Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 1997 - Race Results

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)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	10	Nannini / Tiemann / Schneider	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	171	5:59:31.003	1002.749 kms	167.340	1^st	GT1
2^nd	12	Ludwig / Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	171	6:00:35.824		166.800	2^nd	GT1
3^rd	3	Raphanel / Olofsson / Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	171	6:01:21.779		166.400	3^rd	GT1
4^th	8	Lehto / Soper	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	171	6:02:14.577		166.000	4^th	GT1
5^th	6	Stuck / Boutsen / Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	169	6:00:31.326		164.900	5^th	GT1
6^th	1	Lees / Gilbert-Scott / Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	169	6:00:36.387		164.800	6^th	GT1
7^th	11	Schneider / Wurz / Suzuki	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	169	6:00:38.668		164.800	7^th	GT1
8^th	9	Kox / Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	169	6:01:26.329		164.500	8^th	GT1
9^th	44	Tsuchiya / Sekiya / Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team Lark McLaren	168	6:00:45.278		163.800	9^th	GT1
10^th	7	Lamy / Dalmas / McNish	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	164	6:00:23.089		160.100	10^th	GT1
11^th	17	Baldi / Collard / Ferté	Porsche 911 GT1	JB Racing	164	6:01:02.957		159.800	11^th	GT1
12^th	5	McCarthy / Brabham / Grouillard	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	163	6:00:19.253		159.100	12^th	GT1
13^th	16	Bouchut / Rosenblad / Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing	159	6:00:35.582		155.100	13^th	GT1
14^th	51	Gache / Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	156	6:01:30.336		151.800	1^st	GT2
15^th	57	Chaves / Nearn / Wada	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	155	6:00:32.240		151.200	2^nd	GT2
16^th	52	Bell / Matsuda / Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Oreca Racing	155	6:00:57.817		151.000	3^rd	GT2
17^th	66	Konrad / Sodeyama / Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	153	6:00:01.668		149.500	4^th	GT2
18^th	56	Eichmann / Amorim / Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	153	6:01:47.891		148.700	5^th	GT2
19^th	83	Goueslard / Chéreau / Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Competition	148	6:00:58.097		144.200	6^th	GT2
20^th	55	Rössler / Reis / Gschwender	Porsche 911 GT2	Augustin Motorsport	147	5:59:36.057		143.800	7^th	GT2
21^st	62	Lay / Sick / Hunkeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	145	6:00:47.262		141.400	8^th	GT2
22^nd	58	Monteiro / Monteiro / Maunoir	Porsche 911 GT2	Estoril Racing Team	140	5:59:38.913		136.900	9^th	GT2
23^rd	59	Euser / Becker / Buurman	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	138	6:01:15.500		134.400	10^th	GT2
24^th	63	Suzuki / Sakurai / Smith	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Motorsport	130	6:00:40.977		126.800	11^th	GT2
25^th	53	Orido / Kawano / Hane	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering Viper	124	6:00:58.345		120.800	12^th	GT2

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
84	Ooshiro / Furuya / Saeki	Honda NSX (NA2)	NSX Dream 28 Competition	45	6:01:15.498		43.800		GT2

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
4	Wallace / Weaver / Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	110	154.100	Fire	GT1
50	Ligonnet / Drudi / Kimoto	Porsche 911 GT2	Agusta Racing/Haberthur	86	134.300	Wheel	GT2
46	Kageyama / Tanaka	SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20)	Team Menicon SARD	71	151.300	Fire	GT1
27	Ayles / Goodwin / Johansson	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Parabolica Motorsport	65	122.600	Electrics	GT1
69	Ried / Jurasz / Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	59	135.100	DNF	GT2
20	Bernard / Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	26	168.800	Fire	GT1
25	Maury-Laribiére / Harada / Yoshikawa	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BBA Compétition	18	136.500	Gearbox	GT1
15	Policand / Giroix / Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1	First Racing Project	15	69.800	Accident damage	GT1
85	Yuasa / Hanai / Tomita	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Team Signal	2	105.000	DNF	GT2
39	Tanigawa / Tachikawa / Hinoi	SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20)	IDC Ootsukakagu SARD	0		Oil pump	GT1

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
2	Nielsen / Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	Accident in practice	GT1