1997 FIA GT Spa 4 Hours

Last updated July 29, 2023

The 1997 FIA GT Spa 4 Hours was the fifth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on July 20, 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	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	101
1	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	101
2	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	101
2	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	101
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	99
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	99
4	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	99
4	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	99
5	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ralf Schumacher	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	99
5	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ralf Schumacher	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	99
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	98
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	98
7	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Stéphane Ortelli Pedro Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1	M	98
7	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Stéphane Ortelli Pedro Chaves	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	98
8	GT1	13	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	96
8	GT1	13	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	96
9	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	96
9	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	G	96
10	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 911 GT1	P	94
10	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	94
11	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	93
11	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Marc Duez	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	93
12	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	92
12	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	92
13	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	92
13	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Chevrolet 5.9L V8	D	92
14	GT2	75	G-Force Strandell	Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT2	D	90
14	GT2	75	G-Force Strandell	Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	90
15	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Michel Neugarten Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 911 GT2	D	89
15	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Michel Neugarten Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	89
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	89
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	89
17	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	89
17	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12	B	89
18	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2	P	89
18	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Gerd Ruch	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	89
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2	M	89
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	89
20	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo Benno Rottenfusser	Porsche 911 GT2	?	88
20	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo Benno Rottenfusser	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	88
21	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	88
21	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	88
22	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	David Velay Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Bernard Chauvin	McLaren F1 GTR	D	87
22	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	David Velay Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Bernard Chauvin	BMW S70 6.1L V12	D	87
23	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger Wolfgang Treml Klaus Horn	Porsche 911 GT2	D	87
23	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger Wolfgang Treml Klaus Horn	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	87
24	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	87
24	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler 8.0L V10	G	87
25	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	James Kaye Peter Owen Guy Smith	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	86
25	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	James Kaye Peter Owen Guy Smith	Ford 5.9L V8	D	86
26	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	86
26	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	86
27	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	86
27	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	86
28	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Denis Lay Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	86
28	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Denis Lay Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	86
29	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefano Buttiero Horst Felbermayr	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	86
29	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefano Buttiero Horst Felbermayr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	86
30	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	85
30	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	85
31 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project Lotus Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Jérôme Policand	Lotus Elise GT1	P	63
31 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project Lotus Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Jérôme Policand	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	63
32 DNF	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Leonardo Maddalena Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	46
32 DNF	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Leonardo Maddalena Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	46
33 DNF	GT1	17	JB Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT1	M	45
33 DNF	GT1	17	JB Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	45
34 DNF	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	42
34 DNF	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Rover 3.9L V8	D	42
35 DNF	GT2	78	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Allen Lloyd Thomas Erdos	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	37
35 DNF	GT2	78	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Allen Lloyd Thomas Erdos	Ford 5.9L V8	D	37
36 DNF	GT2	67	Konrad Motorsport	Marco Spinelli Kelly Collins Barry Waddell	Porsche 911 GT2	P	36
36 DNF	GT2	67	Konrad Motorsport	Marco Spinelli Kelly Collins Barry Waddell	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	36
37 DNF	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	27
37 DNF	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	G	27
38 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	23
38 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	23
39 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Kurt Thiim	Lotus Elise GT1	?	22
39 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Kurt Thiim	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8	?	22
40 DNF	GT1	14	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	P	20
40 DNF	GT1	14	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8	P	20
41 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	11
41 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	M	11
42 DNF	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	10
42 DNF	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	10
43 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1	P	3
43 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Max Angelelli	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	3
44 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	0
44 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Anders Olofsson	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	0
45 DNF	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	0
45 DNF	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	0
46 DNF	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	0
46 DNF	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	BMW S70 6.0L V12	M	0
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	–

Statistics

Pole Position – #8 BMW Motorsport – 2:08.984
Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 2:12.058
Distance – 704.374 km
Average Speed – 174.701 km/h

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1997 FIA GT Spa 4 Hours

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