1997 FIA GT Championship
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The 1997 FIA GT Championship was the inaugural season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The FIA GT Championship replaced the BPR Global GT Series which had been held races and championships from 1994 to 1996 after the series was promoted by the FIA, while Stéphane Ratel took over as promoter and organizer of the new championship, replaced the former BPR Organisation after the departure of partners Jürgen Barth and Patrick Peter. The races featured grand touring cars conforming to two categories of regulations, GT1 and GT2, and awarded driver and team championships in each category. The season began on 13 April 1997 and ended on 26 October 1997 after 11 rounds, visiting Europe, Japan, and the United States. Bernd Schneider and his AMG Mercedes team won the GT1 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, while Justin Bell and Viper Team Oreca secured the GT2 titles.
Schedule
For the new international championship, much of the calendar was new. The Nürburgring, Spa, Silverstone, and Suzuka's endurance event were all retained, but much of the European calendar was new to the series. Donington Park replaced Brands Hatch as the second British round, while Hockenheimring was added as a second German event. Mugello took over from Monza in Italy, and A1-Ring also brought the series to Austria for the first time. A street circuit in Helsinki was unique to the calendar, and served as the first race of a shorter three-hour duration. Two American events of a three-hour duration replaced the former season-ending fly-away race in China, visiting Sebring and Laguna Seca.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hockenheim 4 Hours | Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | 13 April |
| 2 | British Empire Trophy | United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom | 11 May |
| 3 | Helsinki 3 Hours | Finland Helsinki Thunder, Helsinki, Finland | 25 May |
| 4 | Nürburgring 4 Hours | Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 29 June |
| 5 | Spa 4 Hours | Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | 20 July |
| 6 | Zeltweg 4 Hours | Austria A1-Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 3 August |
| 7 | POKKA Suzuka 1000 km | Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | 24 August |
| 8 | Donington 4 Hours | United Kingdom Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 14 September |
| 9 | Mugello 4 Hours | Italy Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero, Italy | 28 September |
| 10 | Sebring 3 Hours | United States Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, United States | 18 October |
| 11 | Laguna Seca 3 Hours | United States Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, United States | 26 October |
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Entries
GT1
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GT2
- ↑ Agusta Racing Team entered a Callaway for the first four rounds of the championship, before switching to a Porsche for the rest of the season.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The No. 77, 78, and 79 Mustangs were entered by Saleen-Allen Speedlab for the start of the season before switching to Cirtek from round 8 onward. Saleen-Allen Speedlab later reentered the series with No. 95 for round 11.
Results and standings
Race results
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified.[5]
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver championships
GT1
GT2
| Pos. | Driver | Team | HOC Germany |
SIL United Kingdom |
HEL Finland |
NUR Germany |
SPA Belgium |
ZEL Austria |
SUZ Japan |
DON United Kingdom |
MUG Italy |
SEB United States |
LAG United States |
Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Justin Bell | France Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66 | |
| 2 | Switzerland Bruno Eichmann | Germany Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 65 |
| 3 | France Philippe Gache | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 60 | |
| 3 | Monaco Olivier Beretta | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 60 | |
| 4 | Germany Claudia Hürtgen | Germany Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 55 |
| 5 | Portugal Ni Amorim | Germany Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 44 | |
| 6 | Monaco Stéphane Ortelli | Germany Roock Racing | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | |||
| 7 | United States Tommy Archer | France Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||||
| 8 | Belgium Marc Duez | France Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||
| 9 | Italy Luca Drudi | Switzerland GT Racing Team | DNS | 13 | 10 | DNS | 14 | |||||||
| United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team | Ret | |||||||||||||
| France Viper Team Oreca | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Netherlands Cor Euser | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 13 |
| 10 | Germany Harald Becker | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 13 |
| 11 | Portugal Pedro Chaves | Germany Roock Racing | 2 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 13 | |||||||
| 12 | Germany Bernhard Müller | Germany Krauss Motorsport | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 12 | Germany Michael Trunk | Germany Krauss Motorsport | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 13 | Switzerland Toni Seiler | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 5 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 12 | |
| 14 | Austria Franz Konrad | Germany Konrad Motorsport | NC | 3 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 15 | Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Austria Karl Augustin | 5 | 5 | Ret | |||||||||||
| 16 | United Kingdom Richard Nearn | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Germany Roock Racing | 2 | DNS | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Japan Hisashi Wada | Germany Roock Racing | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 18 | France Patrice Goueslard | France Larbre Compétition | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Germany Roock Racing | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Germany Wido Rössler | Austria Karl Augustin | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 6 | |||
