1997 FIA GT Zeltweg 4 Hours

Layout of the A1-Ring (1996-2003)

The 1997 FIA GT Zeltweg 4 Hours was the sixth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at the redesigned A1-Ring, Austria on August 3, 1997.

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	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	161
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	160
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	160
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	159
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
5	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Anders Olofsson Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	159
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
6	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	159
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	158
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 911 GT1	P	156
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	156
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
10	GT1	17	JB Racing	Mauro Baldi Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT1	M	155
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	154
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
12	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	150
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
13	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2	M	148
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	147
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Dieter Quester	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	146
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	145
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	143
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Tomas Saldaña Alfonso de Orleans Christophe Bouchut	Porsche 911 GT2	G	139
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger Rainer Bonnetsmüller Klaus Horn	Porsche 911 GT2	D	137
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Pedro Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1	M	133
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	130
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
22	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	122
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23 DNF	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	107
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
24 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	101
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Gerd Ruch Almo Coppelli Leonardo Maddalena	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	84
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
26 DNF	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	P	72
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 DNF	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Andrea Boldrini Ralf Kalaschek	Lotus Elise GT1	M	70
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
28 DNF	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr. Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	68
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29 DNF	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo Benno Rottenfusser	Porsche 911 GT2	?	60
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR	M	44
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
31 DNF	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	39
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
32 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Kurt Thiim	Lotus Elise GT1	?	39
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
33 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	33
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
34 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	31
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
35 DNF	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	P	13
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
36 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	13
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
DNQ	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position – #10 AMG-Mercedes – 1:22.990
• Fastest Lap – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 1:24.601
• Distance – 695.300 km
• Average Speed – 173.150 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results