FIA GT Championship Donington 1997

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Event: FIA Grand Touring Championship Donington		Date: 14.9.1997
Track: Donington Park (United Kingdom), 4.020 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Donington
FIA GT Championship (round 8)

Weather:	cool, cloudy
Start time:	13:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	48
Practiced:	43
Qualified:	41
Started:	41
Finished:	29
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT-1	22	22	17
FIA GT-2	21	19	12

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 for a total of 180 minutes on 12/9
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 13/9
30 minute pre-race warm-up held.

Winners:
Overall:	11	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Schneider / Wurz
FIA GT-2:	51	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Gache
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	11	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Bernd Schneider (D)	1:26.075	168.131 km/h	lap 3
FIA GT-2:	51	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Gache	1:33.630		lap 2
Pole Positions:
Overall:	11	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Schneider / Wurz	1:23.854	172.584 km/h
FIA GT-2:	51	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Gache	1:32.014	157.280 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), McLaren (5), Lotus (5), Chrysler (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Panoz (3), Marcos (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (15), BMW (5), Ford (5), Chrysler (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Chevrolet (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 993 GT2 (10), McLaren F1 GTR (5), Porsche 911 GT1 (5), Lotus Elise GT1 (5)
Driver nationalities:	GB (25), D (17), F (13), I (11), A (6), NL (5), S (4), CH (3), P (2), AUS (2), B (2), E (2)
Most used colours:	white (27%), blue (20%), yellow (17%), silver (13%), red (7%), black (6%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (37%), mid-engined (32%), front-engined (31%)
Oldest known drivers:	Bob Wollek (54), Manfred Jurasz (53), François Lafon (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Marcel Tiemann (23), Alexander Wurz (23), Jamie Campbell-Walter (25)
Female drivers:	Claudia Hürtgen

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