1997 FIA GT Silverstone 4 Hours

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The 1997 FIA GT Silverstone 4 Hours was the second race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on May 11, 1997.

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	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	87
1	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	87
2	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	87
2	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	87
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	87
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	87
4	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Pierre-Henri Raphanel Ray Bellm	McLaren F1 GTR	M	87
4	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Pierre-Henri Raphanel Ray Bellm	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	87
5	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1	M	87
5	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	87
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Chris Goodwin Gary Ayles	McLaren F1 GTR	M	87
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Chris Goodwin Gary Ayles	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	87
7	GT1	18	Schübel Engineering	Pedro Lamy Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	M	84
7	GT1	18	Schübel Engineering	Pedro Lamy Bob Wollek	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	84
8	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	83
8	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Tommy Archer	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	83
9	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	83
9	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	83
10	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	83
10	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	83
11	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Philippe Gache Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	82
11	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Philippe Gache Olivier Beretta	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	82
12	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Mauro Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1	P	82
12	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Mauro Baldi	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	82
13	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	81
13	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	G	81
14	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Gerd Ruch Alexander Grau	McLaren F1 GTR	G	80
14	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Gerd Ruch Alexander Grau	BMW S70 6.1L V12	G	80
15	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Tomás Saldaña Alfonso de Orléans Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT2	G	80
15	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Tomás Saldaña Alfonso de Orléans Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	80
16	GT2	65	RWS	Raffaele Sangiuolo Luca Riccitelli Charles Margueron	Porsche 911 GT2	?	79
16	GT2	65	RWS	Raffaele Sangiuolo Luca Riccitelli Charles Margueron	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	79
17	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Renato Mastropietro Leonardo Maddalena	Porsche 911 GT2	?	78
17	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Renato Mastropietro Leonardo Maddalena	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	78
18	GT2	76	EMKA Racing	Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden Win Percy	Porsche 911 GT2	?	78
18	GT2	76	EMKA Racing	Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden Win Percy	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	78
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	M	78
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	78
20	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Marco Spinelli Robert Nearn	Porsche 911 GT2	P	78
20	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Marco Spinelli Robert Nearn	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	78
21	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Jari Nurminen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	77
21	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Jari Nurminen	Chrysler 8.0L V10	G	77
22	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Richard Dean Peter Hardman	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	77
22	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Richard Dean Peter Hardman	Chrysler 8.0L V10	G	77
23	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Denis Lay Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	77
23	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Denis Lay Axel Röhr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	77
24	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	John Schumann Christian Vann	Marcos LM600	D	77
24	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	John Schumann Christian Vann	Chevrolet 5.9L V8	D	77
25	GT2	55	Karl Augustin	Helmut Reis Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 911 GT2	G	76
25	GT2	55	Karl Augustin	Helmut Reis Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	76
26	GT1	31	Karl Augustin	Karl Augustin Horst Felbermayr Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	76
26	GT1	31	Karl Augustin	Karl Augustin Horst Felbermayr Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	76
27	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	76
27	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	76
28	GT2	75	G-Force Strandell	John Greasley Geoff Lister	Porsche 911 GT2	D	75
28	GT2	75	G-Force Strandell	John Greasley Geoff Lister	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	75
29	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	73
29	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	73
30	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM-GT	D	70
30	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	D	70
31	GT2	79	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Peter Owen James Kaye Richard Piper	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	68
31	GT2	79	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Peter Owen James Kaye Richard Piper	Ford 5.9L V8	D	68
32	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Alessandro Nannini Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	68
32	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Alessandro Nannini Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	68
33	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	66
33	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Rover V8 3.9L V8	D	66
34	GT2	78	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Robert Schirle James Warnock Allen Lloyd	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	65
34	GT2	78	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Robert Schirle James Warnock Allen Lloyd	Ford 5.9L V8	D	65
35	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Mauro Martini Andrea Boldrini	Lotus Elise GT1	M	63
35	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Mauro Martini Andrea Boldrini	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8	M	63
36 DNF	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1	M	48
36 DNF	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	48
37 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	46
37 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8	M	46
38 DNF	GT1	13	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	45
38 DNF	GT1	13	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	45
39 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	45
39 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Chevrolet 5.9L V8	D	45
40 DNF	GT1	15	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Maurizio Sandro Sala Ratanakul Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1	P	41
40 DNF	GT1	15	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Maurizio Sandro Sala Ratanakul Prutirat	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	41
41 DNF	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Rainer Bonnetsmüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	33
41 DNF	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Rainer Bonnetsmüller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	33
42 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Steve Saleen Price Cobb Carlos Palau	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	17
42 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Steve Saleen Price Cobb Carlos Palau	Ford 5.9L V8	D	17
43 DNF	GT1	14	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	P	15
43 DNF	GT1	14	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	15
44 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Franck Lagorce Éric Bernard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	7
44 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Franck Lagorce Éric Bernard	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	M	7
45 DNF	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	4
45 DNF	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Ford (Roush Racing) 6.0L V8	G	4
46 DNF	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT1	M	0
46 DNF	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	0
47 DNF	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	0
47 DNF	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	0
DNS	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	–
DNS	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	–
DNS	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	–
DNS	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	–

Statistics

Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:41.193
Fastest Lap – #18 Schübel Engineering – 1:45.946
Distance – 447.201 km
Average Speed – 133.859 km/h

External links

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Previous race: 1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours	1997 season	Next race: 1997 FIA GT Helsinki 3 Hours

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1997 FIA GT Silverstone 4 Hours

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