1997 Suzuka 1000 km

1997 1000 km Suzuka

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File:Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

The 1997 Pokka Suzuka 1000km was the seventh race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at the Suzuka Circuit, Japan on August 24, 1997.

Several Japanese teams chose to participate in this race, conforming to either the GT1 and GT2 classes.

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	10	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Marcel Tiemann Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider‡	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	171
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	12	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig Template:Flagicon Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	171
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	3	Template:Flagicon Gulf Team Davidoff Template:Flagicon GTC Racing	Template:Flagicon Anders Olofsson Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR	M	171
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	8	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport Template:Flagicon Schnitzer Motorsport	Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Template:Flagicon Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	171
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
5	GT1	6	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	169
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT1	1	Template:Flagicon Gulf Team Davidoff Template:Flagicon GTC Racing	Template:Flagicon Andrew Gilbert-Scott Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees Template:Flagicon John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR	M	169
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	11	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider Template:Flagicon Alexander Wurz Template:Flagicon Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	169
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
8	GT1	9	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport Template:Flagicon Schnitzer Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Peter Kox Template:Flagicon Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	169
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
9	GT1	44	Template:Flagicon Team Lark McLaren	Template:Flagicon Keiichi Tsuchiya Template:Flagicon Masanori Sekiya Template:Flagicon Akihiko Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR	M	168
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
10	GT1	7	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Allan McNish Template:Flagicon Yannick Dalmas Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	164
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	17	Template:Flagicon JB Racing	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard Template:Flagicon Alain Ferté	Porsche 911 GT1	M	164
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT1	5	Template:Flagicon David Price Racing	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Perry McCarthy Template:Flagicon Olivier Grouillard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	154
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
13	GT1	16	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut Template:Flagicon Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	M	159
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	51	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Template:Flagicon Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	156
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	57	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Pedro Chaves Template:Flagicon Robert Nearn Template:Flagicon Hisashi Wada	Porsche 911 GT2	M	155
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	52	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Justin Bell Template:Flagicon Tommy Archer Template:Flagicon Hideshi Matsuda	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	155
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
17	GT2	66	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Kaufmann Template:Flagicon Seiichi Sodeyama	Porsche 911 GT2	P	153
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	56	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Bruno Eichmann Template:Flagicon Ni Amorim Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	M	153
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	83	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Template:Flagicon Patrice Goueslard Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Chereau Template:Flagicon Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	?	148
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	55	Template:Flagicon Augustin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Ernst Gschwender Template:Flagicon Helmut Reis Template:Flagicon Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	143
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	62	Template:Flagicon Stadler Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Denis Lay Template:Flagicon Uwe Sick Template:Flagicon Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 911 GT2	P	145
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT2	58	Template:Flagicon Estoril Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Michel Monteiro Template:Flagicon Manuel Monteiro Template:Flagicon Henri-Louis Maunoir	Porsche 911 GT2	?	140
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	59	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Template:Flagicon Cor Euser Template:Flagicon Harald Becker Template:Flagicon Herman Buurman	Marcos LM600	D	138
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
24	GT2	63	Template:Flagicon Krauss Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Takashi Suzuki Template:Flagicon Sumio Sakurai Template:Flagicon Nigel Smith	Porsche 911 GT2	P	130
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT2	53	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering	Template:Flagicon Manabu Orido Template:Flagicon Naohiro Kawano Template:Flagicon Yukihiro Hane	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	84
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
26 NC	GT2	84	Template:Flagicon NSX Dream 28 Competition	Template:Flagicon Hajime Ooshiro Template:Flagicon Masayoshi Furuya Template:Flagicon Shigekazu Saeki	Honda NSX	?	45
					Honda 3.2L V6
27 DNF	GT1	4	Template:Flagicon David Price Racing	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon James Weaver Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	110
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
28 DNF	GT2	50	Template:Flagicon Agusta Racing Team Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing	Template:Flagicon Luca Drudi Template:Flagicon Michel Ligonnet Template:Flagicon Masahiro Kimoto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	86
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29 DNF	GT1	46	Template:Flagicon Team Menicon SARD	Template:Flagicon Masami Kageyama Template:Flagicon Tetsuya Tanaka	SARD MC8-R	D	71
					Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8
30 DNF	GT1	27	Template:Flagicon Parabolica Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Gary Ayles Template:Flagicon Chris Goodwin Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	65
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
31 DNF	GT2	69	Template:Flagicon Proton Competition	Template:Flagicon Gerold Ried Template:Flagicon Patrick Vuillaume Template:Flagicon Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	59
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
32 DNF	GT1	20	Template:Flagicon DAMS Panoz	Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	26
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
33 DNF	GT1	25	Template:Flagicon BBA Compétition	Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Template:Flagicon Jun Harada Template:Flagicon Tomiko Yoshikawa	McLaren F1 GTR	D	18
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
34 DNF	GT1	15	Template:Flagicon First Racing Project Template:Flagicon GT1 Lotus Racing	Template:Flagicon Ratanakul Prutirat Template:Flagicon Fabien Giroix Template:Flagicon Jérôme Policand	Lotus Elise GT1	P	15
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
35 DNF	GT2	85	Template:Flagicon Team Signal	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Yuasa Template:Flagicon Kiyoaki Hanai Template:Flagicon Akio Tomita	Nissan Silvia	?	2
					Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
36 DNF	GT1	39	Template:Flagicon IDC Ootsukakagu SARD	Template:Flagicon Tatsuya Tanigawa Template:Flagicon Yuji Tachikawa Template:Flagicon Yasutaka Hinoi	SARD MC8-R	Y	0
					Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8
DNS	GT1	2	Template:Flagicon Gulf Team Davidoff Template:Flagicon GTC Racing	Template:Flagicon John Nielsen Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	–
					BMW S70 6.0L V12

‡ – Did not score points due to not being entered in that car

Statistics

• Pole Position – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 1:56.023
• Fastest Lap – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 2:00.019
• Average Speed – 167.340 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results