1997 FIA GT Nürburgring 4 Hours explained

The 1997 FIA GT Nürburgring 4 Hours was the fourth automobile endurance motor race for LMGT cars of the 1997 FIA GT Championship. It was run at the Nürburgring, Germany on June 29, 1997.^[1]

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		147
1	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12		147
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		147
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12		147
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR		146
3	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	BMW S70 6.0L V12		146
4	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR		146
4	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	BMW S70 6.0L V12		146
5	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR		146
5	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	BMW S70 6.0L V12		146
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR		144
6	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	BMW S70 6.0L V12		144
7	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		144
7	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.0L V12		144
8	GT1	17	JB Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT1		143
8	GT1	17	JB Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		143
9	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1		143
9	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		143
10	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		142
10	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		142
11	GT1	14	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1		142
11	GT1	14	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8		142
12	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 911 GT1		141
12	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Christian Pescatori Pierluigi Martini	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		141
13	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		136
13	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		136
14	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		134
14	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		134
15	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Martin Stretton Andrea Boldrini	Lotus Elise GT1		134
15	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Martin Stretton Andrea Boldrini	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8		134
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2		133
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		133
17	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	David Velay Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière	McLaren F1 GTR		133
17	GT1	25	BBA Compétition	David Velay Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière	BMW S70 6.1L V12		133
18	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		132
18	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Marc Duez	Chrysler 8.0L V10		132
19	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Bert Ploeg	Porsche 911 GT2		132
19	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Bert Ploeg	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		132
20	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		131
20	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		131
21	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Ulli Richter Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2		131
21	GT2	61	Stadler Motorsport	Ulli Richter Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		131
22	GT2	73	Seikel Motorsport	Wolfgang Haugg Fred Rosterg Giuseppe Quargenten	Porsche 911 GT2	?	129
22	GT2	73	Seikel Motorsport	Wolfgang Haugg Fred Rosterg Giuseppe Quargenten	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	129
23	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Leonardo Maddalena Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	129
23	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Leonardo Maddalena Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	129
24	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	129
24	GT2	58	Estoril Racing	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	129
25	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		127
25	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		127
26	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Bruno Michelotti Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2		127
26	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Bruno Michelotti Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		127
27	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Hugh Price John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2		127
27	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Hugh Price John Robinson	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		127
28	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		126
28	GT2	69	Proton Motorsport	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		126
29	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		124
29	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		124
30	GT2	81	Michael Eschmann Automobil Club Radevormwald	Michael Eschmann Paul Hulverscheid Gunter Döbler	Porsche 911 GT2	?	123
30	GT2	81	Michael Eschmann Automobil Club Radevormwald	Michael Eschmann Paul Hulverscheid Gunter Döbler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	123
31	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	?	123
31	GT2	71	GT Racing Team	Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	123
32	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM-GT		122
32	GT2	50	Agusta Racing Team	Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli	Chevrolet 6.3L V8		122
33	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	David Goode Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		122
33	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	David Goode Tim O'Kennedy Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler 8.0L V10		122
34	GT2	75	G-Force	Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT2		112
34	GT2	75	G-Force	Geoff Lister John Greasley Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		112
35	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		101
35	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler 8.0L V10		101
36 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600		83
36 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		83
37 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Ivan Capelli Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT1		81
37 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Ivan Capelli Gerd Ruch	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		81
38 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1		74
38 DNF	GT1	13	GT1 Racing Franck Muller	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8		74
39 DNF	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger Wolfgang Treml Rainer Bonnetsmüller	Porsche 911 GT2		73
39 DNF	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Güther Blieninger Wolfgang Treml Rainer Bonnetsmüller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		73
40 DNF	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 911 GT2	?	65
40 DNF	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	65
41 DNF	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Stéphane Ortelli Pedro Chaves	Porsche 911 GT1		49
41 DNF	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Stéphane Ortelli Pedro Chaves	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		49
42 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2		43
42 DNF	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		43
43 DNF	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		42
43 DNF	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12		42
44 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR		28
44 DNF	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Anders Olofsson	BMW S70 6.0L V12		28
45 DNF	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefan Roitmayer Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo		28
45 DNF	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefan Roitmayer Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		28
46 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1		22
46 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8		22
47 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project GT1 Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Alexander Grau	Lotus Elise GT1		3
47 DNF	GT1	15	First Racing Project GT1 Racing	Ratanakul Prutirat Alexander Grau	Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8		3