Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 1997 - Grid

Event: Pokka 1000 km Suzuka		Date: 24.8.1997
Track: Suzuka Circuit (Japan), 5.864 kms	Organiser: Suzuka Circuit Land Ltd/SMSC
Suzuka 1000 Kilometres
FIA GT Championship (round 7)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	12	Klaus Ludwig / Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.023
2^nd	7	Pedro Lamy / Yannick Dalmas / Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	1:56.039
3^rd	11	Bernd Schneider / Alexander Wurz / Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.330
4^th	10	Alessandro Nannini / Marcel Tiemann / Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:57.321
5^th	8	J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	1:57.394
6^th	5	Perry McCarthy / David Brabham / Olivier Grouillard	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	1:58.620
7^th	1	Geoff Lees / Andrew Gilbert-Scott / John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	1:58.627
8^th	3	Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Anders Olofsson / Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	1:58.776
9^th	44	Keiichi Tsuchiya / Masanori Sekiya / Akihiko Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team Lark McLaren	1:58.909
10^th	20	Eric Bernard / Franck Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	1:58.946
11^th	9	Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	1:59.420
12^th	17	Mauro Baldi / Emmanuel Collard / Alain Ferté	Porsche 911 GT1	JB Racing	1:59.508
13^th	6	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen / Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	2:00.168
14^th	4	Andy Wallace / James Weaver / Butch Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	2:01.279
15^th	27	Gary Ayles / Chris Goodwin / Stefan Johansson	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Parabolica Motorsport	2:02.385
16^th	15	Jérôme Policand / Fabien Giroix / Ratanakul Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1	First Racing Project	2:04.430
17^th	39	Tatsuya Tanigawa / Yuuji Tachikawa / Yasutaka Hinoi	SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20)	IDC Ootsukakagu SARD	2:04.831
18^th	16	Christophe Bouchut / Carl Rosenblad / Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing	2:05.418
19^th	46	Masami Kageyama / Tetsuya Tanaka	SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20)	Team Menicon SARD	2:06.087
20^th	51	Philippe Gache / Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	2:07.502
21^st	59	Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Herman Buurman	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	2:07.968
22^nd	52	Justin Bell / Hideshi Matsuda / Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Oreca Racing	2:08.699
23^rd	56	Bruno Eichmann / Ni Amorim / Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:09.423
24^th	57	Pedro Chaves / Robert Nearn / Hisashi Wada	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:09.907
25^th	83	Patrice Goueslard / Jean-Luc Chéreau / Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Competition	2:09.915
26^th	53	Manabu Orido / Naohiro Kawano / Yukihiro Hane	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering Viper	2:12.148
27^th	66	Franz Konrad / Seiichi Sodeyama / Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	2:12.714
28^th	58	Michel Monteiro / Manuel Monteiro / Henri-Louis Maunoir	Porsche 911 GT2	Estoril Racing Team	2:14.011
29^th	50	Michel Ligonnet / Luca Drudi / Masahiro Kimoto	Porsche 911 GT2	Agusta Racing/Haberthur	2:14.129
30^th	55	Wido Rössler / Helmut Reis / Ernst Gschwender	Porsche 911 GT2	Augustin Motorsport	2:14.622
31^st	25	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Jun Harada / Tomiko Yoshikawa	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BBA Compétition	2:14.691
32^nd	63	Takashi Suzuki / Sumio Sakurai / Nigel Smith	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Motorsport	2:17.818
33^rd	69	Gerold Ried / Manfred Jurasz / Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	2:17.949
34^th	62	Denis Lay / Uwe Sick / Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	2:19.176
35^th	84	Hajime Ooshiro / Masayoshi Furuya / Shigekazu Saeki	Honda NSX (NA2)	NSX Dream 28 Competition	2:31.145
36^th	85	Takeshi Yuasa / Kiyoaki Hanai / Akio Tomita	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Team Signal	2:40.699

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC