1997 Suzuka 1000 km

1997 1000 km Suzuka 1996 1998 thumb|250px|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).1997 Suzuka 1000Kms https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1997-suzuka-1000kms/ 19 May 2026 Motor SportSuzuka 1000 Kilometres 1997 https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Suzuka-1997-08-24.html 19 May 2026 Racing Sports Cars Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT1 10 DEU AMG-Mercedes DEU Marcel TiemannITA Alessandro NanniniDEU Bernd Schneider‡ Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 171 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 2 GT1 12 DEU AMG-Mercedes DEU Klaus LudwigDEU Bernd Mayländer Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 171 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 3 GT1 3 GBR Gulf Team DavidoffGBR GTC Racing SWE Anders OlofssonFRA Pierre-Henri RaphanelFRA Jean-Marc Gounon McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 171 BMW S70 6.0L V12 4 GT1 8 DEU BMW MotorsportDEU Schnitzer Motorsport FIN JJ LehtoGBR Steve Soper McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 171 BMW S70 6.0L V12 5 GT1 6 DEU Porsche AG FRA Bob WollekBEL Thierry BoutsenDEU Hans-Joachim Stuck Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Michelin 169 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 6 GT1 1 GBR Gulf Team DavidoffGBR GTC Racing GBR Andrew Gilbert-ScottGBR Geoff LeesDNK John Nielsen McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 169 BMW S70 6.0L V12 7 GT1 11 DEU AMG-Mercedes DEU Bernd SchneiderAUT Alexander WurzJPN Aguri Suzuki Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 169 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 8 GT1 9 DEU BMW MotorsportDEU Schnitzer Motorsport NLD Peter KoxITA Roberto Ravaglia McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 169 BMW S70 6.0L V12 9 GT1 44 JPN Team Lark McLaren JPN Keiichi TsuchiyaJPN Masanori SekiyaJPN Akihiko Nakaya McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 168 BMW S70 6.0L V12 10 GT1 7 DEU Porsche AG GBR Allan McNishFRA Yannick DalmasPRT Pedro Lamy Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Michelin 164 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 11 GT1 17 FRA JB Racing ITA Mauro BaldiFRA Emmanuel CollardFRA Alain Ferté Porsche 911 GT1 Michelin 164 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 12 GT1 5 GBR David Price Racing AUS David BrabhamGBR Perry McCarthyFRA Olivier Grouillard Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Goodyear 154 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 13 GT1 16 DEU Roock Racing DEU Ralf KellenersFRA Christophe BouchutSWE Carl Rosenblad Porsche 911 GT1 Michelin 159 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT2 51 FRA Viper Team Oreca MCO Olivier BerettaFRA Philippe Gache Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 156 Chrysler 8.0L V10 15 GT2 57 DEU Roock Racing PRT Pedro ChavesGBR Robert NearnJPN Hisashi Wada Porsche 911 GT2 Michelin 155 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT2 52 FRA Viper Team Oreca GBR Justin BellUSA Tommy ArcherJPN Hideshi Matsuda Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 155 Chrysler 8.0L V10 17 GT2 66 DEU Konrad Motorsport AUT Franz KonradDEU Wolfgang KaufmannJPN Seiichi Sodeyama Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 153 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT2 56 DEU Roock Racing CHE Bruno EichmannPRT Ni AmorimDEU Claudia Hürtgen Porsche 911 GT2 Michelin 153 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 19 GT2 83 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Patrice GoueslardFRA Jean-Luc ChereauFRA Jack Leconte Porsche 911 GT2 ? 148 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT2 55 AUT Augustin Motorsport DEU Ernst GschwenderDEU Helmut ReisDEU Wido Rössler Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 147 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 21 GT2 62 CHE Stadler Motorsport CHE Denis LayCHE Uwe SickCHE Franz Hunkeler Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 145 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 22 GT2 58 FRA Estoril Racing Team FRA Michel MonteiroPRT Manuel MonteiroCHE Henri-Louis Maunoir Porsche 911 GT2 ? 140 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 23 GT2 59 NLD Marcos Racing International NLD Cor EuserDEU Harald BeckerNLD Herman Buurman Marcos LM600 Dunlop 138 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 24 GT2 63 DEU Krauss Motorsport JPN Takashi SuzukiJPN Sumio SakuraiGBR Nigel Smith Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 130 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 25 GT2 53 GBR Chamberlain Engineering JPN Manabu OridoJPN Naohiro KawanoJPN Yukihiro Hane Chrysler Viper GTS-R Goodyear 84 Chrysler 8.0L V10 26NC GT2 84 JPN NSX Dream 28 Competition JPN Hajime OoshiroJPN Masayoshi FuruyaJPN Shigekazu Saeki Honda NSX ? 45 Honda 3.2L V6 27DNF GT1 4 GBR David Price Racing GBR Andy WallaceGBR James WeaverUSA Butch Leitzinger Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Goodyear 110 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 28DNF GT2 50 GBR Agusta Racing TeamCHE Elf Haberthur Racing ITA Luca DrudiFRA Michel LigonnetJPN Masahiro Kimoto Porsche 911 GT2 ? 86 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 29DNF GT1 46 JPN Team Menicon SARD JPN Masami KageyamaJPN Tetsuya Tanaka SARD MC8-R Dunlop 71 Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8 30DNF GT1 27 GBR Parabolica Motorsport GBR Gary AylesGBR Chris GoodwinSWE Stefan Johansson McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 65 BMW S70 6.0L V12 31DNF GT2 69 DEU Proton Competition DEU Gerold RiedFRA Patrick VuillaumeAUT Manfred Jurasz Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 59 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 32DNF GT1 20 FRA DAMS Panoz FRA Éric BernardFRA Franck Lagorce Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Michelin 26 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 33DNF GT1 25 FRA BBA Compétition FRA Jean-Luc Maury-LaribièreJPN Jun HaradaJPN Tomiko Yoshikawa McLaren F1 GTR Dunlop 18 BMW S70 6.1L V12 34DNF GT1 15 FRA First Racing ProjectGBR GT1 Lotus Racing THA Ratanakul PrutiratFRA Fabien GiroixFRA Jérôme Policand Lotus Elise GT1 Pirelli 15 Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 35DNF GT2 85 JPN Team Signal JPN Takeshi YuasaJPN Kiyoaki HanaiJPN Akio Tomita Nissan Silvia ? 2 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 36DNF GT1 39 JPN IDC Ootsukakagu SARD JPN Tatsuya TanigawaJPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Yasutaka Hinoi SARD MC8-R Yokohama 0 Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8 DNS GT1 2 GBR Gulf Team DavidoffGBR GTC Racing DNK John NielsenDEU Thomas Bscher McLaren F1 GTR Michelin – BMW S70 6.0L V12 ‡ – Scored points despite 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 References External links World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results 1997 FIA GT Championship 1997 FIA GT Zeltweg 4 Hours 1997 FIA GT Donington 4 Hours S Suzuka 1000 Category:Suzuka 1000 km Category:August 1997 sports events in Japan