1997 Macau Grand Prix

The 1997 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 44th Macau Grand Prix race to be held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 1997. It was the fourteenth edition for Formula Three cars. Although he crashed at 250 km/h (160 mph) on the ninth lap of the first leg which necessitated a rebuild of his car, Graff Racing driver Soheil Ayari won the two-leg aggregate event by 11.5 seconds over his teammate Patrice Gay in second position. Third place was taken by Enrique Bernoldi of the Promatecme team.[1]

Race details
Date 16 November 1997
Location Guia Circuit, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit
6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance Leg 1
15 laps, 73.44 km (45.63 mi)
Leg 2
15 laps, 73.44 km (45.63 mi)
Leg 1
Pole
Driver Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Time 2:15.892
Fastest Lap
Driver Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Time 2:16.111
Podium
First Soheil AyariGraff Racing
Second Patrice GayGraff Racing
Third Andre CoutoPrema Powerteam
Leg 2
Driver Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Fastest Lap
Driver Tom Coronel TOM'S
Time 2:15.950
Podium
First Soheil AyariGraff Racing
Second Patrice GayGraff Racing
Third Enrique BernoldiPromatecme

Entry list
Team No Driver Vehicle Engine
San Miguel Paul Stewart Racing 1 Ralph Firman Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda
2 Jonny Kane
Bertram Schafer Racing 3 Massimiliano Angelelli Dallara 397 Opel
5 Bas Leinders
RC Motorsport 6 Oliver Martini Dallara 397 Opel
12 Michele Gasparini Dallara 396
TOM'S 7 Tom Coronel Dallara 397 Toyota
Gauloises Graff Racing 8 Patrice Gay Dallara 396 Opel
9 Soheil Ayari
Promatecme 15 Enrique Bernoldi Dallara 397 Renault
16 Nicolas Minassian
LD Autosport 17 Stephane Sarrazin Dallara 396 Fiat
Toda Racing 18 Yuji Tachikawa Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda
Prema Powerteam 19 Andre Couto Dallara 397 Opel
20 Donny Crevels Dallara 396 Fiat
Josef Kaufmann Racing 21 Wolf Henzler Martini MK73 Opel
Alan Docking Racing 22 Mark Webber Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda
23 Ricardo Mauricio
ASM Formule 3 25 David Saelens Dallara 396 Opel
EF Project 26 Maurizio Mediani Dallara 397 Fiat
Tomei Sport 27 Sebastian Martino Dallara 397 Opel
28 Keiichi Nishimiya Dallara 396
GM Motorsport 29 Peter Dumbreck Dallara 397 Opel
30 Norman Simon
La Filiere 31 Franck Montagny Martini MK73 Opel
32 Oriol Servia
Martin Donnelly Racing 33 Mario Haberfeld Dallara 397 Opel
Fortec Motorsports 35 Ben Collins Dallara 397 Mitsubishi
36 Fredrik Ekblom
Source:[2]

References
  1. MacDonald, Bruce (17 November 1997). "Ayari rises from the ashes to grab Macau Grand Prix". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. "Macau Grand Prix 1997 - Entry List" (PDF). Macau Grand Prix. Formel 3 Guide. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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