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Event: FIA Gand Touring Championship Spa		Date: 20.7.1997
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.974 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Spa
FIA GT Championship (round 5)

Weather:	brief heavy rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	6000

Entered:	52
Practiced:	47
Qualified:	47
Started:	46
Finished:	30
Classified:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT-1	25	24	13
FIA GT-2	22	22	17

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held
2 qualifying sessions held

Winners:
Overall:	8	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Soper / Lehto
FIA GT-2:	52	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Bell / Duez
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	11	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Bernd Schneider (D)	2:12.058	190.116 km/h	lap 73
Pole Positions:
Overall:	8	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	J.J. Lehto (SF)	2:08.984	194.480 km/h
FIA GT-2:	51	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Gache / Beretta	2:21.129	177.744 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (23), McLaren (7), Lotus (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Chrysler (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (23), BMW (7), Ford (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Chrysler (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 911 GT2 (16), McLaren F1 GTR (7), Porsche 911 GT1 (7)
Driver nationalities:	D (21), F (19), I (16), GB (15), A (6), B (5), NL (5), CH (5), P (4), S (3)
Most used colours:	white (35%), blue (17%), yellow (14%), silver (13%), red (7%), black (5%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (50%), mid-engined (30%), front-engined (20%)
Oldest known drivers:	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére (54), Bob Wollek (54), Manfred Jurasz (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Ralf Schumacher (22), Guy Smith (23), Alexander Wurz (23)
Woman drivers:	Claudia Hürtgen

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