1997 FIA GT Sebring 3 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Sebring 3 Hours was the tenth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Sebring International Raceway, United States on October 18, 1997.

Official results

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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
  Klaus Ludwig
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 70
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2 GT1 9   BMW Motorsport
  Schnitzer Motorsport
  Peter Kox
  Roberto Ravaglia
McLaren F1 GTR M 70
BMW S70 6.0L V12
3 GT1 5   David Price Racing   David Brabham
  Perry McCarthy
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G 69
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
4 GT1 7   Porsche AG   Bob Wollek
  Yannick Dalmas
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 69
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT1 3   Gulf Team Davidoff
  GTC Racing
  Pierre-Henri Raphanel
  Jean-Marc Gounon
McLaren F1 GTR M 68
BMW S70 6.0L V12
6 GT1 6   Porsche AG   Thierry Boutsen
  Hans Joachim Stuck
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 68
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT1 12   AMG-Mercedes   Alexander Wurz
  Greg Moore
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 68
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
8 GT1 20   DAMS Panoz   Éric Bernard
  Franck Lagorce
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 M 67
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
9 GT1 17   JB Racing   Emmanuel Collard
  Mauro Baldi
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 67
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT1 1   Gulf Team Davidoff
  GTC Racing
  Geoff Lees
  Anders Olofsson
McLaren F1 GTR M 67
BMW S70 6.0L V12
11 GT2 51   Viper Team Oreca   Olivier Beretta
  Philippe Gache
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 67
Chrysler 8.0L V10
12 GT2 52   Viper Team Oreca   Justin Bell
  Tommy Archer
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 67
Chrysler 8.0L V10
13 GT1 14   GT1 Lotus Racing   Jan Lammers
  Mike Hezemans
  Max Angelelli
Lotus Elise GT1 M 66
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
14 GT2 57   Roock Racing   Uwe Alzen
  Ni Amorim
Porsche 911 GT2 M 66
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT2 59   Marcos Racing International   Cor Euser
  Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 65
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
16 GT1 2   Gulf Team Davidoff
  GTC Racing
  John Nielsen
  Thomas Bscher
McLaren F1 GTR M 65
BMW S70 6.0L V12
17 GT2 55   Augustin Motorsport   Wido Rössler
  Wolfgang Kaufmann
Porsche 911 GT2 G 64
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT1 4   David Price Racing   Andy Wallace
  Olivier Grouillard
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G 64
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
19 GT2 66   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 P 64
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 61   Stadler Motorsport   Enzo Calderari
  Lilian Bryner
Porsche 911 GT2 P 63
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 GT2 63   Krauss Motorsport   Michael Trunk
  Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 P 62
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 GT1 8   BMW Motorsport
  Schnitzer Motorsport
  JJ Lehto
  Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTR M 60
BMW S70 6.0L V12
23 GT2 60   Marcos Racing International   Angelo Zadra
  Martijn Koene
Marcos LM600 D 60
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
24 GT2 53   Chamberlain Engineering   Chris Gleason
  Zak Brown
  Rick Fairbanks
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 60
Chrysler 8.0L V10
25 GT2 58   Estoril Racing Team   Michel Monteiro
  Manuel Monteiro
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 59
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 GT2 62   Stadler Motorsport   Uwe Sick
  Denis Lay
Porsche 911 GT2 P 59
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 GT2 80   Morgan Motor Company   Tony Dron
  William Wykeham
Morgan Plus 8 GTR D 58
Rover 3.9L V8
28 GT2 72   Elf Haberthur Racing   Michel Neugarten
  Michel Ligonnet
  Will Pace
Porsche 911 GT2 D 57
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
GT2 56   Roock Racing   Bruno Eichmann
  Claudia Hürtgen
Porsche 911 GT2 M 56
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
GT2 87   Roock Racing   Pedro Chaves
  André Ahrlé
Porsche 911 GT2 M 29
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF
GT2 70   Dellenbach Motorsport   Klaus Horn
  Ranier Bonnetmsüller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 20
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
32
DNF
GT1 10   AMG-Mercedes   Marcel Tiemann
  Alessandro Nannini
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 17
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
33
DNF
GT1 30   G-Force Strandell   Geoff Lister
  John Greasley
  Magnus Wallinder
Porsche 911 GT1 D 6
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
34
DNF
GT2 67   Konrad Motorsport   Martin Snow
  Karel Dolejší
Porsche 911 GT2 P 4
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
35
DNF
GT1 13   GT1 Lotus Racing   Fabien Giroix
  Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lotus Elise GT1 M 4
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
36
DNF
GT1 29   Newcastle United Lister   Julian Bailey
  Eric van de Poele
Lister Storm GTL D 2
Jaguar 7.0L V12
DNS GT2 54   Chamberlain Engineering   Tim O'Kennedy
  Matthew Cohen
  Pete Halsmer
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G
Chrysler 8.0L V10
DNS GT2 69   Proton Competition   Gerold Ried
  Patrick Vuillaume
  Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2 P
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT2 77   Saleen-Allen Speedlab
  Cirtek Motorsport
  Peter Owen
  Robert Schirle
  Christian Vann
Saleen Mustang RRR D
Ford 5.9L V8
DNS GT2 88   Prova Motorsport   Scott Peeler
  Scott Maxwell
Porsche 911 GT2 ?
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

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  • Pole Position – #8 BMW Motorsport – 1:55.929
  • Fastest Lap – #9 BMW Motorsport – 1:59.290
  • Distance – 423.354 km
  • Average Speed – 140.867 km/h
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