1997 FIA GT Laguna Seca 3 Hours explained

The 1997 FIA GT Laguna Seca 3 Hours was the eleventh and final race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Laguna Seca Raceway, United States on October 26, 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	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		130
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		130
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3	GT1	47	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		130
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR		130
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
5	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Hans Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		129
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Geoff Lees Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR		128
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Alexander Wurz Greg Moore	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		127
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
8	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		127
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
9	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans Max Angelelli	Lotus Elise GT1		127
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
10	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		127
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
11	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Roberto Ravaglia Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR		125
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
12	GT1	30	G-Force Strandell	Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT1		124
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard Mauro Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		123
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		121
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		120
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		120
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
17	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim O'Kennedy Richard Dean	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		116
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
18	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Klaus Horn Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2		115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	58	Estoril Racing Team	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	114
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Tim Moser Shane Lewis Patrick Vuillaume	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		114
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
22	GT2	97	GMB Motorsports	Cort Wagner Dirk Layer Kelly Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	?	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	72	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Stéphane de Groodt	Porsche 911 GT2		108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Robert Schirle Christian Vann	Saleen Mustang RRR		107
					Ford 5.9L V8
25	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Rob Wilson Martijn Koene	Marcos LM600		106
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
26 DNF	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Uwe Alzen Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2		66
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 DNF	GT1	29	Newcastle United Lister	Julian Bailey Eric van de Poele	Lister Storm GTL		103
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
28	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2		98
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Denis Lay	Porsche 911 GT2		96
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30 DNF	GT2	87	Roock Racing	Hugh Price John Robinson André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2		91
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
31 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR		82
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
32 DNF	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ulli Richter	Porsche 911 GT2		51
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
33 DNF	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2		37
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	95	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Steve Saleen Carlos Palau	Saleen Mustang RRR		22
					Ford 5.9L V8
35 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600		65
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
36 DNF	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR		12
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
37 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Wido Rössler Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2		11
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		10
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
39 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Lotus Racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1		7
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
40 DNF	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Mark Hales William Wykeham David Vegher	Morgan Plus 8 GTR		2
					Rover 5.0L V8
DSQ^†	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Andy Wallace	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		128
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
DSQ^†	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Perry McCarthy Olivier Grouillard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		124
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8

† – #4 and #5 David Price Racing entries were disqualified due to failing post-race technical inspection. Both cars have front brake ducts larger than those allowed by the rules.

Statistics

• Pole Position – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 1:17.941
• Fastest Lap – #7 Porsche AG – 1:19.713
• Distance – 468.223 km
• Average Speed – 155.398 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results