The 1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours was the ninth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Mugello Circuit, Italy on September 28, 1997.
The 1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours was the ninth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Mugello Circuit, Italy on September 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | GT1 | 8 |  BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport |  JJ Lehto  Steve Soper | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 132 |
| BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 2 | GT1 | 10 | AMG-Mercedes | Marcel Tiemann  Alessandro Nannini | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 132 |
| Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 3 | GT1 | 7 | Porsche AG |  Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | M | 132 |
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 4 | GT1 | 6 | Porsche AG |  Thierry Boutsen Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | M | 132 |
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 5 | GT1 | 9 | BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport |  Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 131 |
| BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 6 | GT1 | 3 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 157 |
| BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 7 | GT1 | 20 | DAMS Panoz | Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | M | 131 |
| Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | GT1 | 1 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | Geoff Lees  Anders Olofsson | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 130 |
| BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 9 | GT1 | 12 | AMG-Mercedes | Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 130 |
| Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 10 | GT1 | 5 | David Price Racing |  David Brabham Perry McCarthy | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | G | 129 |
| Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | GT1 | 14 | GT1 Lotus Racing | Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans | Lotus Elise GT1 | M | 129 |
| Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 12 | GT1 | 21 | Kremer Racing | Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad | Porsche 911 GT1 | G | 128 |
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 13 | GT1 | 27 | Parabolica Motorsport | Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 127 |
| BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 14 | GT2 | 52 | Viper Team Oreca | Justin Bell Luca Drudi | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 122 |
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 15 | GT2 | 56 | Roock Racing |  Bruno Eichmann Stéphane Ortelli Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 121 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 16 | GT2 | 57 | Roock Racing |  Pedro Chaves Ni Amorim Patrice Goueslard | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 121 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 17 | GT2 | 66 | Konrad Motorsport | Marco Spinelli Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 118 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | GT2 | 55 |  Augustin Motorsport | Ernst Gschwender Wolfgang Kaufmann | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 117 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT2 | 87 | Roock Racing | Hugh Price John Robinson Mike Martin | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 117 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | GT2 | 70 | Dellenbach Motorsport | Klaus Horn Günther Blieninger Rainer Bonnetmsüller | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 116 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 21 | GT2 | 68 | Rennsport Italia | Angelo Zadra Philipp Peter | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 115 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 22 | GT2 | 65 | RWS | Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo Mario Spagnoli | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 115 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 23 | GT2 | 53 | Chamberlain Engineering | Renato Mastropietro Leonardo Maddalena Piergiuseppe Peroni | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | G | 115 |
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 24 | GT2 | 62 | Stadler Motorsport | Axel Röhr Uwe Sick Denis Lay | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 114 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 25 | GT2 | 73 | Seikel Motorsport | Bruno Michelotti Jacques Corbet Andrew Bagnall | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 113 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 26 | GT1 | 2 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing |  John Nielsen Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 111 |
| BMW S70 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 27 DNF | GT1 | 24 | GBF UK Ltd. | Ralf Kalaschek Max Angelelli Davide Campana | Lotus Elise GT1 | M | 105 |
| Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 28 DNF | GT2 | 51 | Viper Team Oreca |  Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 103 |
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 29 DNF | GT1 | 17 | JB Racing | Emmanuel Collard Mauro Baldi | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | M | 98 |
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 30 DNF | GT1 | 4 | David Price Racing | Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | G | 96 |
| Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 31 DNF | GT1 | 23 | GBF UK Ltd. | Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella | Lotus Elise GT1 | M | 82 |
| Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 32 DNF | GT1 | 31 | Augustin Motorsport | Horst Felbermayr Sr. Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefano Buttiero | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | G | 82 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 33 DNF | GT2 | 69 | Proton Competition | Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 74 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 34 DNF | GT1 | 11 | AMG-Mercedes | Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 70 |
| Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 35 DNF | GT1 | 22 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori | Porsche 911 GT1 | P | 67 |
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 36 DNF | GT2 | 63 | Krauss Rennsport Technik | Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 61 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 37 DNF | GT2 | 77 |  Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport | Peter Owen Robert Schirle Mark Peters | Saleen Mustang RRR | D | 45 |
| Ford 5.9L V8 | |||||||
| 38 DNF | GT2 | 59 | Marcos Racing International | Cor Euser Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | D | 34 |
| Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | |||||||
| 39 DNF | GT1 | 19 | Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR) | Alexander Grau Marco Werner | Lotus Elise GT1 | ? | 11 |
| Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 40 DNF | GT2 | 64 | Kremer Racing |  Alfonso de Orléans-Bourbon Tomas Saldaña | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 7 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | GT2 | 58 | Estoril Racing Team | Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | – |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | GT2 | 60 | Marcos Racing International | Mauro Simoncini Alfons Taels | Marcos LM600 | D | – |
| Chevrolet 5.9L V8 |
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