1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours

March 2009 thumb|250px|Layout of the Hockenheimring GP Circuit (1994–2001) The 1997 FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours was the inaugural race of the FIA GT Championship, which had replaced the former BPR Global GT Series in 1997.FIA GT Championship Hockenheim 1997 Racing Sports Cars https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Hockenheim-1997-04-13.html 1 Nov 20241997 Hockenheim 4 Hours Photos FIA GT Photography 13 Apr 1997 https://www.motorsport.com/fia-gt/event/hockenheim-4-hours/544004/photos/ 1 Nov 2024 It was run at the Hockenheimring on April 13, 1997.1997 Hockenheim FIA GT Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine 26 Oct 2024 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1997-hockenheim-fia-gt/ 1 Nov 20241997 FIA GT Championship Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine 8 Nov 2023 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1997-fia-gt-championship/ 1 Nov 2024 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 8 DEU BMW MotorsportDEU Schnitzer Motorsport FIN JJ LehtoGBR Steve Soper McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 113 BMW S70 6.0L V12 2 GT1 3 GBR Gulf Team DavidoffGBR GTC Racing FRA Jean-Marc GounonFRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 113 BMW S70 6.0L V12 3 GT1 2 GBR Gulf Team DavidoffGBR GTC Racing DEU Thomas BscherDNK John Nielsen McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 112 BMW S70 6.0L V12 4 GT1 6 DEU Porsche AG DEU Hans-Joachim StuckBEL Thierry Boutsen Porsche 911 GT1 Michelin 112 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 5 GT1 16 DEU Roock Racing DEU Ralf KellenersFRA Yannick Dalmas Porsche 911 GT1 Michelin 111 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 6 GT1 18 DEU Schübel Rennsport PRT Pedro LamyFRA Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT1 Michelin 110 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 7 GT1 22 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Pierluigi MartiniITA Christian Pescatori Porsche 911 GT1 Pirelli 110 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 8 GT1 21 DEU Kremer Racing FRA Christophe BouchutDEU Klaus LudwigSWE Carl Rosenblad Porsche 911 GT1 Goodyear 110 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 9 GT1 17 FRA JB Racing FRA Emmanuel CollardDEU Jürgen von Gartzen Porsche 911 GT1 Michelin 109 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 10 GT2 51 FRA Viper Team Oreca MCO Olivier BerettaFRA Philippe Gache Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 105 Chrysler 8.0L V10 11 GT1 4 GBR David Price Racing GBR Andy WallaceGBR James Weaver Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Goodyear 105 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 12 GT2 52 FRA Viper Team Oreca USA Tommy ArcherGBR Justin Bell Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 104 Chrysler 8.0L V10 13 GT2 56 DEU Roock Racing DEU Claudia HürtgenCHE Bruno EichmannPRT Ni Amorim Porsche 911 GT2 Michelin 104 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT1 25 FRA BBA Compétition FRA Jean-Luc Maury-LaribièreFRA Olivier Thévenin McLaren F1 GTR Dunlop 104 BMW S70 6.1L V12 15 GT2 68 ITA Rennsport Italia ITA Angelo ZadraITA Marco BrandITA Leonardo Maddalena Porsche 911 GT2 ? 102 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT1 19 DEU Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR) DEU Gerd RuchDEU Alexander BurgstallerDEU Alexander Grau McLaren F1 GTR Goodyear 102 BMW S70 6.1L V12 17 GT2 67 DEU Konrad Motorsport FRA Michel LigonnetCHE Toni SeilerITA Marco Spinelli Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 101 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT2 63 DEU Krauss Motorsport DEU Bernhard MüllerDEU Michael Trunk Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 101 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 19 GT2 72 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing FRA Jean-Claude LagniezFRA Guy Martinolle Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 100 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT2 64 DEU Kremer Racing ESP Tomás SaldañaESP Alfonso de Orléans Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 100 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 21 GT2 73 DEU Seikel Motorsport ITA Ruggero GrassiITA Renato MastropietroDEU Fred Rosterg Porsche 911 GT2 ? 99 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 22 GT2 69 DEU Proton Competition DEU Gerold RiedDEU Ernst GschwenderFRA Patrick Vuillaume Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 99 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 23 GT2 58 FRA Estoril Racing PRT Manuel MonteiroFRA Michel Monteiro Porsche 911 GT2 ? 