1997 Suzuka 1000 km explained

The 1997 Pokka Suzuka 1000km was the seventh race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at the Suzuka Circuit, Japan on August 24, 1997.

Several Japanese teams chose to participate in this race, conforming to either the GT1 and GT2 classes.

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini Bernd Schneider‡	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		171
1	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini Bernd Schneider‡	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12		171
2	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		171
2	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12		171
3	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Anders Olofsson Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR		171
3	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Anders Olofsson Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon	BMW S70 6.0L V12		171
4	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR		171
4	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	BMW S70 6.0L V12		171
5	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		169
5	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		169
6	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Geoff Lees John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR		169
6	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Geoff Lees John Nielsen	BMW S70 6.0L V12		169
7	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		169
7	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12		169
8	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR		169
8	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	BMW S70 6.0L V12		169
9	GT1	44	Team Lark McLaren	Keiichi Tsuchiya Masanori Sekiya Akihiko Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR		168
9	GT1	44	Team Lark McLaren	Keiichi Tsuchiya Masanori Sekiya Akihiko Nakaya	BMW S70 6.0L V12		168
10	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas Pedro Lamy	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		164
10	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas Pedro Lamy	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		164
11	GT1	17	JB Racing	Mauro Baldi Emmanuel Collard Alain Ferté	Porsche 911 GT1		164
11	GT1	17	JB Racing	Mauro Baldi Emmanuel Collard Alain Ferté	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		164
12	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy Olivier Grouillard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		154
12	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy Olivier Grouillard	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		154
13	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1		159
13	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		159
14	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		156
14	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler 8.0L V10		156
15	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Pedro Chaves Robert Nearn Hisashi Wada	Porsche 911 GT2		155
15	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Pedro Chaves Robert Nearn Hisashi Wada	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		155
16	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Tommy Archer Hideshi Matsuda	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		155
16	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Tommy Archer Hideshi Matsuda	Chrysler 8.0L V10		155
17	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Wolfgang Kaufmann Seiichi Sodeyama	Porsche 911 GT2		153
17	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Wolfgang Kaufmann Seiichi Sodeyama	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		153
18	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2		153
18	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		153
19	GT2	83	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Jean-Luc Chereau Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	?	148
19	GT2	83	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Jean-Luc Chereau Jack Leconte	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	148
20	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Ernst Gschwender Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2		143
20	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Ernst Gschwender Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		143
21	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Denis Lay Uwe Sick Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 911 GT2		145
21	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Denis Lay Uwe Sick Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		145
22	GT2	58	Estoril Racing Team	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro Henri-Louis Maunoir	Porsche 911 GT2	?	140
22	GT2	58	Estoril Racing Team	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro Henri-Louis Maunoir	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	140
23	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker Herman Buurman	Marcos LM600		138
23	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker Herman Buurman	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		138
24	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Takashi Suzuki Sumio Sakurai Nigel Smith	Porsche 911 GT2		130
24	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Takashi Suzuki Sumio Sakurai Nigel Smith	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		130
25	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Manabu Orido Naohiro Kawano Yukihiro Hane	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		84
25	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Manabu Orido Naohiro Kawano Yukihiro Hane	Chrysler 8.0L V10		84
26 NC	GT2	84	NSX Dream 28 Competition	Hajime Ooshiro Masayoshi Furuya Shigekazu Saeki	Honda NSX	?	45
26 NC	GT2	84	NSX Dream 28 Competition	Hajime Ooshiro Masayoshi Furuya Shigekazu Saeki	Honda 3.2L V6	?	45
27 DNF	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver Butch Leitzinger	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		110
27 DNF	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver Butch Leitzinger	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		110
28 DNF	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team Elf Haberthur Racing	Luca Drudi Michel Ligonnet Masahiro Kimoto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	86
28 DNF	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team Elf Haberthur Racing	Luca Drudi Michel Ligonnet Masahiro Kimoto	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	86
29 DNF	GT1	46	Team Menicon SARD	Masami Kageyama Tetsuya Tanaka	SARD MC8-R		71
29 DNF	GT1	46	Team Menicon SARD	Masami Kageyama Tetsuya Tanaka	Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8		71
30 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin Stefan Johansson	McLaren F1 GTR		65
30 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin Stefan Johansson	BMW S70 6.0L V12		65
31 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2		59
31 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		59
32 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		26
32 DNF	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		26
33 DNF	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Jun Harada Tomiko Yoshikawa	McLaren F1 GTR		18
33 DNF	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Jun Harada Tomiko Yoshikawa	BMW S70 6.1L V12		18
34 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project GT1 Lotus Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Fabien Giroix Jérôme Policand	Lotus Elise GT1		15
34 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project GT1 Lotus Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Fabien Giroix Jérôme Policand	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8		15
35 DNF	GT2	85	Team Signal	Takeshi Yuasa Kiyoaki Hanai Akio Tomita	Nissan Silvia	?	2
35 DNF	GT2	85	Team Signal	Takeshi Yuasa Kiyoaki Hanai Akio Tomita	Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4	?	2
36 DNF	GT1	39	IDC Ootsukakagu SARD	Tatsuya Tanigawa Yuji Tachikawa Yasutaka Hinoi	SARD MC8-R		0
36 DNF	GT1	39	IDC Ootsukakagu SARD	Tatsuya Tanigawa Yuji Tachikawa Yasutaka Hinoi	Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8		0
DNS	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		–
DNS	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.0L V12		–