1997 FIA GT Silverstone 4 Hours

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.

This race was scheduled for four hours, but was stopped shortly after three due to heavy rainfall.

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

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