98 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 24 GT2 62 CHE Stadler Motorsport CHE Uwe SickCHE Denis LayDEU Axel Röhr Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 98 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 25 GT2 57 DEU Roock Racing FRA François LafonFRA Jean-Marc SmadjaFRA Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT2 Michelin 96 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 26 GT2 70 DEU Dellenbach Motorsport DEU Rainer BonnetsmüllerDEU Günther BlieningerAUT Manfred Jurasz Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 89 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 27 GT1 10 DEU AMG-Mercedes ITA Alessandro NanniniDEU Marcel Tiemann Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 89 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 28 GT2 53 GBR Chamberlain Engineering NLD Hans HugenholtzFIN Jari Nurminen Chrysler Viper GTS-R Goodyear 76 Chrysler 8.0L V10 29NC GT2 66 DEU Konrad Motorsport AUT Franz KonradAUT Philipp PeterDEU Uwe Alzen Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 75 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF GT1 1 GBR Gulf Team DavidoffGBR GTC Racing GBR Ray BellmGBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 57 BMW S70 6.0L V12 31DNF GT2 60 NLD Marcos Racing International NLD Toon van de HaterdNLD Bert Ploeg Marcos LM600 Dunlop 48 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 32DNF GT1 13 GBR GT1 Lotus RacingFRA Giroix Racing FRA Fabien GiroixCHE Jean-Denis Délétraz Lotus Elise GT1 Pirelli 47 Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 33DNF GT1 32 FRA Graham Racing FRA Eric GrahamFRA David Velay Venturi 600LM ? 44 Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6 34DNF GT1 23 GBR GBF UK Ltd. ITA Luca BadoerITA Mimmo SchiattarellaITA Mauro Martini Lotus Elise GT1 Michelin 42 Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 35DNF GT2 65 DEU RWS DEU Wolfgang MünsterITA Raffaele SangiuoloITA Luca Riccitelli Porsche 911 GT2 ? 41 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 36DNF GT1 20 FRA DAMS Panoz FRA Éric BernardFRA Franck Lagorce Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Michelin 39 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 37DNF GT1 15 GBR GT1 Lotus RacingFRA Giroix Racing FRA Jérôme PolicandBRA Maurizio Sandro Sala Lotus Elise GT1 Pirelli 37 Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 38DNF GT1 9 DEU BMW MotorsportDEU Schnitzer Motorsport NLD Peter KoxITA Roberto Ravaglia McLaren F1 GTR Michelin 29 BMW S70 6.0L V12 39DNF GT2 50 GBR Agusta Racing Team ITA Rocky AgustaITA Almo Coppelli Callaway Corvette LM-GT Dunlop 27 Chevrolet 6.3L V8 40DNF GT1 31 AUT Karl Augustin AUT Karl AugustinAUT Horst FelbermayrITA Stefano Buttiero Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Goodyear 24 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 41DNF GT1 14 GBR GT1 Lotus RacingFRA Giroix Racing NLD Jan LammersNLD Mike Hezemans Lotus Elise GT1 Pirelli 23 Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 42DNF GT2 59 NLD Marcos Racing International NLD Cor EuserDEU Harald Becker Marcos LM600 Dunlop 23 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 43DNF GT2 61 CHE Stadler Motorsport CHE Enzo CalderariCHE Lilian Bryner Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 9 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 44DNF GT1 11 DEU AMG-Mercedes DEU Bernd SchneiderAUT Alexander Wurz Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 5 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 45DNF GT2 55 AUT Karl Augustin AUT Hans-Jörg HoferDEU Helmut ReisDEU Wido Rössler Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 3 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 DNS GT1 5 GBR David Price Racing AUS David BrabhamGBR Perry McCarthy Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Goodyear – Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 DNS GT2 71 AUT GT Racing Team ITA Luigino PagattoITA Luca Drudi Porsche 911 GT2 ? – Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 Statistics Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:59.099 Fastest Lap – #8 BMW Motorsport – 2:01.711 Average Speed – 191.756 km/h Distance – 770.999 km References External links World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results 1997 FIA GT Championship None 1997 FIA GT Silverstone 4 Hours H Hockenheim 4 Hours FIA GT Hockenheim 4 Hours