1997 Macau Grand Prix

Formula Three motor race March 2016 Race details 200px Date 16 November 1997 Location Guia Circuit, Macau Course Temporary street circuit6.120 km mi on Distance Leg 115 laps, 73.44 km mi onLeg 215 laps, 73.44 km mi on Leg 1 Pole Driver FRA Soheil Ayari Graff Racing Time 2:15.892 Fastest Lap Driver FRA Soheil Ayari Graff Racing Time 2:16.111 Podium First FRA Soheil Ayari Graff Racing Second FRA Patrice Gay Graff Racing Third Portugal André Couto Prema Powerteam Leg 2 Driver FRA Soheil Ayari Graff Racing Fastest Lap Driver NED Tom Coronel TOM'S Time 2:15.950 Podium First FRA Soheil Ayari Graff Racing Second FRA Patrice Gay Graff Racing Third BRA Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme The 1997 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 44th Macau Grand Prix race to be held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 1997. It was the fourteenth edition for Formula Three cars. Although he crashed at 250 km/h mph on on the ninth lap of the first leg which necessitated a rebuild of his car, Graff Racing driver Soheil Ayari won the two-leg aggregate event by 11.5 seconds over his teammate Patrice Gay in second position. Third place was taken by Enrique Bernoldi of the Promatecme team.https://www.scmp.com/article/219571/ayari-rises-ashes-grab-macau-grand-prix Ayari rises from the ashes to grab Macau Grand Prix MacDonald Bruce 17 November 1997 South China Morning Post 10 September 2018 Entry list Team No Driver Vehicle Engine GBR San Miguel Paul Stewart Racing 1 IRL Ralph Firman Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda 2 GBR Jonny Kane DEU Bertram Schafer Racing 3 ITA Massimiliano Angelelli Dallara 397 Opel 5 BEL Bas Leinders ITA RC Motorsport 6 ITA Oliver Martini Dallara 397 Opel 12 ITA Michele Gasparini Dallara 396 JPN TOM'S 7 NED Tom Coronel Dallara 397 Toyota FRA Gauloises Graff Racing 8 FRA Patrice Gay Dallara 396 Opel 9 FRA Soheil Ayari FRA Promatecme 15 BRA Enrique Bernoldi Dallara 397 Renault 16 FRA Nicolas Minassian FRA LD Autosport 17 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Dallara 396 Fiat JPN Toda Racing 18 JPN Yuji Tachikawa Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda ITA Prema Powerteam 19 POR André Couto Dallara 397 Opel 20 NED Donny Crevels Dallara 396 Fiat DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 21 DEU Wolf Henzler Martini MK73 Opel GBR Alan Docking Racing 22 AUS Mark Webber Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda 23 BRA Ricardo Maurício FRA ASM Formule 3 25 BEL David Saelens Dallara 396 Opel ITA EF Project 26 ITA Maurizio Mediani Dallara 397 Fiat JPN Tomei Sport 27 ARG Sebastián Martino Dallara 397 Opel 28 JPN Keiichi Nishimiya Dallara 396 DEU GM Motorsport 29 GBR Peter Dumbreck Dallara 397 Opel 30 DEU Norman Simon FRA La Filiere 31 FRA Franck Montagny Martini MK73 Opel 32 ESP Oriol Servià GBR Martin Donnelly Racing 33 BRA Mário Haberfeld Dallara 397 Opel GBR Fortec Motorsports 35 GBR Ben Collins Dallara 397 Mitsubishi 36 SWE Fredrik Ekblom Source:http://www.formel3guide.com/images/ergebnisse/1997-macau.pdf Macau Grand Prix 1997 - Entry List Macau Grand Prix Formel 3 Guide 29 March 2016 1 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160401033746/http://formel3guide.com/images/ergebnisse/1997-macau.pdf dead Race results March 2016 References External links The official website of the Macau Grand Prix Category:Macau Grand Prix Category:1997 in Macau sport Category:November 1997 sports events in Asia Macau