FIA GT Championship Sebring 1997 - Grid

Event: NAPA Auto Parts Sebring Octoberfest Sebring		Date: 18.10.1997
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 6.048 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Sebring
FIA GT Championship (round 10)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	8	J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	1:55.9290	187.8088
2^nd	11	Bernd Schneider / Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.4230	187.0058
3^rd	7	Yannick Dalmas / Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	1:56.5610	186.7805
4^th	10	Alessandro Nannini / Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.7480	186.5069
5^th	12	Greg Moore / Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.9300	186.2011
6^th	9	Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	1:57.3980	185.4447
7^th	6T	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	1:57.7110	184.9619
8^th	20	Eric Bernard / Franck Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	1:58.8620	183.1594
9^th	1	Anders Olofsson / Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff	1:59.1980	182.6444
10^th	4	Andy Wallace / Olivier Grouillard	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	1:59.7570	181.7915
11^th	14	Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans / Max Angelelli	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	1:59.7760	181.7754
12^th	5	Perry McCarthy / David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	1:59.8170	181.7110
13^th	3	Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff	1:59.8200	181.6949
14^th	17	Mauro Baldi / Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	JB Racing	2:00.7570	180.2948
15^th	2	Thomas Bscher / John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff	2:00.8210	180.1982
16^th	29	Julian Bailey / Eric van de Poele	Lister Storm GTL	NewCastle United	2:02.3870	177.8969
17^th	13	Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	2:03.3110	176.5611
18^th	30	Magnus Wallinder / Geoff Lister / John Greasley	Porsche 911 GT1	G Force	2:03.9310	175.6760
19^th	51	Olivier Beretta / Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	2:05.2430	173.8413
20^th	52	Tommy Archer / Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	2:05.6970	173.2137
21^st	56	Claudia Hürtgen / Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:06.9930
22^nd	57	Uwe Alzen / Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:07.8510
23^rd	59	Cor Euser / Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	2:09.8170
24^th	87	Pedro Chaves / André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:10.4920
25^th	66	Franz Konrad / Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	2:11.3830
26^th	55	Wido Rössler / Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Karl Augustin	2:12.4130
27^th	61	Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	2:12.7100
28^th	62	Denis Lay / Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	2:12.7450
29^th	72	Michel Neugarten / Michel Ligonnet / Will Pace	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	2:12.8630
30^th	63	Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Motorsport	2:12.9370
31^st	58	Michel Monteiro / Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	Monteiro	2:13.1480
32^nd	67	Martin Snow / Karel Dolejší	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	2:13.7150
33^rd	70	Klaus Horn / Rainer Bonnetsmüller	Porsche 911 GT2	Dellenbach Motorsport	2:13.8650
34^th	88	Scott Maxwell / Scott Peeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Prova Motorsport	2:15.9040
35^th	53	Chris Gleason / Zak Brown / Rick Fairbanks	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	2:16.2660
36^th	80	Tony Dron / William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	Charles Morgan	2:17.9690
37^th	60	Angelo Zadra / Martijn Koene	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	2:18.1200

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
77	Robert Schirle / Peter Owen / Christian Vann	Ford Saleen Mustang	Cirtek
6	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG
54	Tim O'Kennedy / Pete Halsmer / Matthew Cohen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering
69	Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
15	Ratanakul Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1	First Racing Project
16	Ralf Kelleners / Pedro Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing
19	Alexander Grau / Marco Werner	Lotus Elise GT1	Martin Veyhle Racing
21	Christophe Bouchut / Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	Kremer Racing
22	Pierluigi Martini / Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	BMS Scuderia Italia
23	Luca Badoer / Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF
24	Ralf Kalaschek / Max Angelelli / Davide Campana	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF
27	Chris Goodwin / Gary Ayles	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Parabolica Motorsport
31	Stefano Buttiero / Horst Felbermayr / Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Karl Augustin
64	Tomas Saldaña / Alfonso de Orleans	Porsche 911 GT2	Kremer Racing
73	Andrew Bagnall / Jacques Corbet / Bruno Michelotti	Porsche 911 GT2	Seikel Motorsport
95	Steve Saleen / Carlos Palau / Price Cobb	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen Allen Speedlab