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Event: FIA Grand Touring Championship HelsinkiDate: 25.5.1997
Track: Helsinki (Finland), 3.180 kmsOrganiser: unknown

FIA GT Championship Helsinki
FIA GT Championship (round 3)
Weather:warm, dry
Start time:unknown
Grid:2-2-2, PP left
Distance:3 hours
Attendance:83000
Entered:27
Practiced:24
Qualified:24
Started:23
Finished:17
Classified:20
Classes:PractStartClass
FIA GT-1141313
FIA GT-210107
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Race notes:
1 full-course caution
Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held
2 qualifying sessions held
Winners:
Overall:8McLaren F1 GTR BMWLehto / Soper
FIA GT-2:56Porsche 911 GT2Amorim / Hürtgen / Eichmann
Fastest Laps:
Overall:11Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRBernd Schneider (D)1:27.9010130.2380 km/hlap 94
FIA GT-2:57Porsche 911 GT2François Lafon (F)1:35.0760120.4000 km/hlap 4
Pole Positions:
Overall:8McLaren F1 GTR BMWJ.J. Lehto (FIN)1:26.0970132.9690 km/h
FIA GT-2:57Porsche 911 GT2Lafon / Jarier1:34.8920120.6450 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Porsche (10), McLaren (4), Lotus (3), Mercedes-Benz (2), Marcos (2)
Top engines by numbers:Porsche (10), BMW (4), Mercedes-Benz (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:Porsche 993 GT2 (7), McLaren F1 GTR (4), Porsche 911 GT1 (3), Lotus Elise GT1 (3)
Driver nationalities:I (12), D (11), F (7), FIN (5), A (5), GB (4), CH (3), NL (2)
Team nationalities:D (11), GB (6)
Most used colours:blue (24%), silver (20%), white (20%), yellow (13%), red (6%), green (6%)
Engine positions:rear-engined (43%), mid-engined (39%), front-engined (18%)
Oldest known drivers:Manfred Jurasz (53), François Lafon (53), Horst Felbermayr (52)
Youngest known drivers:Ville-Pertti Teuronen (20), Alexander Wurz (23), Christian Pescatori (26)
Female drivers:Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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