Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 1997 - Qualifying 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)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h	Q1 Time	Q2 Time
1^st	12	Ludwig / Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.023	181.951	1:56.568	1:56.023
2^nd	7	Lamy / Dalmas / McNish	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	1:56.039		1:56.039	2:01.158
3^rd	11	Schneider / Wurz / Suzuki	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:56.330		1:58.418	1:56.330
4^th	10	Nannini / Tiemann / Schneider	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:57.321		1:58.713	1:57.321
5^th	8	Lehto / Soper	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	1:57.394		1:57.394	1:58.807
6^th	5	McCarthy / Brabham / Grouillard	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	1:58.620		1:58.620	2:03.441
7^th	1	Lees / Gilbert-Scott / Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	1:58.627		1:58.627	1:59.061
8^th	3	Raphanel / Olofsson / Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC	1:58.776		1:58.776	2:02.366
9^th	44	Tsuchiya / Sekiya / Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team Lark McLaren	1:58.909		1:59.267	1:58.909
10^th	20	Bernard / Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	1:58.946		1:58.946	2:02.400
11^th	9	Kox / Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team BMW Motorsport	1:59.420		2:00.849	1:59.420
12^th	17	Baldi / Collard / Ferté	Porsche 911 GT1	JB Racing	1:59.508		1:59.508	2:02.691
13^th	6	Stuck / Boutsen / Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	2:00.168		2:00.168	2:03.183
14^th	4	Wallace / Weaver / Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	2:01.279		no time	2:01.279
15^th	27	Ayles / Goodwin / Johansson	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Parabolica Motorsport	2:02.385		2:04.653	2:02.385
16^th	15	Policand / Giroix / Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1	First Racing Project	2:04.430		2:04.768	2:04.430
17^th	39	Tanigawa / Tachikawa / Hinoi	SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20)	IDC Ootsukakagu SARD	2:04.831		2:05.941	2:04.831
18^th	16	Bouchut / Rosenblad / Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing	2:05.418		2:12.210	2:05.418
19^th	46	Kageyama / Tanaka	SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20)	Team Menicon SARD	2:06.087		2:06.087	2:09.495
20^th	51	Gache / Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	2:07.502		2:07.502	2:10.156
21^st	59	Euser / Becker / Buurman	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	2:07.968		2:07.968	2:16.682
22^nd	52	Bell / Matsuda / Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Oreca Racing	2:08.699		2:08.699	2:09.468
23^rd	56	Eichmann / Amorim / Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:09.423		2:09.423	no time
24^th	57	Chaves / Nearn / Wada	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	2:09.907		2:12.599	2:09.907
25^th	83	Goueslard / Chéreau / Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Competition	2:09.915		2:09.915	2:17.316
26^th	53	Orido / Kawano / Hane	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering Viper	2:12.148		2:13.182	2:12.148
27^th	66	Konrad / Sodeyama / Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	2:12.714		2:13.231	2:12.714
28^th	58	Monteiro / Monteiro / Maunoir	Porsche 911 GT2	Estoril Racing Team	2:14.011		2:14.011	2:14.157
29^th	50	Ligonnet / Drudi / Kimoto	Porsche 911 GT2	Agusta Racing/Haberthur	2:14.129		2:14.129	2:16.145
30^th	55	Rössler / Reis / Gschwender	Porsche 911 GT2	Augustin Motorsport	2:14.622		no time	2:14.622
31^st	25	Maury-Laribiére / Harada / Yoshikawa	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BBA Compétition	2:14.691		2:14.691	2:14.815
32^nd	63	Suzuki / Sakurai / Smith	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Motorsport	2:17.818		no time	2:17.818
33^rd	69	Ried / Jurasz / Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	2:17.949		2:17.953	2:17.949
34^th	62	Lay / Sick / Hunkeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	2:19.176		2:19.176	2:20.809
35^th	84	Ooshiro / Furuya / Saeki	Honda NSX (NA2)	NSX Dream 28 Competition	2:31.145		no time	2:31.145
36^th	85	Yuasa / Hanai / Tomita	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Team Signal	2:40.699		2:40.699	2:46.468

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	Nielsen / Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC