FIA GT Championship Laguna Seca 1997 - Race Results

Event: FIA Grand Touring Championship at Laguna Seca		Date: 26.10.1997
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Laguna Seca
FIA GT Championship (round 11)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	In
1^st	11	Schneider / Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	130	3:00:46.987	468.2225 kms	155.3983		1^st	GT1	1:20.0990	94
2^nd	7	Dalmas / Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	130	3:01:01.774				2^nd	GT1	1:19.7130	111
3^rd	47	McNish / Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	130	3:01:36.590				3^rd	GT1	1:20.2740	109
4^th	3	Raphanel / Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff	130	3:02:02.302				4^th	GT1	1:21.0720	74
5^th	6	Boutsen / Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	129	3:01:46.772				5^th	GT1	1:20.3510	106
6^th	1	Lees / Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff	128	3:01:25.301				6^th	GT1	1:21.6520	118
7^th	12	Wurz / Moore	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	127	3:00:47.105				7^th	GT1	1:20.9380	114
8^th	10	Nannini / Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	127	3:00:47.806				8^th	GT1	1:20.6670	97
9^th	14	Lammers / Hezemans / Angelelli	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	127	3:01:36.124				9^th	GT1	1:21.1850	118
10^th	2	Nielsen / Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff	127	3:02:05.189				10^th	GT1	1:21.5930	125
11^th	8	Ravaglia / Soper	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	125	3:01:02.393				11^th	GT1	1:20.1070	98
12^th	30	Greasley / Wallinder / Lister	Porsche 911 GT1	G Force	124	3:01:43.462				12^th	GT1	1:23.2140	84
13^th	17	Baldi / Collard	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	JB Racing	123	3:01:09.286				13^th	GT1	1:21.1100	112
14^th	56	Eichmann / Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	121	3:01:34.834				1^st	GT2	1:26.7380	54
15^th	52	Bell / Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	120	3:01:34.499				2^nd	GT2	1:27.2580	71
16^th	51	Beretta / Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	120	3:01:37.424				3^rd	GT2	1:26.1860	94
17^th	54	Dean / O'Kennedy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	116	3:01:54.516				4^th	GT2	1:28.1170	4
18^th	63	Trunk / Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Motorsport	115	3:01:39.633				5^th	GT2	1:30.7220	100
19^th	70	Bonnetsmüller / Horn	Porsche 911 GT2	Dellenbach Motorsport	115	3:02:07.663				6^th	GT2	1:30.0940	63
20^th	58	Monteiro / Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	Monteiro	114	3:00:47.019				7^th	GT2	1:29.8490	14
21^st	53	Moser / Vuillaume / Lewis	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	114	3:01:42.395				8^th	GT2	1:28.9300	5
22^nd	97	Wagner / Layer / Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	GMB Motorsports	113	3:01:48.066				9^th	GT2	1:28.7500	106
23^rd	72	Neugarten / de Groodt	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	108	3:01:40.193				10^th	GT2	1:30.4190	25
24^th	77	Schirle / Vann	Ford Saleen Mustang	Cirtek Motorsport	107	2:50:22.076			Accident damage	11^th	GT2	1:28.7280	5
25^th	60	Koene / Wilson	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	106	3:01:02.088				12^th	GT2	1:29.9930	98
26^th	57	Alzen / Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	105	2:38:44.178			Engine	13^th	GT2	1:26.9860	3
27^th	29	Bailey / van de Poele	Lister Storm GTL	NewCastle United	103	2:35:00.552			DNF	14^th	GT1	1:22.5250	101
28^th	69	Ried / Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	98	3:01:02.646				14^th	GT2	1:32.2560	45
29^th	62	Lay / Sick	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	96	2:35:54.523			Wheel bearing	15^th	GT2	1:31.0120	22
30^th	87	Ahrlé / Price / Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	91	2:27:05.895			Wheel	16^th	GT2	1:29.6550	13

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	FL Time	In
5	Brabham / Wallace	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	128	3:00:47.405			Illegal brake ducting	GT1	1:21.2420	108
4	McCarthy / Grouillard	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	124	3:01:47.770			Illegal brake ducting	GT1	1:22.2670	112

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Reason	Gr.	FL Time	In
27	Ayles / Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Parabolica Motorsport	82	2:15:00.627	Accident damage	GT1	1:21.9310	6
61	Calderari / Bryner / Richter	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	51	1:21:06.432	Accident damage	GT2	1:30.4980	6
66	Konrad / Seiler / Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	37	56:02.721	Fire	GT2	1:29.6320	7
95	Palau / Saleen	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen Allen Speedlab	22	34:21.320	DQ: poor driving	GT2	1:30.9260	10
59	Euser / Becker	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	13	19:12.703	DNF	GT2	1:26.8610	6
9	Kox / Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	12	3:02:37.416	Overheating	GT1	1:21.4370	7
55	Kaufmann / Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	Karl Augustin	11	19:57.663	Suspension	GT2	1:29.1660	8
20	Bernard / Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	10	13:51.474	Propeller shaft	GT1	1:21.3860	7
13	Delétraz / Giroix	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	7	10:02.563	Engine	GT1	1:22.9720	7
80	Hales / Wykeham / Vegher	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	Charles Morgan	2	3:27.962	Differential	GT2	1:35.7370	2

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
15	Ratanakul Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1	First Racing Project	GT1
16	Kelleners / Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing	GT1
31		Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Karl Augustin	GT1
50		Porsche 911 GT2	Agusta Racing	GT2
67	Dolejší / Snow / Netzebrand	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	GT2
86		Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen Allen Speedlab	GT2
88	Maxwell / Peeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Prova Motorsport	GT2