The 1997 FIA GT Sebring 3 Hours was the tenth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Sebring International Raceway, United States on October 18, 1997.
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 |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | GT1 | 11 | AMG-Mercedes | Bernd Schneider Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 70 |
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 | |||||||
2 | GT1 | 9 | BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport | Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 70 |
BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
3 | GT1 | 5 | David Price Racing | David Brabham Perry McCarthy | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | G | 69 |
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
4 | GT1 | 7 | Porsche AG | Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | M | 69 |
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
5 | GT1 | 3 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 68 |
BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
6 | GT1 | 6 | Porsche AG | Thierry Boutsen Hans Joachim Stuck | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | M | 68 |
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
7 | GT1 | 12 | AMG-Mercedes | Alexander Wurz Greg Moore | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 68 |
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 | |||||||
8 | GT1 | 20 | DAMS Panoz | Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | M | 67 |
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
9 | GT1 | 17 | JB Racing | Emmanuel Collard Mauro Baldi | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | M | 67 |
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
10 | GT1 | 1 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | Geoff Lees Anders Olofsson | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 67 |
BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
11 | GT2 | 51 | Viper Team Oreca | Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 67 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
12 | GT2 | 52 | Viper Team Oreca | Justin Bell Tommy Archer | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 67 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
13 | GT1 | 14 | GT1 Lotus Racing | Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans Max Angelelli | Lotus Elise GT1 | M | 66 |
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 | |||||||
14 | GT2 | 57 | Roock Racing | Uwe Alzen Ni Amorim | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 66 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
15 | GT2 | 59 | Marcos Racing International | Cor Euser Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | D | 65 |
Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | |||||||
16 | GT1 | 2 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | John Nielsen Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 65 |
BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
17 | GT2 | 55 | Augustin Motorsport | Wido Rössler Wolfgang Kaufmann | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 64 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
18 | GT1 | 4 | David Price Racing | Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | G | 64 |
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
19 | GT2 | 66 | Konrad Motorsport | Franz Konrad Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 64 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
20 | GT2 | 61 | Stadler Motorsport | Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 63 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
21 | GT2 | 63 | Krauss Motorsport | Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 62 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
22 | GT1 | 8 | BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport | JJ Lehto Steve Soper | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 60 |
BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
23 | GT2 | 60 | Marcos Racing International | Angelo Zadra Martijn Koene | Marcos LM600 | D | 60 |
Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | |||||||
24 | GT2 | 53 | Chamberlain Engineering | Chris Gleason Zak Brown Rick Fairbanks | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | G | 60 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
25 | GT2 | 58 | Estoril Racing Team | Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 59 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
26 | GT2 | 62 | Stadler Motorsport | Uwe Sick Denis Lay | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 59 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
27 | GT2 | 80 | Morgan Motor Company | Tony Dron William Wykeham | Morgan Plus 8 GTR | D | 58 |
Rover 3.9L V8 | |||||||
28 | GT2 | 72 | Elf Haberthur Racing | Michel Neugarten Michel Ligonnet Will Pace | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 57 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
29 DNF | GT2 | 56 | Roock Racing | Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 56 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
30 DNF | GT2 | 87 | Roock Racing | Pedro Chaves André Ahrlé | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 29 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
31 DNF | GT2 | 70 | Dellenbach Motorsport | Klaus Horn Ranier Bonnetmsüller | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 20 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
32 DNF | GT1 | 10 | AMG-Mercedes | Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 17 |
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 | |||||||
33 DNF | GT1 | 30 | G-Force Strandell | Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder | Porsche 911 GT1 | D | 6 |
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
34 DNF | GT2 | 67 | Konrad Motorsport | Martin Snow Karel Dolejší | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 4 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
35 DNF | GT1 | 13 | GT1 Lotus Racing | Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz | Lotus Elise GT1 | M | 4 |
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 | |||||||
36 DNF | GT1 | 29 | Newcastle United Lister | Julian Bailey Eric van de Poele | Lister Storm GTL | D | 2 |
Jaguar 7.0L V12 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 54 | Chamberlain Engineering | Tim O'Kennedy Matthew Cohen Pete Halsmer | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | G | – |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 69 | Proton Competition | Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | – |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 77 | Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport | Peter Owen Robert Schirle Christian Vann | Saleen Mustang RRR | D | – |
Ford 5.9L V8 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 88 | Prova Motorsport | Scott Peeler Scott Maxwell | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | – |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 |
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