| United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Italy Marco Spinelli | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 21 | Germany Uwe Alzen | Germany Konrad Motorsport | NC | 4 | ||||||||||
| Germany Roock Racing | 3 | Ret | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Netherlands Bert Ploeg | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | Ret | 4 | ||||||||||
| Germany Konrad Motorsport | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Austria Dieter Quester | France Viper Team Oreca | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Japan Hideshi Matsuda | France Viper Team Oreca | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Italy Angelo Zadra | Italy Angelo Zadra | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| Netherlands Marcos Racing International | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Italy Leonardo Maddalena | Italy Angelo Zadra | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 4 | |||||||
| United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Spain Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón | Germany Kremer Racing | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||
| 26 | Spain Tomás Saldaña | Germany Kremer Racing | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||
| 27 | Germany Helmut Reis | Austria Karl Augustin | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 28 | Austria Manfred Jurasz | Germany Dellenbach Motorsport | 14 | Ret | 4 | |||||||||
| Austria Karl Augustin | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||||||||||
| Germany Proton Competition | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 | Finland Jari Nurminen | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 30 | United Kingdom Richard Dean | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 11 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom Cirtek | Ret | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Republic of Ireland Tim O'Kennedy | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 15 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 32 | United Kingdom Geoff Lister | United Kingdom G-Force Strandell | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 32 | United Kingdom John Greasley | United Kingdom G-Force Strandell | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 33 | Sweden Magnus Wallinder | United Kingdom G-Force Strandell | 16 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 34 | Italy Marco Brand | Italy Angelo Zadra | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Sweden Carl Rosenblad | Germany Kremer Racing | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Finland Pertti Liovenen | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Japan Seiichi Sodeyama | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Belgium Michel Neugarten | United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | HOC Germany |
SIL United Kingdom |
HEL Finland |
NUR Germany |
SPA Belgium |
ZEL Austria |
SUZ Japan |
DON United Kingdom |
MUG Italy |
SEB United States |
LAG United States | |
| Sources:[4][6] | ||||||||||||||
Team championships
Teams score points for all cars that finish each round of the championship. Cars must complete at least 75% of the race distance to be classified.
GT1
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GT2
| Pos. | Team | HOC Germany |
SIL United Kingdom |
HEL Finland |
NUR Germany |
SPA Belgium |
ZEL Austria |
SUZ Japan |
DON United Kingdom |
MUG Italy |
SEB United States |
LAG United States |
Total points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 126 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Germany Roock Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 83 | |
| 13 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | ||||
| DNS | 6 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||
| 3 | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 5 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 15 | |
| NC | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | Ret | 13 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 12 | 13 | |
| Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | ||||||||
| 5 | Germany Krauss Motorsport | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | Austria Karl Augustin | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | ||
| 7 | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 15 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | |
| 11 | Ret | DNS | 8 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Italy Angelo Zadra | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Germany Kremer Racing | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | United Kingdom G-Force Strandell | 16 | 16 | 4 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||
| 12 | United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team | Ret | 18 | 14 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| 13 | Switzerland Stadler Motorsport | 12 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 2 | ||||
| Ret | 9 | 12 | Ret | |||||||||||
| 14 | Germany RWS | Ret | 5 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 15 | Germany Dellenbach Motorsport | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Germany Proton Competition | 10 | DNS | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 1 | |
| 17 | Germany Seikel Motorsport | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | France Larbre Compétition | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sources:[5][6] | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "FIA GT Championship Calendar 1997". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FIA GT Championship Entry List 1997". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "FIA GT Championship - 1997: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "FIA GT Championship - Season 1997: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "FIA GT Championship - 1997: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "FIA GT Championship Standings 1997". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1997 FIA GT Championship.
- Official FIA GT homepage
- 1997 FIA GT Championship race results
- 1997 FIA GT Championship images Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 24 August 2009
- 1997 FIA GT Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 24 August 2009
- 1997 FIA GT Championship points tables Retrieved from web.archive.org on 24 August 2009
- Grand Touring Car Technical Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 25 August 2009