1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours was the inaugural race of the FIA GT Championship, which had replaced the former BPR Global GT Series in 1997. It was run at the Hockenheimring on April 13, 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 8 BMW Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport
JJ Lehto
Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTR M 113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
2 GT1 3 Gulf Team Davidoff
GTC Racing
Jean-Marc Gounon
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
McLaren F1 GTR M 113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
3 GT1 2 Gulf Team Davidoff
GTC Racing
Thomas Bscher
John Nielsen
McLaren F1 GTR M 112
BMW S70 6.0L V12
4 GT1 6 Porsche AG Hans-Joachim Stuck
Thierry Boutsen
Porsche 911 GT1 M 112
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT1 16 Roock Racing Ralf Kelleners
Yannick Dalmas
Porsche 911 GT1 M 111
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 GT1 18 Schübel Rennsport Pedro Lamy
Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT1 M 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT1 22 BMS Scuderia Italia Pierluigi Martini
Christian Pescatori
Porsche 911 GT1 P 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 GT1 21 Kremer Racing Christophe Bouchut
Klaus Ludwig
Carl Rosenblad
Porsche 911 GT1 G 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT1 17 JB Racing Emmanuel Collard
Jürgen von Gartzen
Porsche 911 GT1 M 109
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Philippe Gache
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 105
Chrysler 8.0L V10
11 GT1 4 David Price Racing Andy Wallace
James Weaver
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G 105
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
12 GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Justin Bell
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 104
Chrysler 8.0L V10
13 GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Bruno Eichmann
Ni Amorim
Porsche 911 GT2 M 104
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT1 25 BBA Compétition Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
Olivier Thévenin
McLaren F1 GTR D 104
BMW S70 6.1L V12
15 GT2 68 Rennsport Italia Angelo Zadra
Marco Brand
Leonardo Maddalena
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 102
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT1 19 Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR) Gerd Ruch
Alexander Burgstaller
Alexander Grau
McLaren F1 GTR G 102
BMW S70 6.1L V12
17 GT2 67 Konrad Motorsport Michel Ligonnet
Toni Seiler
Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 P 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 63 Krauss Motorsport Bernhard Müller
Michael Trunk
Porsche 911 GT2 P 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 72 Elf Haberthur Racing Jean-Claude Lagniez
Guy Martinolle
Porsche 911 GT2 D 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 64 Kremer Racing Tomás Saldaña
Alfonso de Orléans
Porsche 911 GT2 G 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 GT2 73 Seikel Motorsport Ruggero Grassi
Renato Mastropietro
Fred Rosterg
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 99
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Ernst Gschwender
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 99
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23 GT2 58 Estoril Racing Manuel Monteiro
Michel Monteiro
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Uwe Sick
Denis Lay
Axel Röhr
Porsche 911 GT2 P 98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 GT2 57 Roock Racing François Lafon
Jean-Marc Smadja
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 M 96
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 GT2 70 Dellenbach Motorsport Rainer Bonnetsmüller
Günther Blieninger
Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2 D 89
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 GT1 10 AMG-Mercedes Alessandro Nannini
Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 89
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
28 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Hans Hugenholtz
Jari Nurminen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 76
Chrysler 8.0L V10
29
NC
GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Philipp Peter
Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT2 P 75
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
GT1 1 Gulf Team Davidoff
GTC Racing
Ray Bellm
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
McLaren F1 GTR M 57
BMW S70 6.0L V12
31
DNF
GT2 60 Marcos Racing International Toon van de Haterd
Bert Ploeg
Marcos LM600 D 48
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
32
DNF
GT1 13 GT1 Lotus Racing
Giroix Racing
Fabien Giroix
Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lotus Elise GT1 P 47
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
33
DNF
GT1 32 Graham Racing Eric Graham
David Velay
Venturi 600LM ? 44
Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
34
DNF
GT1 23 GBF UK Ltd. Luca Badoer
Mimmo Schiattarella
Mauro Martini
Lotus Elise GT1 M 42
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
35
DNF
GT2 65 RWS Wolfgang Münster
Raffaele Sangiuolo
Luca Riccitelli
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 41
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
36
DNF
GT1 20 DAMS Panoz Éric Bernard
Franck Lagorce
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 M 39
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
37
DNF
GT1 15 GT1 Lotus Racing
Giroix Racing
Jérôme Policand
Maurizio Sandro Sala
Lotus Elise GT1 P 37
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
38
DNF
GT1 9 BMW Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport
Peter Kox
Roberto Ravaglia
McLaren F1 GTR M 29
BMW S70 6.0L V12
39
DNF
GT2 50 Agusta Racing Team Rocky Agusta
Almo Coppelli
Callaway Corvette LM-GT D 27
Chevrolet 6.3L V8
40
DNF
GT1 31 Karl Augustin Karl Augustin
Horst Felbermayr
Stefano Buttiero
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo G 24
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
41
DNF
GT1 14 GT1 Lotus Racing
Giroix Racing
Jan Lammers
Mike Hezemans
Lotus Elise GT1 P 23
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
42
DNF
GT2 59 Marcos Racing International Cor Euser
Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 23
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
43
DNF
GT2 61 Stadler Motorsport Enzo Calderari
Lilian Bryner
Porsche 911 GT2 P 9
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
44
DNF
GT1 11 AMG-Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Alexander Wurz
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 5
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
45
DNF
GT2 55 Karl Augustin Hans-Jörg Hofer
Helmut Reis
Wido Rössler
Porsche 911 GT2 G 3
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT1 5 David Price Racing David Brabham
Perry McCarthy
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
DNS GT2 71 GT Racing Team Luigino Pagatto
Luca Drudi
Porsche 911 GT2 ?
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

  • Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:59.099
  • Fastest Lap – #8 BMW Motorsport – 2:01.711
  • Average Speed – 191.756 km/h
  • Distance – 770.999 km
FIA GT Championship
Previous race:
None
1997 season Next race:
1997 FIA GT Silverstone 4 Hours
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