	23
41 DNF	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing Giroix Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	23
42 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	23
42 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Chevrolet 5.9L V8	D	23
43 DNF	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2	P	9
43 DNF	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	9
44 DNF	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	5
44 DNF	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	5
45 DNF	GT2	55	Karl Augustin	Hans-Jörg Hofer Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	3
45 DNF	GT2	55	Karl Augustin	Hans-Jörg Hofer Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	3
DNS	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	–
DNS	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	G	–
DNS	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luigino Pagatto Luca Drudi	Porsche 911 GT2	?	–
DNS	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luigino Pagatto Luca Drudi	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

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References

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

External links

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[x227-1] "FIA GT Championship Hockenheim 1997". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.

[q916-2] "1997 Hockenheim 4 Hours Photos". FIA GT Photography. 13 Apr 1997. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.

[u006-3] "1997 Hockenheim FIA GT". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. 26 Oct 2024. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.

[t675-4] "1997 FIA GT Championship". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. 8 Nov 2023. Retrieved 1 Nov 2024.

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