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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)

Weather:	hot, humid, cloudy, dry
Start time:	12:30
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	37
Practiced:	37
Qualified:	36
Started:	36
Finished:	25
Classified:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT-1	21	20	13
FIA GT-2	16	16	12

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held on 22/10
2 qualifying sessions held on 23/10

Winners:
Overall:	10	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Nannini / Tiemann / Schneider
FIA GT-2:	51	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Gache / Beretta
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	12	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Klaus Ludwig (D)	2:00.019	175.890 km/h	lap 1
Pole Positions:
Overall:	12	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Klaus Ludwig (D)	1:56.023	181.951 km/h
FIA GT-2:	51	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Gache / Beretta	2:07.502
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (14), McLaren (7), Mercedes-Benz (3), Panoz (3), Chrysler (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (14), BMW (7), Mercedes-Benz (3), Ford (3), Chrysler (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 993 GT2 (10), McLaren F1 GTR (7), Porsche 911 GT1 (4)
Driver nationalities:	J (26), F (19), D (14), GB (12), CH (5), P (5), I (4), A (3), S (3), NL (3)
Most used colours:	white (31%), silver (17%), black (14%), blue (11%), red (10%), yellow (10%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (41%), mid-engined (35%), front-engined (24%)
Oldest known drivers:	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére (54), Bob Wollek (54), Manfred Jurasz (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Marcel Tiemann (23), Alexander Wurz (23), Pedro Lamy (25)
Female drivers:	Claudia Hürtgen, Tomiko Yoshikawa

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