1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours

File:Donington as of 2006.svg

Layout of the Donington Park

File:Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 11.jpg

The race-winning Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR

The 1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours was the eighth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Donington Park, England on September 14, 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	11	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider Template:Flagicon Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	10	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Marcel Tiemann Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	8	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport Template:Flagicon Schnitzer Motorsport	Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Template:Flagicon Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	159
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	12	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig Template:Flagicon Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	158
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
5	GT1	9	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport Template:Flagicon Schnitzer Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Peter Kox Template:Flagicon Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	158
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
6	GT1	3	Template:Flagicon Gulf Team Davidoff Template:Flagicon GTC Racing	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR	M	157
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	1	Template:Flagicon Gulf Team Davidoff Template:Flagicon GTC Racing	Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees Template:Flagicon Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	156
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
8	GT1	5	Template:Flagicon David Price Racing	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	155
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
9	GT1	4	Template:Flagicon David Price Racing	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	154
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
10	GT1	22	Template:Flagicon BMS Scuderia Italia	Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Template:Flagicon Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	152
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	6	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	151
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT1	23	Template:Flagicon GBF UK Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Luca Badoer Template:Flagicon Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	151
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
13	GT1	27	Template:Flagicon Parabolica Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Gary Ayles Template:Flagicon Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	150
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
14	GT1	30	Template:Flagicon G-Force Strandell	Template:Flagicon Magnus Wallinder Template:Flagicon Geoff Lister Template:Flagicon John Greasley	Porsche 911 GT1	D	149
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	51	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Template:Flagicon Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	146
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT1	7	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	145
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	56	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Bruno Eichmann Template:Flagicon Stéphane Ortelli Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	M	145
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	52	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Justin Bell Template:Flagicon Luca Drudi	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	144
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
19	GT2	57	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Pedro Chaves Template:Flagicon Ni Amorim Template:Flagicon François Lafon	Porsche 911 GT2	M	144
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	66	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad Template:Flagicon Toni Seiler Template:Flagicon André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	P	142
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	50	Template:Flagicon Agusta Racing Team Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing	Template:Flagicon Patrice Goueslard Template:Flagicon Michel Neugarten Template:Flagicon Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	141
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT2	63	Template:Flagicon Krauss Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Michael Trunk Template:Flagicon Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	140
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	64	Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing	Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Orléans-Bourbon Template:Flagicon Tomas Saldaña	Porsche 911 GT2	G	139
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	70	Template:Flagicon Dellenbach Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Klaus Horn Template:Flagicon Günther Blieninger Template:Flagicon Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	137
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT2	69	Template:Flagicon Proton Competition	Template:Flagicon Gerold Ried Template:Flagicon Patrick Vuillaume Template:Flagicon Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	136
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26	GT1	31	Template:Flagicon Augustin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Horst Felbermayr Sr. Template:Flagicon Horst Felbermayr Jr. Template:Flagicon Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	130
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27	GT2	60	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Template:Flagicon Thomas Erdos Template:Flagicon Christian Vann	Marcos LM600	D	124
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
28	GT2	53	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering	Template:Flagicon David Goode Template:Flagicon Leonardo Maddalena Template:Flagicon Paul Thomas	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	119
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
29	GT1	14	Template:Flagicon GT1 Lotus Racing	Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers Template:Flagicon Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	111
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
30 DNF	GT1	13	Template:Flagicon GT1 Lotus Racing	Template:Flagicon Fabien Giroix Template:Flagicon Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	M	82
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
31 DNF	GT2	59	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Template:Flagicon Cor Euser Template:Flagicon Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	80
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
32 DNF	GT1	20	Template:Flagicon DAMS Panoz	Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	73
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
33 DNF	GT1	21	Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing	Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut Template:Flagicon Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	56
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	54	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering	Template:Flagicon Tim O'Kennedy Template:Flagicon Hans Hugenholtz Template:Flagicon Wido Rösssler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	38
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
35 DNF	GT2	82	Template:Flagicon Colin Blower Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Colin Blower Template:Flagicon Jamie Campbell-Walter	TVR Cerbera GT	D	38
					TVR-Rover 5.0L V8
36 DNF	GT1	75	Template:Flagicon G-Force Strandell	Template:Flagicon Koit Veertee Template:Flagicon Nigel Barrett	Porsche 911 GT2	D	35
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	GT2	86	Template:Flagicon Millennium Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Nick Carr Template:Flagicon Ian Astley Template:Flagicon Andy Purvis	Marcos LM600	?	34
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
38 DNF	GT2	77	Template:Flagicon Saleen-Allen Speedlab Template:Flagicon Cirtek Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Peter Owen Template:Flagicon Jonathan Baker Template:Flagicon Mark Peters	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	27
					Ford 5.9L V8
39 DNF	GT1	24	Template:Flagicon GBF UK Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Ralf Kalaschek Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli Template:Flagicon Jason Yeomans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	26
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT2	77	Template:Flagicon Saleen-Allen Speedlab Template:Flagicon Cirtek Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Robert Schirle Template:Flagicon David Warnock Template:Flagicon Richard Dean	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	24
					Ford 5.9L V8
41 DNF	GT1	19	Template:Flagicon Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Template:Flagicon Alexander Grau Template:Flagicon Marco Werner	Lotus Elise GT1	?	23
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
DNS	GT2	19	Template:Flagicon Morgan Motor Company	Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan Template:Flagicon William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	–
					Rover 3.9L V8
DNS	GT2	87	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon John Robinson Template:Flagicon Robert Nearn Template:Flagicon Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	M	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:23.854
• Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:26.075
• Distance – 639.177 km
• Average Speed – 159.776 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results