1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours

The race-winning Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR

The 1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours was the eighth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Donington Park, England on September 14, 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
					Engine
1	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	159
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	158
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
5	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	158
					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	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Geoff Lees Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	156
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
8	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	155
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
9	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	154
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
10	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	152
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	151
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	151
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
13	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	150
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
14	GT1	30	G-Force Strandell	Magnus Wallinder Geoff Lister John Greasley	Porsche 911 GT1	D	149
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	146
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	145
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Stéphane Ortelli Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	M	145
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Luca Drudi	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	144
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Pedro Chaves Ni Amorim François Lafon	Porsche 911 GT2	M	144
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	P	142
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team Elf Haberthur Racing	Patrice Goueslard Michel Neugarten Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	141
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	140
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Alfonso de Orléans-Bourbon Tomas Saldaña	Porsche 911 GT2	G	139
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Klaus Horn Günther Blieninger Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	137
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	136
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr. Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	130
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Thomas Erdos Christian Vann	Marcos LM600	D	124
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
28	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	David Goode Leonardo Maddalena Paul Thomas	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	119
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
29	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	111
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
30 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	M	82
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
31 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	80
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
32 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	73
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
33 DNF	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	56
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz Wido Rösssler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	38
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
35 DNF	GT2	82	Colin Blower Motorsport	Colin Blower Jamie Campbell-Walter	TVR Cerbera GT	D	38
					TVR-Rover 5.0L V8
36 DNF	GT1	75	G-Force Strandell	Koit Veertee Nigel Barrett	Porsche 911 GT2	D	35
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	GT2	86	Millennium Motorsport	Nick Carr Ian Astley Andy Purvis	Marcos LM600	?	34
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
38 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Peter Owen Jonathan Baker Mark Peters	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	27
					Ford 5.9L V8
39 DNF	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Ralf Kalaschek Max Angelelli Jason Yeomans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	26
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Robert Schirle David Warnock Richard Dean	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	24
					Ford 5.9L V8
41 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Marco Werner	Lotus Elise GT1	?	23
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
DNS	GT2	19	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	–
					Rover 3.9L V8
DNS	GT2	87	Roock Racing	John Robinson Robert Nearn Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	M	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:23.854
• Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:26.075
• Distance – 639.177 km
• Average Speed – 159.776 km/h

External links

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