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Event: FIA Gand Touring Championship SpaDate: 20.7.1997
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.974 kmsOrganiser: unknown

FIA GT Championship Spa
FIA GT Championship (round 5)
Weather:brief heavy rain
Start time:unknown
Grid:2-2-2, PP right
Distance:4 hours
Attendance:6000
Entered:52
Practiced:47
Qualified:47
Started:46
Finished:30
Classified:30
Classes:PractStartClass
FIA GT-1252413
FIA GT-2222217
Photo GalleryEntered CarsTechnical DataAppearanceRace ResultsGridQualifyingQualifying 1Qualifying 2Lap Times
Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held
2 qualifying sessions held
Winners:
Overall:8McLaren F1 GTR BMWLehto / Soper
FIA GT-2:52Chrysler Viper GTS-RBell / Duez
Fastest Laps:
Overall:11Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRBernd Schneider (D)2:12.0580190.1160 km/hlap 73
Pole Positions:
Overall:8McLaren F1 GTR BMWJ.J. Lehto (FIN)2:08.9840194.4800 km/h
FIA GT-2:51Chrysler Viper GTS-RGache / Beretta2:21.1290177.7440 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Porsche (23), McLaren (7), Lotus (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Chrysler (3)
Top engines by numbers:Porsche (23), BMW (7), Ford (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Chrysler (3)
Top car types by numbers:Porsche 993 GT2 (16), McLaren F1 GTR (7), Porsche 911 GT1 (7)
Driver nationalities:D (21), F (17), I (16), GB (15), A (6), B (5), CH (5), NL (5), P (4), S (3), MC (3)
Most used colours:white (35%), blue (16%), yellow (14%), silver (13%), red (7%), black (5%)
Engine positions:rear-engined (50%), mid-engined (30%), front-engined (20%)
Oldest known drivers:John Greasley (55), Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére (54), Bob Wollek (54)
Youngest known drivers:Ralf Schumacher (22), Guy Smith (23), Marcel Tiemann (23)
Female drivers:Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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