1997 FIA GT Championship
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The 1997 FIA GT Championship was the inaugural season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The FIA GT Championship replaced the BPR Global GT Series which had been held races and championships from 1994 to 1996 after the series was promoted by the FIA, while Stéphane Ratel took over as promoter and organizer of the new championship, replaced the former BPR Organisation after the departure of partners Jürgen Barth and Patrick Peter. The races featured grand touring cars conforming to two categories of regulations, GT1 and GT2, and awarded driver and team championships in each category. The season began on 13 April 1997 and ended on 26 October 1997 after 11 rounds, visiting Europe, Japan, and the United States.
Bernd Schneider and his AMG Mercedes team won the GT1 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, while Justin Bell and Viper Team Oreca secured the GT2 titles.
Schedule
For the new international championship, much of the calendar was new. The Nürburgring, Spa, Silverstone, and Suzuka's endurance event were all retained, but much of the European calendar was new to the series. Donington Park replaced Brands Hatch as the second British round, while Hockenheimring was added as a second German event. Mugello took over from Monza in Italy, and A1-Ring also brought the series to Austria for the first time. A street circuit in Helsinki was unique to the calendar, and served as the first race of a shorter three-hour duration. Two American events of a three-hour duration replaced the former season-ending fly-away race in China, visiting Sebring and Laguna Seca.
Entries
GT1
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Results and standings
Race results
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified.[5]
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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| 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver championships
GT1
GT2
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Justin Bell | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Bruno Eichmann | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 65 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Philippe Gache | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 60 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 60 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 55 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Ni Amorim | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 44 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Stéphane Ortelli | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Tommy Archer | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Marc Duez | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Luca Drudi | Template:Flagicon GT Racing Team | DNS | 13 | 10 | DNS | 14 | |||||||
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| Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Cor Euser | Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 13 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Harald Becker | Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 13 |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Pedro Chaves | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 2 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 13 | |||||||
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Bernhard Müller | Template:Flagicon Krauss Motorsport | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Michael Trunk | Template:Flagicon Krauss Motorsport | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Toni Seiler | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 5 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 12 | |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | NC | 3 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 15 | Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Kaufmann | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Karl Augustin | 5 | 5 | Ret | |||||||||||
| 16 | Template:Flagicon Richard Nearn | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 2 | DNS | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Hisashi Wada | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Patrice Goueslard | Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Template:Flagicon Wido Rössler | Template:Flagicon Karl Augustin | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 6 | |||
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| 20 | Template:Flagicon Marco Spinelli | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 21 | Template:Flagicon Uwe Alzen | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | NC | 4 | ||||||||||
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| 22 | Template:Flagicon Bert Ploeg | Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International | Ret | 4 | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Template:Flagicon Dieter Quester | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Template:Flagicon Hideshi Matsuda | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Template:Flagicon Angelo Zadra | Template:Flagicon Angelo Zadra | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Template:Flagicon Leonardo Maddalena | Template:Flagicon Angelo Zadra | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 4 | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón | Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||
| 26 | Template:Flagicon Tomás Saldaña | Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||
| 27 | Template:Flagicon Helmut Reis | Template:Flagicon Karl Augustin | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 28 | Template:Flagicon Manfred Jurasz | Template:Flagicon Dellenbach Motorsport | 14 | Ret | 4 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Karl Augustin | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Proton Competition | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 | Template:Flagicon Jari Nurminen | Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 30 | Template:Flagicon Richard Dean | Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering | 11 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
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| 31 | Template:Flagicon Tim O'Kennedy | Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering | 15 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 32 | Template:Flagicon Geoff Lister | Template:Flagicon G-Force Strandell | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 32 | Template:Flagicon John Greasley | Template:Flagicon G-Force Strandell | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 33 | Template:Flagicon Magnus Wallinder | Template:Flagicon G-Force Strandell | 16 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 34 | Template:Flagicon Marco Brand | Template:Flagicon Angelo Zadra | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Template:Flagicon Carl Rosenblad | Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Template:Flagicon Pertti Liovenen | Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Template:Flagicon Seiichi Sodeyama | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Template:Flagicon Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon Agusta Racing Team | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||||
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Team championships
Teams score points for all cars that finish each round of the championship. Cars must complete at least 75% of the race distance to be classified.
GT1
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GT2
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Total points | |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 126 | ||
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| 2 | Template:Flagicon Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 83 | |
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| 3 | Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport | 5 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 15 | |
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| 4 | Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International | Ret | 13 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 12 | 13 | |
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| 5 | Template:Flagicon Krauss Motorsport | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Karl Augustin | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | ||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering | 15 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | |
| 11 | Ret | DNS | 8 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Angelo Zadra | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | Template:Flagicon G-Force Strandell | 16 | 16 | 4 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Agusta Racing Team | Ret | 18 | 14 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Stadler Motorsport | 12 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 2 | ||||
| Ret | 9 | 12 | Ret | |||||||||||
| 14 | Template:Flagicon RWS | Ret | 5 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 15 | Template:Flagicon Dellenbach Motorsport | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Template:Flagicon Proton Competition | 10 | DNS | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 1 | |
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
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References
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External links
- Official FIA GT homepage
- 1997 FIA GT Championship race results
- 1997 FIA GT Championship images Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 24 August 2009
- 1997 FIA GT Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 24 August 2009
- 1997 FIA GT Championship points tables Retrieved from web.archive.org on 24 August 2009
- Grand Touring Car Technical Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 25 August 2009